Popular baby names in Delaware, 1964

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1964 were Lisa for girls (174 babies) and John for boys (274). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,265 babies born in Delaware in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1964

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: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Joanne: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Terry: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stephanie: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Victoria: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Michele: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darlene: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gail: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joan: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Veronica: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Harry: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alfred: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
George: 63 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	174	–	1
2	Mary	128	↑1	2
3	Karen	109	↓1	4
4	Donna	107	↑1	7
5	Patricia	102	↑1	5
6	Susan	94	↓2	3
7	Kimberly	88	↑4	6
8	Deborah	85	↓1	12
9	Linda	80	↓1	8
10	Sharon	75	↓1	20
11	Elizabeth	66	↑1	16
12	Cynthia	65	↓2	9
13	Denise	59	↑3	25
14	Sandra	58	↑1	13
15	Dawn	54	↑29	33
16	Teresa	54	↑7	21
17	Kathleen	52	↑2	30
18	Michelle	50	↑7	23
19	Barbara	48	↓1	19
20	Pamela	48	↓7	11
21	Tammy	46	↑6	10
22	Nancy	45	↓2	26
23	Stephanie	45	new	57
24	Tracy	45	↑17	40
25	Christine	43	↓4	28
26	Robin	42	↓12	27
27	Michele	41	↓5	58
28	Theresa	41	↑11	38
29	Brenda	40	↓12	18
30	Cheryl	39	↓6	29
31	Margaret	39	↓5	49
32	Carol	38	↓2	36
33	Jacqueline	38	↑15	37
34	Angela	37	new	22
35	Diane	36	–	32
36	Jennifer	35	↑9	31
37	Laura	34	↓5	14
38	Sherry	32	↓4	50
39	Crystal	31	new	>100
40	Valerie	31	new	66
41	Debra	29	↑1	24
42	Tina	29	↓14	34
43	Ann	28	new	60
44	Paula	28	↑2	45
45	Darlene	27	new	80
46	Kelly	27	↓13	35
47	Wendy	27	↑2	55
48	Catherine	26	↓17	54
49	Lori	26	↓20	15
50	Andrea	23	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	John	274	↑1	2
2	Michael	261	↑1	1
3	Robert	255	↑1	5
4	David	247	↓3	3
5	James	239	–	4
6	William	175	–	7
7	Mark	152	–	6
8	Richard	134	–	8
9	Jeffrey	110	↑4	10
10	Thomas	108	–	9
11	Kevin	105	↑1	13
12	Charles	98	↓1	17
13	Joseph	93	↓4	11
14	Paul	89	–	16
15	Kenneth	86	↑5	18
16	Brian	80	↓1	20
17	Daniel	75	↑12	19
18	Christopher	73	–	23
19	Steven	73	↓2	12
20	Timothy	66	↑1	15
21	Anthony	65	↓5	21
22	George	63	↑8	33
23	Scott	63	↓1	14
24	Edward	62	↑2	27
25	Donald	61	↓1	25
26	Stephen	54	↓1	29
27	Andrew	50	↑1	37
28	Ronald	50	↓5	24
29	Gregory	43	↓10	22
30	Keith	42	↑2	34
31	Gary	41	↓4	26
32	Eric	37	↓1	32
33	Douglas	36	↑5	31
34	Patrick	34	–	30
35	Todd	30	new	28
36	Bruce	28	↓3	46
37	Wayne	28	–	61
38	Frank	27	↑5	41
39	Curtis	24	new	75
40	Lawrence	24	new	68
41	Peter	24	↑4	39
42	Walter	24	↓2	80
43	Alan	23	new	53
44	Francis	23	new	>100
45	Matthew	23	↓6	43
46	Raymond	23	↓11	44
47	Harry	22	new	>100
48	Vincent	22	new	64
49	Carl	21	↓3	55
50	Bryan	19	new	70

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