Popular baby names in Delaware, 1946

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1946 were Barbara for girls (140 babies) and John for boys (229). Barbara ranked #4 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,590 babies born in Delaware in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1946

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

Girls

Deborah: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Joanne: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Constance: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Geraldine: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ruth: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jean: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Catherine: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Eileen: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joan: 39 babies, 2× the national rate
Ann: 28 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 33 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Howard: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Frederick: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ralph: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joseph: 97 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stanley: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Barbara	140	↑1	4
2	Mary	125	↓1	1
3	Patricia	105	↑1	3
4	Sandra	85	↑1	6
5	Carol	80	↓2	5
6	Nancy	75	–	7
7	Linda	64	–	2
8	Margaret	58	–	17
9	Susan	54	↑3	8
10	Sharon	52	↑27	9
11	Joyce	48	↑5	20
12	Judith	47	↓1	10
13	Kathleen	47	↑2	16
14	Carolyn	42	↑8	12
15	Shirley	40	↓6	18
16	Betty	39	↑4	14
17	Joan	39	↓4	28
18	Elizabeth	37	↓8	25
19	Diane	35	↓5	19
20	Ruth	34	↓3	38
21	Karen	33	↑19	15
22	Beverly	32	↑3	30
23	Donna	32	↓4	13
24	Janet	32	↓3	21
25	Bonnie	31	↑8	33
26	Dorothy	31	↓3	23
27	Jean	31	↑20	37
28	Jane	30	↓10	35
29	Joanne	29	new	57
30	Ann	28	–	40
31	Janice	27	↓2	22
32	Phyllis	27	↓8	41
33	Virginia	27	↑5	31
34	Frances	24	↓8	39
35	Catherine	23	↑15	48
36	Martha	23	new	32
37	Brenda	21	↑12	24
38	Deborah	21	new	>100
39	Alice	20	↓4	44
40	Geraldine	20	↓1	66
41	Elaine	19	↑1	47
42	Gail	19	new	49
43	Helen	19	↓16	36
44	Doris	18	↓16	51
45	Judy	18	↓9	11
46	Suzanne	18	new	52
47	Constance	17	↓1	100
48	Diana	17	new	42
49	Gloria	17	↓18	26
50	Kathryn	17	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	John	229	↑1	3
2	Robert	215	↓1	2
3	William	206	–	4
4	James	182	–	1
5	Richard	155	–	5
6	David	119	↑3	6
7	Charles	110	–	9
8	Joseph	97	↓2	14
9	Thomas	75	↓1	8
10	Donald	70	↑1	13
11	Ronald	66	↑3	10
12	George	62	↓2	16
13	Michael	61	–	7
14	Edward	56	↓2	19
15	Kenneth	43	↑1	15
16	Paul	42	↓1	18
17	Francis	33	↑7	80
18	Frank	33	↑1	22
19	Wayne	31	↑4	29
20	Gary	29	↑7	12
21	Stephen	29	↑4	24
22	Ralph	28	↑4	48
23	Bruce	27	↑22	32
24	Howard	25	↑4	55
25	Larry	23	↑17	11
26	Daniel	22	↑8	21
27	Henry	22	↑14	41
28	Walter	22	↓11	30
29	Harry	21	↓8	50
30	Eugene	20	↑1	57
31	Alan	19	↑13	49
32	Albert	19	↓14	52
33	Douglas	19	new	34
34	Frederick	19	new	75
35	Dennis	17	↑2	17
36	Stanley	17	↑3	65
37	Jerry	16	new	20
38	Louis	16	new	63
39	Roger	16	↓10	23
40	Barry	15	new	68
41	Lawrence	15	↓19	31
42	Peter	15	↑8	38
43	Samuel	15	↓11	70
44	Carl	14	new	39
45	Gerald	14	↓25	27
46	Leroy	14	new	90
47	Anthony	13	↓17	44
48	Earl	13	↓2	82
49	Raymond	13	↓11	25
50	Alfred	12	new	94

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