State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,744 Delaware births in 1920 across 191 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#49Regina#186 nationally
#72Rodneyoutside the national top 200
#76Dominickoutside the national top 200
#78Harrisonoutside the national top 200
#79Norrisoutside the national top 200
#83Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#90Maudeoutside the national top 200
#91Rhodaoutside the national top 200
#86Jeannette#189 nationally
#89Lydia#185 nationally
#39Hilda#125 nationally
#59Cora#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary165US #1
#2Dorothy106US #2
#3Margaret81US #4
#4Elizabeth77US #8
#5Helen76US #3
#6Anna54US #10
#7Mildred53US #6
#8Eleanor45US #25
#9Alice44US #15
#10Frances42US #9
#11Ruth41US #5
#12Florence39US #16
#13Virginia38US #7
#14Marie35US #13
#15Evelyn27US #12
#16Catherine26US #21
#17Irene26US #17
#18Grace25US #37
#19Edith24US #32
#20Thelma24US #31
#21Betty23US #11
#22Hazel23US #34
#23Louise23US #19
#24Martha23US #23
#25Gladys22US #22
#26Doris21US #14
#27Ann20US #49
#28Anne20US #65
#29Ethel20US #30
#30Barbara19US #47
#31Lillian19US #18
#32Clara18US #44
#33Edna18US #27
#34Emma18US #46
#35Pauline18US #36
#36Jean17US #33
#37Rose17US #20
#38Agnes16US #54
#39Hilda16US #125
#40Sarah16US #50
#41Gertrude15US #42
#42Marian15US #73
#43Sara15US #111
#44Elsie14US #51
#45Stella14US #82
#46Jane13US #48
#47Josephine12US #28
#48Mabel12US #83
#49Regina12US #186
#50Rita12US #52
#51Blanche11US #102
#52Charlotte11US #79
#53Ida10US #66
#54Kathryn10US #67
#55Marguerite10US #93
#56Myrtle10US #68
#57Theresa10US #108
#58Bertha9US #57
#59Cora9US #137
#60Ellen9US #92
#61Esther9US #39
#62Jeanette9US #126
#63Julia9US #55
#64Marjorie9US #24
#65Violet9US #77
#66Audrey8US #103
#67Beatrice8US #41
#68Bernice8US #40
#69Ella8US #88
#70Harriet8US #112
#71Janet8US #124
#72Katherine8US #45
#73Laura8US #63
#74Lucy8US #94
#75Marion8US #43
#76Pearl8US #62
#77Bessie7US #71
#78Eva7US #58
#79Jennie7US #97
#80Madeline7US #138
#81Naomi7US #134
#82Olive7US #151
#83Sophie7US #129
#84Alberta6US #128
#85Fannie6US #127
#86Jeannette6US #189
#87Kathleen6US #91
#88Lucille6US #29
#89Lydia6US #185
#90Maude6
#91Rhoda6
#92Shirley6US #56
#93Vera6US #75
#94Viola6US #59
#95Wanda6US #117
#96Alma5US #80
#97Beulah5US #109
#98Carolyn5US #150
#99Emily5US #119
#100Geraldine5US #60

Boys

#1William167US #2
#2John160US #1
#3Joseph97US #7
#4Charles95US #5
#5James90US #4
#6Robert79US #3
#7George76US #6
#8Edward52US #8
#9Thomas40US #11
#10Walter39US #13
#11Francis37US #34
#12Frank33US #9
#13Harry31US #21
#14Henry29US #17
#15Howard29US #24
#16Paul29US #14
#17Albert26US #19
#18Richard25US #10
#19Ralph24US #22
#20Raymond22US #15
#21Samuel21US #44
#22Alfred18US #42
#23Ernest17US #37
#24Louis17US #28
#25Eugene16US #30
#26Michael16US #50
#27Benjamin15US #83
#28Anthony14US #43
#29Arthur14US #18
#30Clarence14US #26
#31Harold14US #12
#32Leonard14US #38
#33Stanley14US #40
#34Donald13US #16
#35Leon13US #75
#36Earl12US #31
#37Harvey11US #87
#38Theodore11US #63
#39Daniel10US #52
#40Norman10US #47
#41Victor10US #81
#42Andrew9US #49
#43Clifford9US #59
#44David9US #25
#45Frederick9US #60
#46Herbert9US #41
#47Kenneth9US #23
#48Alexander8US #117
#49Franklin8US #119
#50Jack8US #20
#51Jesse8US #79
#52Lawrence8US #36
#53Roy8US #32
#54Edwin7US #53
#55Horace7US #128
#56Leroy7US #56
#57Lewis7US #72
#58Martin7US #78
#59Melvin7US #54
#60Peter7US #57
#61Russell7US #51
#62Vincent7US #73
#63Warren7US #39
#64Edgar6US #89
#65Elmer6US #45
#66Everett6US #95
#67Fred6US #33
#68Herman6US #66
#69Lester6US #69
#70Milton6US #74
#71Philip6US #71
#72Rodney6
#73Stephen6US #96
#74Willard6US #88
#75Bernard5US #46
#76Dominick5
#77Gilbert5US #97
#78Harrison5
#79Norris5
#80Oscar5US #90
#81Sidney5US #107
#82Vernon5US #65
#83Wilson5

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑35Theresa#57
↑34Barbara#30
↑31Ida#53
↑27Ella#69
↑25Jeanette#62
↑24Thelma#20
↑23Agnes#38
↑23Frederick#45

Falling

↓38Esther#61
↓37Beatrice#67
↓37Emily#99
↓35Pearl#76
↓33Katherine#72
↓31Josephine#47
↓29Jennie#79
↓21Laura#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.