Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	190
2	Deborah	163
3	Linda	153
4	Patricia	140
5	Susan	124
6	Debra	104
7	Karen	101
8	Nancy	100
9	Donna	95
10	Barbara	90
11	Diane	87
12	Sharon	81
13	Elizabeth	66
14	Carol	63
14	Kathleen	63
16	Margaret	61
17	Cheryl	60
18	Cynthia	56
19	Sandra	55
20	Robin	53
21	Janet	50
22	Catherine	42
23	Pamela	40
24	Bonnie	39
25	Beverly	37
26	Ann	36
27	Brenda	34
27	Jane	34
27	Judith	34
30	Denise	32
30	Joan	32
30	Theresa	32
33	Jo	28
34	Christine	27
35	Connie	26
35	Kathryn	26
35	Virginia	26
38	Joanne	25
38	Laura	25
38	Teresa	25
41	Lisa	24
42	Gail	23
42	Jacqueline	23
42	Kathy	23
42	Wanda	23
46	Jean	22
46	Michele	22
46	Ruth	22
46	Valerie	22
50	Debbie	21

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	268
2	David	262
3	James	254
4	Michael	227
5	William	223
6	Robert	220
7	Joseph	152
8	Richard	150
9	Thomas	115
10	Charles	110
11	Stephen	90
12	Donald	89
13	Mark	87
13	Paul	87
15	Gary	81
16	Edward	79
17	Steven	75
18	Kenneth	73
19	Ronald	66
20	Kevin	65
21	George	63
22	Jeffrey	61
23	Dennis	53
24	Bruce	52
25	Daniel	50
26	Anthony	47
27	Keith	41
27	Wayne	41
29	Raymond	39
30	Timothy	38
30	Walter	38
32	Gregory	37
32	Larry	37
34	Douglas	34
34	Francis	34
36	Harry	33
37	Eugene	31
38	Frank	30
39	Glenn	29
40	Gerald	27
41	Christopher	25
41	Lawrence	25
41	Peter	25
44	Alan	24
45	Andrew	23
45	Carl	23
45	Eric	23
45	Philip	23
45	Samuel	23
50	Brian	22