Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	160
2	Patricia	159
3	Deborah	143
4	Mary	132
5	Barbara	106
6	Susan	105
7	Nancy	85
8	Diane	79
9	Kathleen	68
10	Carol	64
11	Sandra	62
12	Donna	61
13	Sharon	60
14	Margaret	52
15	Karen	51
16	Elizabeth	44
17	Joyce	42
18	Judith	38
19	Cynthia	34
20	Brenda	33
20	Catherine	33
20	Janet	33
23	Joan	31
24	Christine	30
24	Janice	30
26	Betty	29
26	Carolyn	29
26	Shirley	29
29	Bonnie	27
29	Joanne	27
31	Ann	26
32	Beverly	25
32	Jane	25
34	Anne	24
34	Marie	24
36	Helen	23
36	Virginia	23
38	Cheryl	22
38	Debra	22
38	Dorothy	22
41	Ruth	20
42	Constance	19
42	Gloria	19
42	Lois	19
42	Pamela	19
46	Ellen	18
46	Jean	18
48	Denise	17
48	Jacqueline	17
48	Rebecca	17

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	241
2	Robert	222
3	William	214
4	James	201
5	Michael	145
6	Richard	141
7	David	139
8	Thomas	118
9	Joseph	107
10	Charles	104
11	Donald	81
12	Edward	69
13	George	68
14	Ronald	65
15	Gary	64
16	Paul	56
16	Stephen	56
16	Steven	56
19	Kenneth	55
20	Larry	48
21	Bruce	46
22	Daniel	42
23	Wayne	40
24	Dennis	31
24	Lawrence	31
26	Anthony	30
27	Mark	29
28	Raymond	28
28	Walter	28
30	Douglas	27
31	Francis	26
32	Carl	24
32	Harry	24
34	Gregory	23
35	Albert	22
35	Gerald	22
37	Frank	21
37	Roger	21
39	Arthur	20
39	Peter	20
41	Jeffrey	19
41	Stanley	19
43	Barry	18
43	Glenn	18
43	Howard	18
46	Christopher	17
46	Russell	17
48	Andrew	15
48	Eric	15
48	Ralph	15