Popular baby names in Delaware, 1950

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1950 were Linda for girls (169 babies) and William for boys (234). William ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,367 babies born in Delaware in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1950

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: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Doris: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Anne: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gail: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ruth: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sharon: 92 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sarah: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Frances: 25 babies, 2× the national rate
Charlotte: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Harry: 41 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Francis: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wayne: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alfred: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Earl: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ralph: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Arthur: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Howard: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Norman: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
William: 234 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	169	–	1
2	Mary	149	–	2
3	Patricia	120	↑1	3
4	Barbara	118	↓1	4
5	Sharon	92	↑4	11
6	Deborah	85	↑2	7
7	Susan	78	↓1	5
8	Carol	74	↑4	9
9	Nancy	68	↓4	6
10	Diane	57	–	16
11	Sandra	55	↓4	8
12	Karen	54	↑5	12
13	Donna	52	↑2	13
14	Kathleen	52	↓3	10
15	Elizabeth	47	↑3	24
16	Margaret	47	↓3	15
17	Shirley	44	↓3	19
18	Joyce	37	↑4	27
19	Janet	36	↑2	18
20	Carolyn	35	↑3	20
21	Judith	35	↓5	21
22	Gail	33	↑9	42
23	Betty	31	↑1	26
24	Beverly	29	↑18	31
25	Ruth	27	↑8	49
26	Christine	26	↑2	28
27	Joanne	26	↓7	67
28	Ann	25	↑7	45
29	Catherine	25	↓4	34
30	Frances	25	new	51
31	Bonnie	24	↑14	33
32	Doris	24	↑11	74
33	Cheryl	23	new	29
34	Dorothy	23	↓8	35
35	Joan	23	↓16	40
36	Cynthia	22	↓7	23
37	Janice	22	↓3	22
38	Jean	22	↑10	48
39	Phyllis	22	new	53
40	Gloria	21	↑7	30
41	Virginia	21	–	43
42	Pamela	20	↑8	17
43	Anne	19	new	84
44	Brenda	19	↓14	14
45	Helen	19	↓8	50
46	Paula	19	new	54
47	Jane	18	↓15	39
48	Charlotte	17	↓12	80
49	Wanda	17	new	52
50	Marie	16	↓23	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	William	234	↑2	6
2	John	224	↓1	3
3	Robert	223	↑1	2
4	James	168	↓2	1
5	David	125	↑3	5
6	Richard	111	↓1	7
7	Michael	106	↑3	4
8	Thomas	96	↓2	8
9	Joseph	95	–	13
10	Charles	92	↓3	9
11	George	70	↑3	20
12	Ronald	64	↓1	12
13	Donald	62	↓1	14
14	Paul	61	↓1	18
15	Stephen	51	–	19
16	Edward	48	–	22
17	Kenneth	46	–	15
18	Larry	46	↑1	11
19	Wayne	45	↑9	35
20	Gary	44	↓2	10
21	Daniel	43	↑5	21
22	Bruce	41	↑7	26
23	Harry	41	↑4	61
24	Dennis	32	–	17
25	Steven	31	↓3	16
26	Francis	30	↓6	86
27	Arthur	29	↑12	46
28	Anthony	28	↑2	36
29	Frank	28	↑5	29
30	Lawrence	28	↓9	33
31	Ralph	28	new	52
32	Gerald	27	↓9	34
33	Raymond	27	↓8	31
34	Douglas	25	↓1	28
35	Walter	24	↑6	40
36	Gregory	21	↑8	25
37	Howard	21	↑8	63
38	Jeffrey	21	↑12	43
39	Mark	20	new	23
40	Roger	20	↑6	27
41	Peter	19	↑1	37
42	Philip	18	new	53
43	Earl	17	new	92
44	Alfred	16	new	96
45	Carl	16	new	44
46	Henry	16	↓15	47
47	Alan	15	–	41
48	Allen	15	new	71
49	Dale	15	new	49
50	Eugene	15	new	58

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