Popular baby names in Delaware, 1948

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1948 were Linda for girls (164 babies) and James for boys (213). Social Security records list 5,938 babies born in Delaware in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1948

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

Girls

Mildred: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Deborah: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Charlotte: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Joanne: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Norma: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Phyllis: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jacqueline: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marie: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Geraldine: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jane: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Theodore: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wayne: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eugene: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Harry: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Andrew: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Howard: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Barry: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	164	–	1
2	Mary	145	–	2
3	Barbara	123	↑1	3
4	Patricia	100	↓1	4
5	Susan	77	↑4	5
6	Sandra	74	↑1	6
7	Sharon	74	↑6	9
8	Nancy	70	–	7
9	Carol	69	↓4	8
10	Margaret	63	↓4	13
11	Deborah	56	↑10	30
12	Kathleen	56	↓2	10
13	Diane	48	↓2	19
14	Shirley	48	↑3	20
15	Donna	43	↑7	11
16	Elizabeth	42	↓2	26
17	Joyce	40	↓5	21
18	Carolyn	37	↓3	14
19	Judith	35	↑1	15
20	Dorothy	33	↑25	29
21	Jane	32	↑4	39
22	Phyllis	32	↑7	46
23	Christine	29	↑18	35
24	Virginia	28	↑11	36
25	Catherine	27	↑7	41
26	Cheryl	26	↑2	25
27	Cynthia	26	↑10	27
28	Janice	26	↑6	23
29	Karen	26	↓2	12
30	Bonnie	25	↑14	34
31	Beverly	24	↓8	31
32	Janet	24	↓16	24
33	Joan	24	↓15	37
34	Betty	23	↑2	18
35	Charlotte	23	↑7	69
36	Joanne	23	↓17	65
37	Ruth	23	↓11	45
38	Gloria	22	↑12	28
39	Jacqueline	22	↑7	58
40	Judy	22	new	16
41	Marie	22	↓2	60
42	Brenda	21	↓2	17
43	Elaine	21	↓19	53
44	Frances	21	↓14	42
45	Doris	20	↓7	64
46	Ann	18	↑3	44
47	Jean	18	↓16	47
48	Diana	17	new	48
49	Ellen	17	new	67
50	Pamela	17	new	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	213	↑3	1
2	Robert	211	↑1	2
3	John	209	↓1	3
4	William	206	↓3	4
5	Charles	125	↑2	9
6	Richard	125	–	7
7	David	121	↓2	5
8	Thomas	108	–	8
9	Joseph	84	–	13
10	Michael	75	↑2	6
11	George	68	↓1	16
12	Ronald	66	↓1	10
13	Edward	64	–	19
14	Donald	61	↑1	14
15	Paul	48	↓1	18
16	Wayne	45	↑1	34
17	Gary	37	↑6	12
18	Larry	37	↑3	11
19	Bruce	36	–	28
20	Kenneth	35	↓4	15
21	Stephen	35	↑10	20
22	Raymond	31	↑8	27
23	Daniel	29	↓5	22
24	Frank	29	↑2	25
25	Francis	27	↑7	80
26	Eugene	26	↑15	61
27	Harry	26	↓7	57
28	Lawrence	26	↑9	31
29	Walter	26	↓7	35
30	Dennis	23	↓6	17
31	Gerald	22	↓6	30
32	Anthony	21	↑13	41
33	Henry	21	↓6	45
34	Albert	20	↑15	55
35	Howard	20	↑1	63
36	Arthur	19	↓8	44
37	Douglas	19	↑6	33
38	Steven	19	↑1	23
39	Harold	18	new	36
40	Andrew	17	new	77
41	Barry	17	↓1	74
42	Mark	17	↑4	29
43	Stanley	17	new	65
44	Theodore	17	new	>100
45	Peter	16	↑3	37
46	Samuel	16	↓8	70
47	Philip	15	new	54
48	Ralph	15	↓19	51
49	Frederick	14	new	75
50	Herbert	14	new	>100

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