Popular baby names in Delaware, 1962

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1962 were Lisa for girls (161 babies) and John for boys (269). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,324 babies born in Delaware in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1962

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

Girls

Crystal: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Vanessa: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Holly: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marie: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Terry: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dawn: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Robin: 74 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Valerie: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bonnie: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Andrea: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Harry: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darryl: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Frederick: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Louis: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Eugene: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	161	↑1	1
2	Mary	140	↓1	2
3	Karen	120	↑2	4
4	Susan	112	–	3
5	Donna	97	↓2	7
6	Linda	89	–	5
7	Patricia	85	↑1	6
8	Deborah	81	↓1	9
9	Pamela	79	↑8	13
10	Robin	74	–	25
11	Sharon	74	↓2	17
12	Elizabeth	65	↑16	20
13	Sandra	60	↑2	10
14	Cynthia	57	↓3	8
15	Brenda	56	↑1	12
16	Kimberly	56	↑3	16
17	Teresa	55	↑4	18
18	Kathleen	54	↑5	29
19	Cheryl	53	↓1	24
20	Barbara	48	↓7	14
21	Dawn	45	↑19	50
22	Christine	44	↑10	39
23	Denise	44	↓3	30
24	Nancy	44	↓10	19
25	Diane	43	↓1	26
26	Carol	40	↓14	28
27	Laura	40	↑8	21
28	Margaret	40	↓1	43
29	Theresa	39	↓3	40
30	Michelle	38	↓1	31
31	Tammy	36	new	23
32	Kathy	35	↓10	27
33	Debbie	34	↓3	32
34	Lori	34	↑5	11
35	Debra	33	↓4	15
36	Jacqueline	33	↓2	44
37	Janet	33	↑7	35
38	Angela	32	new	36
39	Tina	32	↓3	33
40	Kelly	31	new	38
41	Terri	31	↓4	54
42	Valerie	31	↑8	67
43	Michele	29	↓18	59
44	Catherine	28	↓11	53
45	Bonnie	27	new	79
46	Carolyn	27	new	46
47	Cindy	27	↓4	34
48	Suzanne	27	new	65
49	Wendy	27	new	64
50	Crystal	25	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	John	269	–	3
2	David	251	–	2
3	Michael	246	–	1
4	Robert	232	–	5
5	James	211	–	4
6	William	186	–	7
7	Mark	168	–	6
8	Thomas	132	↑2	9
9	Richard	114	↓1	8
10	Joseph	103	↓1	13
11	Jeffrey	97	↑1	10
12	Steven	93	↑2	12
13	Kevin	92	↓2	14
14	Charles	91	↓1	15
15	Kenneth	85	↑1	18
16	Christopher	74	↑5	26
17	Daniel	74	↓2	17
18	Paul	65	–	19
19	Gary	64	↑3	22
20	Timothy	64	↓1	16
21	Anthony	63	↓1	24
22	Brian	62	↑1	20
23	Edward	61	↑4	29
24	Scott	61	↑11	11
25	Donald	57	↓8	23
26	George	56	–	32
27	Stephen	55	↓2	28
28	Douglas	52	↑2	27
29	Gregory	51	↓5	21
30	Ronald	49	↓2	25
31	Eric	45	↑14	33
32	Bruce	41	↓3	41
33	Andrew	39	↓2	49
34	Glenn	35	↑8	55
35	Keith	34	↓2	36
36	Patrick	31	↑7	40
37	Larry	30	↑9	31
38	Alan	27	↓1	53
39	Vincent	27	new	66
40	Darryl	26	new	83
41	Jeff	26	↑9	44
42	Wayne	26	↓10	63
43	Dennis	25	↓4	37
44	Francis	25	↓8	>100
45	Peter	25	↓5	43
46	Craig	23	new	51
47	Raymond	22	↓13	48
48	Lawrence	21	new	70
49	Matthew	19	↓11	56
50	Chris	18	new	60

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