Popular baby names in Delaware, 1941

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1941 were Mary for girls (111 babies) and John for boys (164). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,915 babies born in Delaware in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1941

Names given at least 15 times in Delaware that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Constance: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Joanne: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Anne: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sarah: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Margaret: 74 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joan: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Doris: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marie: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Charlotte: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Geraldine: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Harry: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Anthony: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
George: 74 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wayne: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Louis: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Howard: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Norman: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	111	–	1
2	Barbara	105	–	2
3	Patricia	83	–	3
4	Margaret	74	–	12
5	Joan	51	↑2	17
6	Nancy	51	–	8
7	Carol	47	↑6	4
8	Joyce	47	↓3	13
9	Sandra	45	↑9	9
10	Judith	39	↑7	6
11	Elizabeth	36	↓2	21
12	Janet	36	↑3	18
13	Carolyn	34	↓2	11
14	Doris	27	↑5	38
15	Betty	26	↓5	7
16	Dorothy	26	↓8	14
17	Helen	26	↑11	24
18	Joanne	26	↑5	54
19	Jean	25	↓3	32
20	Ruth	25	–	28
21	Frances	24	↑6	31
22	Phyllis	24	↑4	35
23	Shirley	24	↓11	10
24	Virginia	24	↓10	23
25	Beverly	23	↑9	29
26	Marie	23	↓2	42
27	Janice	21	↑10	22
28	Linda	21	↑10	5
29	Martha	21	new	25
30	Sarah	21	↑19	60
31	Alice	20	↑2	34
32	Bonnie	20	new	33
33	Ann	19	↓12	37
34	Geraldine	19	↓9	45
35	Elaine	18	↑13	44
36	Anne	17	new	82
37	Charlotte	17	↓15	55
38	Lois	17	↓6	43
39	Constance	16	new	>100
40	Susan	16	–	27
41	Catherine	15	↓11	51
42	Gloria	14	–	26
43	Judy	14	new	16
44	Kathleen	14	↓13	36
45	Mildred	14	new	64
46	Norma	13	↓3	47
47	Anna	12	↓12	56
48	Eleanor	12	↓12	78
49	Grace	12	new	>100
50	Marlene	12	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	John	164	↑2	3
2	Robert	146	–	2
3	William	134	↓2	4
4	James	126	–	1
5	Richard	87	↑1	5
6	Charles	78	↓1	6
7	George	74	↑1	13
8	Thomas	62	↑1	8
9	David	55	↑3	7
10	Joseph	55	↓3	12
11	Ronald	50	–	9
12	Donald	45	↓2	10
13	Edward	44	↑1	17
14	Paul	36	↑4	18
15	Harry	33	↑1	48
16	Francis	26	↑3	60
17	Michael	25	↑5	16
18	Kenneth	23	↓3	15
19	Wayne	23	↑14	37
20	Anthony	21	↑7	46
21	Howard	18	↑8	47
22	Frank	17	↓5	21
23	Henry	17	↑1	28
24	Louis	17	↑1	50
25	Raymond	17	↓12	22
26	Walter	17	↓6	26
27	Albert	16	↑3	40
28	Arthur	16	↑14	33
29	Harold	16	↑3	24
30	Larry	16	↑18	11
31	Ralph	16	↓5	38
32	Stephen	16	↑9	41
33	Norman	15	↓2	49
34	Daniel	14	↓13	31
35	Lawrence	14	↓12	34
36	Alfred	13	new	74
37	Gerald	13	↑3	20
38	Bernard	12	new	87
39	Fred	12	↑7	43
40	Frederick	12	↑7	69
41	Peter	12	↓6	44
42	Bruce	11	new	51
43	Gary	11	new	19
44	Philip	11	new	52
45	Samuel	11	↑4	65
46	Carl	10	↓10	29
47	Clarence	10	↓4	62
48	Franklin	10	↓3	98
49	Horace	10	new	>100
50	Jerry	10	new	14

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