Popular baby names in Delaware, 1949

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1949 were Linda for girls (159 babies) and John for boys (244). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,161 babies born in Delaware in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1949

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: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marie: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Constance: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Charlotte: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joan: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Deborah: 71 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Doris: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sarah: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gail: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Theresa: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Harry: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Samuel: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Andrew: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Frederick: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joseph: 103 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Glenn: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Stanley: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	159	–	1
2	Mary	135	–	2
3	Barbara	119	–	4
4	Patricia	95	–	3
5	Nancy	81	↑3	7
6	Susan	81	↓1	5
7	Sandra	80	↓1	6
8	Deborah	71	↑3	15
9	Sharon	66	↓2	10
10	Diane	59	↑3	19
11	Kathleen	59	↑1	9
12	Carol	58	↓3	8
13	Margaret	49	↓3	14
14	Shirley	46	–	18
15	Donna	45	–	12
16	Judith	41	↑3	16
17	Karen	39	↑12	11
18	Elizabeth	37	↓2	25
19	Joan	36	↑14	36
20	Joanne	36	↑16	61
21	Janet	33	↑11	23
22	Joyce	32	↓5	26
23	Carolyn	31	↓5	17
24	Betty	30	↑10	22
25	Catherine	29	–	37
26	Dorothy	28	↓6	32
27	Marie	28	↑14	67
28	Christine	27	↓5	30
29	Cynthia	27	↓2	27
30	Brenda	26	↑12	13
31	Gail	26	new	51
32	Jane	26	↓11	41
33	Ruth	26	↑4	47
34	Janice	24	↓6	24
35	Ann	23	↑11	44
36	Charlotte	23	↓1	71
37	Helen	23	new	46
38	Constance	22	new	83
39	Marilyn	22	new	33
40	Jacqueline	21	↓1	58
41	Virginia	21	↓17	39
42	Beverly	20	↓11	31
43	Doris	20	↑2	69
44	Theresa	20	new	63
45	Bonnie	19	↓15	35
46	Elaine	19	↓3	57
47	Gloria	19	↓9	29
48	Jean	19	↓1	45
49	Martha	19	new	34
50	Pamela	19	–	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	John	244	↑2	3
2	James	211	↓1	1
3	William	193	↑1	4
4	Robert	187	↓2	2
5	Richard	130	↑1	7
6	Thomas	120	↑2	8
7	Charles	118	↓2	9
8	David	114	↓1	6
9	Joseph	103	–	14
10	Michael	97	–	5
11	Ronald	69	↑1	11
12	Donald	63	↑2	13
13	Paul	63	↑2	17
14	George	60	↓3	18
15	Stephen	58	↑6	19
16	Edward	50	↓3	21
17	Kenneth	49	↑3	15
18	Gary	42	↓1	12
19	Larry	40	↓1	10
20	Francis	38	↑5	78
21	Lawrence	36	↑7	32
22	Steven	32	↑16	20
23	Gerald	30	↑8	33
24	Dennis	28	↑6	16
25	Raymond	28	↓3	30
26	Daniel	27	↓3	22
27	Harry	26	–	59
28	Wayne	26	↓12	35
29	Bruce	25	↓10	26
30	Anthony	24	↑2	36
31	Henry	24	↑2	46
32	Samuel	24	↑14	62
33	Douglas	22	↑4	29
34	Frank	22	↓10	27
35	Albert	21	↓1	56
36	Glenn	21	new	61
37	Stanley	21	↑6	60
38	Andrew	20	↑2	75
39	Arthur	20	↓3	44
40	Frederick	19	↑9	70
41	Walter	19	↓12	37
42	Peter	18	↑3	38
43	Barry	16	↓2	73
44	Gregory	16	new	31
45	Howard	15	↓10	63
46	Roger	15	new	25
47	Alan	14	new	45
48	Christopher	14	new	81
49	Harold	14	↓10	42
50	Jeffrey	14	new	48

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