State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,294 Delaware births in 1952 across 293 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#92Willardoutside the national top 200
#71Amy#175 nationally
#98Florenceoutside the national top 200
#94Fredrick#192 nationally
#90Alexander#186 nationally
#91Roland#187 nationally
#80Franklin#159 nationally
#97Karl#170 nationally
#73Lewis#145 nationally
#36Robin#102 nationally
#53Geraldine#119 nationally
#25Francis#89 nationally

Girls

#1Linda171US #1
#2Deborah139US #4
#3Mary136US #2
#4Patricia124US #3
#5Barbara113US #6
#6Susan113US #5
#7Nancy86US #7
#8Karen80US #8
#9Sharon77US #14
#10Diane75US #16
#11Carol68US #12
#12Margaret67US #21
#13Donna59US #13
#14Kathleen59US #11
#15Sandra59US #10
#16Elizabeth52US #22
#17Cynthia47US #18
#18Judith46US #25
#19Christine45US #20
#20Janet40US #19
#21Joan38US #37
#22Joyce36US #27
#23Bonnie34US #41
#24Carolyn33US #24
#25Cheryl32US #31
#26Debra32US #9
#27Beverly31US #35
#28Pamela30US #17
#29Brenda29US #15
#30Denise29US #33
#31Catherine28US #34
#32Joanne28US #78
#33Gail27US #39
#34Marie25US #82
#35Shirley25US #28
#36Robin24US #102
#37Betty23US #32
#38Ann22US #45
#39Jane22US #42
#40Anne21US #79
#41Virginia21US #49
#42Dorothy20US #46
#43Kathryn20US #48
#44Kathy20US #29
#45Lynn20US #71
#46Sheila20US #64
#47Paula19US #47
#48Ruth19US #57
#49Victoria19US #74
#50Jacqueline18US #58
#51Janice18US #23
#52Phyllis18US #65
#53Geraldine17US #119
#54Darlene16US #77
#55Elaine16US #73
#56Helen16US #63
#57Jo16US #55
#58Rebecca16US #30
#59Suzanne16US #84
#60Diana15US #51
#61Frances15US #67
#62Judy15US #26
#63Lois15US #86
#64Lorraine15US #109
#65Theresa15US #60
#66Wanda15US #54
#67Doris14US #83
#68Ellen14US #70
#69Marsha14US #75
#70Peggy14US #43
#71Amy13US #175
#72Lisa13US #126
#73Martha13US #40
#74Rose13US #62
#75Yvonne13US #103
#76Cathy12US #56
#77Michele12US #110
#78Roberta12US #88
#79Rosemary12US #130
#80Connie11US #44
#81Gwendolyn11US #114
#82Jean11US #50
#83Joann11US #116
#84Katherine11US #59
#85Laura11US #53
#86Teresa11US #52
#87Alice10US #69
#88Charlotte10US #89
#89Evelyn10US #90
#90Irene10US #121
#91June10US #148
#92Marilyn10US #38
#93Norma10US #112
#94Regina10US #139
#95Sarah10US #93
#96Andrea9US #132
#97Constance9US #92
#98Florence9
#99Kay9US #133
#100Marcia9US #80

Boys

#1William228US #6
#2Robert223US #2
#3John220US #3
#4James183US #1
#5David180US #5
#6Richard174US #7
#7Michael167US #4
#8Joseph130US #12
#9Thomas123US #8
#10Charles116US #9
#11Gary73US #10
#12Donald71US #13
#13Stephen71US #21
#14Kenneth62US #16
#15Ronald59US #15
#16Paul57US #19
#17George55US #22
#18Bruce52US #25
#19Steven52US #11
#20Edward50US #23
#21Daniel49US #20
#22Mark39US #17
#23Wayne36US #38
#24Jeffrey33US #31
#25Francis32US #89
#26Dennis31US #18
#27Frank31US #32
#28Larry30US #14
#29Anthony27US #34
#30Ralph27US #56
#31Gregory26US #24
#32Lawrence26US #35
#33Peter26US #36
#34Timothy26US #27
#35Douglas23US #28
#36Walter23US #44
#37Carl22US #45
#38Frederick22US #76
#39Samuel22US #67
#40Clarence21US #102
#41Keith21US #49
#42Kevin21US #43
#43Philip21US #60
#44Raymond21US #33
#45Albert19US #66
#46Eugene19US #71
#47Henry19US #50
#48Stanley19US #58
#49Christopher18US #57
#50Gerald18US #39
#51Harold18US #51
#52Harry18US #75
#53Howard18US #73
#54Martin18US #80
#55Dale17US #46
#56Glenn17US #61
#57Alan16US #42
#58Ernest16US #87
#59Andrew15US #68
#60Eric14US #88
#61Jerry14US #26
#62Patrick14US #37
#63Allen13US #78
#64Norman13US #96
#65Alfred12US #104
#66Arthur12US #47
#67Bernard12US #111
#68Louis12US #79
#69Barry11US #69
#70Craig11US #59
#71Earl11US #98
#72Jay11US #106
#73Lewis11US #145
#74Scott11US #54
#75Leonard10US #83
#76Russell10US #70
#77Benjamin9US #122
#78Brian9US #64
#79Dwight9US #123
#80Franklin9US #159
#81Lee9US #92
#82Leon9US #124
#83Nicholas9US #127
#84Randy9US #41
#85Ray9US #113
#86Roger9US #30
#87Terry9US #29
#88Theodore9US #100
#89Warren9US #117
#90Alexander8US #186
#91Roland8US #187
#92Willard8
#93Curtis7US #86
#94Fredrick7US #192
#95Jack7US #52
#96Jerome7US #105
#97Karl7US #170
#98Leroy7US #116
#99Lester7US #158
#100Victor7US #107

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑48Keith#41
↑44Samuel#39
↑41Dale#55
↑38Judy#62
↑34Frederick#38
↑30Clarence#40
↑27Jerry#61
↑26Gail#33

Falling

↓55Constance#97
↓48Roger#86
↓37Marilyn#92
↓36Terry#87
↓35Jean#82
↓29Russell#76
↓27Arthur#66
↓26Janice#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.