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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,227 Delaware births in 1917 across 167 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#37Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#56Prestonoutside the national top 200
#72Elvaoutside the national top 200
#76May#195 nationally
#86Sophiaoutside the national top 200
#91Helenaoutside the national top 200
#83Isabelle#190 nationally
#74Jeannette#177 nationally
#45Janet#136 nationally
#29Roland#117 nationally
#23Sara#107 nationally
#100Veronica#183 nationally

Girls

#1Mary161US #1
#2Helen93US #2
#3Margaret83US #4
#4Elizabeth82US #8
#5Dorothy64US #3
#6Anna51US #7
#7Catherine50US #18
#8Ruth48US #5
#9Mildred47US #6
#10Frances38US #9
#11Virginia35US #10
#12Florence29US #14
#13Grace28US #30
#14Edna27US #20
#15Alice26US #13
#16Eleanor26US #26
#17Pauline26US #33
#18Louise25US #19
#19Lillian23US #15
#20Marie23US #12
#21Evelyn22US #11
#22Josephine20US #21
#23Sara20US #107
#24Ann19US #44
#25Ethel19US #24
#26Hazel19US #31
#27Irene19US #17
#28Rose19US #16
#29Doris17US #25
#30Elsie16US #50
#31Anne15US #53
#32Sarah15US #52
#33Bertha14US #51
#34Betty14US #34
#35Edith14US #28
#36Emma14US #46
#37Mabel14US #68
#38Jean13US #40
#39Marian13US #74
#40Thelma13US #32
#41Agnes12US #48
#42Beatrice12US #39
#43Esther12US #38
#44Gertrude12US #37
#45Janet12US #136
#46Marguerite12US #78
#47Pearl12US #57
#48Blanche11US #91
#49Kathryn11US #60
#50Laura11US #65
#51Alma10US #71
#52Gladys10US #23
#53Hilda10US #112
#54Ida10US #56
#55Julia10US #47
#56Katherine10US #49
#57Martha10US #22
#58Bernice9US #42
#59Ella9US #83
#60Ellen9US #90
#61Jane9US #55
#62Madeline9US #127
#63Marjorie9US #36
#64Alberta8US #122
#65Bessie8US #61
#66Marion8US #45
#67Nellie8US #64
#68Sophie8US #100
#69Vera8US #66
#70Viola8US #59
#71Charlotte7US #76
#72Elva7
#73Jeanette7US #132
#74Jeannette7US #177
#75Kathleen7US #101
#76May7US #195
#77Nancy7US #98
#78Stella7US #62
#79Audrey6US #117
#80Emily6US #103
#81Hattie6US #118
#82Irma6US #156
#83Isabelle6US #190
#84Jennie6US #81
#85Lucille6US #29
#86Sophia6
#87Vivian6US #79
#88Wanda6US #140
#89Clara5US #41
#90Geneva5US #113
#91Helena5
#92Inez5US #110
#93Lena5US #85
#94Lillie5US #86
#95Mae5US #96
#96Minnie5US #75
#97Myrtle5US #58
#98Rachel5US #157
#99Theresa5US #97
#100Veronica5US #183

Boys

#1John157US #1
#2William131US #2
#3James94US #3
#4Joseph82US #5
#5George65US #6
#6Charles53US #7
#7Robert51US #4
#8Edward41US #8
#9Harry41US #19
#10Thomas38US #10
#11Walter35US #11
#12Frank33US #9
#13Clarence31US #25
#14Francis28US #30
#15Albert23US #18
#16Paul22US #13
#17Samuel19US #42
#18Howard18US #26
#19Ralph18US #21
#20Alfred17US #43
#21Harold17US #12
#22Henry17US #15
#23Russell17US #52
#24Frederick16US #51
#25David15US #28
#26Raymond15US #16
#27Arthur14US #17
#28Harvey14US #90
#29Roland13US #117
#30Theodore13US #63
#31Norman12US #46
#32Anthony11US #38
#33Earl11US #32
#34Lawrence11US #36
#35Richard11US #14
#36Benjamin10US #76
#37Elwood10
#38Herman10US #58
#39Lewis10US #70
#40Stanley10US #34
#41Everett9US #94
#42Leon9US #82
#43Leonard9US #41
#44Alexander8US #97
#45Elmer8US #45
#46Eugene8US #39
#47Michael8US #44
#48Oscar8US #87
#49Willard8US #80
#50Carl7US #24
#51Donald7US #20
#52Horace7US #125
#53Leroy7US #60
#54Louis7US #23
#55Milton7US #75
#56Preston7
#57Victor7US #78
#58Clifford6US #59
#59Daniel6US #54
#60Peter6US #50
#61Stephen6US #89
#62Vincent6US #65
#63Bernard5US #49
#64Herbert5US #40
#65Jesse5US #79
#66Woodrow5US #73

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑47Bertha#33
↑45Roland#29
↑33Herman#38
↑27Marguerite#46
↑25Alexander#44
↑24Raymond#26
↑22Sophie#68
↑21Theodore#30

Falling

↓59Clara#89
↓53Myrtle#97
↓42Herbert#64
↓29Wanda#88
↓29Daniel#59
↓23Lena#93
↓22Minnie#96
↓22Carl#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.