Popular baby names in Delaware, 1956

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1956 were Deborah for girls (174 babies) and John for boys (305). Deborah ranked #4 nationally for girls. John ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,454 babies born in Delaware in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1956

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

Girls

Constance: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Terry: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bonnie: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Andrea: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marie: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Colleen: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lynn: 35 babies, 2× the national rate
Joanne: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Frederick: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jonathan: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Theodore: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Walter: 34 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Deborah	174	↑1	4
2	Mary	165	↓1	1
3	Linda	159	–	3
4	Patricia	138	–	6
5	Karen	135	↑2	7
6	Susan	119	↓1	5
7	Sharon	108	↑5	13
8	Donna	107	↑1	10
9	Barbara	101	↑1	9
10	Carol	90	↑4	16
11	Diane	88	–	15
12	Nancy	87	↓4	11
13	Debra	82	↓7	2
14	Kathleen	76	↑1	17
15	Cynthia	74	↑3	8
16	Sandra	73	↑3	14
17	Cheryl	55	–	18
18	Margaret	54	↓2	25
19	Pamela	49	↑4	12
20	Robin	49	–	29
21	Elizabeth	48	↓8	22
22	Bonnie	45	↑2	51
23	Brenda	45	↑4	19
24	Denise	44	↑6	23
25	Janet	43	↓4	21
26	Catherine	42	↓4	28
27	Lisa	38	↑14	31
28	Christine	36	↑6	42
29	Ann	35	↓3	46
30	Beverly	35	↓5	40
31	Lynn	35	new	58
32	Joyce	33	new	30
33	Betty	32	new	44
34	Theresa	32	↓2	32
35	Judith	31	↓6	45
36	Jane	30	↓8	50
37	Terry	30	new	91
38	Shirley	28	new	41
39	Teresa	27	↑1	24
40	Gail	25	↑2	49
41	Joan	25	↓10	52
42	Kathryn	25	↓6	60
43	Valerie	25	↑6	80
44	Connie	24	↓9	43
45	Kim	24	new	38
46	Marie	23	new	96
47	Anne	22	new	86
48	Jacqueline	22	↓5	78
49	Jean	22	↓3	65
50	Sheila	22	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	John	305	–	5
2	Robert	250	↑4	3
3	James	247	–	2
4	Michael	240	–	1
5	David	236	↓3	4
6	William	205	↓1	6
7	Richard	185	↑1	7
8	Thomas	139	↑1	9
9	Joseph	130	↓2	12
10	Mark	124	↑3	8
11	Charles	116	↓1	11
12	Donald	91	–	14
13	Gary	87	↑2	13
14	Jeffrey	86	↑8	20
15	Stephen	82	↓4	23
16	Paul	80	↓2	17
17	Ronald	80	↑2	15
18	Steven	78	↓1	10
19	George	73	↑2	27
20	Kenneth	71	↓2	16
21	Bruce	65	↑3	33
22	Daniel	61	↑3	18
23	Edward	61	↓7	25
24	Kevin	60	↓4	22
25	Gregory	49	↑7	24
26	Anthony	43	–	30
27	Dennis	43	↓4	26
28	Frank	41	↑10	38
29	Douglas	37	↑5	29
30	Keith	37	↓3	36
31	Timothy	36	↓1	19
32	Raymond	34	↓3	39
33	Walter	34	↓2	53
34	Francis	31	↑1	>100
35	Larry	31	↓2	21
36	Wayne	31	↓8	45
37	Brian	30	↑13	32
38	Andrew	28	↑7	56
39	Gerald	28	↑1	49
40	Barry	26	new	69
41	Lawrence	24	↑1	42
42	Peter	24	↑1	37
43	Samuel	24	↑6	74
44	Carl	23	↑2	48
45	Frederick	23	new	91
46	Jerry	23	new	35
47	Scott	23	new	34
48	Terry	23	new	31
49	Christopher	22	↓8	47
50	Henry	22	new	71

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