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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,456 Delaware births in 1963 across 383 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#53Francis#153 nationally
#64Crystal#156 nationally
#80Derrick#164 nationally
#60Harry#137 nationally
#41Howard#114 nationally
#97Clarence#163 nationally
#59Ernest#122 nationally
#62Terry#123 nationally
#58Dorothy#116 nationally
#95Warren#152 nationally
#49Louis#104 nationally
#88Norman#138 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa194US #1
#2Karen135US #4
#3Mary129US #2
#4Susan114US #3
#5Donna113US #6
#6Patricia91US #7
#7Deborah89US #13
#8Linda89US #5
#9Sharon89US #19
#10Cynthia68US #10
#11Kimberly67US #11
#12Elizabeth65US #20
#13Pamela63US #14
#14Robin60US #25
#15Sandra60US #9
#16Denise57US #27
#17Brenda54US #15
#18Barbara53US #17
#19Kathleen53US #28
#20Nancy51US #23
#21Christine47US #29
#22Michele45US #59
#23Teresa45US #18
#24Cheryl44US #24
#25Michelle41US #26
#26Margaret39US #46
#27Tammy39US #12
#28Tina39US #35
#29Lori38US #8
#30Carol37US #33
#31Catherine36US #53
#32Laura36US #16
#33Kelly35US #32
#34Sherry35US #49
#35Diane33US #31
#36Kim33US #39
#37Carolyn31US #56
#38Jane31US #75
#39Theresa31US #38
#40Suzanne30US #65
#41Tracy30US #48
#42Debra29US #21
#43Rebecca29US #44
#44Dawn28US #52
#45Jennifer28US #36
#46Paula28US #42
#47Sheila28US #50
#48Jacqueline27US #51
#49Wendy27US #60
#50Judith26US #91
#51Laurie25US #47
#52Anne24US #80
#53Terri24US #58
#54Valerie24US #69
#55Kathy23US #34
#56Amy22US #54
#57Andrea22US #89
#58Dorothy22US #116
#59Maria22US #43
#60Angela21US #30
#61Ann21US #57
#62Terry21US #123
#63Carla20US #82
#64Crystal20US #156
#65Janet20US #40
#66Bonnie19US #83
#67Judy19US #70
#68Renee19US #74
#69Rhonda19US #45
#70Annette18US #71
#71Beverly18US #81
#72Colleen18US #98
#73Connie18US #55
#74Wanda18US #76
#75Debbie17US #41
#76Gail17US #105
#77Joanne16US #114
#78Melissa16US #61
#79Tracey16US #119
#80Anna15US #102
#81Joan15US #95
#82Kathryn15US #93
#83Lynn15US #73
#84Regina15US #92
#85Betty14US #104
#86Diana14US #62
#87Ellen14US #112
#88Holly14US #132
#89Janice14US #63
#90Joyce14US #84
#91Julie14US #22
#92Melanie14US #101
#93Stephanie14US #64
#94Alice13US #138
#95Darlene13US #85
#96Eileen13US #141
#97Jean13US #97
#98Jill13US #68
#99Maureen13US #108
#100Penny13US #86

Boys

#1David266US #3
#2John254US #2
#3Michael252US #1
#4Robert240US #5
#5James213US #4
#6William189US #7
#7Mark177US #6
#8Richard140US #8
#9Joseph128US #13
#10Thomas122US #9
#11Charles113US #16
#12Kevin96US #11
#13Jeffrey94US #10
#14Paul80US #17
#15Brian78US #20
#16Anthony73US #22
#17Christopher69US #26
#18Steven69US #14
#19Gregory66US #21
#20Kenneth65US #18
#21Timothy65US #15
#22Scott59US #12
#23Ronald58US #23
#24Donald57US #25
#25Stephen57US #29
#26Edward54US #27
#27Gary52US #24
#28Andrew49US #42
#29Daniel49US #19
#30George49US #34
#31Eric42US #31
#32Keith42US #33
#33Bruce32US #43
#34Patrick32US #35
#35Raymond29US #45
#36Dennis28US #39
#37Wayne28US #63
#38Douglas27US #28
#39Matthew25US #50
#40Walter24US #77
#41Howard23US #114
#42Larry23US #36
#43Frank22US #41
#44Glenn21US #64
#45Peter21US #40
#46Carl20US #54
#47Gerald20US #60
#48Steve20US #49
#49Louis19US #104
#50Philip19US #83
#51Roger19US #53
#52Dean18US #86
#53Francis18US #153
#54Phillip18US #70
#55Randy18US #37
#56Todd18US #30
#57Alan17US #56
#58Dale17US #69
#59Ernest17US #122
#60Harry17US #137
#61Jonathan17US #88
#62Vincent17US #61
#63Bryan16US #73
#64Curtis16US #72
#65Darryl16US #80
#66Henry16US #94
#67Jeffery16US #46
#68Jerry16US #38
#69Russell16US #57
#70Troy16US #66
#71Allen15US #90
#72Lawrence15US #68
#73Mike15US #44
#74Samuel15US #87
#75Eugene14US #112
#76Frederick14US #117
#77Ralph14US #99
#78Craig13US #51
#79Danny13US #55
#80Derrick13US #164
#81Martin13US #62
#82Terry13US #32
#83Arthur12US #91
#84Barry12US #67
#85Chris12US #59
#86Dwayne12US #115
#87Jay12US #85
#88Norman12US #138
#89Victor12US #97
#90Albert11US #100
#91Greg11US #81
#92Jeff11US #48
#93Randall11US #65
#94Ricky11US #47
#95Warren11US #152
#96Bobby10US #75
#97Clarence10US #163
#98Don10US #135
#99Jerome10US #128
#100Micheal10US #106

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑37Gerald#47
↑36Jane#38
↑36Philip#50
↑35Rebecca#43
↑35Anne#52
↑34Laurie#51
↑32Randy#55
↑31Dorothy#58

Falling

↓51Jeff#92
↓42Debbie#75
↓37Stephanie#93
↓35Joyce#90
↓35Chris#85
↓32Craig#78
↓29Randall#93
↓28Janet#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.