Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	139
2	Barbara	109
3	Carol	86
4	Patricia	84
5	Sandra	57
6	Nancy	54
7	Linda	51
7	Margaret	51
9	Shirley	48
10	Elizabeth	44
11	Judith	43
12	Susan	37
13	Joan	36
14	Diane	35
14	Kathleen	35
16	Joyce	33
17	Ruth	32
18	Jane	31
19	Donna	30
20	Betty	29
20	Janet	29
22	Carolyn	28
23	Dorothy	26
23	Phyllis	26
25	Beverly	25
26	Frances	24
26	Helen	24
28	Doris	23
29	Janice	22
30	Ann	21
30	Gloria	21
30	Lois	21
33	Bonnie	20
33	Jacqueline	20
35	Alice	18
35	Judy	18
35	Sharon	18
35	Virginia	18
39	Geraldine	17
39	Karen	17
39	Marie	17
42	Elaine	16
42	Marilyn	16
42	Sarah	16
45	Carole	15
45	Constance	15
45	Jean	15
45	Joann	15
49	Brenda	14
49	Catherine	14

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	201
2	John	194
3	William	174
4	James	147
5	Richard	98
6	Joseph	86
7	Charles	82
8	Thomas	79
9	David	78
10	George	61
11	Donald	60
12	Edward	51
12	Michael	51
14	Ronald	49
15	Paul	38
16	Kenneth	31
17	Walter	28
18	Albert	25
18	Frank	25
18	Gerald	25
21	Harry	24
21	Lawrence	24
21	Wayne	24
24	Francis	23
25	Stephen	22
26	Ralph	20
27	Gary	18
27	Howard	18
27	Roger	18
30	Anthony	17
30	Eugene	17
30	Samuel	17
33	Arthur	16
33	Daniel	16
33	Harold	16
36	Allen	15
36	Dennis	15
36	Raymond	15
36	Stanley	15
40	Ernest	14
40	Henry	14
40	Larry	14
40	Norman	14
44	Alan	13
44	Bruce	13
44	Earl	13
47	Andrew	12
47	Franklin	12
47	Fred	12
47	Peter	12