Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	174
2	Mary	165
3	Linda	159
4	Patricia	138
5	Karen	135
6	Susan	119
7	Sharon	108
8	Donna	107
9	Barbara	101
10	Carol	90
11	Diane	88
12	Nancy	87
13	Debra	82
14	Kathleen	76
15	Cynthia	74
16	Sandra	73
17	Cheryl	55
18	Margaret	54
19	Pamela	49
19	Robin	49
21	Elizabeth	48
22	Bonnie	45
22	Brenda	45
24	Denise	44
25	Janet	43
26	Catherine	42
27	Lisa	38
28	Christine	36
29	Ann	35
29	Beverly	35
29	Lynn	35
32	Joyce	33
33	Betty	32
33	Theresa	32
35	Judith	31
36	Jane	30
36	Terry	30
38	Shirley	28
39	Teresa	27
40	Gail	25
40	Joan	25
40	Kathryn	25
40	Valerie	25
44	Connie	24
44	Kim	24
46	Marie	23
47	Anne	22
47	Jacqueline	22
47	Jean	22
47	Sheila	22

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	305
2	Robert	250
3	James	247
4	Michael	240
5	David	236
6	William	205
7	Richard	185
8	Thomas	139
9	Joseph	130
10	Mark	124
11	Charles	116
12	Donald	91
13	Gary	87
14	Jeffrey	86
15	Stephen	82
16	Paul	80
16	Ronald	80
18	Steven	78
19	George	73
20	Kenneth	71
21	Bruce	65
22	Daniel	61
22	Edward	61
24	Kevin	60
25	Gregory	49
26	Anthony	43
26	Dennis	43
28	Frank	41
29	Douglas	37
29	Keith	37
31	Timothy	36
32	Raymond	34
32	Walter	34
34	Francis	31
34	Larry	31
34	Wayne	31
37	Brian	30
38	Andrew	28
38	Gerald	28
40	Barry	26
41	Lawrence	24
41	Peter	24
41	Samuel	24
44	Carl	23
44	Frederick	23
44	Jerry	23
44	Scott	23
44	Terry	23
49	Christopher	22
49	Henry	22