Popular baby names in Delaware, 1952

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1952 were Linda for girls (171 babies) and William for boys (228). William ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,292 babies born in Delaware in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1952

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

Girls

Robin: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Geraldine: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Joanne: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marie: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Margaret: 67 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Anne: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Clarence: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joseph: 130 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Frederick: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ralph: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Wayne: 36 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	171	–	1
2	Deborah	138	↑1	4
3	Mary	136	↑1	2
4	Patricia	124	↓2	3
5	Barbara	113	–	6
6	Susan	113	–	5
7	Nancy	86	–	7
8	Karen	80	↑7	8
9	Sharon	77	↑4	14
10	Diane	75	↓2	16
11	Carol	68	↓1	12
12	Margaret	67	↑2	21
13	Donna	59	↓1	13
14	Kathleen	59	↓5	11
15	Sandra	59	↓4	10
16	Elizabeth	52	–	22
17	Cynthia	47	↑2	18
18	Judith	46	–	25
19	Christine	45	↑5	20
20	Janet	40	↑2	19
21	Joan	38	↑2	37
22	Joyce	36	↓5	27
23	Bonnie	34	↑6	41
24	Carolyn	33	↑3	24
25	Cheryl	32	↑13	31
26	Debra	32	↑13	9
27	Beverly	31	↑5	35
28	Pamela	30	↑17	17
29	Brenda	29	↓9	15
30	Denise	29	↑18	33
31	Catherine	28	↓10	34
32	Joanne	28	↓2	78
33	Gail	27	new	39
34	Marie	25	↑1	82
35	Shirley	25	↓7	28
36	Robin	24	new	>100
37	Betty	23	↓11	32
38	Ann	22	↓7	45
39	Jane	22	↓6	42
40	Anne	21	↓6	79
41	Virginia	21	↓4	49
42	Dorothy	20	↓2	46
43	Kathryn	20	new	48
44	Kathy	20	new	29
45	Lynn	20	new	71
46	Sheila	20	new	64
47	Paula	19	new	47
48	Ruth	19	↓7	57
49	Victoria	19	new	74
50	Jacqueline	18	↓1	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	William	228	↑2	6
2	Robert	223	–	2
3	John	220	↓2	3
4	James	183	–	1
5	David	180	↑2	5
6	Richard	174	–	7
7	Michael	167	↓2	4
8	Joseph	130	↑1	12
9	Thomas	123	↓1	8
10	Charles	116	–	9
11	Gary	73	↑4	10
12	Donald	71	↓1	13
13	Stephen	71	↑4	21
14	Kenneth	62	↑5	16
15	Ronald	59	↓1	15
16	Paul	57	–	19
17	George	55	↓4	22
18	Bruce	52	↑3	25
19	Steven	52	↓1	11
20	Edward	50	↓8	23
21	Daniel	49	↑1	20
22	Mark	39	↑5	17
23	Wayne	36	–	38
24	Jeffrey	33	↑17	31
25	Francis	32	↑6	89
26	Dennis	31	↓2	18
27	Frank	31	↑10	32
28	Larry	30	↓8	14
29	Anthony	27	↓3	34
30	Ralph	27	↑20	56
31	Gregory	26	↑3	24
32	Lawrence	26	↓7	35
33	Peter	26	↑7	36
34	Timothy	26	new	27
35	Douglas	23	↓5	28
36	Walter	23	↓7	44
37	Carl	22	↓5	45
38	Frederick	22	new	76
39	Clarence	21	new	>100
40	Keith	21	new	49
41	Kevin	21	new	43
42	Philip	21	new	60
43	Raymond	21	↓15	33
44	Samuel	21	new	67
45	Albert	19	↓10	66
46	Eugene	19	new	71
47	Henry	19	new	50
48	Stanley	19	↓6	58
49	Christopher	18	↓3	57
50	Gerald	18	↓14	39

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