State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,481 Delaware births in 1922 across 181 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#52Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#60Lydia#199 nationally
#64Rodneyoutside the national top 200
#68Carrolloutside the national top 200
#87Annabelleoutside the national top 200
#90Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#44Sophie#153 nationally
#92Elvaoutside the national top 200
#95Hedwigoutside the national top 200
#57Angelo#161 nationally
#97Isabeloutside the national top 200
#40Jeanette#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary162US #1
#2Dorothy93US #2
#3Helen82US #3
#4Elizabeth74US #9
#5Margaret70US #4
#6Ruth62US #5
#7Anna44US #12
#8Betty41US #6
#9Frances36US #10
#10Doris34US #11
#11Mildred34US #8
#12Virginia33US #7
#13Eleanor31US #28
#14Marie31US #14
#15Catherine30US #24
#16Florence28US #18
#17Evelyn27US #13
#18Irene27US #17
#19Lillian26US #19
#20Rose25US #23
#21Grace23US #38
#22Alice22US #15
#23Ann21US #49
#24Edith21US #34
#25Jean21US #20
#26Pauline21US #36
#27Anne19US #66
#28Gladys19US #25
#29Louise19US #22
#30Sarah18US #51
#31Thelma18US #31
#32Jane17US #55
#33Edna16US #29
#34Agnes15US #62
#35Elsie15US #59
#36Jennie15US #105
#37Marian14US #67
#38Beatrice13US #43
#39Ethel13US #32
#40Jeanette13US #128
#41Marjorie13US #16
#42Martha13US #21
#43Pearl13US #71
#44Sophie13US #153
#45Stella13US #88
#46Barbara12US #40
#47Hilda12US #131
#48Josephine12US #27
#49Viola12US #72
#50Esther11US #44
#51Gertrude11US #48
#52Hazel11US #37
#53Clara10US #47
#54Jeanne10US #97
#55Katherine10US #54
#56Bertha9US #63
#57Charlotte9US #76
#58Ellen9US #95
#59Emma9US #50
#60Lydia9US #199
#61Madeline9US #143
#62Marguerite9US #106
#63Marion9US #42
#64Phyllis9US #53
#65Beulah8US #124
#66Blanche8US #115
#67Kathryn8US #73
#68Minnie8US #91
#69Norma8US #46
#70Sara8US #118
#71Emily7US #121
#72Nancy7US #78
#73Rita7US #52
#74Alberta6US #136
#75Audrey6US #89
#76Bessie6US #81
#77Gloria6US #61
#78Ida6US #65
#79Julia6US #60
#80June6US #45
#81Mabel6US #99
#82Mae6US #111
#83Myrtle6US #75
#84Violet6US #86
#85Winifred6US #162
#86Anita5US #141
#87Annabelle5
#88Carolyn5US #144
#89Carrie5US #122
#90Cecilia5
#91Constance5US #149
#92Elva5
#93Eunice5US #119
#94Georgia5US #114
#95Hedwig5
#96Henrietta5US #183
#97Isabel5
#98Janet5US #129
#99Juanita5US #57
#100Laura5US #68

Boys

#1William167US #3
#2John130US #1
#3James89US #4
#4Charles82US #5
#5George79US #6
#6Robert76US #2
#7Joseph73US #7
#8Edward56US #8
#9Paul40US #14
#10Walter40US #15
#11Frank35US #10
#12Harry35US #22
#13Thomas34US #11
#14Francis32US #34
#15Richard32US #9
#16Henry30US #17
#17Albert23US #20
#18Ralph21US #23
#19Arthur20US #19
#20Donald20US #12
#21Howard20US #26
#22Raymond19US #16
#23Alfred18US #42
#24Anthony17US #39
#25David17US #24
#26Norman17US #44
#27Harold16US #13
#28Frederick14US #60
#29Stanley14US #41
#30Earl13US #31
#31Lawrence13US #36
#32Carl12US #30
#33Clarence12US #29
#34Eugene12US #25
#35Leonard12US #38
#36Louis12US #27
#37Samuel12US #43
#38Bernard11US #46
#39Daniel11US #47
#40Warren11US #45
#41Herman10US #66
#42Michael10US #48
#43Stephen10US #101
#44Edwin9US #52
#45Herbert9US #40
#46Horace9US #132
#47Milton9US #74
#48Clifford8US #63
#49Kenneth8US #21
#50Lewis8US #75
#51Theodore8US #62
#52Elwood7
#53Harvey7US #88
#54Melvin7US #50
#55Peter7US #57
#56Willard7US #91
#57Angelo6US #161
#58Benjamin6US #82
#59Lee6US #83
#60Lester6US #69
#61Martin6US #80
#62Nicholas6US #122
#63Ray6US #65
#64Rodney6
#65Roland6US #115
#66Vincent6US #71
#67Allen5US #95
#68Carroll5
#69Chester5US #64
#70Ernest5US #37
#71Everett5US #98
#72Gordon5US #76
#73Leon5US #77
#74Leroy5US #55
#75Lloyd5US #59
#76Marvin5US #56

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑41Barbara#46
↑40Eugene#34
↑37Agnes#34
↑35Jeanette#40
↑35Lydia#60
↑35Frederick#28
↑29Theodore#51
↑23Herman#41

Falling

↓41Myrtle#83
↓35Audrey#75
↓32Everett#71
↓31Leon#73
↓30Julia#79
↓29Kathryn#67
↓27Mabel#81
↓25Ida#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.