State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,591 Delaware births in 1946 across 239 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#62Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#83Jacoboutside the national top 200
#98Rosalieoutside the national top 200
#98Prestonoutside the national top 200
#75Willard#177 nationally
#84Karl#185 nationally
#97Marianne#195 nationally
#85Maurice#176 nationally
#38Deborah#119 nationally
#66Florence#146 nationally
#89Marian#162 nationally
#81Christopher#150 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara140US #4
#2Mary125US #1
#3Patricia105US #3
#4Sandra85US #6
#5Carol80US #5
#6Nancy75US #7
#7Linda64US #2
#8Margaret58US #17
#9Susan54US #8
#10Sharon52US #9
#11Joyce48US #20
#12Judith47US #10
#13Kathleen47US #16
#14Carolyn42US #12
#15Shirley40US #18
#16Betty39US #14
#17Joan39US #28
#18Elizabeth37US #25
#19Diane35US #19
#20Ruth34US #38
#21Karen33US #15
#22Beverly32US #30
#23Donna32US #13
#24Janet32US #21
#25Bonnie31US #33
#26Dorothy31US #23
#27Jean31US #37
#28Jane30US #35
#29Joanne29US #57
#30Ann28US #40
#31Janice27US #22
#32Phyllis27US #41
#33Virginia27US #31
#34Frances24US #39
#35Catherine23US #48
#36Martha23US #32
#37Brenda21US #24
#38Deborah21US #119
#39Alice20US #44
#40Geraldine20US #66
#41Elaine19US #47
#42Gail19US #49
#43Helen19US #36
#44Doris18US #51
#45Judy18US #11
#46Suzanne18US #52
#47Constance17US #100
#48Diana17US #42
#49Gloria17US #26
#50Kathryn17US #63
#51Marie17US #54
#52Rose16US #60
#53Eileen15US #80
#54Lois15US #55
#55Charlotte14US #64
#56Connie14US #45
#57Cynthia14US #46
#58Ellen14US #58
#59Mildred14US #103
#60Norma14US #77
#61Irene13US #102
#62Anne12US #81
#63Carole12US #72
#64Christine12US #50
#65Darlene12US #71
#66Florence12US #146
#67Jacqueline12US #62
#68Laura12US #75
#69Roberta12US #86
#70Joann11US #90
#71Pamela11US #34
#72Sarah11US #92
#73Theresa11US #96
#74Victoria11US #122
#75Vivian11US #120
#76Katherine10US #78
#77Marjorie10US #106
#78Peggy10US #43
#79Rebecca10US #68
#80Rita10US #56
#81Rosemary10US #74
#82Cheryl9US #27
#83Esther9US #151
#84Evelyn9US #65
#85Jeanne9US #83
#86Lillian9US #129
#87Lorraine9US #93
#88Louise9US #91
#89Marian9US #162
#90Maryann9US #152
#91Paula9US #69
#92Sheila9US #70
#93Delores8US #115
#94Dolores8US #104
#95Eleanor8US #139
#96June8US #116
#97Marianne8US #195
#98Rosalie8
#99Sally8US #67
#100Sue8US #61

Boys

#1John229US #3
#2Robert215US #2
#3William206US #4
#4James182US #1
#5Richard155US #5
#6David119US #6
#7Charles110US #9
#8Joseph97US #14
#9Thomas75US #8
#10Donald70US #13
#11Ronald66US #10
#12George62US #16
#13Michael61US #7
#14Edward56US #19
#15Kenneth43US #15
#16Paul42US #18
#17Francis33US #80
#18Frank33US #22
#19Wayne31US #29
#20Gary29US #12
#21Stephen29US #24
#22Ralph28US #48
#23Bruce27US #32
#24Howard25US #55
#25Larry23US #11
#26Daniel22US #21
#27Henry22US #41
#28Walter22US #30
#29Harry21US #50
#30Eugene20US #57
#31Alan19US #49
#32Albert19US #52
#33Douglas19US #34
#34Frederick19US #75
#35Dennis17US #17
#36Stanley17US #65
#37Jerry16US #20
#38Louis16US #63
#39Roger16US #23
#40Barry15US #68
#41Lawrence15US #31
#42Peter15US #38
#43Samuel15US #70
#44Carl14US #39
#45Gerald14US #27
#46Leroy14US #90
#47Anthony13US #44
#48Earl13US #82
#49Raymond13US #25
#50Alfred12US #94
#51Ernest12US #71
#52Gregory12US #56
#53Harold12US #33
#54Philip12US #61
#55Arthur11US #36
#56Ronnie11US #54
#57Terry11US #26
#58Allen10US #74
#59Clarence10US #89
#60Jack10US #35
#61Leonard10US #67
#62Reginald10
#63Steven10US #28
#64Timothy10US #60
#65Don9US #79
#66Fred9US #51
#67Jay9US #115
#68Jerome9US #114
#69Leon9US #113
#70Lewis9US #118
#71Mark9US #58
#72Theodore9US #101
#73Andrew8US #84
#74Jeffrey8US #78
#75Willard8US #177
#76Brian7US #103
#77Dale7US #62
#78Franklin7US #140
#79Martin7US #92
#80Norman7US #76
#81Christopher6US #150
#82Herbert6US #97
#83Jacob6
#84Karl6US #185
#85Maurice6US #176
#86Nicholas6US #144
#87Vernon6US #130
#88Victor6US #120
#89Willie6US #40
#90Alvin5US #126
#91Benjamin5US #146
#92Edwin5US #112
#93Glenn5US #81
#94Jesse5US #109
#95Joe5US #37
#96Jon5US #117
#97Patrick5US #59
#98Preston5
#99Randall5US #123
#100Roland5US #166

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑42Deborah#38
↑42Rose#52
↑35Eileen#53
↑35Leroy#46
↑33Jack#60
↑29Jerry#37
↑28Joanne#29
↑28Irene#61

Falling

↓40Edwin#92
↓37Norman#80
↓33Jacqueline#67
↓30Franklin#78
↓28Sarah#72
↓26Andrew#73
↓25Gerald#45
↓24Lorraine#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.