Popular baby names in Delaware, 1942

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1942 were Mary for girls (123 babies) and John for boys (188). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,366 babies born in Delaware in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1942

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

Girls

Anne: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Geraldine: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Doris: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Eleanor: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Marie: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joanne: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ruth: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Elizabeth: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Catherine: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joan: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 35 babies, 5× the national rate
Martin: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Samuel: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Frederick: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Harry: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Wayne: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Eugene: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Howard: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
William: 180 babies, 2× the national rate
Joseph: 75 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	123	–	1
2	Barbara	122	–	2
3	Patricia	89	–	3
4	Carol	67	↑3	5
5	Margaret	56	↓1	14
6	Joan	53	↓1	18
7	Nancy	50	↓1	8
8	Carolyn	43	↑5	10
9	Sandra	42	–	6
10	Betty	41	↑5	9
11	Elizabeth	41	–	22
12	Judith	40	↓2	7
13	Joyce	39	↓5	13
14	Dorothy	36	↑2	17
15	Ruth	36	↑5	33
16	Doris	34	↓2	41
17	Virginia	32	↑7	23
18	Susan	31	↑22	21
19	Marie	30	↑7	43
20	Geraldine	29	↑14	47
21	Linda	28	↑7	4
22	Janet	26	↓10	19
23	Shirley	26	–	12
24	Frances	25	↓3	30
25	Joanne	24	↓7	48
26	Phyllis	24	↓4	37
27	Alice	23	↑4	39
28	Jean	23	↓9	36
29	Anne	22	↑7	76
30	Helen	22	↓13	26
31	Catherine	20	↑10	49
32	Kathleen	19	↑12	24
33	Diane	18	new	28
34	Carole	17	new	35
35	Charlotte	17	↑2	51
36	Janice	17	↓9	25
37	Lois	17	↑1	44
38	Ann	16	↓5	38
39	Gloria	16	↑3	31
40	Beverly	15	↓15	32
41	Bonnie	15	↓9	34
42	Dolores	15	new	63
43	Eleanor	15	↑5	87
44	Sarah	15	↓14	67
45	Elaine	14	↓10	45
46	Ellen	14	new	64
47	Irene	14	new	80
48	Joann	13	new	58
49	Martha	13	↓20	29
50	Sally	13	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	John	188	–	3
2	William	180	↑1	4
3	Robert	162	↓1	2
4	James	151	–	1
5	Richard	96	–	5
6	Charles	92	–	7
7	David	75	↑2	6
8	Joseph	75	↑2	11
9	Thomas	74	↓1	8
10	George	68	↓3	14
11	Ronald	57	–	9
12	Edward	47	↑1	17
13	Michael	46	↑4	13
14	Donald	43	↓2	10
15	Francis	35	↑1	58
16	Paul	35	↓2	19
17	Wayne	26	↑2	41
18	Raymond	25	↑7	24
19	Harry	24	↓4	48
20	Frank	22	↑2	21
21	Kenneth	22	↓3	15
22	Walter	22	↑4	26
23	Eugene	21	new	45
24	Ralph	21	↑7	38
25	Lawrence	20	↑10	30
26	Peter	20	↑15	39
27	Samuel	20	↑18	59
28	Douglas	19	new	23
29	Henry	19	↓6	31
30	Howard	19	↓9	49
31	Frederick	18	↑9	68
32	Albert	17	↓5	40
33	Gerald	17	↑4	22
34	Arthur	16	↓6	29
35	Larry	15	↓5	12
36	Martin	15	new	85
37	Norman	15	↓4	53
38	Bruce	14	↑4	50
39	Earl	14	new	62
40	Louis	14	↓16	51
41	Anthony	13	↓21	44
42	Gary	13	↑1	18
43	Ernest	12	new	61
44	Fred	12	↓5	46
45	Harold	12	↓16	27
46	Dennis	11	new	20
47	Stanley	11	new	56
48	Carl	10	↓2	36
49	Jerry	10	↑1	16
50	Leonard	10	new	57

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