Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	159
2	Mary	135
3	Barbara	119
4	Patricia	95
5	Nancy	81
5	Susan	81
7	Sandra	80
8	Deborah	71
9	Sharon	66
10	Diane	59
10	Kathleen	59
12	Carol	58
13	Margaret	49
14	Shirley	46
15	Donna	45
16	Judith	41
17	Karen	39
18	Elizabeth	37
19	Joan	36
19	Joanne	36
21	Janet	33
22	Joyce	32
23	Carolyn	31
24	Betty	30
25	Catherine	29
26	Dorothy	28
26	Marie	28
28	Christine	27
28	Cynthia	27
30	Brenda	26
30	Gail	26
30	Jane	26
30	Ruth	26
34	Janice	24
35	Ann	23
35	Charlotte	23
35	Helen	23
38	Constance	22
38	Marilyn	22
40	Jacqueline	21
40	Virginia	21
42	Beverly	20
42	Doris	20
42	Theresa	20
45	Bonnie	19
45	Elaine	19
45	Gloria	19
45	Jean	19
45	Martha	19
45	Pamela	19

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	244
2	James	211
3	William	193
4	Robert	187
5	Richard	130
6	Thomas	120
7	Charles	118
8	David	114
9	Joseph	103
10	Michael	97
11	Ronald	69
12	Donald	63
12	Paul	63
14	George	60
15	Stephen	58
16	Edward	50
17	Kenneth	49
18	Gary	42
19	Larry	40
20	Francis	38
21	Lawrence	36
22	Steven	32
23	Gerald	30
24	Dennis	28
24	Raymond	28
26	Daniel	27
27	Harry	26
27	Wayne	26
29	Bruce	25
30	Anthony	24
30	Henry	24
30	Samuel	24
33	Douglas	22
33	Frank	22
35	Albert	21
35	Glenn	21
35	Stanley	21
38	Andrew	20
38	Arthur	20
40	Frederick	19
40	Walter	19
42	Peter	18
43	Barry	16
43	Gregory	16
45	Howard	15
45	Roger	15
47	Alan	14
47	Christopher	14
47	Harold	14
47	Jeffrey	14