State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,685 Delaware births in 1919 across 179 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#46Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#63Prestonoutside the national top 200
#72Monroeoutside the national top 200
#76Vaughnoutside the national top 200
#44Clinton#167 nationally
#63Regina#185 nationally
#82Elvaoutside the national top 200
#83Hannahoutside the national top 200
#91Rebaoutside the national top 200
#70Irvin#172 nationally
#90Lydia#186 nationally
#58Clifton#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary181US #1
#2Helen103US #2
#3Margaret95US #4
#4Dorothy91US #3
#5Elizabeth75US #8
#6Anna63US #10
#7Ruth63US #5
#8Alice48US #13
#9Frances47US #9
#10Marie42US #12
#11Catherine40US #23
#12Mildred38US #6
#13Virginia38US #7
#14Grace32US #34
#15Evelyn31US #11
#16Josephine30US #26
#17Doris28US #18
#18Eleanor28US #30
#19Florence28US #14
#20Jean28US #37
#21Edith27US #29
#22Betty25US #15
#23Esther25US #38
#24Rose25US #19
#25Irene24US #16
#26Ethel23US #28
#27Lillian23US #17
#28Pauline23US #36
#29Jane22US #53
#30Beatrice21US #41
#31Ann20US #49
#32Gladys20US #21
#33Edna19US #22
#34Louise19US #20
#35Sarah19US #46
#36Anne18US #63
#37Hazel17US #32
#38Elsie16US #47
#39Katherine16US #51
#40Martha16US #25
#41Pearl16US #56
#42Sara16US #112
#43Stella16US #70
#44Thelma16US #31
#45Clara15US #43
#46Hilda15US #123
#47Marian14US #82
#48Bertha13US #52
#49Ellen13US #92
#50Jennie13US #93
#51Julia13US #48
#52Laura13US #71
#53Myrtle12US #67
#54Rita12US #54
#55Marion11US #44
#56Emma10US #45
#57Gertrude10US #39
#58Mabel10US #78
#59Marjorie10US #33
#60Nellie10US #69
#61Agnes9US #50
#62Emily9US #105
#63Regina9US #185
#64Barbara8US #60
#65Hattie8US #125
#66Kathryn8US #66
#67Marguerite8US #96
#68Olive8US #149
#69Rachel8US #150
#70Sophie8US #109
#71Bernice7US #42
#72Blanche7US #97
#73Charlotte7US #79
#74Eva7US #55
#75Kathleen7US #101
#76Madeline7US #139
#77Naomi7US #140
#78Verna7US #131
#79Viola7US #58
#80Audrey6US #115
#81Bessie6US #59
#82Elva6
#83Hannah6
#84Ida6US #57
#85Irma6US #160
#86Janet6US #126
#87Jeanette6US #135
#88Jeanne6US #130
#89Lucy6US #91
#90Lydia6US #186
#91Reba6
#92Theresa6US #102
#93Vera6US #65
#94Anita5US #146
#95Eileen5US #103
#96Ella5US #87
#97Jeannette5US #184
#98Phyllis5US #84
#99Rebecca5US #170
#100Sylvia5US #77

Boys

#1William145US #2
#2John141US #1
#3James100US #3
#4Charles87US #5
#5Joseph74US #7
#6Robert69US #4
#7George63US #6
#8Edward54US #8
#9Francis37US #34
#10Frank36US #9
#11Paul34US #15
#12Thomas33US #10
#13Walter33US #11
#14Ralph29US #22
#15Harry27US #20
#16Samuel27US #43
#17Howard26US #24
#18Richard24US #12
#19Stanley23US #37
#20Harold22US #13
#21Albert21US #18
#22Henry21US #16
#23Raymond20US #14
#24Alfred19US #42
#25Louis18US #28
#26Arthur17US #19
#27Earl17US #31
#28Norman15US #48
#29Benjamin14US #79
#30Clarence14US #25
#31Herbert14US #40
#32David13US #27
#33Ernest11US #36
#34Eugene11US #33
#35Leon11US #80
#36Alexander10US #113
#37Jack10US #21
#38Anthony9US #41
#39Daniel9US #51
#40Donald9US #17
#41Michael9US #46
#42Oliver9US #128
#43Andrew8US #47
#44Clinton8US #167
#45Elmer8US #44
#46Elwood8
#47Fred8US #30
#48Harvey8US #85
#49Melvin8US #56
#50Roy8US #32
#51Theodore8US #54
#52Carl7US #29
#53Leonard7US #39
#54Lewis7US #74
#55Milton7US #73
#56Willard7US #87
#57Clifford6US #60
#58Clifton6US #150
#59Edgar6US #89
#60Franklin6US #129
#61Herman6US #61
#62Leo6US #49
#63Preston6
#64Willis6US #131
#65Alvin5US #76
#66Bernard5US #45
#67Edwin5US #52
#68Frederick5US #64
#69Gilbert5US #102
#70Irvin5US #172
#71Leroy5US #55
#72Monroe5
#73Peter5US #57
#74Russell5US #50
#75Stephen5US #97
#76Vaughn5
#77Vincent5US #72
#78Virgil5US #103

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑41Leon#35
↑39Eugene#34
↑32Doris#17
↑31Roy#50
↑30Stella#43
↑26Sophie#70
↑25Betty#22
↑25Kathleen#75

Falling

↓36Marguerite#67
↓33Stephen#75
↓31Ella#96
↓29Frederick#68
↓28Mabel#58
↓25Madeline#76
↓25Leonard#53
↓24Kathryn#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.