Popular baby names in Delaware, 1947

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1947 were Linda for girls (176 babies) and William for boys (236). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,446 babies born in Delaware in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1947

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

Girls

Joanne: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deborah: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Constance: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Elaine: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marjorie: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Margaret: 90 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Doris: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Charlotte: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ruth: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marie: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Franklin: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Alfred: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francis: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Harry: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wayne: 40 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Samuel: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joseph: 103 babies, 2.1× the national rate
George: 90 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Walter: 34 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Henry: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	176	↑6	1
2	Mary	138	–	2
3	Patricia	136	–	3
4	Barbara	117	↓3	4
5	Carol	98	–	6
6	Margaret	90	↑2	16
7	Sandra	86	↓3	5
8	Nancy	84	↓2	7
9	Susan	82	–	8
10	Kathleen	58	↑3	11
11	Diane	52	↑8	18
12	Joyce	48	↓1	20
13	Sharon	48	↓3	9
14	Elizabeth	47	↑4	25
15	Carolyn	46	↓1	15
16	Janet	46	↑8	23
17	Shirley	42	↓2	19
18	Joan	41	↓1	30
19	Joanne	41	↑10	56
20	Judith	40	↓8	12
21	Deborah	38	↑17	62
22	Donna	36	↑1	10
23	Beverly	33	↓1	31
24	Elaine	33	↑17	50
25	Jane	32	↑3	36
26	Ruth	32	↓6	44
27	Karen	30	↓6	13
28	Cheryl	29	new	24
29	Phyllis	27	↑3	37
30	Frances	26	↑4	39
31	Jean	26	↓4	40
32	Catherine	25	↑3	46
33	Helen	25	↑10	38
34	Janice	25	↓3	22
35	Virginia	25	↓2	34
36	Betty	24	↓20	17
37	Cynthia	24	new	33
38	Doris	24	↑6	58
39	Marie	23	new	57
40	Brenda	22	↓3	21
41	Christine	22	new	45
42	Charlotte	21	new	68
43	Constance	21	↑4	100
44	Bonnie	20	↓19	35
45	Dorothy	20	↓19	26
46	Jacqueline	20	new	59
47	Lois	20	new	63
48	Alice	19	↓9	47
49	Ann	19	↓19	41
50	Gloria	19	↓1	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	William	236	↑2	4
2	John	226	↓1	3
3	Robert	217	↓1	2
4	James	207	–	1
5	David	126	↑1	6
6	Richard	126	↓1	5
7	Charles	118	–	9
8	Thomas	109	↑1	8
9	Joseph	103	↓1	14
10	George	90	↑2	16
11	Ronald	81	–	11
12	Michael	65	↑1	7
13	Edward	59	↑1	19
14	Paul	58	↑2	18
15	Donald	53	↓5	13
16	Kenneth	53	↓1	15
17	Wayne	40	↑2	30
18	Daniel	36	↑8	22
19	Bruce	34	↑4	29
20	Harry	34	↑9	54
21	Larry	34	↑4	10
22	Walter	34	↑6	34
23	Gary	32	↓3	12
24	Dennis	30	↑11	17
25	Gerald	30	↑20	28
26	Frank	29	↓8	23
27	Henry	29	–	46
28	Arthur	28	new	38
29	Ralph	27	↓7	50
30	Raymond	27	↑19	27
31	Stephen	27	↓10	21
32	Francis	24	↓15	84
33	Carl	23	↑11	40
34	Roger	23	↑5	25
35	Alfred	21	↑15	96
36	Howard	21	↓12	62
37	Lawrence	20	↑4	32
38	Samuel	20	↑5	72
39	Steven	20	new	24
40	Barry	19	–	68
41	Eugene	19	↓11	59
42	Louis	19	↓4	64
43	Douglas	18	↓10	31
44	Alan	17	↓13	45
45	Anthony	17	↑2	41
46	Mark	17	new	47
47	Franklin	16	new	>100
48	Peter	16	↓6	36
49	Albert	15	↓17	55
50	Leonard	15	new	71

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