Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	169
2	Mary	149
3	Patricia	120
4	Barbara	118
5	Sharon	92
6	Deborah	85
7	Susan	78
8	Carol	74
9	Nancy	68
10	Diane	57
11	Sandra	55
12	Karen	54
13	Donna	52
13	Kathleen	52
15	Elizabeth	47
15	Margaret	47
17	Shirley	44
18	Joyce	37
19	Janet	36
20	Carolyn	35
20	Judith	35
22	Gail	33
23	Betty	31
24	Beverly	29
25	Ruth	27
26	Christine	26
26	Joanne	26
28	Ann	25
28	Catherine	25
28	Frances	25
31	Bonnie	24
31	Doris	24
33	Cheryl	23
33	Dorothy	23
33	Joan	23
36	Cynthia	22
36	Janice	22
36	Jean	22
36	Phyllis	22
40	Gloria	21
40	Virginia	21
42	Pamela	20
43	Anne	19
43	Brenda	19
43	Helen	19
43	Paula	19
47	Jane	18
48	Charlotte	17
48	Wanda	17
50	Marie	16

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	234
2	John	224
3	Robert	223
4	James	168
5	David	125
6	Richard	111
7	Michael	106
8	Thomas	96
9	Joseph	95
10	Charles	92
11	George	70
12	Ronald	64
13	Donald	62
14	Paul	61
15	Stephen	51
16	Edward	48
17	Kenneth	46
17	Larry	46
19	Wayne	45
20	Gary	44
21	Daniel	43
22	Bruce	41
22	Harry	41
24	Dennis	32
25	Steven	31
26	Francis	30
27	Arthur	29
28	Anthony	28
28	Frank	28
28	Lawrence	28
28	Ralph	28
32	Gerald	27
32	Raymond	27
34	Douglas	25
35	Walter	24
36	Gregory	21
36	Howard	21
36	Jeffrey	21
39	Mark	20
39	Roger	20
41	Peter	19
42	Philip	18
43	Earl	17
44	Alfred	16
44	Carl	16
44	Henry	16
47	Alan	15
47	Allen	15
47	Dale	15
47	Eugene	15