Popular baby names in Delaware, 1953

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1953 were Deborah for girls (162 babies) and John for boys (284). Deborah ranked #3 nationally for girls. John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,717 babies born in Delaware in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1953

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

Girls

Vanessa: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Joanne: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Anne: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Robin: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Suzanne: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Constance: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sarah: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alice: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Elaine: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ruth: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Theodore: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Barry: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Harry: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Wayne: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ralph: 27 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Deborah	162	↑1	3
2	Mary	161	↑1	1
3	Linda	140	↓2	2
4	Patricia	137	–	4
5	Susan	124	↑1	5
6	Barbara	92	↓1	6
7	Karen	83	↑1	9
8	Nancy	83	↓1	8
9	Sharon	78	–	15
10	Carol	65	↑1	16
11	Donna	65	↑2	13
12	Cynthia	62	↑5	12
13	Kathleen	61	↑1	14
14	Diane	60	↓4	17
15	Margaret	54	↓3	20
16	Sandra	53	↓1	11
17	Janet	50	↑3	19
18	Elizabeth	49	↓2	21
19	Christine	44	–	32
20	Catherine	42	↑11	35
21	Beverly	39	↑6	34
22	Gail	38	↑11	39
23	Joanne	38	↑9	71
24	Joyce	37	↓2	26
25	Carolyn	36	↓1	25
26	Joan	36	↓5	37
27	Janice	35	new	22
28	Judith	35	↓10	30
29	Bonnie	34	↓6	45
30	Debra	33	↓4	7
31	Pamela	33	↓3	10
32	Betty	32	↑5	33
33	Brenda	32	↓4	18
34	Anne	31	↑6	80
35	Denise	31	↓5	31
36	Robin	29	–	66
37	Cheryl	28	↓12	28
38	Jane	27	↑1	43
39	Ruth	27	↑9	62
40	Rebecca	26	new	24
41	Shirley	25	↓6	29
42	Suzanne	25	new	78
43	Alice	24	new	73
44	Elaine	23	new	77
45	Helen	23	new	65
46	Jacqueline	23	↑4	58
47	Martha	23	new	41
48	Rose	23	new	59
49	Teresa	23	new	42
50	Wanda	23	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	John	284	↑2	4
2	Robert	249	–	1
3	James	229	↑1	2
4	William	206	↓3	6
5	David	188	–	5
6	Michael	181	↑1	3
7	Richard	153	↓1	7
8	Thomas	108	↑1	8
9	Joseph	97	↓1	13
10	Charles	85	–	9
11	Donald	83	↑1	14
12	Gary	71	↓1	10
13	Edward	67	↑7	23
14	Paul	67	↑2	16
15	Stephen	67	↓2	21
16	George	66	↑1	22
17	Ronald	64	↓2	15
18	Steven	55	↑1	11
19	Larry	47	↑9	18
20	Mark	47	↑2	12
21	Bruce	45	↓3	28
22	Dennis	43	↑4	19
23	Jeffrey	43	↑1	25
24	Kenneth	42	↓10	17
25	Daniel	41	↓4	20
26	Wayne	41	↓3	40
27	Douglas	36	↑8	27
28	Kevin	34	↑13	36
29	Lawrence	33	↑3	37
30	Gregory	32	↑1	24
31	Francis	30	↓6	90
32	Walter	28	↑4	45
33	Ralph	27	↓3	59
34	Anthony	25	↓5	32
35	Arthur	25	new	50
36	Barry	25	new	73
37	Roger	25	new	31
38	Frank	23	↓11	33
39	Harry	22	new	83
40	Keith	22	–	47
41	Timothy	22	↓7	26
42	Gerald	21	↑8	42
43	Andrew	20	new	68
44	Brian	20	new	53
45	Christopher	20	↑4	63
46	Glenn	19	new	67
47	Raymond	19	↓4	34
48	Samuel	19	↓4	70
49	Dale	18	new	48
50	Harold	18	new	56

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