State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,168 Delaware births in 1954 across 313 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#95Arnold#196 nationally
#87Harvey#182 nationally
#78Franklin#157 nationally
#95Patti#167 nationally
#92Robin#160 nationally
#99Holly#166 nationally
#57Jonathan#121 nationally
#96Rosemary#160 nationally
#31Francis#94 nationally
#71Benjamin#132 nationally
#82Leon#140 nationally
#46Jay#101 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah179US #3
#2Mary165US #1
#3Linda157US #2
#4Patricia145US #4
#5Susan114US #5
#6Barbara104US #7
#7Karen90US #8
#8Nancy90US #9
#9Diane84US #17
#10Carol77US #15
#11Debra75US #6
#12Kathleen74US #14
#13Donna71US #11
#14Sharon69US #16
#15Sandra68US #13
#16Cynthia61US #10
#17Elizabeth59US #20
#18Margaret50US #21
#19Pamela48US #12
#20Janet42US #19
#21Catherine41US #32
#22Beverly40US #31
#23Shirley39US #33
#24Joan35US #40
#25Bonnie34US #52
#26Denise34US #24
#27Robin34US #41
#28Ann33US #44
#29Theresa33US #47
#30Kathy32US #23
#31Jean31US #56
#32Joyce31US #28
#33Judith31US #30
#34Anne30US #80
#35Marie29US #79
#36Dorothy27US #55
#37Gail27US #37
#38Jo27US #53
#39Christine25US #43
#40Jane25US #49
#41Janice25US #25
#42Michele24US #89
#43Rebecca24US #26
#44Lynn23US #63
#45Paula23US #38
#46Betty22US #36
#47Cheryl21US #22
#48Laura21US #45
#49Teresa21US #34
#50Brenda20US #18
#51Connie20US #39
#52Doris20US #93
#53Rose20US #54
#54Sheila20US #60
#55Carolyn19US #27
#56Constance19US #111
#57Peggy19US #48
#58Wanda19US #58
#59Darlene18US #76
#60Jacqueline18US #68
#61Lois18US #110
#62Phyllis18US #75
#63Alice16US #81
#64Frances16US #83
#65Joanne16US #78
#66Kathryn16US #51
#67Leslie16US #99
#68Lisa16US #73
#69Ruth16US #66
#70Eileen15US #115
#71Gloria15US #42
#72Maria15US #65
#73Martha15US #46
#74Terry15US #88
#75Valerie15US #87
#76Virginia15US #61
#77Ellen14US #77
#78Katherine14US #64
#79Marilyn14US #35
#80Sarah14US #103
#81Diana13US #57
#82Elaine13US #74
#83Helen13US #72
#84Judy13US #29
#85Suzanne13US #82
#86Victoria13US #85
#87Cathy12US #59
#88Marsha12US #86
#89Michelle12US #94
#90Sherry12US #62
#91Vanessa12US #142
#92Anna11US #105
#93Charlotte11US #113
#94Kim11US #134
#95Patti11US #167
#96Rosemary11US #160
#97Charlene10US #126
#98Geraldine10US #143
#99Holly10US #166
#100Joann10US #129

Boys

#1John278US #4
#2Robert255US #2
#3James239US #3
#4William228US #6
#5Michael199US #1
#6David194US #5
#7Richard146US #7
#8Thomas141US #8
#9Charles115US #10
#10Joseph114US #13
#11Gary79US #9
#12Donald77US #14
#13George77US #24
#14Paul74US #16
#15Mark69US #12
#16Stephen69US #20
#17Steven60US #11
#18Ronald56US #15
#19Edward54US #22
#20Kenneth53US #17
#21Jeffrey47US #23
#22Daniel45US #18
#23Bruce43US #30
#24Kevin42US #28
#25Wayne38US #41
#26Anthony36US #32
#27Gregory33US #25
#28Timothy31US #26
#29Larry29US #19
#30Raymond29US #35
#31Francis28US #94
#32Ralph28US #61
#33Walter28US #49
#34Dennis27US #21
#35Harry27US #86
#36Lawrence26US #39
#37Peter25US #37
#38Frank24US #36
#39Howard23US #80
#40Alan22US #43
#41Keith22US #45
#42Roger22US #34
#43Arthur21US #52
#44Eugene21US #77
#45Harold21US #60
#46Jay21US #101
#47Ernest20US #87
#48Patrick20US #38
#49Samuel20US #71
#50Albert19US #73
#51Andrew19US #70
#52Glenn19US #63
#53Frederick18US #83
#54Gerald18US #44
#55Henry18US #59
#56Christopher17US #64
#57Jonathan17US #121
#58Philip17US #62
#59Martin16US #79
#60Russell16US #69
#61Douglas15US #29
#62Norman15US #99
#63Barry14US #68
#64Carl14US #47
#65Dale14US #50
#66Eric14US #89
#67Scott14US #40
#68Clarence13US #108
#69Craig13US #51
#70Terry13US #27
#71Benjamin12US #132
#72Curtis12US #84
#73Leonard12US #85
#74Randall12US #55
#75Stanley12US #58
#76Victor12US #103
#77Edwin11US #129
#78Franklin11US #157
#79Ricky11US #46
#80Herbert10US #128
#81Jerry10US #31
#82Leon10US #140
#83Louis10US #81
#84Melvin10US #92
#85Steve10US #76
#86Clifford9US #112
#87Harvey9US #182
#88Jon9US #111
#89Marvin9US #97
#90Phillip9US #75
#91Randy9US #33
#92Robin9US #160
#93Vernon9US #144
#94Allan8US #149
#95Arnold8US #196
#96Bernard8US #123
#97Gordon8US #122
#98Guy8US #143
#99Jesse8US #119
#100Jimmy8US #74

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑46Paula#45
↑37Connie#51
↑34Theresa#29
↑34Marie#35
↑32Ernest#47
↑30Dorothy#36
↑30Phyllis#62
↑30Leslie#67

Falling

↓43Suzanne#85
↓42Joanne#65
↓38Elaine#82
↓38Helen#83
↓34Douglas#61
↓30Carolyn#55
↓30Ruth#69
↓27Barry#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.