Popular baby names in Delaware, 1951

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1951 were Linda for girls (160 babies) and John for boys (241). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,808 babies born in Delaware in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1951

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: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anne: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marie: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Constance: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lois: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Diane: 79 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Harry: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Wayne: 40 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Eric: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	160	–	1
2	Patricia	159	↑1	3
3	Deborah	143	↑3	4
4	Mary	132	↓2	2
5	Barbara	106	↓1	5
6	Susan	105	↑1	6
7	Nancy	85	↑2	7
8	Diane	79	↑2	15
9	Kathleen	68	↑5	10
10	Carol	64	↓2	11
11	Sandra	62	–	9
12	Donna	61	↑1	12
13	Sharon	60	↓8	13
14	Margaret	52	↑2	17
15	Karen	51	↓3	8
16	Elizabeth	44	↓1	23
17	Joyce	42	↑1	28
18	Judith	38	↑3	25
19	Cynthia	34	↑17	20
20	Brenda	33	↑24	14
21	Catherine	33	↑8	34
22	Janet	33	↓3	19
23	Joan	31	↑12	39
24	Christine	30	↑2	24
25	Janice	30	↑12	21
26	Betty	29	↓3	29
27	Carolyn	29	↓7	22
28	Shirley	29	↓11	27
29	Bonnie	27	↑2	37
30	Joanne	27	↓3	73
31	Ann	26	↓3	46
32	Beverly	25	↓8	33
33	Jane	25	↑14	43
34	Anne	24	↑9	82
35	Marie	24	↑15	78
36	Helen	23	↑9	54
37	Virginia	23	↑4	47
38	Cheryl	22	↓5	30
39	Debra	22	new	18
40	Dorothy	22	↓6	42
41	Ruth	20	↓16	53
42	Constance	19	new	86
43	Gloria	19	↓3	31
44	Lois	19	new	85
45	Pamela	19	↓3	16
46	Ellen	18	new	68
47	Jean	18	↓9	49
48	Denise	17	new	48
49	Jacqueline	17	new	56
50	Rebecca	17	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	John	241	↑1	3
2	Robert	222	↑1	2
3	William	214	↓2	6
4	James	201	–	1
5	Michael	145	↑2	4
6	Richard	141	–	7
7	David	139	↓2	5
8	Thomas	118	–	8
9	Joseph	107	–	14
10	Charles	104	–	9
11	Donald	81	↑2	15
12	Edward	69	↑4	23
13	George	68	↓2	22
14	Ronald	65	↓2	12
15	Gary	64	↑5	10
16	Paul	56	↓2	18
17	Stephen	56	↓2	19
18	Steven	56	↑7	13
19	Kenneth	55	↓2	16
20	Larry	48	↓2	11
21	Bruce	46	↑1	26
22	Daniel	42	↓1	21
23	Wayne	40	↓4	37
24	Dennis	31	–	17
25	Lawrence	31	↑5	33
26	Anthony	30	↑2	34
27	Mark	29	↑12	20
28	Raymond	28	↑5	32
29	Walter	28	↑6	42
30	Douglas	27	↑4	27
31	Francis	26	↓5	85
32	Carl	24	↑13	43
33	Harry	24	↓10	70
34	Gregory	23	↑2	25
35	Albert	22	new	60
36	Gerald	22	↓4	36
37	Frank	21	↓8	31
38	Roger	21	↑2	29
39	Arthur	20	↓12	44
40	Peter	20	↑1	38
41	Jeffrey	19	↓3	35
42	Stanley	19	new	54
43	Barry	18	new	71
44	Glenn	18	new	58
45	Howard	18	↓8	74
46	Christopher	17	new	61
47	Russell	17	new	73
48	Andrew	15	new	69
49	Eric	15	new	93
50	Ralph	15	↓19	51

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