Popular baby names in Delaware, 1944

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1944 were Mary for girls (135 babies) and William for boys (196). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,664 babies born in Delaware in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1944

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

Girls

Catherine: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Suzanne: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Virginia: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joanne: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joan: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Doris: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joyce: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alfred: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Howard: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Louis: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Samuel: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Clarence: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joseph: 90 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wayne: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Harry: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
William: 196 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	135	–	1
2	Barbara	116	–	2
3	Patricia	103	–	4
4	Carol	79	↑5	5
5	Nancy	69	–	7
6	Joyce	53	–	18
7	Sandra	53	–	6
8	Linda	50	↑5	3
9	Margaret	48	↓5	14
10	Joan	45	↑2	22
11	Susan	45	↑6	13
12	Judith	44	↓1	9
13	Virginia	42	↑1	26
14	Carolyn	41	↑1	11
15	Shirley	38	↑1	15
16	Betty	33	↑3	10
17	Janet	32	↑5	21
18	Kathleen	31	↑14	20
19	Catherine	26	↑4	49
20	Frances	26	↑7	33
21	Dorothy	25	↓3	19
22	Elizabeth	25	↓14	23
23	Helen	25	↑1	31
24	Sharon	25	↑9	8
25	Beverly	24	↑3	35
26	Bonnie	24	↑4	34
27	Doris	24	↓6	42
28	Ruth	24	↓18	32
29	Phyllis	22	↑11	40
30	Diane	21	↓5	24
31	Jane	19	↑11	41
32	Donna	18	↓6	17
33	Jean	18	↑3	37
34	Joanne	18	↓14	55
35	Carole	17	↑3	43
36	Elaine	17	↑12	46
37	Judy	17	↑9	12
38	Ann	15	↓9	39
39	Geraldine	15	new	53
40	Lois	15	new	47
41	Suzanne	15	new	78
42	Charlotte	14	↓11	50
43	Marie	14	↓6	48
44	Christine	13	new	75
45	Deborah	13	new	>100
46	Alice	12	↓12	38
47	Cheryl	12	new	36
48	Norma	12	new	66
49	Eileen	11	↓2	73
50	Gail	11	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	William	196	–	4
2	James	174	↑2	1
3	Robert	173	–	2
4	John	172	↓2	3
5	Richard	103	↑2	5
6	Charles	96	↓1	7
7	Joseph	90	↓1	13
8	David	89	↑2	6
9	Thomas	82	↓1	8
10	Donald	64	↑3	11
11	George	60	↑1	14
12	Ronald	55	↓3	10
13	Edward	44	↓2	18
14	Paul	39	–	17
15	Kenneth	36	–	16
16	Wayne	29	↑8	37
17	Michael	28	↑1	9
18	Raymond	27	↑1	22
19	Walter	25	↑2	26
20	Francis	24	↓4	71
21	Howard	24	↑2	53
22	Henry	23	↑7	35
23	Frank	22	↓6	21
24	Harry	22	↓4	49
25	Daniel	21	↑1	25
26	Larry	21	↑9	12
27	Lawrence	21	↑20	32
28	Louis	21	↑5	54
29	Albert	20	↑2	44
30	Gary	19	↑7	15
31	Harold	19	↑7	27
32	Samuel	18	↑10	62
33	Alfred	17	↑16	82
34	Clarence	16	new	74
35	Ralph	16	↓5	42
36	Dennis	15	↓2	20
37	Gerald	15	↓15	24
38	Stanley	15	new	57
39	Stephen	15	↑1	28
40	Alan	14	new	55
41	Allen	14	↑2	77
42	Peter	14	new	40
43	Douglas	13	↓2	34
44	Norman	13	↓17	58
45	Andrew	12	new	81
46	Anthony	12	↓14	46
47	Ernest	12	↓3	59
48	Eugene	12	↓20	48
49	Roland	12	new	>100
50	Edwin	11	new	>100

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