State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,143 Delaware births in 1924 across 169 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#33Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#39Prestonoutside the national top 200
#56Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#65Carmenoutside the national top 200
#85Annabelleoutside the national top 200
#69Regina#184 nationally
#90Isabellaoutside the national top 200
#91Isabelleoutside the national top 200
#65Sophie#170 nationally
#96Olive#198 nationally
#39Blanche#137 nationally
#68Jacob#163 nationally

Girls

#1Mary132US #1
#2Dorothy76US #2
#3Elizabeth63US #11
#4Helen59US #3
#5Betty51US #4
#6Margaret47US #5
#7Ruth44US #6
#8Frances43US #10
#9Doris39US #9
#10Jean33US #16
#11Marie33US #14
#12Virginia32US #7
#13Anna30US #13
#14Evelyn29US #12
#15Florence29US #20
#16Catherine28US #27
#17Mildred28US #8
#18Jane27US #53
#19Eleanor23US #29
#20Irene23US #18
#21Pauline22US #38
#22Josephine21US #34
#23Barbara20US #28
#24Alice19US #15
#25Edith17US #36
#26Rose17US #25
#27Ann16US #55
#28Ida16US #70
#29Louise16US #24
#30Marian16US #64
#31Lillian15US #23
#32Emma14US #57
#33Jeannette14
#34Beatrice13US #50
#35Marjorie13US #17
#36Pearl13US #78
#37Sarah13US #54
#38Thelma13US #33
#39Blanche12US #137
#40Grace12US #43
#41Katherine12US #59
#42Anne11US #79
#43Bertha11US #65
#44Ethel11US #39
#45Gladys11US #30
#46Julia11US #62
#47Kathryn11US #81
#48Martha11US #21
#49Edna10US #31
#50Gertrude10US #60
#51Kathleen10US #76
#52Lena10US #112
#53Marion10US #46
#54Phyllis10US #44
#55Viola10US #82
#56Agnes9US #63
#57Bessie9US #86
#58Clara9US #56
#59Elsie9US #61
#60Jeanne9US #90
#61Jennie9US #111
#62June9US #45
#63Madeline9US #150
#64Nellie9US #92
#65Sophie9US #170
#66Charlotte8US #80
#67Esther8US #51
#68Hazel8US #42
#69Regina8US #184
#70Theresa8US #96
#71Dolores7US #75
#72Emily7US #136
#73Mabel7US #108
#74Myrtle7US #89
#75Nancy7US #69
#76Stella7US #105
#77Audrey6US #84
#78Geraldine6US #58
#79Hilda6US #141
#80Marguerite6US #125
#81Norma6US #40
#82Patricia6US #35
#83Sara6US #116
#84Violet6US #88
#85Annabelle5
#86Bernice5US #47
#87Eva5US #66
#88Genevieve5US #107
#89Irma5US #179
#90Isabella5
#91Isabelle5
#92Lillie5US #97
#93Lorraine5US #52
#94Lucille5US #37
#95Naomi5US #140
#96Olive5US #198
#97Peggy5US #133
#98Rita5US #49
#99Vivian5US #71

Boys

#1William138US #3
#2John126US #2
#3James96US #4
#4Robert87US #1
#5Charles81US #5
#6Joseph76US #7
#7George65US #6
#8Edward48US #9
#9Thomas45US #11
#10Richard37US #8
#11Paul33US #14
#12Frank30US #12
#13Walter29US #16
#14Donald27US #10
#15Francis25US #34
#16Ralph25US #23
#17Howard24US #26
#18Norman22US #42
#19Clarence21US #29
#20Harry21US #22
#21Albert20US #21
#22Samuel19US #45
#23David17US #24
#24Harold16US #13
#25Louis16US #28
#26Willard15US #97
#27Henry14US #18
#28Raymond14US #15
#29Stanley14US #40
#30Eugene12US #25
#31Lewis12US #77
#32Alfred11US #43
#33Elmer11US #57
#34Leon11US #76
#35Anthony10US #39
#36Fred10US #32
#37Lawrence10US #36
#38Philip10US #71
#39Preston10
#40Andrew9US #56
#41Earl9US #33
#42Ernest9US #37
#43Franklin8US #134
#44Russell8US #52
#45Bernard7US #46
#46Carl7US #27
#47Harvey7US #88
#48Herbert7US #41
#49Oliver7US #140
#50Roland7US #98
#51Stephen7US #110
#52Alexander6US #129
#53Arthur6US #20
#54Benjamin6US #89
#55Daniel6US #47
#56Elwood6
#57Jack6US #17
#58Kenneth6US #19
#59Leroy6US #53
#60Melvin6US #48
#61Michael6US #54
#62Milton6US #81
#63Theodore6US #65
#64Vincent6US #78
#65Carmen5
#66Clayton5US #153
#67Edwin5US #55
#68Jacob5US #163
#69Leslie5US #107
#70Victor5US #90

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑44Barbara#23
↑41Josephine#22
↑35Norman#18
↑34Marian#30
↑31Lewis#31
↑30Bessie#57
↑29Ida#28
↑29Blanche#39

Falling

↓41Elsie#59
↓40Audrey#77
↓35Esther#67
↓34Hilda#79
↓28Emily#72
↓28Arthur#53
↓26Mabel#73
↓25Agnes#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.