State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,453 Delaware births in 1956 across 346 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#84Carltonoutside the national top 200
#90Willardoutside the national top 200
#93Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#95Harvey#198 nationally
#89June#182 nationally
#56Constance#141 nationally
#34Francis#111 nationally
#88Holly#162 nationally
#99Roxanne#172 nationally
#68Andrea#127 nationally
#96Leon#154 nationally
#37Terry#91 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah174US #4
#2Mary165US #1
#3Linda159US #3
#4Patricia138US #6
#5Karen135US #7
#6Susan120US #5
#7Sharon108US #13
#8Donna107US #10
#9Barbara101US #9
#10Carol90US #16
#11Diane88US #15
#12Nancy87US #11
#13Debra82US #2
#14Kathleen76US #17
#15Cynthia74US #8
#16Sandra73US #14
#17Cheryl55US #18
#18Margaret54US #25
#19Pamela49US #12
#20Robin49US #29
#21Elizabeth48US #22
#22Bonnie45US #51
#23Brenda45US #19
#24Denise44US #23
#25Janet43US #21
#26Catherine42US #28
#27Lisa38US #31
#28Christine36US #42
#29Ann35US #46
#30Beverly35US #40
#31Lynn35US #58
#32Joyce33US #30
#33Betty32US #44
#34Theresa32US #32
#35Judith31US #45
#36Jane30US #50
#37Terry30US #91
#38Shirley28US #41
#39Teresa27US #24
#40Gail25US #49
#41Joan25US #52
#42Kathryn25US #60
#43Valerie25US #80
#44Connie24US #43
#45Kim24US #38
#46Marie23US #96
#47Anne22US #86
#48Jacqueline22US #78
#49Jean22US #65
#50Sheila22US #55
#51Debbie21US #39
#52Joanne21US #99
#53Judy21US #35
#54Ruth21US #77
#55Cathy20US #36
#56Constance20US #141
#57Darlene20US #71
#58Dorothy20US #72
#59Sherry20US #54
#60Elaine19US #89
#61Ellen19US #84
#62Janice19US #26
#63Jo19US #69
#64Kathy19US #20
#65Laura19US #34
#66Victoria19US #85
#67Wanda19US #61
#68Andrea18US #127
#69Carolyn18US #33
#70Colleen17US #113
#71Diana17US #56
#72Doris17US #109
#73Jennifer17US #97
#74Martha17US #59
#75Michelle17US #88
#76Sarah17US #115
#77Stephanie17US #111
#78Suzanne17US #94
#79Cindy16US #37
#80Helen16US #90
#81Leslie16US #104
#82Rebecca16US #27
#83Virginia16US #75
#84Dawn15US #92
#85Rose15US #64
#86Tina15US #87
#87Wendy15US #95
#88Holly14US #162
#89June14US #182
#90Alice13US #98
#91Anna13US #103
#92Charlotte13US #133
#93Lori13US #66
#94Vicki13US #57
#95Yvonne13US #121
#96Charlene12US #132
#97Katherine12US #67
#98Michele12US #100
#99Roxanne12US #172
#100Doreen11US #147

Boys

#1John304US #5
#2Robert250US #3
#3James247US #2
#4Michael240US #1
#5David236US #4
#6William205US #6
#7Richard185US #7
#8Thomas139US #9
#9Joseph130US #12
#10Mark124US #8
#11Charles116US #11
#12Donald91US #14
#13Gary87US #13
#14Jeffrey86US #20
#15Stephen82US #23
#16Paul80US #17
#17Ronald80US #15
#18Steven78US #10
#19George73US #27
#20Kenneth71US #16
#21Bruce65US #33
#22Daniel61US #18
#23Edward61US #25
#24Kevin60US #22
#25Gregory49US #24
#26Anthony43US #30
#27Dennis43US #26
#28Frank41US #38
#29Douglas37US #29
#30Keith37US #36
#31Timothy36US #19
#32Raymond34US #39
#33Walter34US #53
#34Francis31US #111
#35Larry31US #21
#36Wayne31US #45
#37Brian30US #32
#38Andrew28US #56
#39Gerald28US #49
#40Barry26US #69
#41Lawrence24US #42
#42Peter24US #37
#43Samuel24US #74
#44Carl23US #48
#45Frederick23US #91
#46Jerry23US #35
#47Scott23US #34
#48Terry23US #31
#49Christopher22US #47
#50Henry22US #71
#51Russell22US #52
#52Alan21US #44
#53Eugene21US #86
#54Glenn21US #61
#55Howard21US #84
#56Harold19US #72
#57Jeffery18US #57
#58Matthew18US #90
#59Patrick18US #40
#60Stanley18US #70
#61Albert17US #81
#62Eric17US #79
#63Jonathan17US #114
#64Martin17US #73
#65Arthur16US #60
#66Theodore16US #119
#67Louis15US #82
#68Jay14US #92
#69Norman14US #107
#70Philip14US #64
#71Ralph14US #67
#72Roger14US #41
#73Roy14US #62
#74Dale13US #50
#75Ernest13US #94
#76Harry13US #95
#77Randall13US #54
#78Allen12US #87
#79Benjamin12US #131
#80Craig12US #51
#81Curtis12US #80
#82Marvin12US #105
#83Randy12US #28
#84Carlton11
#85Clarence11US #120
#86Earl11US #110
#87Lee11US #104
#88Leonard11US #89
#89Phillip11US #76
#90Willard11
#91Bryan10US #132
#92Edwin10US #124
#93Elwood10
#94Glen10US #125
#95Harvey10US #198
#96Leon10US #154
#97Victor10US #96
#98Alfred9US #121
#99Bernard9US #129
#100Dean9US #99

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑50Jerry#46
↑40Terry#37
↑40Matthew#58
↑38Betty#33
↑34Kim#45
↑30Ellen#61
↑26Darlene#57
↑26Jay#68

Falling

↓51Michele#98
↓46Virginia#83
↓45Katherine#97
↓40Harry#76
↓35Victor#97
↓32Alfred#98
↓31Rose#85
↓30Jo#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.