State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,562 Delaware births in 1921 across 183 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#58Alton#200 nationally
#61Carltonoutside the national top 200
#57Jeannette#191 nationally
#69Prestonoutside the national top 200
#70Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#72Dominickoutside the national top 200
#73Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#76Joshuaoutside the national top 200
#77Millardoutside the national top 200
#88Carmellaoutside the national top 200
#90Elvaoutside the national top 200
#79Henrietta#184 nationally

Girls

#1Mary141US #1
#2Helen107US #3
#3Dorothy81US #2
#4Margaret79US #4
#5Elizabeth64US #10
#6Ruth58US #5
#7Anna54US #11
#8Frances44US #9
#9Mildred43US #7
#10Alice40US #15
#11Virginia38US #6
#12Betty35US #8
#13Grace35US #35
#14Catherine34US #23
#15Marie34US #14
#16Evelyn31US #12
#17Irene31US #18
#18Florence26US #17
#19Pauline26US #37
#20Thelma26US #30
#21Beatrice25US #41
#22Louise24US #22
#23Doris23US #13
#24Eleanor22US #29
#25Jane22US #47
#26Anne21US #70
#27Edna21US #27
#28Edith19US #33
#29Marjorie19US #16
#30Gladys18US #24
#31Martha18US #21
#32Ann17US #53
#33Jean17US #25
#34Sarah17US #54
#35Josephine16US #28
#36Rose16US #20
#37Ethel15US #32
#38Kathryn15US #64
#39Lillian15US #19
#40Audrey14US #82
#41Elsie14US #55
#42Myrtle14US #73
#43Charlotte12US #79
#44Clara12US #45
#45Emma12US #52
#46Esther12US #42
#47Hazel12US #34
#48Jennie12US #99
#49Julia12US #58
#50Katherine12US #49
#51Marion12US #43
#52Ella11US #89
#53Ida11US #67
#54Mabel11US #85
#55Bernice10US #39
#56Eva10US #63
#57Jeannette10US #191
#58Marian10US #69
#59Vera10US #76
#60Vivian10US #68
#61Hilda9US #123
#62Naomi9US #132
#63Pearl9US #65
#64Sara9US #115
#65Stella9US #86
#66Blanche8US #112
#67Gertrude8US #46
#68Madeline8US #139
#69Nancy8US #87
#70Norma8US #51
#71Agnes7US #56
#72Bertha7US #59
#73Ellen7US #95
#74Janet7US #124
#75Jeanette7US #125
#76Rebecca7US #175
#77Carolyn6US #146
#78Dora6US #130
#79Henrietta6US #184
#80Laura6US #71
#81Lena6US #104
#82Loretta6US #122
#83Marguerite6US #98
#84Phyllis6US #60
#85Rita6US #48
#86Shirley6US #44
#87Barbara5US #40
#88Carmella5
#89Cora5US #140
#90Elva5
#91Hattie5US #144
#92June5US #50
#93Kathleen5US #83
#94Lucy5US #93
#95Lydia5US #197
#96Maude5
#97May5
#98Nellie5US #80
#99Reba5
#100Roberta5US #148

Boys

#1William155US #3
#2John151US #1
#3James110US #4
#4Joseph84US #7
#5Robert78US #2
#6Charles77US #5
#7George52US #6
#8Edward48US #8
#9Walter43US #15
#10Francis42US #35
#11Harry39US #21
#12Paul34US #14
#13Richard31US #10
#14Thomas29US #11
#15Henry28US #17
#16Clarence25US #28
#17Albert24US #20
#18Frank24US #9
#19Howard23US #27
#20Louis23US #29
#21Ralph21US #23
#22Raymond21US #16
#23Arthur18US #19
#24Harold18US #12
#25Stanley18US #41
#26Daniel17US #49
#27Alfred16US #43
#28Michael16US #47
#29Samuel16US #44
#30Earl14US #31
#31David12US #25
#32Fred11US #33
#33Jack11US #18
#34Andrew10US #51
#35Donald10US #13
#36Kenneth10US #22
#37Lawrence10US #37
#38Norman10US #46
#39Everett9US #95
#40Harvey9US #87
#41Herbert9US #42
#42Leon9US #74
#43Leonard9US #39
#44Willard9US #89
#45Anthony8US #40
#46Elmer8US #48
#47Ernest8US #38
#48Gilbert8US #103
#49Horace8US #129
#50Melvin8US #53
#51Stephen8US #97
#52Warren8US #24
#53Benjamin7US #82
#54Franklin7US #126
#55Peter7US #57
#56Roy7US #32
#57Russell7US #52
#58Alton6US #200
#59Alvin6US #73
#60Bernard6US #45
#61Carlton6
#62Edgar6US #90
#63Frederick6US #61
#64Herman6US #64
#65Lester6US #66
#66Martin6US #78
#67Marvin6US #59
#68Milton6US #75
#69Preston6
#70Roscoe6
#71Archie5US #155
#72Dominick5
#73Elwood5
#74Eugene5US #26
#75Jesse5US #77
#76Joshua5
#77Millard5
#78Nicholas5US #114
#79Roland5US #107
#80Theodore5US #65

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑46Beatrice#21
↑35Marjorie#29
↑35Fred#32
↑34Vera#59
↑31Jennie#48
↑30Willard#44
↑29Jeannette#57
↑29Gilbert#48

Falling

↓57Barbara#87
↓49Eugene#74
↓42Theodore#80
↓35Rita#85
↓33Agnes#71
↓30Cora#89
↓28Marguerite#83
↓26Gertrude#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.