State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,277 Delaware births in 1923 across 168 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#56Elvaoutside the national top 200
#57Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#60Laytonoutside the national top 200
#63Prestonoutside the national top 200
#64Rodneyoutside the national top 200
#72Nelson#195 nationally
#81Ceceliaoutside the national top 200
#86Angelineoutside the national top 200
#89Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#75Regina#186 nationally
#93Margeryoutside the national top 200
#45Hilda#140 nationally

Girls

#1Mary149US #1
#2Dorothy85US #2
#3Helen85US #3
#4Elizabeth76US #9
#5Margaret72US #4
#6Betty49US #5
#7Ruth49US #6
#8Anna44US #13
#9Mildred42US #8
#10Doris38US #11
#11Marie36US #14
#12Frances34US #10
#13Eleanor30US #28
#14Catherine28US #24
#15Virginia28US #7
#16Thelma27US #31
#17Jane26US #55
#18Elsie25US #61
#19Evelyn24US #12
#20Florence24US #18
#21Irene24US #17
#22Lillian24US #20
#23Louise23US #22
#24Jean22US #19
#25Alice21US #15
#26Edith20US #36
#27Gertrude20US #59
#28Ethel19US #38
#29Pauline19US #37
#30Anne18US #71
#31Agnes17US #63
#32Esther17US #47
#33Grace17US #39
#34Gladys16US #29
#35Rose16US #23
#36Sarah16US #54
#37Audrey15US #85
#38Phyllis15US #45
#39Edna13US #32
#40Marion13US #44
#41Marjorie13US #16
#42Beatrice12US #46
#43Hazel12US #40
#44Emily11US #128
#45Hilda11US #140
#46Kathryn11US #72
#47Mabel11US #102
#48Ann10US #52
#49Emma10US #53
#50Katherine10US #60
#51Martha10US #21
#52Myrtle10US #84
#53Bertha9US #64
#54Charlotte9US #77
#55Clara9US #49
#56Elva9
#57Ida9US #68
#58Jeanette9US #131
#59Kathleen9US #70
#60Laura9US #73
#61Pearl9US #78
#62Jeanne8US #90
#63Josephine8US #30
#64Marian8US #65
#65Sara8US #123
#66Theresa8US #105
#67Barbara7US #33
#68Blanche7US #119
#69Elaine7US #87
#70Geraldine7US #58
#71Janet7US #121
#72Jennie7US #107
#73Miriam7US #145
#74Nancy7US #75
#75Regina7US #186
#76Stella7US #96
#77Viola7US #79
#78Vivian7US #69
#79Alberta6US #135
#80Caroline6US #173
#81Cecelia6
#82Madeline6US #143
#83Naomi6US #137
#84Rachel6US #160
#85Rebecca6US #174
#86Angeline5
#87Bessie5US #81
#88Carrie5US #134
#89Cecilia5
#90Claire5US #167
#91Eva5US #66
#92Gloria5US #48
#93Margery5
#94Marguerite5US #115

Boys

#1William158US #3
#2John123US #1
#3James87US #4
#4Charles86US #5
#5Robert83US #2
#6Joseph73US #7
#7George58US #6
#8Edward52US #8
#9Francis41US #34
#10Walter39US #16
#11Thomas35US #12
#12Harry33US #22
#13Paul32US #14
#14Frank28US #11
#15Howard25US #26
#16Raymond24US #15
#17Richard24US #9
#18Samuel22US #45
#19Henry19US #18
#20Anthony17US #39
#21Donald17US #10
#22Ralph15US #23
#23Albert14US #20
#24Alfred14US #42
#25Arthur14US #19
#26Clarence14US #29
#27Harold14US #13
#28David12US #24
#29Louis12US #27
#30Stanley12US #41
#31Ernest11US #38
#32Leonard11US #37
#33Calvin10US #82
#34Fred10US #33
#35Kenneth10US #21
#36Lawrence10US #36
#37Leon10US #77
#38Willard10US #92
#39Alvin9US #73
#40Franklin9US #132
#41Herbert9US #40
#42Martin9US #80
#43Theodore9US #62
#44Daniel8US #47
#45Earl8US #31
#46Frederick8US #60
#47Leroy8US #55
#48Roland8US #104
#49Andrew7US #53
#50Benjamin7US #86
#51Eugene7US #25
#52Jack7US #17
#53Norman7US #44
#54Allen6US #97
#55Carl6US #28
#56Elmer6US #57
#57Elwood6
#58Harvey6US #91
#59Horace6US #134
#60Layton6
#61Lester6US #71
#62Lewis6US #74
#63Preston6
#64Rodney6
#65Stephen6US #109
#66Vernon6US #67
#67Vincent6US #72
#68Edgar5US #94
#69Herman5US #66
#70Homer5US #113
#71Jacob5US #160
#72Nelson5US #195
#73Nicholas5US #120
#74Victor5US #88

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑40Laura#60
↑39Ernest#31
↑38Audrey#37
↑36Elva#56
↑36Leon#37
↑34Mabel#47
↑31Myrtle#52
↑27Emily#44

Falling

↓36Jennie#72
↓32Marguerite#94
↓31Stella#76
↓28Viola#77
↓28Herman#69
↓27Marian#64
↓27Norman#53
↓25Ann#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.