State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,636 Delaware births in 1945 across 217 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#78Bernadette#196 nationally
#83Oliveroutside the national top 200
#89Carltonoutside the national top 200
#90Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#98Otisoutside the national top 200
#91Everett#185 nationally
#80Deborah#161 nationally
#70Arnold#147 nationally
#66Grace#139 nationally
#48Franklin#119 nationally
#93Marian#163 nationally
#82Nicholas#151 nationally

Girls

#1Mary139US #1
#2Barbara109US #3
#3Carol86US #5
#4Patricia84US #4
#5Sandra57US #6
#6Nancy54US #7
#7Linda51US #2
#8Margaret51US #15
#9Shirley48US #14
#10Elizabeth44US #26
#11Judith43US #9
#12Susan37US #10
#13Joan36US #25
#14Diane35US #22
#15Kathleen35US #19
#16Joyce33US #18
#17Ruth32US #33
#18Jane31US #36
#19Donna30US #17
#20Betty29US #11
#21Janet29US #20
#22Carolyn28US #12
#23Dorothy26US #21
#24Phyllis26US #40
#25Beverly25US #37
#26Frances24US #34
#27Helen24US #31
#28Doris23US #46
#29Janice22US #24
#30Ann21US #39
#31Gloria21US #23
#32Lois21US #48
#33Bonnie20US #35
#34Jacqueline20US #63
#35Alice18US #41
#36Judy18US #13
#37Sharon18US #8
#38Virginia18US #28
#39Geraldine17US #56
#40Karen17US #16
#41Marie17US #49
#42Elaine16US #44
#43Marilyn16US #27
#44Sarah16US #76
#45Carole15US #51
#46Constance15US #109
#47Jean15US #38
#48Joann15US #80
#49Brenda14US #29
#50Catherine14US #50
#51Charlotte14US #55
#52Ellen14US #61
#53Gail13US #52
#54Katherine13US #82
#55Anna12US #73
#56Anne12US #81
#57Joanne12US #53
#58Kathryn12US #65
#59Martha12US #30
#60Mildred12US #93
#61Connie11US #47
#62Diana11US #43
#63Lorraine11US #87
#64Louise11US #78
#65Norma11US #74
#66Grace10US #139
#67Maureen10US #105
#68Peggy10US #45
#69Rosemary10US #79
#70Anita9US #100
#71Arlene9US #99
#72Dianne9US #72
#73Evelyn9US #57
#74Josephine9US #120
#75Patsy9US #84
#76Rebecca9US #85
#77Victoria9US #106
#78Bernadette8US #196
#79Cheryl8US #32
#80Deborah8US #161
#81Dolores8US #103
#82Gladys8US #141
#83Marjorie8US #94
#84Maryann8US #144
#85Christine7US #62
#86Darlene7US #71
#87Edith7US #132
#88Eileen7US #70
#89Irene7US #97
#90Jeanne7US #98
#91Lucille7US #129
#92Marcia7US #88
#93Marian7US #163
#94Rose7US #54
#95Sara7US #135
#96Andrea6US #126
#97Clara6US #136
#98Jo6US #60
#99Kathy6US #101
#100Lynn6US #102

Boys

#1Robert201US #2
#2John194US #3
#3William174US #4
#4James147US #1
#5Richard98US #5
#6Joseph86US #14
#7Charles82US #7
#8Thomas79US #8
#9David78US #6
#10George61US #15
#11Donald60US #12
#12Edward51US #18
#13Michael51US #9
#14Ronald49US #10
#15Paul38US #17
#16Kenneth31US #16
#17Walter28US #27
#18Albert25US #49
#19Frank25US #21
#20Gerald25US #25
#21Harry24US #47
#22Lawrence24US #30
#23Wayne24US #35
#24Francis23US #76
#25Stephen22US #26
#26Ralph20US #44
#27Gary18US #13
#28Howard18US #54
#29Roger18US #22
#30Anthony17US #46
#31Eugene17US #50
#32Samuel17US #62
#33Arthur16US #34
#34Daniel16US #24
#35Harold16US #28
#36Allen15US #74
#37Dennis15US #19
#38Raymond15US #23
#39Stanley15US #59
#40Ernest14US #60
#41Henry14US #37
#42Larry14US #11
#43Norman14US #65
#44Alan13US #52
#45Bruce13US #48
#46Earl13US #71
#47Andrew12US #86
#48Franklin12US #119
#49Fred12US #51
#50Peter12US #38
#51Douglas11US #29
#52Edwin11US #117
#53Frederick11US #77
#54Leon11US #111
#55Louis11US #55
#56Carl10US #39
#57Clarence10US #82
#58Harvey10US #116
#59Marvin10US #80
#60Phillip10US #85
#61Roy10US #40
#62Barry9US #84
#63Melvin9US #78
#64Theodore9US #101
#65Jerome8US #122
#66Jerry8US #20
#67Lester8US #131
#68Warren8US #106
#69Alfred7US #88
#70Arnold7US #147
#71Herbert7US #94
#72Leslie7US #115
#73Lewis7US #123
#74Martin7US #90
#75Philip7US #58
#76Timothy7US #70
#77Curtis6US #97
#78Floyd6US #114
#79Jeffrey6US #91
#80Leonard6US #57
#81Leroy6US #83
#82Nicholas6US #151
#83Oliver6
#84Ronnie6US #67
#85Victor6US #95
#86Vincent6US #110
#87Benjamin5US #140
#88Bernard5US #98
#89Carlton5
#90Elwood5
#91Everett5US #185
#92Gordon5US #109
#93Jack5US #32
#94Jay5US #125
#95Joe5US #36
#96Lee5US #87
#97Mark5US #72
#98Otis5
#99Patrick5US #63
#100Rodney5US #105

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑54Constance#46
↑41Marilyn#43
↑40Fred#49
↑34Joann#48
↑34Roger#29
↑34Marvin#59
↑29Louise#64
↑25Kathryn#58

Falling

↓41Christine#85
↓39Eileen#88
↓36Alfred#69
↓35Deborah#80
↓32Cheryl#79
↓32Bernard#88
↓31Catherine#50
↓28Leonard#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.