State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,361 Delaware births in 1912 across 100 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Delaware more than they say America.

#42Marshall#151 nationally
#17Sara#121 nationally
#58Rachel#151 nationally
#37Curtis#121 nationally
#51Madeline#124 nationally
#33Stephen#88 nationally
#39Harvey#91 nationally
#38Jane#89 nationally
#56Hilda#104 nationally
#13Anne#58 nationally
#32Blanche#75 nationally
#20Norman#61 nationally

Girls

#1Mary77US #1
#2Dorothy47US #3
#3Helen37US #2
#4Elizabeth36US #8
#5Margaret30US #4
#6Anna29US #7
#7Mildred27US #6
#8Ruth24US #5
#9Alice22US #11
#10Catherine17US #21
#11Frances17US #9
#12Gladys16US #19
#13Anne15US #58
#14Elsie15US #42
#15Lillian15US #14
#16Edith14US #31
#17Sara14US #121
#18Marie13US #10
#19Sarah13US #41
#20Ethel12US #18
#21Florence12US #12
#22Louise12US #17
#23Edna11US #16
#24Pauline10US #38
#25Pearl10US #54
#26Julia9US #44
#27Rose9US #15
#28Virginia9US #20
#29Evelyn8US #13
#30Irene8US #22
#31Betty7US #66
#32Blanche7US #75
#33Clara7US #34
#34Eleanor7US #39
#35Gertrude7US #30
#36Hazel7US #25
#37Ida7US #45
#38Jane7US #89
#39Josephine7US #28
#40Katherine7US #53
#41Mabel7US #46
#42Marguerite7US #79
#43Marion7US #55
#44Marjorie7US #56
#45Martha7US #29
#46Agnes6US #40
#47Ann6US #47
#48Bertha6US #36
#49Ellen6US #86
#50Laura6US #57
#51Madeline6US #124
#52Annie5US #27
#53Ella5US #69
#54Emma5US #35
#55Esther5US #33
#56Hilda5US #104
#57Myrtle5US #50
#58Rachel5US #151

Boys

#1John79US #1
#2William55US #2
#3Charles41US #7
#4James41US #3
#5George35US #6
#6Joseph25US #5
#7Robert25US #4
#8Harry22US #16
#9Thomas17US #10
#10Paul14US #14
#11Francis13US #35
#12Frank13US #9
#13Anthony12US #37
#14Edward11US #8
#15Albert10US #17
#16Ralph10US #23
#17Richard10US #19
#18David9US #29
#19Howard9US #25
#20Norman9US #61
#21Walter9US #11
#22Alfred8US #40
#23Fred8US #26
#24Stanley8US #43
#25Frederick7US #51
#26Harold7US #13
#27Louis7US #20
#28Raymond7US #18
#29Benjamin6US #67
#30Earl6US #34
#31Ernest6US #32
#32Henry6US #12
#33Stephen6US #88
#34Woodrow6US #46
#35Arthur5US #15
#36Carl5US #24
#37Curtis5US #121
#38Daniel5US #53
#39Harvey5US #91
#40Jesse5US #74
#41Leon5US #79
#42Marshall5US #151

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑25Sara#17
↑24Sarah#19
↑18Lillian#15
↑14Gladys#12
↑7Rose#27
↑7Virginia#28
↑5Paul#10
↑4Dorothy#2

Falling

↓25Agnes#46
↓22Ida#37
↓22Ann#47
↓17Emma#54
↓17Esther#55
↓14Clara#33
↓12Henry#32
↓11Raymond#28

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.