State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,532 Delaware births in 1913 across 107 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#58Naomi#142 nationally
#62Rachel#145 nationally
#35Sara#114 nationally
#29Willard#99 nationally
#60Olive#129 nationally
#43Nicholas#110 nationally
#44Alberta#108 nationally
#35Harvey#93 nationally
#48Hilda#105 nationally
#43Theresa#97 nationally
#31Benjamin#70 nationally
#22Jean#60 nationally

Girls

#1Mary80US #1
#2Helen59US #2
#3Dorothy42US #3
#4Elizabeth42US #8
#5Margaret36US #4
#6Mildred32US #6
#7Anna24US #7
#8Ruth22US #5
#9Rose19US #14
#10Catherine18US #22
#11Martha18US #28
#12Edna15US #18
#13Evelyn14US #12
#14Florence14US #13
#15Alice13US #11
#16Frances13US #9
#17Grace13US #25
#18Eleanor12US #34
#19Emma12US #38
#20Ethel12US #20
#21Myrtle12US #53
#22Jean10US #60
#23Lillian10US #16
#24Mabel10US #56
#25Marie10US #10
#26Beatrice9US #37
#27Doris9US #44
#28Elsie9US #40
#29Eva9US #50
#30Gertrude9US #33
#31Thelma9US #26
#32Agnes8US #41
#33Gladys8US #19
#34Irene8US #21
#35Sara8US #114
#36Alma7US #64
#37Clara7US #36
#38Hazel7US #27
#39Josephine7US #24
#40Kathryn7US #66
#41Louise7US #17
#42Pauline7US #35
#43Theresa7US #97
#44Alberta6US #108
#45Anne6US #57
#46Bertha6US #39
#47Edith6US #29
#48Hilda6US #105
#49Laura6US #62
#50Sarah6US #43
#51Viola6US #52
#52Ellen5US #88
#53Esther5US #32
#54Jane5US #81
#55Marguerite5US #78
#56Marian5US #93
#57Marion5US #51
#58Naomi5US #142
#59Nellie5US #58
#60Olive5US #129
#61Pearl5US #55
#62Rachel5US #145
#63Virginia5US #15

Boys

#1John74US #1
#2William70US #2
#3James62US #3
#4Charles42US #7
#5Joseph36US #5
#6George31US #6
#7Edward27US #8
#8Robert26US #4
#9Harry21US #15
#10Paul21US #14
#11Thomas21US #10
#12Francis16US #30
#13Frank16US #9
#14Clarence14US #21
#15Howard14US #26
#16Samuel14US #36
#17Walter12US #11
#18Albert11US #16
#19Henry11US #12
#20Norman11US #57
#21Alfred10US #42
#22Woodrow10US #44
#23Anthony9US #38
#24Arthur9US #17
#25Carl8US #23
#26Elmer8US #45
#27Harold8US #13
#28Raymond8US #18
#29Willard8US #99
#30Andrew7US #47
#31Benjamin7US #70
#32David7US #29
#33Edwin7US #55
#34Frederick7US #49
#35Harvey7US #93
#36Ralph7US #22
#37Stanley7US #41
#38Lawrence6US #35
#39Earl5US #31
#40Eugene5US #43
#41Leroy5US #63
#42Lewis5US #72
#43Nicholas5US #110
#44Richard5US #19

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑36Myrtle#21
↑35Emma#19
↑34Martha#11
↑18Rose#9
↑17Mabel#24
↑16Evelyn#13
↑16Eleanor#18
↑14Agnes#32

Falling

↓36Pearl#61
↓35Virginia#63
↓32Anne#45
↓31Edith#47
↓31Sarah#50
↓27Richard#44
↓21Gladys#33
↓20Ralph#36

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.