Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	162
2	Mary	161
3	Linda	140
4	Patricia	137
5	Susan	124
6	Barbara	92
7	Karen	83
7	Nancy	83
9	Sharon	78
10	Carol	65
10	Donna	65
12	Cynthia	62
13	Kathleen	61
14	Diane	60
15	Margaret	54
16	Sandra	53
17	Janet	50
18	Elizabeth	49
19	Christine	44
20	Catherine	42
21	Beverly	39
22	Gail	38
22	Joanne	38
24	Joyce	37
25	Carolyn	36
25	Joan	36
27	Janice	35
27	Judith	35
29	Bonnie	34
30	Debra	33
30	Pamela	33
32	Betty	32
32	Brenda	32
34	Anne	31
34	Denise	31
36	Robin	29
37	Cheryl	28
38	Jane	27
38	Ruth	27
40	Rebecca	26
41	Shirley	25
41	Suzanne	25
43	Alice	24
44	Elaine	23
44	Helen	23
44	Jacqueline	23
44	Martha	23
44	Rose	23
44	Teresa	23
44	Wanda	23

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	284
2	Robert	249
3	James	229
4	William	206
5	David	188
6	Michael	181
7	Richard	153
8	Thomas	108
9	Joseph	97
10	Charles	85
11	Donald	83
12	Gary	71
13	Edward	67
13	Paul	67
13	Stephen	67
16	George	66
17	Ronald	64
18	Steven	55
19	Larry	47
19	Mark	47
21	Bruce	45
22	Dennis	43
22	Jeffrey	43
24	Kenneth	42
25	Daniel	41
25	Wayne	41
27	Douglas	36
28	Kevin	34
29	Lawrence	33
30	Gregory	32
31	Francis	30
32	Walter	28
33	Ralph	27
34	Anthony	25
34	Arthur	25
34	Barry	25
34	Roger	25
38	Frank	23
39	Harry	22
39	Keith	22
39	Timothy	22
42	Gerald	21
43	Andrew	20
43	Brian	20
43	Christopher	20
46	Glenn	19
46	Raymond	19
46	Samuel	19
49	Dale	18
49	Harold	18