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Baby names in Delaware, 1960s

1960–1969 · 87,794 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Delaware across the 1960s, with 2,494 births in the decade. The state recorded 87,794 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Delaware in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Francis217
Crystal190
Harry161
Michele453
Dawn559
Wayne259
Eugene143
William1,787

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael2,494
#2John2,459
#3David2,328
#4Robert2,274
#5James2,128
#6William1,787
#7Lisa1,568
#8Mark1,391
#9Richard1,204
#10Thomas1,100
#11Joseph1,060
#12Mary1,044
#13Karen1,004
#14Kimberly940
#15Susan938
#16Jeffrey937
#17Charles928
#18Donna899
#19Christopher872
#20Kevin850
#21Brian784
#21Patricia784
#23Steven760
#24Deborah734
#25Paul697

Other decades in Delaware

All Delaware names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org