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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,663 Delaware births in 1944 across 226 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Delaware more than they say America.

#45Deborah#168 nationally
#76Bernadette#195 nationally
#49Roland#155 nationally
#96Prestonoutside the national top 200
#58Bernice#149 nationally
#75Willard#166 nationally
#92Leslie#182 nationally
#88Elmer#164 nationally
#51Franklin#121 nationally
#81Nicholas#150 nationally
#69Jay#136 nationally
#89Beatrice#156 nationally

Girls

#1Mary135US #1
#2Barbara116US #2
#3Patricia103US #4
#4Carol79US #5
#5Nancy69US #7
#6Joyce53US #18
#7Sandra53US #6
#8Linda50US #3
#9Margaret48US #14
#10Joan45US #22
#11Susan45US #13
#12Judith44US #9
#13Virginia42US #26
#14Carolyn41US #11
#15Shirley38US #15
#16Betty33US #10
#17Janet32US #21
#18Kathleen31US #20
#19Catherine26US #49
#20Frances26US #33
#21Dorothy25US #19
#22Elizabeth25US #23
#23Helen25US #31
#24Sharon25US #8
#25Beverly24US #35
#26Bonnie24US #34
#27Doris24US #42
#28Ruth24US #32
#29Phyllis22US #40
#30Diane21US #24
#31Jane19US #41
#32Donna18US #17
#33Jean18US #37
#34Joanne18US #55
#35Carole17US #43
#36Elaine17US #46
#37Judy17US #12
#38Ann15US #39
#39Geraldine15US #53
#40Lois15US #47
#41Suzanne15US #78
#42Charlotte14US #50
#43Marie14US #48
#44Christine13US #75
#45Deborah13US #168
#46Alice12US #38
#47Cheryl12US #36
#48Norma12US #66
#49Eileen11US #73
#50Gail11US #56
#51Gloria11US #25
#52Jacqueline11US #64
#53Janice11US #28
#54Marlene11US #106
#55Martha11US #29
#56Pamela11US #44
#57Anna10US #74
#58Bernice10US #149
#59Brenda10US #30
#60Ellen10US #63
#61Evelyn10US #57
#62Karen10US #16
#63Lorraine10US #93
#64Patsy10US #72
#65Peggy10US #45
#66Sarah10US #67
#67Diana9US #60
#68Dolores9US #92
#69Eleanor9US #122
#70June9US #121
#71Katherine9US #77
#72Pauline9US #124
#73Thelma9US #131
#74Anne8US #86
#75Arlene8US #101
#76Bernadette8US #195
#77Connie8US #51
#78Delores8US #97
#79Edna8US #112
#80Florence8US #133
#81Jeanne8US #108
#82Joann8US #65
#83Kathryn8US #68
#84Marilyn8US #27
#85Mildred8US #81
#86Rose8US #52
#87Sue8US #62
#88Sylvia8US #83
#89Beatrice7US #156
#90Clara7US #134
#91Josephine7US #115
#92Leslie7US #182
#93Louise7US #69
#94Marian7US #155
#95Maryann7US #143
#96Paula7US #82
#97Rita7US #54
#98Roberta7US #70
#99Theresa7US #96
#100Constance6US #104

Boys

#1William196US #4
#2James174US #1
#3Robert173US #2
#4John172US #3
#5Richard103US #5
#6Charles96US #7
#7Joseph90US #13
#8David89US #6
#9Thomas82US #8
#10Donald64US #11
#11George60US #14
#12Ronald55US #10
#13Edward44US #18
#14Paul39US #17
#15Kenneth36US #16
#16Wayne29US #37
#17Michael28US #9
#18Raymond27US #22
#19Walter25US #26
#20Francis24US #71
#21Howard24US #53
#22Henry23US #35
#23Frank22US #21
#24Harry22US #49
#25Daniel21US #25
#26Larry21US #12
#27Lawrence21US #32
#28Louis21US #54
#29Albert20US #44
#30Gary19US #15
#31Harold19US #27
#32Samuel18US #62
#33Alfred17US #82
#34Clarence16US #74
#35Ralph16US #42
#36Dennis15US #20
#37Gerald15US #24
#38Stanley15US #57
#39Stephen15US #28
#40Alan14US #55
#41Allen14US #77
#42Peter14US #40
#43Douglas13US #34
#44Norman13US #58
#45Andrew12US #81
#46Anthony12US #46
#47Ernest12US #59
#48Eugene12US #48
#49Roland12US #155
#50Edwin11US #106
#51Franklin11US #121
#52Leonard11US #56
#53Arthur10US #29
#54Earl10US #65
#55Roy10US #39
#56Bernard9US #94
#57Jeffrey9US #101
#58Martin9US #91
#59Philip9US #60
#60Carl8US #36
#61Leroy8US #78
#62Lewis8US #112
#63Roger8US #23
#64Victor8US #107
#65Bruce7US #51
#66Frederick7US #73
#67Harvey7US #118
#68Herbert7US #90
#69Jay7US #136
#70Leon7US #108
#71Melvin7US #67
#72Steven7US #52
#73Theodore7US #96
#74Vincent7US #113
#75Willard7US #166
#76Willie7US #31
#77Eddie6US #79
#78Gilbert6US #127
#79Jack6US #30
#80Jerry6US #19
#81Nicholas6US #150
#82Phillip6US #83
#83Ray6US #86
#84Rodney6US #123
#85Alvin5US #115
#86Benjamin5US #130
#87Clifford5US #99
#88Elmer5US #164
#89Fred5US #47
#90Glenn5US #88
#91Joe5US #33
#92Lester5US #126
#93Marvin5US #75
#94Milton5US #146
#95Patrick5US #64
#96Preston5
#97Randall5US #156
#98Ronnie5US #69
#99Russell5US #63

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑49Alan#40
↑40Christine#44
↑38Geraldine#39
↑35Victor#64
↑29Clarence#34
↑28Edwin#50
↑28Franklin#51
↑27Stanley#38

Falling

↓59Constance#100
↓54Roberta#98
↓46Josephine#91
↓43Louise#93
↓39Anne#74
↓35Alvin#85
↓34Jack#79
↓34Jerry#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.