State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,705 Delaware births in 1918 across 185 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#64Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#65Granvilleoutside the national top 200
#72Dominickoutside the national top 200
#75Joshuaoutside the national top 200
#80Prestonoutside the national top 200
#92Hedwigoutside the national top 200
#78Jeannette#185 nationally
#76Regina#181 nationally
#59Calvin#158 nationally
#99Isabel#190 nationally
#98Claire#186 nationally
#51Madeline#135 nationally

Girls

#1Mary178US #1
#2Helen90US #2
#3Dorothy86US #3
#4Margaret76US #4
#5Elizabeth74US #9
#6Anna59US #10
#7Ruth59US #5
#8Mildred50US #6
#9Frances48US #8
#10Catherine40US #20
#11Florence40US #14
#12Alice34US #13
#13Virginia34US #7
#14Eleanor33US #26
#15Marie32US #12
#16Edith31US #30
#17Ethel28US #28
#18Anne27US #54
#19Evelyn27US #11
#20Gladys25US #22
#21Irene25US #16
#22Edna24US #23
#23Pauline24US #35
#24Ann23US #44
#25Jean23US #37
#26Sara23US #109
#27Sarah23US #52
#28Hazel22US #33
#29Louise21US #18
#30Mabel21US #74
#31Marguerite21US #86
#32Rose21US #17
#33Grace20US #31
#34Jane20US #53
#35Beatrice19US #40
#36Esther18US #38
#37Hilda17US #114
#38Josephine17US #24
#39Pearl17US #56
#40Rita17US #58
#41Gertrude16US #39
#42Kathryn16US #63
#43Lillian16US #15
#44Marion16US #45
#45Thelma16US #32
#46Agnes15US #47
#47Betty15US #21
#48Blanche15US #96
#49Doris15US #19
#50Julia15US #48
#51Madeline15US #135
#52Martha15US #25
#53Marian14US #76
#54Elsie13US #49
#55Laura13US #64
#56Myrtle13US #62
#57Barbara12US #60
#58Bertha12US #51
#59Ellen12US #92
#60Eva12US #55
#61Clara11US #43
#62Emma11US #46
#63Katherine11US #50
#64Nellie11US #65
#65Ella10US #84
#66Jennie10US #91
#67Audrey9US #118
#68Bernice9US #41
#69Charlotte9US #78
#70Emily9US #105
#71Genevieve9US #81
#72Ida9US #57
#73Stella9US #67
#74Beulah8US #104
#75Janet8US #129
#76Regina8US #181
#77Jeanne7US #126
#78Jeannette7US #185
#79June7US #66
#80Marjorie7US #34
#81Minnie7US #88
#82Naomi7US #140
#83Olive7US #143
#84Phyllis7US #80
#85Roberta7US #142
#86Sylvia7US #71
#87Theresa7US #101
#88Viola7US #59
#89Violet7US #83
#90Alma6US #73
#91Bessie6US #61
#92Hedwig6
#93Jeanette6US #131
#94Loretta6US #116
#95Lottie6US #162
#96Sophie6US #108
#97Carolyn5US #167
#98Claire5US #186
#99Isabel5US #190
#100Kathleen5US #99

Boys

#1John147US #1
#2William129US #2
#3James116US #3
#4Joseph89US #7
#5Charles82US #5
#6Robert72US #4
#7George64US #6
#8Edward54US #8
#9Harry38US #20
#10Thomas37US #10
#11Paul36US #14
#12Francis35US #30
#13Walter34US #11
#14Frank31US #9
#15Howard27US #26
#16Albert26US #19
#17Harold22US #13
#18Raymond22US #15
#19Clarence21US #23
#20Norman18US #49
#21Samuel18US #43
#22David16US #28
#23Richard16US #12
#24Stanley15US #36
#25Alfred14US #42
#26Henry14US #16
#27Ralph14US #22
#28Leonard13US #41
#29Louis13US #24
#30Anthony12US #39
#31Victor12US #63
#32Alexander11US #104
#33Lawrence11US #38
#34Arthur10US #17
#35Donald10US #18
#36Earl10US #31
#37Benjamin9US #79
#38Ernest9US #37
#39Frederick9US #59
#40Herbert9US #40
#41Roland9US #121
#42Stephen9US #96
#43Warren9US #90
#44Alvin8US #80
#45Andrew8US #46
#46Daniel8US #52
#47Elmer8US #44
#48Harvey8US #88
#49Wallace8US #124
#50Franklin7US #129
#51Fred7US #33
#52Leroy7US #57
#53Lester7US #62
#54Melvin7US #56
#55Vincent7US #73
#56Willard7US #83
#57Wilson7US #122
#58Bernard6US #47
#59Calvin6US #158
#60Carl6US #25
#61Chester6US #54
#62Edgar6US #89
#63Edwin6US #55
#64Elwood6
#65Granville6
#66Lewis6US #74
#67Lloyd6US #51
#68Nicholas6US #113
#69Wesley6US #137
#70Allen5US #98
#71Clifford5US #60
#72Dominick5
#73Eugene5US #35
#74Herman5US #65
#75Joshua5
#76Leon5US #77
#77Morris5US #101
#78Peter5US #53
#79Philip5US #71
#80Preston5
#81Roy5US #32

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑41Myrtle#56
↑32Gladys#20
↑28Clara#61
↑27Jane#34
↑26Victor#31
↑25Louis#29
↑24Herbert#40
↑22Marion#44

Falling

↓39Alma#90
↓36Herman#74
↓34Leon#76
↓30Janet#75
↓28Sophie#96
↓27Elwood#64
↓27Lewis#66
↓27Eugene#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.