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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,065 Delaware births in 1914 across 130 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#38Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#64Elvaoutside the national top 200
#72Cecelia#196 nationally
#35Wilson#153 nationally
#77Veronica#176 nationally
#42Roland#121 nationally
#69Victoria#145 nationally
#34Hilda#103 nationally
#71Audrey#138 nationally
#44Gilbert#104 nationally
#25Blanche#80 nationally
#48Nicholas#102 nationally

Girls

#1Mary101US #1
#2Margaret67US #4
#3Helen62US #2
#4Elizabeth49US #8
#5Dorothy46US #3
#6Ruth40US #5
#7Anna33US #6
#8Grace31US #25
#9Mildred29US #7
#10Catherine24US #18
#11Frances22US #9
#12Florence21US #13
#13Marie21US #10
#14Pauline21US #34
#15Lillian20US #16
#16Edith19US #31
#17Rose19US #15
#18Alice16US #12
#19Eleanor16US #28
#20Ida16US #49
#21Virginia16US #14
#22Clara15US #37
#23Ethel15US #21
#24Edna14US #19
#25Blanche13US #80
#26Elsie13US #46
#27Emma13US #39
#28Hazel13US #29
#29Ann12US #40
#30Beatrice12US #38
#31Nellie12US #61
#32Anne11US #53
#33Gladys11US #20
#34Hilda11US #103
#35Jane11US #71
#36Julia11US #42
#37Myrtle11US #60
#38Esther10US #35
#39Jennie10US #77
#40Louise10US #17
#41Mabel10US #58
#42Sarah10US #47
#43Thelma10US #26
#44Evelyn9US #11
#45Gertrude9US #32
#46Marguerite9US #84
#47Martha9US #27
#48Irene8US #22
#49Jean8US #54
#50Josephine8US #23
#51Kathryn8US #63
#52Pearl8US #56
#53Agnes7US #44
#54Bertha7US #41
#55Beulah7US #96
#56Doris7US #36
#57Katherine7US #48
#58Marian7US #90
#59Marion7US #50
#60Sara7US #108
#61Ada6US #106
#62Charlotte6US #88
#63Ella6US #72
#64Elva6
#65Emily6US #98
#66Laura6US #59
#67Leona6US #79
#68Nancy6US #102
#69Victoria6US #145
#70Vivian6US #81
#71Audrey5US #138
#72Cecelia5US #196
#73Dora5US #121
#74Marjorie5US #45
#75Sophie5US #100
#76Stella5US #65
#77Veronica5US #176

Boys

#1William102US #2
#2John89US #1
#3James65US #3
#4Charles52US #7
#5George46US #6
#6Joseph39US #5
#7Edward33US #8
#8Robert28US #4
#9Thomas23US #11
#10Ernest21US #38
#11Frank21US #9
#12Harry19US #19
#13Francis18US #31
#14Samuel18US #36
#15Walter17US #10
#16Anthony14US #37
#17Howard14US #26
#18Paul14US #13
#19Henry13US #12
#20Ralph12US #21
#21Richard12US #17
#22Albert11US #15
#23Alfred11US #41
#24Harold11US #14
#25Raymond11US #16
#26Clarence10US #22
#27Herman10US #51
#28Herbert9US #42
#29Michael8US #40
#30Stephen8US #80
#31Arthur7US #18
#32David7US #29
#33Eugene7US #43
#34Norman7US #54
#35Wilson7US #153
#36Donald6US #23
#37Edwin6US #53
#38Elwood6
#39Fred6US #28
#40Leonard6US #45
#41Louis6US #20
#42Roland6US #121
#43Elmer5US #46
#44Gilbert5US #104
#45Jesse5US #82
#46Lawrence5US #35
#47Leon5US #85
#48Nicholas5US #102
#49Philip5US #68
#50Russell5US #49
#51Theodore5US #64
#52Victor5US #76
#53Willard5US #92

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑42Virginia#21
↑31Edith#16
↑28Pauline#14
↑28Nellie#31
↑23Richard#21
↑19Jane#35
↑16Ralph#20
↑15Clara#22

Falling

↓36Martha#47
↓31Evelyn#44
↓29Doris#56
↓27Jean#49
↓25Sara#60
↓24Willard#53
↓21Agnes#53
↓17Mabel#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.