Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	133
2	Barbara	130
3	Patricia	91
4	Margaret	68
5	Nancy	61
6	Joyce	52
7	Sandra	51
8	Elizabeth	50
9	Carol	49
10	Ruth	47
11	Judith	46
12	Joan	43
13	Linda	42
14	Virginia	41
15	Carolyn	35
16	Shirley	34
17	Susan	33
18	Dorothy	32
19	Betty	30
19	Joanne	30
21	Doris	29
22	Janet	27
23	Catherine	26
23	Helen	26
25	Diane	25
26	Donna	23
26	Frances	23
28	Beverly	22
29	Ann	21
29	Bonnie	21
29	Charlotte	21
29	Kathleen	21
29	Sharon	21
34	Alice	20
35	Anne	19
35	Jean	19
35	Marie	19
38	Carole	18
38	Jacqueline	18
38	Phyllis	18
41	Constance	17
41	Jane	17
41	Janice	17
44	Roberta	16
45	Josephine	15
45	Judy	15
47	Eileen	14
47	Elaine	14
47	Joann	14
47	Louise	14

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	206
2	John	204
3	Robert	174
4	James	173
5	Charles	95
5	Joseph	95
5	Richard	95
8	Thomas	85
9	Ronald	84
10	David	72
11	Edward	62
12	George	60
13	Donald	57
14	Paul	50
15	Kenneth	41
16	Francis	34
16	Frank	34
16	Michael	34
19	Raymond	29
20	Harry	26
21	Walter	24
22	Gerald	23
23	Howard	22
23	Wayne	22
25	Arthur	21
25	Daniel	21
27	Norman	20
28	Eugene	19
28	Henry	19
28	Ralph	19
31	Albert	18
31	Anthony	18
33	Louis	17
34	Dennis	16
34	Larry	16
36	Earl	15
36	Gary	15
36	Harold	15
36	Philip	15
36	Stephen	15
41	Douglas	14
42	Samuel	13
43	Allen	12
43	Ernest	12
43	Jack	12
43	Jerry	12
43	Lawrence	12
43	Leonard	12
49	Alfred	11
49	Alvin	11