State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,816 Delaware births in 1959 across 376 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#64Tyrone#171 nationally
#43Francis#136 nationally
#73Nicholas#156 nationally
#82Gene#163 nationally
#99Juanita#176 nationally
#44Harry#120 nationally
#37Stephanie#101 nationally
#45Howard#104 nationally
#34Joanne#92 nationally
#49Eugene#106 nationally
#91Clarence#147 nationally
#69Jonathan#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary166US #1
#2Donna143US #5
#3Karen142US #4
#4Susan136US #2
#5Deborah121US #9
#6Linda119US #3
#7Patricia109US #6
#8Barbara86US #11
#9Cynthia86US #8
#10Lisa84US #10
#11Sharon82US #17
#12Nancy80US #14
#13Sandra80US #13
#14Brenda71US #16
#15Diane68US #19
#16Elizabeth67US #21
#17Carol63US #22
#18Robin61US #32
#19Denise59US #29
#20Kathleen59US #23
#21Cheryl55US #18
#22Kathy50US #15
#23Debra47US #7
#24Pamela45US #12
#25Debbie43US #20
#26Janet43US #28
#27Catherine41US #40
#28Theresa41US #34
#29Dawn34US #54
#30Margaret34US #36
#31Laura33US #30
#32Teresa33US #24
#33Carolyn31US #42
#34Joanne31US #92
#35Joyce31US #50
#36Judy31US #41
#37Stephanie28US #101
#38Christine27US #43
#39Valerie27US #60
#40Cathy26US #39
#41Joan26US #76
#42Lynn26US #63
#43Michelle26US #47
#44Ann25US #44
#45Bonnie25US #71
#46Jane25US #67
#47Kim25US #35
#48Terri25US #46
#49Anne24US #82
#50Cindy24US #25
#51Judith24US #70
#52Marie23US #104
#53Terry23US #95
#54Dorothy22US #94
#55Julie22US #26
#56Sheila22US #52
#57Janice21US #37
#58Michele21US #89
#59Ruth21US #97
#60Victoria21US #113
#61Wanda21US #65
#62Darlene20US #66
#63Diana20US #49
#64Gail20US #75
#65Shirley20US #61
#66Anita19US #87
#67Elaine19US #105
#68Jennifer19US #78
#69Annette18US #64
#70Beverly18US #55
#71Lori18US #27
#72Tammy18US #31
#73Andrea17US #123
#74Betty17US #59
#75Connie17US #48
#76Rebecca17US #38
#77Suzanne17US #96
#78Virginia17US #93
#79Jacqueline16US #111
#80Jean16US #77
#81Joann16US #130
#82Martha16US #72
#83Phyllis16US #103
#84Regina16US #117
#85Sarah16US #119
#86Wendy16US #83
#87Alice15US #112
#88Helen15US #108
#89Laurie15US #56
#90Tina15US #53
#91Amy14US #85
#92Ellen14US #91
#93Kimberly14US #33
#94Loretta14US #136
#95Patty14US #140
#96Paula14US #51
#97Peggy14US #57
#98Jill13US #86
#99Juanita13US #176
#100Katherine13US #79

Boys

#1John278US #4
#2David260US #2
#3Michael257US #1
#4James242US #3
#5Robert237US #5
#6William220US #7
#7Richard169US #8
#8Mark165US #6
#9Thomas133US #9
#10Joseph125US #13
#11Charles113US #11
#12Steven98US #10
#13Jeffrey95US #16
#14Kevin88US #14
#15Donald82US #19
#16George75US #32
#17Kenneth74US #15
#18Edward71US #27
#19Timothy71US #12
#20Anthony70US #26
#21Stephen66US #28
#22Paul65US #17
#23Daniel63US #18
#24Gary52US #20
#25Ronald52US #21
#26Gregory49US #23
#27Wayne49US #51
#28Brian48US #22
#29Bruce47US #38
#30Christopher47US #35
#31Dennis43US #29
#32Douglas41US #30
#33Scott41US #24
#34Larry38US #25
#35Keith36US #39
#36Patrick36US #43
#37Andrew31US #58
#38Matthew25US #63
#39Philip24US #68
#40Raymond24US #45
#41Frank23US #42
#42Alan22US #50
#43Francis22US #136
#44Harry22US #120
#45Howard22US #104
#46Walter22US #66
#47Craig21US #44
#48Peter21US #40
#49Eugene20US #106
#50Jerry20US #36
#51Eric19US #46
#52Lawrence19US #62
#53Mike19US #37
#54Randall19US #59
#55Carl18US #54
#56Dale18US #49
#57Glenn18US #80
#58Ricky18US #34
#59Samuel18US #86
#60Curtis17US #75
#61Henry17US #83
#62Ralph17US #84
#63Russell17US #56
#64Tyrone17US #171
#65Frederick16US #114
#66Jay16US #88
#67Jeffery16US #55
#68Gerald15US #61
#69Jonathan15US #124
#70Louis15US #100
#71Steve15US #41
#72Allen14US #97
#73Nicholas14US #156
#74Stanley14US #98
#75Terry14US #33
#76Victor14US #107
#77Vincent14US #102
#78Albert13US #92
#79Arthur13US #76
#80Barry13US #73
#81Dean13US #95
#82Gene13US #163
#83Randy13US #31
#84Danny12US #48
#85Darrell12US #90
#86Fred12US #112
#87Jerome12US #133
#88Martin12US #79
#89Phillip12US #74
#90Calvin11US #125
#91Clarence11US #147
#92Harold11US #87
#93Jack11US #85
#94Jeff11US #52
#95Joe11US #57
#96Lee11US #115
#97Roger11US #47
#98Bill10US #93
#99Chris10US #72
#100Duane10US #126

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑48Lynn#42
↑42Valerie#39
↑39Mike#53
↑39Henry#61
↑35Victoria#60
↑34Frederick#65
↑33Marie#52
↑33Matthew#38

Falling

↓57Paula#96
↓39Kimberly#93
↓39Peggy#97
↓33Barry#80
↓32Katherine#100
↓29Darlene#62
↓29Terry#75
↓27Helen#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.