Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1954

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	179
2	Mary	165
3	Linda	157
4	Patricia	145
5	Susan	114
6	Barbara	104
7	Karen	90
7	Nancy	90
9	Diane	84
10	Carol	77
11	Debra	75
12	Kathleen	74
13	Donna	71
14	Sharon	69
15	Sandra	68
16	Cynthia	61
17	Elizabeth	59
18	Margaret	50
19	Pamela	48
20	Janet	42
21	Catherine	41
22	Beverly	40
23	Shirley	39
24	Joan	35
25	Bonnie	34
25	Denise	34
25	Robin	34
28	Ann	33
28	Theresa	33
30	Kathy	32
31	Jean	31
31	Joyce	31
31	Judith	31
34	Anne	30
35	Marie	29
36	Dorothy	27
36	Gail	27
36	Jo	27
39	Christine	25
39	Jane	25
39	Janice	25
42	Michele	24
42	Rebecca	24
44	Lynn	23
44	Paula	23
46	Betty	22
47	Cheryl	21
47	Laura	21
47	Teresa	21
50	Brenda	20

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	278
2	Robert	255
3	James	239
4	William	228
5	Michael	199
6	David	194
7	Richard	146
8	Thomas	141
9	Charles	115
10	Joseph	114
11	Gary	79
12	Donald	77
12	George	77
14	Paul	74
15	Mark	69
15	Stephen	69
17	Steven	60
18	Ronald	56
19	Edward	54
20	Kenneth	53
21	Jeffrey	47
22	Daniel	45
23	Bruce	43
24	Kevin	42
25	Wayne	38
26	Anthony	36
27	Gregory	33
28	Timothy	31
29	Larry	29
29	Raymond	29
31	Francis	28
31	Ralph	28
31	Walter	28
34	Dennis	27
34	Harry	27
36	Lawrence	26
37	Peter	25
38	Frank	24
39	Howard	23
40	Alan	22
40	Keith	22
40	Roger	22
43	Arthur	21
43	Eugene	21
43	Harold	21
43	Jay	21
47	Ernest	20
47	Patrick	20
47	Samuel	20
50	Albert	19