State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,925 Delaware births in 1955 across 332 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#87Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#90Arnold#197 nationally
#68Franklin#163 nationally
#81Lewis#160 nationally
#35Francis#100 nationally
#65Warren#130 nationally
#99Robin#158 nationally
#56Stephanie#114 nationally
#73Julia#131 nationally
#63Clifford#118 nationally
#77Benjamin#132 nationally
#86Vanessa#140 nationally

Girls

#1Mary190US #1
#2Deborah164US #2
#3Linda153US #3
#4Patricia140US #6
#5Susan124US #5
#6Debra104US #4
#7Karen101US #8
#8Nancy100US #9
#9Donna95US #10
#10Barbara90US #7
#11Diane87US #14
#12Sharon81US #16
#13Elizabeth66US #21
#14Carol63US #15
#15Kathleen63US #17
#16Margaret61US #24
#17Cheryl60US #19
#18Cynthia56US #11
#19Sandra55US #13
#20Robin53US #33
#21Janet50US #20
#22Catherine42US #28
#23Pamela40US #12
#24Bonnie39US #45
#25Beverly37US #34
#26Ann36US #43
#27Brenda34US #18
#28Jane34US #50
#29Judith34US #31
#30Denise32US #23
#31Joan32US #46
#32Theresa32US #38
#33Jo28US #58
#34Christine27US #40
#35Connie26US #35
#36Kathryn26US #59
#37Virginia26US #66
#38Joanne25US #88
#39Laura25US #41
#40Teresa25US #26
#41Lisa24US #48
#42Gail23US #42
#43Jacqueline23US #73
#44Kathy23US #22
#45Wanda23US #61
#46Jean22US #60
#47Michele22US #93
#48Ruth22US #70
#49Valerie22US #80
#50Debbie21US #63
#51Diana21US #55
#52Katherine21US #65
#53Lynn21US #62
#54Rose21US #54
#55Joyce20US #29
#56Stephanie20US #114
#57Anne19US #84
#58Carolyn19US #30
#59Gloria19US #47
#60Janice19US #25
#61Shirley19US #37
#62Suzanne19US #86
#63Dorothy18US #64
#64Elaine18US #77
#65Helen18US #78
#66Judy18US #32
#67Rebecca18US #27
#68Sheila18US #57
#69Victoria18US #82
#70Anita17US #94
#71Betty17US #36
#72Constance17US #118
#73Julia17US #131
#74Martha17US #53
#75Phyllis17US #74
#76Rita16US #72
#77Terry16US #83
#78Cathy15US #44
#79Kim15US #75
#80Paula15US #39
#81Yvonne15US #119
#82Colleen14US #110
#83Darlene14US #76
#84Dawn14US #103
#85Rhonda14US #71
#86Vanessa13US #140
#87Vicki13US #52
#88Alice12US #87
#89Lois12US #124
#90Sarah12US #108
#91Ellen11US #81
#92Frances11US #96
#93Joann11US #136
#94Leslie11US #99
#95Lorraine11US #126
#96Marcia11US #98
#97Regina11US #127
#98Sally11US #95
#99Sylvia11US #107
#100Dianne10US #121

Boys

#1John268US #5
#2David262US #2
#3James254US #3
#4Michael227US #1
#5William223US #6
#6Robert220US #4
#7Joseph152US #13
#8Richard150US #7
#9Thomas115US #8
#10Charles110US #11
#11Stephen90US #21
#12Donald89US #14
#13Mark87US #9
#14Paul87US #16
#15Gary81US #12
#16Edward79US #25
#17Steven75US #10
#18Kenneth73US #15
#19Ronald66US #18
#20Kevin65US #27
#21George63US #26
#22Jeffrey61US #20
#23Dennis53US #23
#24Bruce52US #32
#25Daniel49US #17
#26Anthony47US #31
#27Keith41US #39
#28Wayne41US #44
#29Raymond39US #36
#30Timothy38US #22
#31Walter38US #51
#32Gregory37US #24
#33Larry37US #19
#34Douglas34US #29
#35Francis34US #100
#36Harry33US #89
#37Eugene31US #81
#38Frank30US #34
#39Glenn29US #59
#40Gerald27US #48
#41Christopher25US #49
#42Lawrence25US #42
#43Peter25US #35
#44Alan24US #43
#45Andrew23US #66
#46Carl23US #47
#47Eric23US #85
#48Philip23US #62
#49Brian22US #40
#50Samuel22US #71
#51Ralph21US #67
#52Barry20US #70
#53Craig20US #50
#54Scott20US #38
#55Harold19US #63
#56Patrick19US #41
#57Arthur18US #56
#58Albert17US #76
#59Frederick17US #86
#60Terry17US #28
#61Roger16US #37
#62Victor16US #101
#63Clifford15US #118
#64Vincent15US #99
#65Warren15US #130
#66Alfred14US #119
#67Clarence12US #117
#68Franklin12US #163
#69Fred12US #97
#70Henry12US #61
#71Jonathan12US #116
#72Martin12US #77
#73Norman12US #102
#74Roy12US #58
#75Russell12US #57
#76Stanley12US #64
#77Benjamin11US #132
#78Curtis11US #79
#79Earl11US #106
#80Howard11US #83
#81Lewis11US #160
#82Marvin11US #94
#83Rodney11US #65
#84Allen10US #84
#85Bernard10US #127
#86Dale10US #52
#87Maurice10
#88Randall10US #53
#89Ricky10US #46
#90Arnold9US #197
#91Chris9US #139
#92Ernest9US #90
#93Jack9US #60
#94Jay9US #103
#95Jerome9US #112
#96Jerry9US #33
#97Lee9US #96
#98Matthew9US #105
#99Robin9US #158
#100Steve9US #72

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑39Virginia#37
↑30Cheryl#17
↑30Kathryn#36
↑30Diana#51
↑27Joanne#38
↑27Lisa#41
↑27Douglas#34
↑26Valerie#49

Falling

↓48Jay#94
↓45Ernest#92
↓41Howard#80
↓38Shirley#61
↓35Paula#80
↓28Lois#89
↓28Frances#92
↓27Dorothy#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.