Popular baby names in Delaware, 1965

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1965 were Lisa for girls (194 babies) and John for boys (245). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,509 babies born in Delaware in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1965

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: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tracey: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maureen: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Michele: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dawn: 76 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Virginia: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gail: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Margaret: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Harry: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Howard: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
William: 203 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marvin: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	194	–	1
2	Kimberly	113	↑5	4
3	Karen	111	–	3
4	Mary	98	↓2	2
5	Susan	84	↑1	5
6	Donna	83	↓2	7
7	Dawn	76	↑8	26
8	Deborah	71	–	13
9	Patricia	70	↓4	6
10	Christine	57	↑15	21
11	Sharon	54	↓1	22
12	Cynthia	53	–	9
13	Robin	53	↑13	33
14	Linda	52	↓5	8
15	Michele	50	↑12	48
16	Michelle	49	↑2	18
17	Angela	46	↑17	10
18	Jennifer	46	↑18	20
19	Barbara	44	–	25
20	Elizabeth	44	↓9	16
21	Denise	43	↓8	28
22	Sandra	43	↓8	15
23	Stephanie	43	–	44
24	Kathleen	42	↓7	34
25	Pamela	42	↓5	12
26	Laura	40	↑11	17
27	Lori	39	↑22	19
28	Diane	38	↑7	40
29	Teresa	38	↓13	24
30	Brenda	37	↓1	23
31	Cheryl	37	↓1	31
32	Tammy	37	↓11	11
33	Amy	35	new	35
34	Margaret	35	↓3	52
35	Tracy	35	↓11	36
36	Wendy	35	↑11	39
37	Debra	33	↑4	27
38	Nancy	33	↓16	32
39	Sheila	32	new	50
40	Kelly	31	↑6	30
41	Ann	30	↑2	59
42	Carol	28	↓10	42
43	Theresa	28	↓15	45
44	Tracey	27	new	85
45	Catherine	26	↑3	57
46	Jacqueline	26	↓13	47
47	Tina	26	↓5	29
48	Andrea	25	↑2	63
49	Paula	25	↓5	49
50	Kim	23	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	John	245	–	2
2	David	238	↑2	3
3	Michael	235	↓1	1
4	Robert	222	↓1	5
5	James	212	–	4
6	William	203	–	6
7	Thomas	118	↑3	9
8	Richard	115	–	8
9	Charles	104	↑3	20
10	Mark	104	↓3	7
11	Joseph	90	↑2	11
12	Jeffrey	89	↓3	10
13	Christopher	86	↑5	18
14	Kevin	83	↓3	13
15	Steven	82	↑4	14
16	Paul	75	↓2	16
17	Brian	70	↓1	19
18	Scott	65	↑5	15
19	Timothy	63	↑1	12
20	Edward	61	↑4	29
21	Stephen	59	↑5	28
22	Daniel	57	↓5	17
23	Eric	57	↑9	25
24	Ronald	53	↑4	24
25	Anthony	52	↓4	22
26	Kenneth	51	↓11	21
27	Donald	48	↓2	26
28	Andrew	47	↓1	37
29	Gregory	44	–	23
30	Gary	43	↑1	27
31	George	41	↓9	34
32	Keith	38	↓2	35
33	Douglas	34	–	32
34	Matthew	33	↑11	36
35	Bruce	29	↑1	50
36	Patrick	28	↓2	31
37	Frank	27	↑1	43
38	Peter	24	↑3	39
39	Vincent	24	↑9	61
40	Rodney	23	new	33
41	Wayne	22	↓4	65
42	Bryan	21	↑8	63
43	Francis	19	↑1	>100
44	Raymond	19	↑2	45
45	Carl	18	↑4	54
46	Shawn	18	new	69
47	Walter	18	↓5	82
48	Craig	17	new	46
49	Philip	17	new	87
50	Russell	17	new	58

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