Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	135
2	Barbara	116
3	Patricia	103
4	Carol	79
5	Nancy	69
6	Joyce	53
6	Sandra	53
8	Linda	50
9	Margaret	48
10	Joan	45
10	Susan	45
12	Judith	44
13	Virginia	42
14	Carolyn	41
15	Shirley	38
16	Betty	33
17	Janet	32
18	Kathleen	31
19	Catherine	26
19	Frances	26
21	Dorothy	25
21	Elizabeth	25
21	Helen	25
21	Sharon	25
25	Beverly	24
25	Bonnie	24
25	Doris	24
25	Ruth	24
29	Phyllis	22
30	Diane	21
31	Jane	19
32	Donna	18
32	Jean	18
32	Joanne	18
35	Carole	17
35	Elaine	17
35	Judy	17
38	Ann	15
38	Geraldine	15
38	Lois	15
38	Suzanne	15
42	Charlotte	14
42	Marie	14
44	Christine	13
44	Deborah	13
46	Alice	12
46	Cheryl	12
46	Norma	12
49	Eileen	11
49	Gail	11

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	196
2	James	174
3	Robert	173
4	John	172
5	Richard	103
6	Charles	96
7	Joseph	90
8	David	89
9	Thomas	82
10	Donald	64
11	George	60
12	Ronald	55
13	Edward	44
14	Paul	39
15	Kenneth	36
16	Wayne	29
17	Michael	28
18	Raymond	27
19	Walter	25
20	Francis	24
20	Howard	24
22	Henry	23
23	Frank	22
23	Harry	22
25	Daniel	21
25	Larry	21
25	Lawrence	21
25	Louis	21
29	Albert	20
30	Gary	19
30	Harold	19
32	Samuel	18
33	Alfred	17
34	Clarence	16
34	Ralph	16
36	Dennis	15
36	Gerald	15
36	Stanley	15
36	Stephen	15
40	Alan	14
40	Allen	14
40	Peter	14
43	Douglas	13
43	Norman	13
45	Andrew	12
45	Anthony	12
45	Ernest	12
45	Eugene	12
45	Roland	12
50	Edwin	11