State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,161 Delaware births in 1949 across 263 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#71Veronica#192 nationally
#83Carltonoutside the national top 200
#84Edmundoutside the national top 200
#91Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#66Roland#175 nationally
#79Maryann#184 nationally
#97Marian#199 nationally
#100Prestonoutside the national top 200
#62Franklin#155 nationally
#91Eleanor#183 nationally
#92Florence#175 nationally
#67Benjamin#135 nationally

Girls

#1Linda159US #1
#2Mary135US #2
#3Barbara119US #4
#4Patricia95US #3
#5Nancy81US #7
#6Susan81US #5
#7Sandra80US #6
#8Deborah71US #15
#9Sharon66US #10
#10Diane59US #19
#11Kathleen59US #9
#12Carol58US #8
#13Margaret49US #14
#14Shirley46US #18
#15Donna45US #12
#16Judith41US #16
#17Karen39US #11
#18Elizabeth37US #25
#19Joan36US #36
#20Joanne36US #61
#21Janet33US #23
#22Joyce32US #26
#23Carolyn31US #17
#24Betty30US #22
#25Catherine29US #37
#26Dorothy28US #32
#27Marie28US #67
#28Christine27US #30
#29Cynthia27US #27
#30Brenda26US #13
#31Gail26US #51
#32Jane26US #41
#33Ruth26US #47
#34Janice24US #24
#35Ann23US #44
#36Charlotte23US #71
#37Helen23US #46
#38Constance22US #83
#39Marilyn22US #33
#40Jacqueline21US #58
#41Virginia21US #39
#42Beverly20US #31
#43Doris20US #69
#44Theresa20US #63
#45Bonnie19US #35
#46Elaine19US #57
#47Gloria19US #29
#48Jean19US #45
#49Martha19US #34
#50Pamela19US #21
#51Ellen18US #64
#52Lois17US #73
#53Phyllis17US #50
#54Alice16US #53
#55Frances16US #49
#56Sarah16US #84
#57Suzanne16US #62
#58Cheryl15US #28
#59Judy15US #20
#60Rose15US #66
#61Jo14US #60
#62Sherry14US #68
#63Anne13US #86
#64Evelyn13US #80
#65Kathryn13US #52
#66Lorraine13US #102
#67Norma12US #105
#68Paula12US #55
#69Darlene11US #75
#70Diana11US #48
#71Veronica11US #192
#72Delores10US #126
#73Denise10US #140
#74Geraldine10US #90
#75Joann10US #101
#76June10US #138
#77Katherine10US #59
#78Lynn10US #74
#79Maryann10US #184
#80Rebecca10US #40
#81Connie9US #43
#82Kay9US #119
#83Peggy9US #38
#84Sally9US #77
#85Sara9US #148
#86Sheila9US #76
#87Victoria9US #96
#88Yvonne9US #109
#89Anna8US #91
#90Carole8US #118
#91Eleanor8US #183
#92Florence8US #175
#93Irene8US #111
#94Kathy8US #42
#95Louise8US #104
#96Marcia8US #78
#97Marian8US #199
#98Marlene8US #110
#99Valerie8US #108
#100Annette7US #151

Boys

#1John244US #3
#2James211US #1
#3William193US #4
#4Robert187US #2
#5Richard130US #7
#6Thomas120US #8
#7Charles118US #9
#8David114US #6
#9Joseph103US #14
#10Michael97US #5
#11Ronald69US #11
#12Donald63US #13
#13Paul63US #17
#14George60US #18
#15Stephen58US #19
#16Edward50US #21
#17Kenneth49US #15
#18Gary42US #12
#19Larry40US #10
#20Francis38US #78
#21Lawrence36US #32
#22Steven32US #20
#23Gerald30US #33
#24Dennis28US #16
#25Raymond28US #30
#26Daniel27US #22
#27Harry26US #59
#28Wayne26US #35
#29Bruce25US #26
#30Anthony24US #36
#31Henry24US #46
#32Samuel24US #62
#33Douglas22US #29
#34Frank22US #27
#35Albert21US #56
#36Glenn21US #61
#37Stanley21US #60
#38Andrew20US #75
#39Arthur20US #44
#40Frederick19US #70
#41Walter19US #37
#42Peter18US #38
#43Barry16US #73
#44Gregory16US #31
#45Howard15US #63
#46Roger15US #25
#47Alan14US #45
#48Christopher14US #81
#49Harold14US #42
#50Jeffrey14US #48
#51Alfred13US #96
#52Ernest13US #76
#53Keith13US #85
#54Norman13US #90
#55Philip12US #55
#56Ralph12US #50
#57Jerry11US #23
#58Mark11US #24
#59Vincent11US #102
#60Carl10US #43
#61Eugene10US #58
#62Franklin10US #155
#63Kevin10US #95
#64Marvin10US #89
#65Phillip10US #66
#66Roland10US #175
#67Benjamin9US #135
#68Earl9US #91
#69Jerome9US #104
#70Jesse9US #110
#71Leon9US #121
#72Leonard9US #74
#73Leroy9US #101
#74Martin9US #83
#75Nicholas9US #136
#76Clarence8US #94
#77Dale8US #54
#78Eric8US #105
#79Louis8US #64
#80Roy8US #51
#81Theodore8US #100
#82Willie8US #41
#83Carlton7
#84Edmund7
#85Gilbert7US #147
#86Jack7US #47
#87Jay7US #118
#88Lewis7US #132
#89Patrick7US #39
#90Steve7US #68
#91Tyrone7
#92Warren7US #115
#93Allen6US #71
#94Alvin6US #128
#95Edwin6US #123
#96Harvey6US #142
#97Herbert6US #107
#98Leslie6US #126
#99Melvin6US #82
#100Preston6

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑39Constance#38
↑31Marvin#64
↑31Roland#66
↑29Gail#31
↑28Lorraine#66
↑27Theresa#44
↑25Martha#49
↑25Benjamin#67

Falling

↓47Herbert#97
↓37Theodore#81
↓35Eugene#61
↓32Cheryl#58
↓32Melvin#99
↓31Phyllis#53
↓26Anna#89
↓24Allen#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.