Popular baby names in Delaware, 1954

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1954 were Deborah for girls (179 babies) and John for boys (278). Deborah ranked #3 nationally for girls. John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,168 babies born in Delaware in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1954

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

Girls

Anne: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marie: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Michele: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Constance: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lois: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Doris: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bonnie: 34 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jean: 31 babies, 2× the national rate
Eileen: 15 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Harry: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Jay: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Jonathan: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Ernest: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Howard: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ralph: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Norman: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Eugene: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Deborah	179	–	3
2	Mary	165	–	1
3	Linda	157	–	2
4	Patricia	145	–	4
5	Susan	114	–	5
6	Barbara	104	–	7
7	Karen	90	–	8
8	Nancy	90	–	9
9	Diane	84	↑5	17
10	Carol	77	–	15
11	Debra	75	↑19	6
12	Kathleen	74	↑1	14
13	Donna	71	↓2	11
14	Sharon	69	↓5	16
15	Sandra	68	↑1	13
16	Cynthia	61	↓4	10
17	Elizabeth	59	↑1	20
18	Margaret	50	↓3	21
19	Pamela	48	↑12	12
20	Janet	42	↓3	19
21	Catherine	41	↓1	32
22	Beverly	40	↓1	31
23	Shirley	39	↑18	33
24	Joan	35	↑2	40
25	Bonnie	34	↑4	52
26	Denise	34	↑9	24
27	Robin	34	↑9	41
28	Ann	33	new	44
29	Theresa	33	new	47
30	Kathy	32	new	23
31	Jean	31	new	56
32	Joyce	31	↓8	28
33	Judith	31	↓5	30
34	Anne	30	–	80
35	Marie	29	new	79
36	Dorothy	27	new	55
37	Gail	27	↓15	37
38	Jo	27	new	53
39	Christine	25	↓20	43
40	Jane	25	↓2	49
41	Janice	25	↓14	25
42	Michele	24	new	89
43	Rebecca	24	↓3	26
44	Lynn	23	new	63
45	Paula	23	new	38
46	Betty	22	↓14	36
47	Cheryl	21	↓10	22
48	Laura	21	new	45
49	Teresa	21	–	34
50	Brenda	20	↓17	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	John	278	–	4
2	Robert	255	–	2
3	James	239	–	3
4	William	228	–	6
5	Michael	199	↑1	1
6	David	194	↓1	5
7	Richard	146	–	7
8	Thomas	141	–	8
9	Charles	115	↑1	10
10	Joseph	114	↓1	13
11	Gary	79	↑1	9
12	Donald	77	↓1	14
13	George	77	↑3	24
14	Paul	74	–	16
15	Mark	69	↑5	12
16	Stephen	69	↓1	20
17	Steven	60	↑1	11
18	Ronald	56	↓1	15
19	Edward	54	↓6	22
20	Kenneth	53	↑4	17
21	Jeffrey	47	↑2	23
22	Daniel	45	↑3	18
23	Bruce	43	↓2	30
24	Kevin	42	↑4	28
25	Wayne	38	↑1	41
26	Anthony	36	↑8	32
27	Gregory	33	↑3	25
28	Timothy	31	↑13	26
29	Larry	29	↓10	19
30	Raymond	29	↑17	35
31	Francis	28	–	94
32	Ralph	28	↑1	61
33	Walter	28	↓1	49
34	Dennis	27	↓12	21
35	Harry	27	↑4	86
36	Lawrence	26	↓7	39
37	Peter	25	new	37
38	Frank	24	–	36
39	Howard	23	new	80
40	Alan	22	new	43
41	Keith	22	↓1	45
42	Roger	22	↓5	34
43	Arthur	21	↓8	52
44	Eugene	21	new	77
45	Harold	21	↑5	60
46	Jay	21	new	>100
47	Ernest	20	new	87
48	Patrick	20	new	38
49	Samuel	20	↓1	71
50	Albert	19	new	73

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