State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,809 Delaware births in 1951 across 280 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#81Maryannoutside the national top 200
#85Eleanoroutside the national top 200
#94Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#97Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#98Fayeoutside the national top 200
#99Hollyoutside the national top 200
#100Perry#192 nationally
#86Esther#169 nationally
#79Franklin#152 nationally
#93Randolph#160 nationally
#76Delores#141 nationally
#73Lewis#135 nationally

Girls

#1Linda160US #1
#2Patricia159US #3
#3Deborah143US #4
#4Mary132US #2
#5Barbara106US #5
#6Susan105US #6
#7Nancy85US #7
#8Diane79US #15
#9Kathleen68US #10
#10Carol64US #11
#11Sandra62US #9
#12Donna61US #12
#13Sharon60US #13
#14Margaret52US #17
#15Karen51US #8
#16Elizabeth44US #23
#17Joyce42US #28
#18Judith38US #25
#19Cynthia34US #20
#20Brenda33US #14
#21Catherine33US #34
#22Janet33US #19
#23Joan31US #39
#24Christine30US #24
#25Janice30US #21
#26Betty29US #29
#27Carolyn29US #22
#28Shirley29US #27
#29Bonnie27US #37
#30Joanne27US #73
#31Ann26US #46
#32Beverly25US #33
#33Jane25US #43
#34Anne24US #82
#35Marie24US #78
#36Helen23US #54
#37Virginia23US #47
#38Cheryl22US #30
#39Debra22US #18
#40Dorothy22US #42
#41Ruth20US #53
#42Constance19US #86
#43Gloria19US #31
#44Lois19US #85
#45Pamela19US #16
#46Ellen18US #68
#47Jean18US #49
#48Denise17US #48
#49Jacqueline17US #56
#50Rebecca17US #32
#51Frances16US #59
#52Kathryn15US #45
#53Theresa15US #64
#54Elaine14US #66
#55Marilyn14US #41
#56Phyllis14US #57
#57Wanda14US #52
#58Doris13US #80
#59Gail13US #36
#60Jo13US #67
#61Suzanne13US #83
#62Valerie13US #100
#63Kathy12US #35
#64Martha12US #38
#65Michele12US #125
#66Darlene11US #79
#67Eileen11US #95
#68Lynn11US #72
#69Marsha11US #76
#70Peggy11US #40
#71Sheila11US #69
#72Sherry11US #70
#73Victoria11US #81
#74Alice10US #62
#75Charlotte10US #84
#76Delores10US #141
#77Diana10US #50
#78Geraldine10US #108
#79Juanita10US #126
#80Marjorie10US #128
#81Maryann10
#82Rose10US #65
#83Sarah10US #91
#84Anna9US #94
#85Eleanor9
#86Esther9US #169
#87Evelyn9US #88
#88Gayle9US #124
#89Katherine9US #55
#90Louise9US #117
#91Maureen9US #93
#92Regina9US #137
#93Sally9US #77
#94Teresa9US #63
#95Andrea8US #136
#96Claudia8US #123
#97Dianne8US #90
#98Faye8
#99Holly8
#100Judy8US #26

Boys

#1John241US #3
#2Robert222US #2
#3William214US #6
#4James201US #1
#5Michael145US #4
#6Richard141US #7
#7David139US #5
#8Thomas118US #8
#9Joseph107US #14
#10Charles104US #9
#11Donald81US #15
#12Edward69US #23
#13George68US #22
#14Ronald65US #12
#15Gary64US #10
#16Paul56US #18
#17Stephen56US #19
#18Steven56US #13
#19Kenneth55US #16
#20Larry48US #11
#21Bruce46US #26
#22Daniel42US #21
#23Wayne40US #37
#24Dennis31US #17
#25Lawrence31US #33
#26Anthony30US #34
#27Mark29US #20
#28Raymond28US #32
#29Walter28US #42
#30Douglas27US #27
#31Francis26US #85
#32Carl24US #43
#33Harry24US #70
#34Gregory23US #25
#35Albert22US #60
#36Gerald22US #36
#37Frank21US #31
#38Roger21US #29
#39Arthur20US #44
#40Peter20US #38
#41Jeffrey19US #35
#42Stanley19US #54
#43Barry18US #71
#44Glenn18US #58
#45Howard18US #74
#46Christopher17US #61
#47Russell17US #73
#48Andrew15US #69
#49Eric15US #93
#50Ralph15US #51
#51Terry15US #30
#52Ernest14US #83
#53Timothy14US #28
#54Alan13US #40
#55Eugene13US #65
#56Harold13US #46
#57Jay13US #116
#58Louis13US #76
#59Martin13US #81
#60Norman13US #90
#61Philip13US #55
#62Roy13US #52
#63Bernard12US #107
#64Fred12US #87
#65Henry12US #47
#66Kevin12US #53
#67Patrick12US #39
#68Theodore12US #99
#69Alfred11US #100
#70Clarence11US #98
#71Earl11US #95
#72Frederick11US #78
#73Lewis11US #135
#74Nicholas11US #120
#75Benjamin10US #123
#76Herbert10US #112
#77Lee10US #92
#78Allen9US #72
#79Franklin9US #152
#80Jack9US #48
#81Jerome9US #103
#82Rodney9US #84
#83Samuel9US #67
#84Brian8US #75
#85Curtis8US #91
#86Don8US #117
#87Gilbert8US #142
#88Jerry8US #24
#89Keith8US #59
#90Leonard8US #80
#91Leroy8US #111
#92Lester8US #151
#93Randolph8US #160
#94Tyrone8
#95Victor8US #110
#96Dale7US #49
#97Elwood7
#98Gene7US #126
#99Jonathan7US #147
#100Perry7US #192

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑47Stanley#42
↑46Denise#48
↑42Andrew#48
↑40Debra#39
↑35Barry#43
↑31Valerie#62
↑31Terry#51
↑28Constance#42

Falling

↓47Dale#96
↓37Gail#59
↓32Jerry#88
↓30Allen#78
↓28Earl#71
↓27Charlotte#75
↓26Doris#58
↓26Sarah#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.