Popular baby names in Delaware, 1943

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1943 were Mary for girls (133 babies) and William for boys (206). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,886 babies born in Delaware in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1943

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: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Joanne: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Josephine: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Anne: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ruth: 47 babies, 3× the national rate
Catherine: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elizabeth: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jacqueline: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Doris: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Margaret: 68 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Harry: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Norman: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joseph: 95 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Howard: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate
William: 206 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	133	–	1
2	Barbara	130	–	2
3	Patricia	91	–	3
4	Margaret	68	↑1	14
5	Nancy	61	↑2	9
6	Joyce	52	↑7	16
7	Sandra	51	↑2	6
8	Elizabeth	50	↑3	23
9	Carol	49	↓5	5
10	Ruth	47	↑5	33
11	Judith	46	↑1	7
12	Joan	43	↓6	21
13	Linda	42	↑8	4
14	Virginia	41	↑3	25
15	Carolyn	35	↓7	11
16	Shirley	34	↑7	12
17	Susan	33	↑1	18
18	Dorothy	32	↓4	19
19	Betty	30	↓9	10
20	Joanne	30	↑5	49
21	Doris	29	↓5	40
22	Janet	27	–	20
23	Catherine	26	↑8	48
24	Helen	26	↑6	28
25	Diane	25	↑8	24
26	Donna	23	new	17
27	Frances	23	↓3	31
28	Beverly	22	↑12	32
29	Ann	21	↑9	37
30	Bonnie	21	↑11	34
31	Charlotte	21	↑4	47
32	Kathleen	21	–	22
33	Sharon	21	new	8
34	Alice	20	↓7	38
35	Anne	19	↓6	80
36	Jean	19	↓8	36
37	Marie	19	↓18	45
38	Carole	18	↓4	42
39	Jacqueline	18	new	65
40	Phyllis	18	↓14	39
41	Constance	17	new	>100
42	Jane	17	new	44
43	Janice	17	↓7	26
44	Roberta	16	new	66
45	Josephine	15	new	>100
46	Judy	15	new	13
47	Eileen	14	new	68
48	Elaine	14	↓3	46
49	Joann	14	↓1	60
50	Louise	14	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	William	206	↑1	4
2	John	204	↓1	3
3	Robert	174	–	2
4	James	173	–	1
5	Charles	95	↑1	7
6	Joseph	95	↑2	13
7	Richard	95	↓2	5
8	Thomas	85	↑1	8
9	Ronald	84	↑2	9
10	David	72	↓3	6
11	Edward	62	↑1	18
12	George	60	↓2	14
13	Donald	57	↑1	11
14	Paul	50	↑2	19
15	Kenneth	41	↑6	15
16	Francis	34	↓1	64
17	Frank	34	↑3	21
18	Michael	34	↓5	10
19	Raymond	29	↓1	22
20	Harry	26	↓1	50
21	Walter	24	↑1	26
22	Gerald	23	↑11	23
23	Howard	22	↑7	48
24	Wayne	22	↓7	41
25	Arthur	21	↑9	30
26	Daniel	21	new	25
27	Norman	20	↑10	56
28	Eugene	19	↓5	47
29	Henry	19	–	31
30	Ralph	19	↓6	40
31	Albert	18	↑1	43
32	Anthony	18	↑9	44
33	Louis	17	↑7	53
34	Dennis	16	↑12	20
35	Larry	16	–	12
36	Earl	15	↑3	60
37	Gary	15	↑5	16
38	Harold	15	↑7	27
39	Philip	15	new	57
40	Stephen	15	new	29
41	Douglas	14	↓13	28
42	Samuel	13	↓15	62
43	Allen	12	new	76
44	Ernest	12	↓1	61
45	Jack	12	new	34
46	Jerry	12	↑3	17
47	Lawrence	12	↓22	32
48	Leonard	12	↑2	55
49	Alfred	11	new	78
50	Alvin	11	new	>100

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