State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,816 Delaware births in 1961 across 385 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#36Francis#148 nationally
#100Franklin#195 nationally
#54Harry#131 nationally
#96Alvin#168 nationally
#83Vanessa#153 nationally
#68Norman#134 nationally
#80Lorraine#143 nationally
#88Tracey#151 nationally
#97Doris#160 nationally
#87Benjamin#146 nationally
#98Bernard#156 nationally
#81Karl#138 nationally

Girls

#1Mary142US #1
#2Lisa139US #2
#3Donna129US #7
#4Susan125US #3
#5Karen122US #5
#6Linda108US #4
#7Deborah93US #10
#8Patricia86US #6
#9Sharon81US #17
#10Robin76US #27
#11Cynthia68US #8
#12Carol67US #24
#13Barbara66US #12
#14Nancy65US #16
#15Sandra65US #9
#16Brenda63US #11
#17Pamela63US #15
#18Cheryl59US #20
#19Kimberly56US #22
#20Denise55US #30
#21Teresa54US #18
#22Kathy50US #25
#23Kathleen49US #29
#24Diane45US #26
#25Michele45US #63
#26Theresa43US #35
#27Margaret41US #40
#28Elizabeth40US #19
#29Michelle40US #34
#30Debbie39US #31
#31Debra39US #13
#32Christine37US #39
#33Catherine35US #48
#34Jacqueline35US #37
#35Laura34US #21
#36Tina34US #41
#37Terri33US #51
#38Diana31US #56
#39Lori30US #14
#40Dawn29US #49
#41Annette28US #73
#42Cathy28US #55
#43Cindy28US #33
#44Janet28US #32
#45Judith28US #83
#46Amy27US #69
#47Kim27US #36
#48Ann26US #54
#49Beverly26US #66
#50Valerie26US #67
#51Carolyn25US #42
#52Stephanie25US #78
#53Jennifer23US #47
#54Joanne23US #102
#55Joyce23US #62
#56Laurie23US #43
#57Rebecca23US #44
#58Suzanne23US #68
#59Bonnie22US #75
#60Judy22US #58
#61Sheila22US #59
#62Tammy22US #28
#63Darlene21US #80
#64Kelly21US #45
#65Paula21US #60
#66Terry21US #108
#67Wendy21US #61
#68Tracy20US #64
#69Vicki20US #76
#70Anne19US #90
#71Beth19US #65
#72Carla19US #77
#73Ellen19US #97
#74Shirley19US #85
#75Angela18US #38
#76Jane18US #72
#77Katherine18US #86
#78Kathryn18US #93
#79Leslie18US #84
#80Lorraine18US #143
#81Lynn18US #71
#82Ruth18US #96
#83Vanessa18US #153
#84Victoria18US #114
#85Alice17US #126
#86Connie17US #50
#87Regina17US #98
#88Tracey17US #151
#89Elaine16US #118
#90Gail16US #94
#91Joan16US #89
#92Rhonda16US #46
#93Andrea15US #110
#94Anna15US #100
#95Penny15US #101
#96Renee15US #79
#97Doris14US #160
#98Julie14US #23
#99Rose14US #111
#100Rita13US #105

Boys

#1John288US #3
#2David249US #2
#3Michael234US #1
#4Robert228US #5
#5James221US #4
#6William220US #7
#7Mark176US #6
#8Richard153US #8
#9Joseph122US #12
#10Thomas109US #9
#11Kevin104US #14
#12Jeffrey101US #11
#13Charles98US #13
#14Steven80US #10
#15Daniel78US #17
#16Kenneth77US #16
#17Donald72US #22
#18Paul70US #18
#19Anthony66US #25
#20Timothy66US #15
#21Christopher65US #26
#22Gary64US #21
#23Brian58US #20
#24Gregory57US #23
#25Stephen57US #27
#26George56US #31
#27Edward55US #29
#28Ronald55US #24
#29Bruce49US #40
#30Douglas46US #28
#31Andrew42US #52
#32Wayne41US #61
#33Keith39US #35
#34Raymond39US #48
#35Scott35US #19
#36Francis34US #148
#37Alan31US #51
#38Matthew31US #59
#39Dennis29US #34
#40Peter28US #42
#41Dale26US #58
#42Glenn26US #64
#43Patrick26US #39
#44Carl24US #56
#45Eric24US #38
#46Larry24US #30
#47Walter24US #74
#48Ricky23US #44
#49Barry22US #66
#50Jeff22US #49
#51Terry22US #32
#52Vincent22US #98
#53Frank21US #41
#54Harry21US #131
#55Lawrence20US #67
#56Louis20US #105
#57Samuel20US #89
#58Albert18US #97
#59Gerald18US #62
#60Ralph18US #95
#61Dean17US #84
#62Howard17US #109
#63Jeffery17US #50
#64Stanley17US #106
#65Victor17US #99
#66Craig16US #43
#67Martin16US #73
#68Norman16US #134
#69Philip16US #79
#70Roger16US #47
#71Russell16US #55
#72Curtis15US #75
#73Henry15US #92
#74Jonathan15US #112
#75Randy15US #33
#76Bill14US #104
#77Darryl14US #80
#78Eugene14US #113
#79Jay14US #81
#80Jerry14US #37
#81Karl14US #138
#82Todd14US #46
#83Allen13US #96
#84Bryan13US #82
#85Dwayne13US #111
#86Frederick13US #117
#87Benjamin12US #146
#88Duane12US #132
#89Ernest12US #123
#90Mike12US #36
#91Calvin11US #127
#92Danny11US #54
#93Fred11US #124
#94Steve11US #45
#95Troy11US #100
#96Alvin10US #168
#97Arthur10US #85
#98Bernard10US #156
#99Chris10US #57
#100Franklin10US #195

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑44Amy#46
↑40Jacqueline#34
↑29Terry#51
↑28Terri#37
↑28Suzanne#58
↑28Jeff#50
↑25Michelle#29
↑25Stephanie#52

Falling

↓41Chris#99
↓40Joan#91
↓38Arthur#97
↓34Jane#76
↓31Frederick#86
↓28Julie#98
↓27Andrea#93
↓26Shirley#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.