Popular baby names in Delaware, 1957

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1957 were Deborah for girls (183 babies) and John for boys (289). Deborah ranked #6 nationally for girls. John ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,065 babies born in Delaware in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1957

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

Girls

Doris: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marianne: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ruth: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Anne: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Terry: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lisa: 73 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Eugene: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Harry: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Jonathan: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wayne: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
George: 86 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Deborah	183	–	6
2	Mary	166	–	1
3	Susan	151	↑3	2
4	Karen	144	↑1	5
5	Patricia	143	↓1	8
6	Linda	137	↓3	3
7	Donna	127	↑1	10
8	Cynthia	111	↑7	7
9	Sharon	102	↓2	14
10	Cheryl	91	↑7	16
11	Barbara	88	↓2	9
12	Kathleen	85	↑2	21
13	Carol	83	↓3	18
14	Diane	78	↓3	17
15	Nancy	76	↓3	11
16	Lisa	73	↑11	26
17	Brenda	68	↑6	13
18	Sandra	66	↓2	15
19	Debra	65	↓6	4
20	Elizabeth	63	↑1	22
21	Pamela	61	↓2	12
22	Robin	49	↓2	30
23	Margaret	48	↓5	29
24	Theresa	47	↑10	36
25	Catherine	42	↑1	37
26	Denise	40	↓2	25
27	Debbie	37	new	27
28	Cindy	36	new	19
29	Christine	35	↓1	41
30	Judith	35	↑5	53
31	Laura	35	new	31
32	Janet	33	↓7	23
33	Beverly	31	↓3	48
34	Gail	31	↑6	54
35	Kathryn	31	↑7	65
36	Kathy	31	new	20
37	Ann	30	↓8	44
38	Kim	30	↑7	35
39	Wanda	30	new	59
40	Bonnie	29	↓18	64
41	Joan	29	–	60
42	Julie	29	new	28
43	Ruth	29	new	84
44	Shirley	29	↓6	46
45	Teresa	29	↓6	24
46	Anne	27	↑1	86
47	Terri	27	new	68
48	Cathy	26	new	39
49	Joyce	26	↓17	40
50	Terry	26	↓13	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	John	289	–	5
2	James	267	↑1	2
3	Robert	262	↓1	4
4	Michael	257	–	1
5	David	255	–	3
6	William	240	–	6
7	Richard	194	–	8
8	Mark	162	↑2	7
9	Charles	143	↑2	11
10	Joseph	127	↓1	12
11	Thomas	115	↓3	9
12	Kevin	89	↑12	20
13	George	86	↑6	29
14	Donald	84	↓2	15
15	Jeffrey	82	↓1	21
16	Paul	82	–	18
17	Ronald	78	–	17
18	Kenneth	77	↑2	14
19	Gary	72	↓6	13
20	Daniel	70	↑2	16
21	Edward	70	↑2	25
22	Steven	70	↓4	10
23	Stephen	65	↓8	24
24	Gregory	56	↑1	23
25	Wayne	48	↑11	47
26	Douglas	47	↑3	30
27	Bruce	46	↓6	34
28	Anthony	44	↓2	27
29	Keith	43	↑1	36
30	Brian	40	↑7	26
31	Larry	39	↑4	22
32	Eugene	38	new	92
33	Raymond	38	↓1	39
34	Timothy	38	↓3	19
35	Frank	37	↓7	38
36	Lawrence	36	↑5	46
37	Scott	35	↑10	32
38	Andrew	32	–	56
39	Christopher	32	↑10	43
40	Peter	32	↑2	37
41	Francis	31	↓7	>100
42	Patrick	31	new	41
43	Dennis	30	↓16	28
44	Eric	29	new	60
45	Glenn	28	new	62
46	Harry	28	new	100
47	Roger	28	new	42
48	Walter	28	↓15	58
49	Alan	27	new	48
50	Gerald	26	↓11	51

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