State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,718 Delaware births in 1953 across 295 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#72Carltonoutside the national top 200
#75Prestonoutside the national top 200
#89Claytonoutside the national top 200
#94Edna#190 nationally
#96Roland#191 nationally
#72Vanessa#164 nationally
#100Harvey#172 nationally
#98Mildred#166 nationally
#92Lester#157 nationally
#95Robin#160 nationally
#87Mitchell#151 nationally
#31Francis#90 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah162US #3
#2Mary161US #1
#3Linda140US #2
#4Patricia137US #4
#5Susan124US #5
#6Barbara92US #6
#7Karen83US #9
#8Nancy83US #8
#9Sharon78US #15
#10Carol65US #16
#11Donna65US #13
#12Cynthia62US #12
#13Kathleen61US #14
#14Diane60US #17
#15Margaret54US #20
#16Sandra53US #11
#17Janet50US #19
#18Elizabeth49US #21
#19Christine44US #32
#20Catherine42US #35
#21Beverly39US #34
#22Gail38US #39
#23Joanne38US #71
#24Joyce37US #26
#25Carolyn36US #25
#26Joan36US #37
#27Janice35US #22
#28Judith35US #30
#29Bonnie34US #45
#30Debra33US #7
#31Pamela33US #10
#32Betty32US #33
#33Brenda32US #18
#34Anne31US #80
#35Denise31US #31
#36Robin29US #66
#37Cheryl28US #28
#38Jane27US #43
#39Ruth27US #62
#40Rebecca26US #24
#41Shirley25US #29
#42Suzanne25US #78
#43Alice24US #73
#44Elaine23US #77
#45Helen23US #65
#46Jacqueline23US #58
#47Martha23US #41
#48Rose23US #59
#49Teresa23US #42
#50Wanda23US #57
#51Ann22US #46
#52Kathy22US #23
#53Kathryn21US #48
#54Jean20US #52
#55Constance19US #95
#56Frances18US #72
#57Jo18US #54
#58Sarah18US #93
#59Sheila17US #60
#60Laura16US #51
#61Lynn16US #67
#62Roberta16US #90
#63Theresa16US #50
#64Cathy15US #56
#65Darlene15US #75
#66Dorothy15US #49
#67Gloria15US #38
#68Lois15US #91
#69Marie15US #86
#70Michele15US #102
#71Valerie15US #88
#72Vanessa15US #164
#73Virginia15US #53
#74Eileen14US #108
#75Katherine14US #63
#76Lisa14US #111
#77Louise13US #125
#78Charlotte12US #100
#79Doris12US #87
#80Judy12US #27
#81Marilyn12US #36
#82Peggy12US #44
#83Julia11US #124
#84Julie11US #74
#85Marcia11US #84
#86Sally11US #81
#87Andrea10US #131
#88Connie10US #47
#89Diana10US #55
#90Marsha10US #83
#91Paula10US #40
#92Phyllis10US #69
#93Anna9US #98
#94Edna9US #190
#95Ellen9US #76
#96Joann9US #121
#97Leslie9US #96
#98Mildred9US #166
#99Regina9US #132
#100Rhonda9US #85

Boys

#1John284US #4
#2Robert250US #1
#3James229US #2
#4William206US #6
#5David188US #5
#6Michael181US #3
#7Richard153US #7
#8Thomas108US #8
#9Joseph97US #13
#10Charles85US #9
#11Donald83US #14
#12Gary71US #10
#13Edward67US #23
#14Paul67US #16
#15Stephen67US #21
#16George66US #22
#17Ronald64US #15
#18Steven55US #11
#19Larry47US #18
#20Mark47US #12
#21Bruce45US #28
#22Dennis43US #19
#23Jeffrey43US #25
#24Kenneth42US #17
#25Daniel41US #20
#26Wayne41US #40
#27Douglas36US #27
#28Kevin34US #36
#29Lawrence33US #37
#30Gregory32US #24
#31Francis30US #90
#32Walter28US #45
#33Ralph27US #59
#34Anthony25US #32
#35Arthur25US #50
#36Barry25US #73
#37Roger25US #31
#38Frank23US #33
#39Harry22US #83
#40Keith22US #47
#41Timothy22US #26
#42Gerald21US #42
#43Andrew20US #68
#44Brian20US #53
#45Christopher20US #63
#46Glenn19US #67
#47Raymond19US #34
#48Samuel19US #70
#49Dale18US #48
#50Harold18US #56
#51Martin18US #82
#52Peter18US #38
#53Alan17US #43
#54Frederick17US #80
#55Allen16US #81
#56Eric16US #89
#57Howard16US #77
#58Henry15US #54
#59Louis15US #78
#60Scott15US #46
#61Stanley15US #62
#62Terry15US #30
#63Theodore15US #112
#64Carl14US #44
#65Eugene14US #75
#66Jay14US #99
#67Jerry14US #29
#68Patrick14US #39
#69Philip14US #61
#70Craig13US #60
#71Randall13US #64
#72Carlton12
#73Clarence12US #108
#74Herbert12US #125
#75Preston12
#76Albert11US #69
#77Alfred11US #104
#78Edwin11US #123
#79Ernest11US #87
#80Norman11US #98
#81Russell11US #71
#82Benjamin10US #128
#83Clifford10US #102
#84Fred10US #92
#85Gordon10US #116
#86Lee10US #93
#87Mitchell10US #151
#88Randy10US #35
#89Clayton9
#90Earl9US #96
#91Jerome9US #107
#92Lester9US #157
#93Phillip9US #76
#94Ray9US #115
#95Robin9US #160
#96Roland9US #191
#97Victor9US #106
#98Curtis8US #86
#99Franklin8US #158
#100Harvey8US #172

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑49Roger#37
↑44Alice#43
↑42Constance#55
↑37Teresa#49
↑37Sarah#58
↑34Brian#44
↑33Barry#36
↑31Arthur#35

Falling

↓44Paula#91
↓40Phyllis#92
↓35Marie#69
↓33Clarence#73
↓32Virginia#73
↓31Albert#76
↓29Diana#89
↓27Ellen#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.