Popular baby names in Delaware, 1959

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1959 were Mary for girls (166 babies) and John for boys (278). John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,817 babies born in Delaware in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1959

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

Girls

Joanne: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stephanie: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marie: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Victoria: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Robin: 61 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joann: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Tyrone: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francis: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Harry: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wayne: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Howard: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
George: 75 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Eugene: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	166	–	1
2	Donna	143	↑8	5
3	Karen	142	–	4
4	Susan	136	↓2	2
5	Deborah	121	↓1	9
6	Linda	119	–	3
7	Patricia	109	↓2	6
8	Barbara	86	–	11
9	Cynthia	86	↓2	8
10	Lisa	84	↑6	10
11	Sharon	82	↓2	17
12	Nancy	80	–	14
13	Sandra	80	↑6	13
14	Brenda	71	↑6	16
15	Diane	68	↓1	19
16	Elizabeth	67	↑2	21
17	Carol	63	–	22
18	Robin	61	↑7	32
19	Denise	59	↑5	29
20	Kathleen	59	↓7	23
21	Cheryl	55	↓10	18
22	Kathy	50	↓7	15
23	Debra	47	–	7
24	Pamela	45	↓2	12
25	Debbie	43	↑2	20
26	Janet	43	–	28
27	Catherine	41	↑5	40
28	Theresa	41	↑2	34
29	Dawn	34	new	54
30	Margaret	34	↓9	36
31	Laura	33	↑14	30
32	Teresa	33	↓3	24
33	Carolyn	31	↑3	42
34	Joanne	31	↑4	92
35	Joyce	31	↓7	50
36	Judy	31	new	41
37	Stephanie	28	new	>100
38	Christine	27	new	43
39	Valerie	27	new	60
40	Cathy	26	↑1	39
41	Joan	26	↑1	76
42	Lynn	26	new	63
43	Michelle	26	new	47
44	Ann	25	↓10	44
45	Bonnie	25	↓14	71
46	Jane	25	↑2	67
47	Kim	25	↓10	35
48	Terri	25	new	46
49	Anne	24	–	82
50	Cindy	24	↓15	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	John	278	↑1	4
2	David	260	↑3	2
3	Michael	258	↓2	1
4	James	242	↓1	3
5	Robert	237	↑1	5
6	William	220	↓2	7
7	Richard	169	↑1	8
8	Mark	165	↓1	6
9	Thomas	133	–	9
10	Joseph	125	–	13
11	Charles	113	–	11
12	Steven	98	–	10
13	Jeffrey	95	↑1	16
14	Kevin	88	↑1	14
15	Donald	82	↓2	19
16	George	75	↑7	32
17	Kenneth	74	–	15
18	Edward	71	↑3	27
19	Timothy	71	↑10	12
20	Anthony	70	↑7	26
21	Stephen	66	↓1	28
22	Paul	65	↓6	17
23	Daniel	63	↓5	18
24	Gary	52	–	20
25	Ronald	52	↓6	21
26	Gregory	49	↑4	23
27	Wayne	49	↓5	51
28	Brian	48	↓2	22
29	Bruce	47	↓4	38
30	Christopher	47	↑2	35
31	Dennis	43	↑7	29
32	Douglas	41	↑2	30
33	Scott	41	↑4	24
34	Larry	38	↑5	25
35	Keith	36	↓7	39
36	Patrick	36	↑4	43
37	Andrew	31	↓1	58
38	Matthew	25	new	63
39	Philip	24	new	68
40	Raymond	24	↓7	45
41	Frank	23	↓10	42
42	Alan	22	new	50
43	Francis	22	new	>100
44	Harry	22	–	>100
45	Howard	22	new	>100
46	Walter	22	↓1	66
47	Craig	21	new	44
48	Peter	21	↓13	40
49	Eugene	20	new	>100
50	Jerry	20	↓1	36

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