State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,858 Delaware births in 1915 across 161 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#45Prestonoutside the national top 200
#60Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#74Elizaoutside the national top 200
#81Elvaoutside the national top 200
#84Harriettoutside the national top 200
#60Della#169 nationally
#86Jeannette#187 nationally
#34Horace#122 nationally
#33Roland#118 nationally
#85Janet#158 nationally
#61Franklin#132 nationally
#90Rebecca#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary141US #1
#2Margaret72US #4
#3Helen71US #2
#4Dorothy69US #3
#5Anna56US #7
#6Elizabeth52US #8
#7Mildred49US #6
#8Ruth41US #5
#9Catherine33US #19
#10Elsie28US #41
#11Frances26US #9
#12Florence25US #14
#13Edna24US #20
#14Ethel23US #23
#15Alice22US #13
#16Josephine22US #22
#17Beatrice21US #37
#18Edith21US #31
#19Virginia21US #12
#20Ann20US #43
#21Anne20US #52
#22Eleanor20US #28
#23Grace20US #27
#24Marie20US #11
#25Lillian19US #15
#26Blanche18US #87
#27Martha18US #25
#28Gladys17US #21
#29Hazel17US #26
#30Marguerite17US #85
#31Sarah17US #51
#32Clara16US #38
#33Doris16US #34
#34Marjorie16US #39
#35Irene15US #17
#36Rose15US #16
#37Bertha14US #46
#38Emma14US #40
#39Esther14US #33
#40Evelyn14US #10
#41Jean14US #48
#42Louise14US #18
#43Gertrude13US #35
#44Pauline13US #32
#45Agnes11US #45
#46Ella11US #75
#47Emily11US #99
#48Eva11US #55
#49Hilda11US #107
#50Julia11US #44
#51Pearl11US #56
#52Sara11US #106
#53Stella11US #64
#54Ellen10US #88
#55Katherine10US #49
#56Myrtle10US #58
#57Thelma10US #30
#58Ida9US #54
#59Sophie9US #97
#60Della8US #169
#61Jane8US #69
#62Jennie8US #73
#63Kathryn8US #60
#64Laura8US #61
#65Marian8US #86
#66Marion8US #50
#67Alberta7US #120
#68Bernice7US #42
#69Charlotte7US #81
#70Nellie7US #63
#71Ada6US #114
#72Audrey6US #127
#73Carrie6US #103
#74Eliza6
#75Lena6US #77
#76Leona6US #74
#77Madeline6US #121
#78Nancy6US #102
#79Sylvia6US #67
#80Beulah5US #95
#81Elva5
#82Genevieve5US #76
#83Georgia5US #111
#84Harriett5
#85Janet5US #158
#86Jeannette5US #187
#87Kathleen5US #104
#88Lucy5US #79
#89Naomi5US #128
#90Rebecca5US #159
#91Rita5US #71
#92Theresa5US #93
#93Viola5US #59
#94Violet5US #82

Boys

#1John118US #1
#2William115US #2
#3Charles81US #7
#4James75US #3
#5Joseph66US #5
#6George64US #6
#7Robert44US #4
#8Edward34US #8
#9Thomas33US #10
#10Walter25US #11
#11Frank22US #9
#12Harry22US #19
#13Paul22US #13
#14Anthony21US #36
#15Samuel21US #39
#16Albert20US #17
#17Francis20US #29
#18Earl17US #33
#19Henry17US #14
#20Harold16US #12
#21Howard16US #25
#22Elmer15US #45
#23Fred15US #26
#24Stanley15US #34
#25Norman14US #50
#26Alfred13US #42
#27Richard13US #15
#28Benjamin12US #71
#29Edgar12US #85
#30Clarence11US #24
#31Ernest11US #35
#32Raymond11US #16
#33Roland11US #118
#34Horace10US #122
#35Ralph10US #21
#36Frederick9US #52
#37Harvey9US #95
#38Leon9US #82
#39Philip9US #69
#40Andrew8US #46
#41Daniel8US #55
#42David8US #31
#43Lawrence8US #37
#44Michael8US #43
#45Preston8
#46Willard8US #58
#47Arthur7US #18
#48Eugene7US #41
#49Herbert7US #40
#50Louis7US #23
#51Carl6US #22
#52Chester6US #54
#53Everett6US #89
#54Milton6US #73
#55Nicholas6US #104
#56Oscar6US #88
#57Stephen6US #86
#58Theodore6US #64
#59Edwin5US #53
#60Elwood5
#61Franklin5US #132
#62Herman5US #56
#63Jesse5US #77
#64Leroy5US #66
#65Lewis5US #70
#66Marion5US #112
#67Rudolph5US #135
#68Russell5US #51

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑40Marjorie#34
↑34Josephine#16
↑23Doris#33
↑23Stella#53
↑21Elmer#22
↑20Martha#27
↑18Emily#47
↑17Bertha#37

Falling

↓39Nellie#70
↓38Ida#58
↓35Herman#62
↓30Pauline#44
↓27Stephen#57
↓26Jane#61
↓25Beulah#80
↓23Jennie#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.