Popular baby names in Delaware, 1955

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1955 were Mary for girls (190 babies) and John for boys (268). John ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,926 babies born in Delaware in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1955

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

Girls

Stephanie: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Robin: 53 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Julia: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joanne: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Michele: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Constance: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bonnie: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Harry: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Eugene: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Warren: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Walter: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Clifford: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joseph: 152 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Eric: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Wayne: 41 babies, 2× the national rate
Glenn: 29 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	190	↑1	1
2	Deborah	163	↓1	2
3	Linda	153	–	3
4	Patricia	140	–	6
5	Susan	124	–	5
6	Debra	104	↑5	4
7	Karen	101	–	8
8	Nancy	100	–	9
9	Donna	95	↑4	10
10	Barbara	90	↓4	7
11	Diane	87	↓2	14
12	Sharon	81	↑2	16
13	Elizabeth	66	↑4	21
14	Carol	63	↓4	15
15	Kathleen	63	↓3	17
16	Margaret	61	↑2	24
17	Cheryl	60	↑30	19
18	Cynthia	56	↓2	11
19	Sandra	55	↓4	13
20	Robin	53	↑7	33
21	Janet	50	↓1	20
22	Catherine	42	↓1	28
23	Pamela	40	↓4	12
24	Bonnie	39	↑1	45
25	Beverly	37	↓3	34
26	Ann	36	↑2	43
27	Brenda	34	↑23	18
28	Jane	34	↑12	50
29	Judith	34	↑4	31
30	Denise	32	↓4	23
31	Joan	32	↓7	46
32	Theresa	32	↓3	38
33	Jo	28	↑5	58
34	Christine	27	↑5	40
35	Connie	26	new	35
36	Kathryn	26	new	59
37	Virginia	26	new	66
38	Joanne	25	new	88
39	Laura	25	↑9	41
40	Teresa	25	↑9	26
41	Lisa	24	new	48
42	Gail	23	↓5	42
43	Jacqueline	23	new	73
44	Kathy	23	↓14	22
45	Wanda	23	new	61
46	Jean	22	↓15	60
47	Michele	22	↓5	93
48	Ruth	22	new	70
49	Valerie	22	new	80
50	Debbie	21	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	John	268	–	5
2	David	262	↑4	2
3	James	254	–	3
4	Michael	227	↑1	1
5	William	223	↓1	6
6	Robert	220	↓4	4
7	Joseph	152	↑3	13
8	Richard	150	↓1	7
9	Thomas	115	↓1	8
10	Charles	110	↓1	11
11	Stephen	90	↑5	21
12	Donald	89	–	14
13	Mark	87	↑2	9
14	Paul	87	–	16
15	Gary	81	↓4	12
16	Edward	79	↑3	25
17	Steven	75	–	10
18	Kenneth	73	↑2	15
19	Ronald	66	↓1	18
20	Kevin	65	↑4	27
21	George	63	↓8	26
22	Jeffrey	61	↓1	20
23	Dennis	53	↑11	23
24	Bruce	52	↓1	32
25	Daniel	50	↓3	17
26	Anthony	47	–	31
27	Keith	41	↑14	39
28	Wayne	41	↓3	44
29	Raymond	39	↑1	36
30	Timothy	38	↓2	22
31	Walter	38	↑2	51
32	Gregory	37	↓5	24
33	Larry	37	↓4	19
34	Douglas	34	new	29
35	Francis	34	↓4	100
36	Harry	33	↓1	89
37	Eugene	31	↑7	81
38	Frank	30	–	34
39	Glenn	29	new	59
40	Gerald	27	new	48
41	Christopher	25	new	49
42	Lawrence	25	↓6	42
43	Peter	25	↓6	35
44	Alan	24	↓4	43
45	Andrew	23	new	66
46	Carl	23	new	47
47	Eric	23	new	85
48	Philip	23	new	62
49	Samuel	23	–	71
50	Brian	22	new	40

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