Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	109
2	Mary	96
3	Patricia	58
4	Shirley	49
5	Doris	43
5	Margaret	43
7	Betty	37
8	Nancy	34
9	Joan	33
10	Dorothy	30
10	Janet	30
10	Marie	30
13	Sandra	27
14	Joyce	26
15	Elizabeth	25
16	Frances	24
16	Ruth	24
18	Joanne	23
18	Virginia	23
20	Jean	21
21	Alice	19
21	Carol	19
21	Catherine	19
21	Phyllis	19
25	Carolyn	18
25	Helen	18
27	Anna	17
28	Charlotte	16
28	Lois	16
30	Jacqueline	15
30	Kathleen	15
32	Eleanor	14
32	Judith	14
32	Loretta	14
35	Elaine	13
35	June	13
35	Marion	13
38	Irene	12
38	Louise	12
38	Pauline	12
38	Rosalie	12
42	Ann	11
42	Constance	11
42	Grace	11
45	Bernice	10
45	Marlene	10
47	Agnes	9
47	Anne	9
47	Beverly	9
47	Jane	9

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	143
2	Robert	139
3	John	126
4	James	108
5	Charles	83
6	Richard	65
7	Donald	62
8	George	61
9	Joseph	51
10	Edward	37
10	Thomas	37
12	David	36
13	Paul	34
14	Francis	31
14	Ronald	31
16	Kenneth	26
16	Walter	26
18	Howard	19
19	Michael	18
19	Samuel	18
21	Carl	17
21	Henry	17
23	Clarence	16
23	Frank	16
25	Harold	15
25	Lawrence	15
25	Norman	15
25	Raymond	15
29	Albert	14
29	Gerald	14
31	Ernest	13
31	Eugene	13
31	Louis	13
34	Arthur	12
34	Harry	12
34	Leonard	12
34	Ralph	12
34	Wayne	12
39	Jack	10
40	Bernard	9
40	Roger	9
40	Stanley	9
40	Theodore	9
44	Alan	8
44	Alfred	8
44	Anthony	8
44	Daniel	8
44	Fred	8
44	Lewis	8
44	Philip	8