State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,763 Delaware births in 1958 across 356 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#85Lewis#177 nationally
#77Holly#168 nationally
#97Franklin#182 nationally
#57Francis#135 nationally
#82Alvin#154 nationally
#44Harry#111 nationally
#89Lois#154 nationally
#91Guy#156 nationally
#80Theodore#140 nationally
#67Eileen#125 nationally
#87Bernard#143 nationally
#81Alfred#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary158US #1
#2Susan152US #2
#3Karen141US #4
#4Deborah130US #7
#5Patricia128US #5
#6Linda121US #3
#7Cynthia100US #8
#8Barbara99US #9
#9Sharon99US #17
#10Donna94US #10
#11Cheryl84US #13
#12Nancy84US #12
#13Kathleen82US #21
#14Diane71US #18
#15Kathy66US #14
#16Lisa66US #19
#17Carol64US #20
#18Elizabeth62US #22
#19Sandra61US #15
#20Brenda58US #16
#21Margaret56US #31
#22Pamela52US #11
#23Debra51US #6
#24Denise51US #27
#25Robin51US #32
#26Janet49US #28
#27Debbie45US #24
#28Joyce41US #46
#29Teresa40US #26
#30Theresa39US #33
#31Bonnie38US #63
#32Catherine37US #38
#33Darlene37US #49
#34Ann33US #47
#35Cindy33US #25
#36Carolyn32US #37
#37Kim32US #40
#38Joanne30US #80
#39Paula28US #53
#40Judith27US #62
#41Cathy26US #34
#42Joan25US #68
#43Gloria24US #77
#44Janice24US #35
#45Laura24US #29
#46Beverly23US #55
#47Dorothy23US #86
#48Jane23US #61
#49Anne22US #87
#50Betty22US #54
#51Christine22US #43
#52Judy22US #36
#53Julie22US #23
#54Kimberly22US #39
#55Wanda22US #66
#56Dawn21US #84
#57Leslie21US #79
#58Peggy21US #42
#59Rebecca21US #41
#60Terri21US #51
#61Helen20US #100
#62Jean20US #73
#63Laurie20US #70
#64Michelle20US #56
#65Shirley20US #52
#66Diana19US #45
#67Eileen19US #125
#68Katherine19US #74
#69Ruth19US #90
#70Sheila19US #59
#71Connie18US #50
#72Maureen18US #110
#73Michele18US #92
#74Terry18US #89
#75Ellen17US #93
#76Gail17US #72
#77Holly17US #168
#78Jo17US #91
#79Kathryn17US #58
#80Tina17US #71
#81Valerie17US #64
#82Amy16US #97
#83Annette16US #76
#84Jill16US #98
#85Marie16US #106
#86Martha16US #69
#87Rita16US #88
#88Roberta16US #133
#89Lois15US #154
#90Lynn15US #60
#91Regina15US #120
#92Elaine14US #101
#93Jennifer14US #81
#94Julia14US #119
#95Victoria14US #109
#96Anna13US #103
#97Frances13US #118
#98Joann13US #122
#99Loretta13US #132
#100Sarah13US #117

Boys

#1Michael312US #1
#2John268US #5
#3James261US #3
#4William259US #6
#5David249US #2
#6Robert245US #4
#7Mark169US #7
#8Richard145US #8
#9Thomas142US #9
#10Joseph121US #12
#11Charles104US #11
#12Steven85US #10
#13Donald83US #18
#14Jeffrey77US #21
#15Kevin72US #20
#16Paul71US #15
#17Kenneth68US #14
#18Daniel66US #16
#19Ronald62US #19
#20Stephen60US #26
#21Edward58US #28
#22Wayne58US #48
#23George56US #31
#24Gary55US #17
#25Bruce54US #36
#26Brian53US #24
#27Anthony52US #27
#28Keith50US #37
#29Timothy47US #13
#30Gregory46US #23
#31Frank40US #38
#32Christopher38US #39
#33Raymond35US #43
#34Douglas33US #30
#35Peter33US #41
#36Andrew32US #55
#37Scott32US #25
#38Dennis31US #29
#39Larry31US #22
#40Patrick30US #42
#41Lawrence28US #52
#42Eric27US #50
#43Carl26US #51
#44Harry26US #111
#45Walter26US #63
#46Terry25US #33
#47Barry24US #79
#48Gerald24US #58
#49Jerry24US #35
#50Jay22US #86
#51Alan21US #49
#52Eugene21US #103
#53Glenn21US #76
#54Dale20US #46
#55Ralph20US #78
#56Allen19US #92
#57Francis19US #135
#58Howard19US #95
#59Stanley19US #88
#60Steve19US #44
#61Vincent19US #98
#62Ricky18US #34
#63Roy18US #75
#64Russell18US #54
#65Albert17US #89
#66Arthur17US #72
#67Craig17US #53
#68Ernest17US #113
#69Harold17US #84
#70Jeffery17US #59
#71Matthew16US #60
#72Samuel16US #85
#73Tony16US #57
#74Martin15US #71
#75Roger15US #47
#76Ronnie15US #66
#77Jonathan14US #124
#78Louis14US #94
#79Norman14US #125
#80Theodore14US #140
#81Alfred13US #133
#82Alvin13US #154
#83Randall13US #62
#84Dean12US #97
#85Lewis12US #177
#86Phillip12US #81
#87Bernard11US #143
#88Bryan11US #101
#89Chris11US #93
#90Curtis11US #82
#91Guy11US #156
#92Mike11US #40
#93Rodney11US #65
#94Billy10US #64
#95Bob10US #139
#96Clifford10US #128
#97Franklin10US #182
#98Fred10US #115
#99Frederick10US #110
#100Henry10US #83

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑33Paula#39
↑31Jean#62
↑31Howard#58
↑29Dorothy#47
↑29Jane#48
↑27Joanne#38
↑26Darlene#33
↑26Katherine#68

Falling

↓44Kathryn#79
↓42Gail#76
↓40Victoria#95
↓36Lynn#90
↓34Curtis#90
↓28Martha#86
↓28Roger#75
↓26Ruth#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.