State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,648 Delaware births in 1960 across 380 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#72Tyrone#191 nationally
#95Lewisoutside the national top 200
#40Francis#145 nationally
#38Harry#124 nationally
#94Gene#174 nationally
#96Lois#175 nationally
#100Aaron#178 nationally
#83Benjamin#155 nationally
#77Alfred#147 nationally
#90Nicholas#153 nationally
#55Frederick#114 nationally
#72Eileen#130 nationally

Girls

#1Donna141US #5
#2Mary131US #1
#3Karen120US #4
#4Lisa113US #6
#5Susan113US #2
#6Linda108US #3
#7Patricia105US #7
#8Deborah98US #10
#9Sharon87US #16
#10Carol79US #23
#11Elizabeth73US #18
#12Cynthia70US #9
#13Barbara69US #12
#14Sandra67US #11
#15Diane61US #22
#16Robin59US #33
#17Kimberly57US #26
#18Kathleen56US #27
#19Pamela56US #14
#20Denise55US #29
#21Cheryl53US #17
#22Brenda51US #13
#23Debra47US #8
#24Nancy46US #15
#25Theresa45US #35
#26Kim40US #34
#27Teresa38US #19
#28Kathy37US #21
#29Margaret37US #36
#30Ann36US #51
#31Christine36US #40
#32Debbie36US #24
#33Michele35US #89
#34Dawn33US #57
#35Laura32US #25
#36Lori31US #20
#37Carolyn30US #43
#38Joyce30US #58
#39Valerie30US #65
#40Sherry29US #54
#41Cindy28US #30
#42Jane28US #67
#43Paula28US #55
#44Tina27US #45
#45Janet26US #32
#46Catherine25US #42
#47Cathy25US #46
#48Shirley25US #70
#49Darlene23US #75
#50Kelly23US #52
#51Joan22US #80
#52Joanne22US #99
#53Katherine22US #81
#54Michelle22US #39
#55Sheila22US #56
#56Wendy22US #63
#57Angela21US #50
#58Annette21US #62
#59Beverly21US #60
#60Judy21US #48
#61Anne20US #88
#62Kathryn20US #82
#63Lynn20US #64
#64Rebecca20US #38
#65Terri20US #49
#66Andrea19US #115
#67Beth19US #72
#68Betty19US #68
#69Judith19US #74
#70Julie19US #28
#71Terry19US #101
#72Eileen18US #130
#73Gail18US #90
#74Jacqueline18US #85
#75Leslie18US #92
#76Marie18US #103
#77Stephanie18US #91
#78Carla17US #110
#79Ellen17US #94
#80Janice17US #41
#81Laurie17US #37
#82Maria17US #59
#83Regina17US #105
#84Renee17US #93
#85Rose17US #98
#86Suzanne17US #78
#87Tammy17US #31
#88Tracy17US #84
#89Virginia17US #102
#90Amy16US #77
#91Colleen16US #107
#92Dorothy16US #95
#93Elaine16US #112
#94Anna15US #104
#95Julia15US #122
#96Lois15US #175
#97Melissa15US #109
#98Phyllis15US #108
#99Roberta15US #149
#100Victoria15US #114

Boys

#1David274US #1
#2Michael269US #2
#3John238US #4
#4Robert238US #5
#5James228US #3
#6William176US #7
#7Mark161US #6
#8Thomas131US #9
#9Richard127US #8
#10Joseph107US #12
#11Kenneth93US #16
#12Charles92US #13
#13Steven89US #10
#14Jeffrey84US #14
#15Kevin83US #15
#16Paul77US #18
#17Donald76US #19
#18Edward65US #26
#19Timothy64US #11
#20George63US #33
#21Gregory63US #24
#22Anthony62US #25
#23Daniel62US #17
#24Christopher61US #29
#25Brian60US #20
#26Ronald55US #21
#27Gary54US #22
#28Stephen54US #27
#29Douglas53US #30
#30Bruce46US #39
#31Keith46US #35
#32Dennis40US #31
#33Raymond38US #46
#34Larry34US #28
#35Eric33US #44
#36Patrick31US #45
#37Gerald29US #62
#38Harry29US #124
#39Matthew29US #61
#40Francis28US #145
#41Walter28US #70
#42Andrew27US #51
#43Glenn27US #74
#44Frank26US #40
#45Ricky26US #38
#46Wayne26US #58
#47Peter25US #42
#48Scott25US #23
#49Craig24US #41
#50Dale24US #54
#51Roger23US #47
#52Curtis22US #79
#53Philip22US #76
#54Carl21US #53
#55Frederick21US #114
#56Jerry21US #37
#57Alan20US #50
#58Chris20US #63
#59Arthur19US #82
#60Eugene19US #109
#61Martin19US #77
#62Barry18US #72
#63Lawrence18US #64
#64Vincent18US #98
#65Henry17US #84
#66Jay17US #78
#67Jeffery16US #55
#68Mike16US #36
#69Dwayne15US #123
#70Randy15US #32
#71Steve15US #43
#72Tyrone15US #191
#73Albert14US #93
#74Howard14US #108
#75Ralph14US #89
#76Russell14US #56
#77Alfred13US #147
#78Jeff13US #49
#79Leonard13US #113
#80Terry13US #34
#81Randall12US #59
#82Samuel12US #91
#83Benjamin11US #155
#84Bryan11US #88
#85Dean11US #94
#86Ernest11US #120
#87Harold11US #92
#88Jerome11US #133
#89Joe11US #57
#90Nicholas11US #153
#91Norman11US #132
#92Tom11US #86
#93Bill10US #95
#94Gene10US #174
#95Lewis10
#96Phillip10US #66
#97Ronnie10US #87
#98Roy10US #80
#99Theodore10US #149
#100Aaron9US #178

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑76Kimberly#17
↑53Paula#43
↑47Katherine#53
↑46Tina#44
↑46Roger#51
↑41Chris#58
↑35Lori#36
↑31Gerald#37

Falling

↓40Stephanie#77
↓40Victoria#100
↓38Dorothy#92
↓29Howard#74
↓27Randall#81
↓26Elaine#93
↓24Judy#60
↓24Marie#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.