State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,050 Delaware births in 1916 across 168 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#43Prestonoutside the national top 200
#45Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#37Clifton#156 nationally
#50Rebecca#169 nationally
#76Regina#194 nationally
#84Estellaoutside the national top 200
#82Eloise#187 nationally
#44Wilson#141 nationally
#66Marshall#163 nationally
#61Calvin#157 nationally
#72Lydia#168 nationally
#35Horace#126 nationally

Girls

#1Mary114US #1
#2Dorothy82US #3
#3Margaret81US #4
#4Helen73US #2
#5Elizabeth66US #8
#6Anna59US #7
#7Mildred45US #6
#8Ruth44US #5
#9Florence37US #14
#10Marie36US #12
#11Frances34US #9
#12Alice33US #13
#13Virginia30US #10
#14Catherine27US #20
#15Eleanor24US #27
#16Anne23US #53
#17Ethel23US #25
#18Sarah23US #52
#19Pauline22US #33
#20Evelyn21US #11
#21Irene21US #17
#22Josephine20US #21
#23Lillian20US #16
#24Ann19US #40
#25Edith19US #28
#26Grace19US #26
#27Rose18US #15
#28Sara18US #109
#29Edna17US #19
#30Clara16US #39
#31Elsie16US #48
#32Emma16US #41
#33Ida16US #54
#34Jean16US #45
#35Louise16US #18
#36Thelma16US #29
#37Doris15US #32
#38Pearl15US #57
#39Agnes14US #50
#40Gertrude13US #35
#41Hazel13US #31
#42Beatrice12US #38
#43Marjorie12US #37
#44Myrtle12US #58
#45Ellen11US #87
#46Gladys11US #22
#47Kathryn11US #60
#48Julia10US #46
#49Martha10US #24
#50Rebecca10US #169
#51Ella9US #81
#52Esther9US #34
#53Katherine9US #51
#54Mabel9US #65
#55Madeline9US #131
#56Marian9US #72
#57Barbara8US #74
#58Blanche8US #89
#59Wanda8US #138
#60Hilda7US #105
#61Loretta7US #113
#62Marion7US #47
#63Olive7US #132
#64Phyllis7US #95
#65Stella7US #63
#66Audrey6US #119
#67Charlotte6US #80
#68Kathleen6US #104
#69Laura6US #64
#70Lena6US #85
#71Lucy6US #84
#72Lydia6US #168
#73Marguerite6US #78
#74Minnie6US #71
#75Nancy6US #102
#76Regina6US #194
#77Rita6US #67
#78Viola6US #59
#79Vivian6US #77
#80Bertha5US #49
#81Carrie5US #103
#82Eloise5US #187
#83Emily5US #100
#84Estella5
#85Eva5US #55
#86Geneva5US #112
#87Hattie5US #115
#88Jennie5US #79
#89Rachel5US #153
#90Sophie5US #101
#91Theresa5US #98
#92Victoria5US #150

Boys

#1William145US #2
#2John134US #1
#3James104US #3
#4Charles66US #6
#5Joseph65US #5
#6George56US #7
#7Robert51US #4
#8Edward40US #8
#9Harry35US #19
#10Paul32US #12
#11Francis29US #31
#12Thomas29US #10
#13Howard28US #25
#14Walter28US #11
#15Henry23US #14
#16Harold18US #13
#17Samuel18US #41
#18Anthony17US #37
#19Ernest17US #36
#20Frank17US #9
#21Albert16US #17
#22Herbert16US #40
#23Richard16US #15
#24Alfred15US #43
#25Stanley15US #34
#26Ralph13US #21
#27Arthur12US #18
#28Carl12US #23
#29Clarence12US #24
#30Daniel11US #55
#31Norman11US #48
#32Willard11US #69
#33Benjamin10US #79
#34David10US #28
#35Horace10US #126
#36Leonard10US #42
#37Clifton9US #156
#38Donald9US #20
#39Frederick9US #52
#40Lawrence9US #38
#41Lewis9US #71
#42Louis9US #22
#43Preston9
#44Wilson9US #141
#45Elwood8
#46Fred8US #29
#47Harvey8US #92
#48Jesse8US #77
#49Michael8US #44
#50Raymond8US #16
#51Theodore8US #65
#52Wilbur8US #94
#53Earl7US #32
#54Edgar7US #88
#55Elmer7US #45
#56Eugene7US #39
#57Floyd7US #60
#58Milton7US #72
#59Peter7US #50
#60Philip7US #70
#61Calvin6US #157
#62Everett6US #91
#63Gilbert6US #106
#64Jack6US #26
#65Kenneth6US #27
#66Marshall6US #163
#67Martin6US #81
#68Stephen6US #87
#69Alexander5US #99
#70Franklin5US #130
#71Herman5US #56
#72Marvin5US #66
#73Oliver5US #127
#74Roland5US #118
#75Vincent5US #67
#76Woodrow5US #64

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑40Rebecca#50
↑27Herbert#22
↑25Pauline#19
↑25Ida#33
↑24Sara#28
↑24Lewis#41
↑23Carl#28
↑22Madeline#55

Falling

↓43Marguerite#73
↓43Bertha#80
↓41Roland#74
↓37Eva#85
↓36Emily#83
↓35Earl#53
↓33Elmer#55
↓32Blanche#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.