Popular baby names in Delaware, 1958

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1958 were Mary for girls (158 babies) and Michael for boys (312). Social Security records list 9,762 babies born in Delaware in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1958

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

Girls

Holly: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lois: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Eileen: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joanne: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sharon: 99 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Roberta: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Harry: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Francis: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Wayne: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eugene: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	158	↑1	1
2	Susan	152	↑1	2
3	Karen	141	↑1	4
4	Deborah	130	↓3	7
5	Patricia	128	–	5
6	Linda	121	–	3
7	Cynthia	100	↑1	8
8	Barbara	99	↑3	9
9	Sharon	99	–	17
10	Donna	94	↓3	10
11	Cheryl	84	↓1	13
12	Nancy	84	↑3	12
13	Kathleen	82	↓1	21
14	Diane	71	–	18
15	Kathy	67	↑21	14
16	Lisa	66	–	19
17	Carol	64	↓4	20
18	Elizabeth	62	↑2	22
19	Sandra	61	↓1	15
20	Brenda	58	↓3	16
21	Margaret	56	↑2	31
22	Pamela	52	↓1	11
23	Debra	51	↓4	6
24	Denise	51	↑2	27
25	Robin	51	↓3	32
26	Janet	49	↑6	28
27	Debbie	45	–	24
28	Joyce	41	↑21	46
29	Teresa	40	↑16	26
30	Theresa	39	↓6	33
31	Bonnie	38	↑9	63
32	Catherine	37	↓7	38
33	Darlene	37	new	49
34	Ann	33	↑3	47
35	Cindy	33	↓7	25
36	Carolyn	32	new	37
37	Kim	32	↑1	40
38	Joanne	30	new	80
39	Paula	28	new	53
40	Judith	27	↓10	62
41	Cathy	26	↑7	34
42	Joan	25	↓1	68
43	Gloria	24	new	77
44	Janice	24	new	35
45	Laura	24	↓14	29
46	Beverly	23	↓13	55
47	Dorothy	23	new	86
48	Jane	23	new	61
49	Anne	22	↓3	87
50	Betty	22	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	312	↑3	1
2	John	268	↓1	5
3	James	261	↓1	3
4	William	259	↑2	6
5	David	249	–	2
6	Robert	245	↓3	4
7	Mark	169	↑1	7
8	Richard	145	↓1	8
9	Thomas	142	↑2	9
10	Joseph	120	–	12
11	Charles	104	↓2	11
12	Steven	85	↑10	10
13	Donald	83	↑1	18
14	Jeffrey	77	↑1	21
15	Kevin	72	↓3	20
16	Paul	71	–	15
17	Kenneth	68	↑1	14
18	Daniel	66	↑2	16
19	Ronald	62	↓2	19
20	Stephen	60	↑3	26
21	Edward	58	–	28
22	Wayne	58	↑3	48
23	George	56	↓10	31
24	Gary	55	↓5	17
25	Bruce	54	↑2	36
26	Brian	53	↑4	24
27	Anthony	52	↑1	27
28	Keith	50	↑1	37
29	Timothy	47	↑5	13
30	Gregory	46	↓6	23
31	Frank	40	↑4	38
32	Christopher	38	↑7	39
33	Raymond	35	–	43
34	Douglas	33	↓8	30
35	Peter	33	↑5	41
36	Andrew	32	↑2	55
37	Scott	32	–	25
38	Dennis	31	↑5	29
39	Larry	31	↓8	22
40	Patrick	30	↑2	42
41	Lawrence	28	↓5	52
42	Eric	27	↑2	50
43	Carl	26	new	51
44	Harry	26	↑2	>100
45	Walter	26	↑3	63
46	Terry	25	new	33
47	Barry	24	new	79
48	Gerald	24	↑2	58
49	Jerry	24	new	35
50	Jay	22	new	86

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