State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,938 Delaware births in 1948 across 242 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#84Elmeroutside the national top 200
#85Hugh#191 nationally
#97Rosalieoutside the national top 200
#98Vaughnoutside the national top 200
#66Grace#167 nationally
#100Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#81Maryann#170 nationally
#96Maxine#181 nationally
#77Franklin#159 nationally
#81Arnold#154 nationally
#97Roland#170 nationally
#99Wesley#169 nationally

Girls

#1Linda164US #1
#2Mary145US #2
#3Barbara123US #3
#4Patricia100US #4
#5Susan77US #5
#6Sandra74US #6
#7Sharon74US #9
#8Nancy70US #7
#9Carol69US #8
#10Margaret63US #13
#11Deborah56US #30
#12Kathleen56US #10
#13Diane48US #19
#14Shirley48US #20
#15Donna43US #11
#16Elizabeth42US #26
#17Joyce40US #21
#18Carolyn37US #14
#19Judith35US #15
#20Dorothy33US #29
#21Jane32US #39
#22Phyllis32US #46
#23Christine29US #35
#24Virginia28US #36
#25Catherine27US #41
#26Cheryl26US #25
#27Cynthia26US #27
#28Janice26US #23
#29Karen26US #12
#30Bonnie25US #34
#31Beverly24US #31
#32Janet24US #24
#33Joan24US #37
#34Betty23US #18
#35Charlotte23US #69
#36Joanne23US #65
#37Ruth23US #45
#38Gloria22US #28
#39Jacqueline22US #58
#40Judy22US #16
#41Marie22US #60
#42Brenda21US #17
#43Elaine21US #53
#44Frances21US #42
#45Doris20US #64
#46Ann18US #44
#47Jean18US #47
#48Diana17US #48
#49Ellen17US #67
#50Pamela17US #22
#51Geraldine16US #83
#52Helen16US #40
#53Jo15US #56
#54Mildred15US #120
#55Norma15US #103
#56Lynn14US #80
#57Sarah14US #85
#58Suzanne14US #66
#59Alice13US #49
#60Gail13US #51
#61June13US #127
#62Paula13US #52
#63Anna12US #89
#64Anne12US #87
#65Connie12US #43
#66Grace12US #167
#67Marjorie12US #110
#68Marsha12US #76
#69Peggy12US #38
#70Rose12US #62
#71Theresa12US #63
#72Delores11US #116
#73Lois11US #70
#74Martha11US #32
#75Victoria11US #108
#76Wanda11US #57
#77Constance10US #93
#78Evelyn10US #74
#79Jeanne10US #95
#80Katherine10US #68
#81Maryann10US #170
#82Regina10US #132
#83Sherry10US #61
#84Stephanie10US #137
#85Darlene9US #77
#86Dolores9US #119
#87Emma9US #138
#88Kathryn9US #54
#89Rebecca9US #50
#90Yvonne9US #112
#91Eileen8US #91
#92Kathy8US #55
#93Laura8US #73
#94Lorraine8US #96
#95Marlene8US #109
#96Maxine8US #181
#97Rosalie8
#98Rosemary8US #90
#99Sheila8US #71
#100Anita7US #102

Boys

#1James213US #1
#2Robert211US #2
#3John209US #3
#4William206US #4
#5Charles125US #9
#6Richard125US #7
#7David121US #5
#8Thomas108US #8
#9Joseph84US #13
#10Michael75US #6
#11George68US #16
#12Ronald66US #10
#13Edward64US #19
#14Donald61US #14
#15Paul48US #18
#16Wayne45US #34
#17Gary37US #12
#18Larry37US #11
#19Bruce36US #28
#20Kenneth35US #15
#21Stephen35US #20
#22Raymond31US #27
#23Daniel29US #22
#24Frank29US #25
#25Francis27US #80
#26Eugene26US #61
#27Harry26US #57
#28Lawrence26US #31
#29Walter26US #35
#30Dennis23US #17
#31Gerald22US #30
#32Anthony21US #41
#33Henry21US #45
#34Albert20US #55
#35Howard20US #63
#36Arthur19US #44
#37Douglas19US #33
#38Steven19US #23
#39Harold18US #36
#40Andrew17US #77
#41Barry17US #74
#42Mark17US #29
#43Stanley17US #65
#44Theodore17US #104
#45Peter16US #37
#46Samuel16US #70
#47Philip15US #54
#48Ralph15US #51
#49Frederick14US #75
#50Herbert14US #103
#51Roger14US #24
#52Alfred13US #96
#53Carl13US #42
#54Dale13US #56
#55Glenn13US #73
#56Jeffrey13US #58
#57Phillip13US #69
#58Alan12US #46
#59Bernard12US #107
#60Clarence12US #87
#61Louis12US #64
#62Earl11US #83
#63Gregory11US #32
#64Jerry11US #21
#65Martin11US #88
#66Christopher10US #102
#67Melvin10US #81
#68Norman10US #85
#69Allen9US #72
#70Jay9US #123
#71Leonard9US #71
#72Lewis9US #130
#73Roy9US #49
#74Craig8US #82
#75Edwin8US #116
#76Ernest8US #76
#77Franklin8US #159
#78Fred8US #66
#79Patrick8US #48
#80Steve8US #60
#81Arnold7US #154
#82Brian7US #95
#83Clifford7US #105
#84Elmer7
#85Hugh7US #191
#86Jackie7US #147
#87Jerome7US #110
#88Jon7US #128
#89Terry7US #26
#90Timothy7US #38
#91Alvin6US #124
#92Benjamin6US #139
#93Calvin6US #117
#94Jack6US #43
#95Marvin6US #90
#96Rodney6US #92
#97Roland6US #170
#98Vaughn6
#99Wesley6US #169
#100Wilson6

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑48Herbert#50
↑38Mildred#54
↑35Stanley#43
↑31Geraldine#51
↑28Harold#39
↑27Christopher#66
↑26Frederick#49
↑25Dorothy#20

Falling

↓38Rosemary#98
↓34Constance#77
↓33Terry#89
↓30Franklin#77
↓29Roland#97
↓26Lois#73
↓24Darlene#85
↓24Eileen#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.