Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	98
2	Barbara	82
3	Patricia	68
4	Joyce	48
5	Dorothy	46
6	Margaret	45
7	Shirley	40
8	Nancy	39
9	Betty	37
10	Carol	34
10	Joan	34
12	Elizabeth	33
12	Janet	33
14	Doris	30
15	Ruth	29
16	Ann	28
16	Virginia	28
18	Phyllis	26
19	Joanne	25
20	Carolyn	24
20	Helen	24
22	Frances	22
22	Sandra	22
24	Judith	19
25	Catherine	18
26	Alice	17
26	Janice	17
28	Beverly	16
28	Geraldine	16
30	Elaine	15
31	Eleanor	14
31	Lois	14
31	Marie	14
31	Martha	14
35	Jane	13
36	Anna	12
36	Dolores	12
36	Jean	12
36	Julia	12
36	Louise	12
41	Edna	11
41	Gladys	11
41	Kathleen	11
41	Mildred	11
41	Norma	11
41	Susan	11
47	Charlotte	10
47	Elsie	10
47	Jacqueline	10
47	Loretta	10

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	148
2	Robert	130
3	William	123
4	James	110
5	Charles	87
6	Richard	69
7	David	62
7	Joseph	62
9	George	55
10	Thomas	45
11	Ronald	44
12	Edward	40
13	Donald	36
14	Francis	30
15	Paul	26
16	Harry	25
17	Kenneth	24
18	Walter	23
19	Michael	20
20	Wayne	19
21	Daniel	18
22	Gerald	17
22	Howard	17
24	Lawrence	15
24	Raymond	15
26	Frank	14
27	Albert	13
27	Harold	13
29	Alfred	12
29	Carl	12
29	Clarence	12
29	Eugene	12
29	Larry	12
29	Louis	12
35	Arthur	11
36	Henry	10
36	Roger	10
36	Samuel	10
39	Anthony	9
39	Earl	9
41	Clifford	8
41	Jay	8
41	Leroy	8
41	Ralph	8
45	Allen	7
45	Edwin	7
45	Harvey	7
45	Herbert	7
45	Jerome	7
45	Leonard	7