State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,371 Delaware births in 1950 across 273 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#62Bernadetteoutside the national top 200
#63Maryann#200 nationally
#72Emilyoutside the national top 200
#88Prestonoutside the national top 200
#87Eleanor#199 nationally
#81Roland#187 nationally
#99Carltonoutside the national top 200
#93Maurice#185 nationally
#88Ethel#176 nationally
#66Lester#148 nationally
#71Franklin#153 nationally
#100Cecil#171 nationally

Girls

#1Linda169US #1
#2Mary149US #2
#3Patricia120US #3
#4Barbara118US #4
#5Sharon92US #11
#6Deborah85US #7
#7Susan78US #5
#8Carol74US #9
#9Nancy68US #6
#10Diane57US #16
#11Sandra55US #8
#12Karen54US #12
#13Donna52US #13
#14Kathleen52US #10
#15Elizabeth47US #24
#16Margaret47US #15
#17Shirley44US #19
#18Joyce37US #27
#19Janet36US #18
#20Carolyn35US #20
#21Judith35US #21
#22Gail33US #42
#23Betty31US #26
#24Beverly29US #31
#25Ruth27US #49
#26Christine26US #28
#27Joanne26US #67
#28Ann25US #45
#29Catherine25US #34
#30Frances25US #51
#31Bonnie24US #33
#32Doris24US #74
#33Cheryl23US #29
#34Dorothy23US #35
#35Joan23US #40
#36Cynthia22US #23
#37Janice22US #22
#38Jean22US #48
#39Phyllis22US #53
#40Gloria21US #30
#41Virginia21US #43
#42Pamela20US #17
#43Anne19US #84
#44Brenda19US #14
#45Helen19US #50
#46Paula19US #54
#47Jane18US #39
#48Charlotte17US #80
#49Wanda17US #52
#50Marie16US #72
#51Martha16US #32
#52Connie15US #44
#53Ellen15US #66
#54Jacqueline15US #55
#55Kathryn15US #46
#56Rebecca15US #36
#57Sarah15US #88
#58Alice14US #57
#59Lois14US #83
#60Lynn14US #76
#61Theresa14US #65
#62Bernadette13
#63Maryann13US #200
#64Elaine12US #60
#65Geraldine12US #102
#66Jo12US #64
#67Marilyn12US #37
#68Peggy12US #41
#69Yvonne12US #110
#70Constance11US #85
#71Eileen11US #91
#72Emily11
#73Katherine11US #58
#74Kathy11US #38
#75Rosemary11US #101
#76Sheila11US #70
#77Vicki11US #61
#78Arlene10US #132
#79Debra10US #59
#80Irene10US #92
#81Joann10US #98
#82June10US #137
#83Lorraine10US #105
#84Roberta10US #96
#85Diana9US #47
#86Edith9US #150
#87Eleanor9US #199
#88Ethel9US #176
#89Evelyn9US #86
#90Leslie9US #134
#91Rose9US #69
#92Stephanie9US #122
#93Valerie9US #116
#94Denise8US #82
#95Edna8US #157
#96Jeanne8US #95
#97Judy8US #25
#98Loretta8US #120
#99Marjorie8US #121
#100Sally8US #78

Boys

#1William233US #6
#2John224US #3
#3Robert223US #2
#4James168US #1
#5David125US #5
#6Richard111US #7
#7Michael106US #4
#8Thomas96US #8
#9Joseph95US #13
#10Charles92US #9
#11George70US #20
#12Ronald64US #12
#13Donald62US #14
#14Paul61US #18
#15Stephen51US #19
#16Edward48US #22
#17Kenneth46US #15
#18Larry46US #11
#19Wayne45US #35
#20Gary44US #10
#21Daniel43US #21
#22Bruce41US #26
#23Harry41US #61
#24Dennis32US #17
#25Steven31US #16
#26Francis30US #86
#27Arthur29US #46
#28Anthony28US #36
#29Frank28US #29
#30Lawrence28US #33
#31Ralph28US #52
#32Gerald27US #34
#33Raymond27US #31
#34Douglas25US #28
#35Walter24US #40
#36Gregory21US #25
#37Howard21US #63
#38Jeffrey21US #43
#39Mark20US #23
#40Roger20US #27
#41Peter19US #37
#42Philip18US #53
#43Earl17US #92
#44Alfred16US #96
#45Carl16US #44
#46Henry16US #47
#47Alan15US #41
#48Allen15US #71
#49Dale15US #49
#50Eugene15US #58
#51Frederick15US #75
#52Glenn15US #59
#53Norman15US #90
#54Albert14US #56
#55Clifford14US #100
#56Jerry14US #24
#57Louis14US #66
#58Russell14US #67
#59Samuel14US #62
#60Ernest13US #81
#61Christopher11US #72
#62Clarence11US #95
#63Harold11US #45
#64Jack11US #48
#65Kevin11US #73
#66Lester11US #148
#67Phillip11US #64
#68Brian10US #79
#69Calvin10US #105
#70Eric10US #98
#71Franklin10US #153
#72Keith10US #78
#73Leroy10US #102
#74Patrick10US #38
#75Roy10US #51
#76Timothy10US #32
#77Victor10US #106
#78Barry9US #74
#79Edwin9US #117
#80Jay9US #115
#81Roland9US #187
#82Terry9US #30
#83Bernard8US #110
#84Curtis8US #97
#85Fred8US #84
#86Harvey8US #147
#87Martin8US #85
#88Preston8
#89Stanley8US #60
#90Andrew7US #68
#91Lee7US #91
#92Leonard7US #77
#93Maurice7US #185
#94Melvin7US #87
#95Ray7US #111
#96Theodore7US #99
#97Vincent7US #101
#98Willie7US #42
#99Carlton6
#100Cecil6US #171

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑45Allen#48
↑29Connie#52
↑28Dale#49
↑25Frances#30
↑25Cheryl#33
↑25Ralph#31
↑25Earl#43
↑24Rebecca#56

Falling

↓52Stanley#89
↓52Andrew#90
↓38Judy#97
↓38Vincent#97
↓35Barry#78
↓32Constance#70
↓31Rose#91
↓28Marilyn#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.