State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,514 Delaware births in 1965 across 358 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#43Francis#164 nationally
#79Tyrone#172 nationally
#55Crystal#146 nationally
#57Harry#146 nationally
#65Nicholas#150 nationally
#99Herbert#183 nationally
#80Warren#162 nationally
#100Leroy#173 nationally
#81Calvin#153 nationally
#96Clarence#166 nationally
#55Howard#122 nationally
#74Gail#134 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa194US #1
#2Kimberly113US #4
#3Karen111US #3
#4Mary98US #2
#5Susan84US #5
#6Donna83US #7
#7Dawn76US #26
#8Deborah71US #13
#9Patricia70US #6
#10Christine57US #21
#11Sharon54US #22
#12Cynthia53US #9
#13Robin53US #33
#14Linda52US #8
#15Michele50US #48
#16Michelle49US #18
#17Angela46US #10
#18Jennifer45US #20
#19Barbara44US #25
#20Elizabeth44US #16
#21Denise43US #28
#22Sandra43US #15
#23Stephanie43US #44
#24Kathleen42US #34
#25Pamela42US #12
#26Laura40US #17
#27Lori39US #19
#28Diane38US #40
#29Teresa38US #24
#30Brenda37US #23
#31Cheryl37US #31
#32Tammy37US #11
#33Amy35US #35
#34Margaret35US #52
#35Tracy35US #36
#36Wendy35US #39
#37Debra33US #27
#38Nancy33US #32
#39Sheila32US #50
#40Kelly31US #30
#41Ann30US #59
#42Carol28US #42
#43Theresa28US #45
#44Tracey27US #85
#45Catherine26US #57
#46Jacqueline26US #47
#47Tina26US #29
#48Andrea25US #63
#49Paula25US #49
#50Kim23US #43
#51Melissa23US #38
#52Rhonda23US #37
#53Kathy22US #54
#54Valerie22US #67
#55Crystal21US #146
#56Jill21US #51
#57Maureen21US #107
#58Rebecca21US #41
#59Carolyn19US #58
#60Renee19US #68
#61Julie18US #14
#62Maria17US #46
#63Virginia17US #115
#64Anna16US #96
#65Beth16US #66
#66Connie16US #61
#67Anne15US #77
#68Annette15US #71
#69Betty15US #103
#70Carla15US #76
#71Christina15US #74
#72Dana15US #78
#73Darlene15US #83
#74Gail15US #134
#75Cindy14US #53
#76Katherine14US #79
#77Laurie14US #60
#78Regina14US #82
#79Stacey14US #84
#80Allison13US #128
#81Bonnie13US #89
#82Colleen13US #93
#83Deanna13US #110
#84Dorothy13US #130
#85Jane13US #95
#86Janet13US #55
#87Joan13US #116
#88Joyce13US #90
#89Judith13US #102
#90Leslie13US #75
#91Marie13US #106
#92Sherry13US #56
#93Shirley13US #111
#94Suzanne13US #65
#95Vicki13US #114
#96Wanda13US #81
#97April12US #136
#98Gloria12US #109
#99Janice12US #73
#100Lynn12US #80

Boys

#1John245US #2
#2David238US #3
#3Michael235US #1
#4Robert223US #5
#5James212US #4
#6William203US #6
#7Thomas119US #9
#8Richard115US #8
#9Charles104US #20
#10Mark104US #7
#11Joseph90US #11
#12Jeffrey89US #10
#13Christopher86US #18
#14Kevin83US #13
#15Steven82US #14
#16Paul75US #16
#17Brian70US #19
#18Scott65US #15
#19Timothy63US #12
#20Edward61US #29
#21Stephen59US #28
#22Daniel57US #17
#23Eric57US #25
#24Ronald53US #24
#25Anthony52US #22
#26Kenneth51US #21
#27Donald48US #26
#28Andrew47US #37
#29Gregory44US #23
#30Gary43US #27
#31George41US #34
#32Keith38US #35
#33Douglas34US #32
#34Matthew33US #36
#35Bruce29US #50
#36Patrick28US #31
#37Frank27US #43
#38Peter24US #39
#39Vincent24US #61
#40Rodney23US #33
#41Wayne22US #65
#42Bryan21US #63
#43Francis19US #164
#44Raymond19US #45
#45Carl18US #54
#46Philip18US #87
#47Shawn18US #69
#48Walter18US #82
#49Craig17US #46
#50Russell17US #58
#51Todd17US #30
#52Alan16US #59
#53Allen16US #92
#54Dennis16US #44
#55Howard16US #122
#56Larry16US #38
#57Harry15US #146
#58Jeffery15US #47
#59Jerry15US #41
#60Marvin15US #109
#61Sean15US #79
#62Arthur14US #96
#63Barry14US #86
#64Eugene14US #120
#65Nicholas14US #150
#66Roger14US #49
#67Albert13US #100
#68Darrin13US #102
#69Darryl13US #68
#70Jonathan13US #74
#71Randy13US #42
#72Roy13US #95
#73Aaron12US #130
#74Darren12US #52
#75Glenn12US #85
#76Henry12US #94
#77Leonard12US #121
#78Ricky12US #57
#79Tyrone12US #172
#80Warren12US #162
#81Calvin11US #153
#82Dale11US #83
#83Louis11US #101
#84Martin11US #67
#85Randall11US #73
#86Willie11US #93
#87Danny10US #56
#88Dwayne10US #126
#89Jon10US #78
#90Lawrence10US #66
#91Melvin10US #138
#92Phillip10US #70
#93Terry10US #40
#94Theodore10US #143
#95Troy10US #53
#96Clarence9US #166
#97Earl9US #156
#98Frederick9US #106
#99Herbert9US #183
#100Leroy9US #173

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑50Tracey#44
↑48Rodney#40
↑41Philip#46
↑38Allen#53
↑31Sheila#39
↑31Beth#65
↑31Russell#50
↑31Eugene#64

Falling

↓54Sherry#92
↓50Lawrence#90
↓37Wanda#96
↓35Leslie#90
↓30Joan#87
↓28Darlene#73
↓25Bonnie#81
↓23Suzanne#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.