State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,326 Delaware births in 1962 across 360 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#50Crystal#180 nationally
#44Francis#148 nationally
#79Vanessa#175 nationally
#60Holly#148 nationally
#91Leroy#179 nationally
#81Clarence#163 nationally
#62Harry#134 nationally
#75Benjamin#140 nationally
#56Frederick#116 nationally
#52Louis#107 nationally
#58Marie#113 nationally
#100Charlotte#154 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa161US #1
#2Mary140US #2
#3Karen120US #4
#4Susan112US #3
#5Donna97US #7
#6Linda89US #5
#7Patricia85US #6
#8Deborah81US #9
#9Pamela79US #13
#10Robin74US #25
#11Sharon74US #17
#12Elizabeth65US #20
#13Sandra60US #10
#14Cynthia57US #8
#15Brenda56US #12
#16Kimberly56US #16
#17Teresa55US #18
#18Kathleen54US #29
#19Cheryl53US #24
#20Barbara48US #14
#21Dawn45US #50
#22Christine44US #39
#23Denise44US #30
#24Nancy44US #19
#25Diane43US #26
#26Carol40US #28
#27Laura40US #21
#28Margaret40US #43
#29Theresa39US #40
#30Michelle38US #31
#31Tammy36US #23
#32Kathy35US #27
#33Debbie34US #32
#34Lori34US #11
#35Debra33US #15
#36Jacqueline33US #44
#37Janet33US #35
#38Angela32US #36
#39Tina32US #33
#40Kelly31US #38
#41Terri31US #54
#42Valerie31US #67
#43Michele29US #59
#44Catherine28US #53
#45Bonnie27US #79
#46Carolyn27US #46
#47Cindy27US #34
#48Suzanne27US #65
#49Wendy27US #64
#50Crystal25US #180
#51Kim25US #37
#52Sherry25US #48
#53Tracy25US #55
#54Carla24US #78
#55Joyce24US #74
#56Stephanie24US #70
#57Ann23US #56
#58Marie23US #113
#59Terry23US #112
#60Holly22US #148
#61Jennifer22US #41
#62Leslie22US #80
#63Maria22US #49
#64Andrea21US #99
#65Judith21US #86
#66Paula21US #60
#67Sheila21US #52
#68Lynn20US #71
#69Ruth20US #104
#70Amy19US #61
#71Annette19US #75
#72Julie19US #22
#73Wanda19US #77
#74Jane18US #73
#75Judy18US #63
#76Katherine18US #84
#77Melissa18US #68
#78Rebecca18US #47
#79Vanessa18US #175
#80Beth17US #66
#81Beverly17US #69
#82Connie17US #51
#83Darlene17US #88
#84Joan17US #94
#85Laurie17US #42
#86Tracey17US #123
#87Anne16US #83
#88Cathy16US #62
#89Dorothy16US #111
#90Jean16US #95
#91Kathryn16US #89
#92Martha16US #87
#93Virginia16US #105
#94Diana15US #57
#95Peggy15US #93
#96Regina14US #91
#97Vicki14US #85
#98Anita13US #81
#99Betty13US #97
#100Charlotte13US #154

Boys

#1John269US #3
#2David251US #2
#3Michael246US #1
#4Robert232US #5
#5James211US #4
#6William186US #7
#7Mark168US #6
#8Thomas132US #9
#9Richard114US #8
#10Joseph104US #13
#11Jeffrey97US #10
#12Steven93US #12
#13Kevin92US #14
#14Charles91US #15
#15Kenneth85US #18
#16Christopher74US #26
#17Daniel74US #17
#18Paul65US #19
#19Anthony64US #24
#20Gary64US #22
#21Timothy64US #16
#22Brian62US #20
#23Edward61US #29
#24Scott61US #11
#25Donald57US #23
#26George56US #32
#27Stephen55US #28
#28Douglas52US #27
#29Gregory51US #21
#30Ronald49US #25
#31Eric45US #33
#32Bruce41US #41
#33Andrew39US #49
#34Glenn35US #55
#35Keith34US #36
#36Patrick31US #40
#37Larry30US #31
#38Alan27US #53
#39Vincent27US #66
#40Darryl26US #83
#41Jeff26US #44
#42Wayne26US #63
#43Dennis25US #37
#44Francis25US #148
#45Peter25US #43
#46Craig23US #51
#47Raymond22US #48
#48Lawrence21US #70
#49Matthew19US #56
#50Chris18US #60
#51Jeffery18US #45
#52Louis18US #107
#53Steve18US #46
#54Walter18US #79
#55Frank17US #42
#56Frederick17US #116
#57Ralph17US #97
#58Roger17US #47
#59Terry17US #34
#60Carl16US #58
#61Eugene16US #112
#62Harry16US #134
#63Jonathan16US #94
#64Randall16US #64
#65Bryan15US #82
#66Dale15US #62
#67Henry15US #92
#68Howard15US #114
#69Jerry15US #38
#70Mike15US #39
#71Ricky15US #50
#72Curtis14US #73
#73Martin14US #74
#74Barry13US #61
#75Benjamin13US #140
#76Micheal13US #104
#77Samuel13US #88
#78Todd13US #30
#79Troy13US #67
#80Allen12US #93
#81Clarence12US #163
#82Dean12US #86
#83Dwayne12US #119
#84Gerald12US #65
#85Greg12US #77
#86Philip12US #81
#87Randy12US #35
#88Albert11US #101
#89Arthur11US #91
#90Ernest11US #127
#91Leroy11US #179
#92Reginald11US #133
#93Shawn11US #124
#94Tracy11US #111
#95Fred10US #126
#96Jack10US #99
#97Jay10US #80
#98Jimmy10US #75
#99Lee10US #115
#100Tony10US #52

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑49Chris#50
↑41Steve#53
↑37Angela#38
↑37Darryl#40
↑31Tammy#31
↑30Frederick#56
↑29Andrea#64
↑26Julie#72

Falling

↓56Diana#94
↓46Cathy#88
↓32Beverly#81
↓30Annette#71
↓30Albert#88
↓29Laurie#85
↓28Vicki#97
↓25Dale#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.