Popular baby names in Delaware, 1960

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1960 were Donna for girls (141 babies) and David for boys (274). Donna ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,651 babies born in Delaware in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1960

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

Girls

Lois: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Michele: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Eileen: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Roberta: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Carol: 79 babies, 2× the national rate
Joanne: 22 babies, 2× the national rate
Andrea: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Harry: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyrone: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Frederick: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Eugene: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dwayne: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Walter: 28 babies, 2× the national rate
Glenn: 27 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Donna	141	↑1	5
2	Mary	131	↓1	1
3	Karen	120	–	4
4	Lisa	113	↑6	6
5	Susan	113	↓1	2
6	Linda	108	–	3
7	Patricia	105	–	7
8	Deborah	98	↓3	10
9	Sharon	87	↑2	16
10	Carol	79	↑7	23
11	Elizabeth	73	↑5	18
12	Cynthia	70	↓3	9
13	Barbara	69	↓5	12
14	Sandra	67	↓1	11
15	Diane	61	–	22
16	Robin	59	↑2	33
17	Kimberly	57	new	26
18	Kathleen	56	↑2	27
19	Pamela	56	↑5	14
20	Denise	55	↓1	29
21	Cheryl	53	–	17
22	Brenda	51	↓8	13
23	Debra	47	–	8
24	Nancy	46	↓12	15
25	Theresa	45	↑3	35
26	Kim	40	↑21	34
27	Teresa	38	↑5	19
28	Kathy	37	↓6	21
29	Margaret	37	↑1	36
30	Ann	36	↑14	51
31	Christine	36	↑7	40
32	Debbie	36	↓7	24
33	Michele	35	new	89
34	Dawn	33	↓5	57
35	Laura	32	↓4	25
36	Lori	31	new	20
37	Carolyn	30	↓4	43
38	Joyce	30	↓3	58
39	Valerie	30	–	65
40	Sherry	29	new	54
41	Cindy	28	↑9	30
42	Jane	28	↑4	67
43	Paula	28	new	55
44	Tina	27	new	45
45	Janet	26	↓19	32
46	Catherine	25	↓19	42
47	Cathy	25	↓7	46
48	Shirley	25	new	70
49	Darlene	23	new	75
50	Kelly	23	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	274	↑1	1
2	Michael	268	↑1	2
3	John	238	↓2	4
4	Robert	238	↑1	5
5	James	228	↓1	3
6	William	176	–	7
7	Mark	161	↑1	6
8	Thomas	131	↑1	9
9	Richard	127	↓2	8
10	Joseph	108	–	12
11	Kenneth	93	↑6	16
12	Charles	92	↓1	13
13	Steven	89	↓1	10
14	Jeffrey	84	↓1	14
15	Kevin	83	↓1	15
16	Paul	77	↑6	18
17	Donald	76	↓2	19
18	Edward	65	–	26
19	Timothy	64	–	11
20	Anthony	63	–	25
21	George	63	↓5	33
22	Gregory	63	↑4	24
23	Daniel	62	–	17
24	Brian	61	↑4	20
25	Christopher	61	↑5	29
26	Ronald	55	↓1	21
27	Gary	54	↓3	22
28	Stephen	54	↓7	27
29	Douglas	53	↑3	30
30	Bruce	46	↓1	39
31	Keith	46	↑4	35
32	Dennis	40	↓1	31
33	Raymond	38	↑7	46
34	Larry	34	–	28
35	Eric	33	new	44
36	Patrick	31	–	45
37	Gerald	29	new	62
38	Harry	29	↑6	>100
39	Matthew	29	↓1	61
40	Francis	28	↑3	>100
41	Walter	28	↑5	70
42	Andrew	27	↓5	51
43	Glenn	27	new	74
44	Wayne	27	↓17	58
45	Frank	26	↓4	40
46	Ricky	26	new	38
47	Peter	25	↑1	42
48	Scott	25	↓15	23
49	Craig	24	↓2	41
50	Dale	24	new	54

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