State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,065 Delaware births in 1957 across 366 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#81Tyrone#195 nationally
#96Lynda#195 nationally
#70Robin#168 nationally
#85Lester#183 nationally
#41Francis#128 nationally
#67Herbert#151 nationally
#88Vanessa#159 nationally
#71Marianne#139 nationally
#57Jonathan#124 nationally
#53Doris#119 nationally
#90Nicholas#152 nationally
#32Eugene#92 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah183US #6
#2Mary166US #1
#3Susan151US #2
#4Karen144US #5
#5Patricia143US #8
#6Linda137US #3
#7Donna127US #10
#8Cynthia111US #7
#9Sharon102US #14
#10Cheryl91US #16
#11Barbara88US #9
#12Kathleen85US #21
#13Carol83US #18
#14Diane78US #17
#15Nancy76US #11
#16Lisa73US #26
#17Brenda68US #13
#18Sandra66US #15
#19Debra65US #4
#20Elizabeth63US #22
#21Pamela61US #12
#22Robin49US #30
#23Margaret48US #29
#24Theresa47US #36
#25Catherine42US #37
#26Denise40US #25
#27Debbie37US #27
#28Cindy36US #19
#29Christine35US #41
#30Judith35US #53
#31Laura35US #31
#32Janet33US #23
#33Beverly31US #48
#34Gail31US #54
#35Kathryn31US #65
#36Kathy31US #20
#37Ann30US #44
#38Kim30US #35
#39Wanda30US #59
#40Bonnie29US #64
#41Joan29US #60
#42Julie29US #28
#43Ruth29US #84
#44Shirley29US #46
#45Teresa29US #24
#46Anne27US #86
#47Terri27US #68
#48Cathy26US #39
#49Joyce26US #40
#50Terry26US #92
#51Sheila24US #58
#52Carolyn22US #33
#53Doris22US #119
#54Lynn22US #61
#55Victoria22US #88
#56Kimberly21US #42
#57Leslie21US #77
#58Martha21US #63
#59Darlene20US #57
#60Dawn20US #93
#61Diana20US #43
#62Ellen20US #85
#63Helen18US #95
#64Janice18US #32
#65Joanne18US #94
#66Judy18US #38
#67Michelle18US #79
#68Rebecca18US #34
#69Suzanne18US #102
#70Vicki18US #51
#71Marianne17US #139
#72Paula17US #49
#73Renee17US #111
#74Anna16US #105
#75Betty16US #50
#76Dorothy16US #74
#77Jane16US #56
#78Valerie16US #76
#79Anita15US #81
#80Elaine15US #96
#81Jacqueline15US #91
#82Phyllis15US #90
#83Stephanie15US #110
#84Tina15US #80
#85Beth14US #108
#86Eileen14US #120
#87Michele14US #99
#88Vanessa14US #159
#89Virginia14US #75
#90Yvonne14US #124
#91Andrea13US #130
#92Charlotte13US #133
#93Jean13US #67
#94Katherine13US #72
#95Lori13US #45
#96Lynda13US #195
#97Monica13US #151
#98Sarah13US #116
#99Sherry13US #55
#100Tammy13US #107

Boys

#1John289US #5
#2James267US #2
#3Robert262US #4
#4Michael257US #1
#5David255US #3
#6William240US #6
#7Richard194US #8
#8Mark162US #7
#9Charles143US #11
#10Joseph127US #12
#11Thomas115US #9
#12Kevin89US #20
#13George86US #29
#14Donald84US #15
#15Jeffrey82US #21
#16Paul82US #18
#17Ronald78US #17
#18Kenneth77US #14
#19Gary72US #13
#20Daniel70US #16
#21Edward70US #25
#22Steven70US #10
#23Stephen65US #24
#24Gregory56US #23
#25Wayne48US #47
#26Douglas47US #30
#27Bruce46US #34
#28Anthony44US #27
#29Keith43US #36
#30Brian40US #26
#31Larry39US #22
#32Eugene38US #92
#33Raymond38US #39
#34Timothy38US #19
#35Frank37US #38
#36Lawrence36US #46
#37Scott35US #32
#38Andrew32US #56
#39Christopher32US #43
#40Peter32US #37
#41Francis31US #128
#42Patrick31US #41
#43Dennis30US #28
#44Eric29US #60
#45Glenn28US #62
#46Harry28US #100
#47Roger28US #42
#48Walter28US #58
#49Alan27US #48
#50Gerald26US #51
#51Carl23US #49
#52Samuel23US #82
#53Barry21US #72
#54Philip20US #68
#55Albert19US #84
#56Curtis19US #80
#57Jonathan18US #124
#58Vincent18US #97
#59Dale17US #50
#60Jeffery17US #52
#61Ernest16US #101
#62Arthur15US #66
#63Norman15US #118
#64Russell15US #54
#65Steve15US #44
#66Craig14US #55
#67Herbert14US #151
#68Jay14US #88
#69Louis14US #86
#70Robin14US #168
#71Danny13US #45
#72Jerry13US #35
#73Martin13US #69
#74Frederick12US #99
#75Henry12US #75
#76Micheal12US #85
#77Ralph12US #76
#78Randall12US #59
#79Randy12US #31
#80Ricky12US #40
#81Tyrone12US #195
#82Allen11US #91
#83Bernard11US #137
#84Leonard11US #94
#85Lester11US #183
#86Benjamin10US #138
#87Clarence10US #135
#88Harold10US #74
#89Howard10US #89
#90Nicholas10US #152
#91Phillip10US #79
#92Todd10US #143
#93Victor10US #98
#94Alfred9US #131
#95Dan9US #121
#96Dean9US #93
#97Glen9US #129
#98Gordon9US #140
#99Guy9US #149
#100Jack9US #67

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑51Cindy#28
↑34Laura#31
↑30Harry#46
↑28Kathy#36
↑28Wanda#39
↑25Roger#47
↑25Curtis#56
↑24Debbie#27

Falling

↓44Jean#93
↓42Betty#75
↓41Jane#77
↓40Sherry#99
↓35Valerie#78
↓34Howard#89
↓33Jacqueline#81
↓32Harold#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.