State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,004 Delaware births in 1925 across 167 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#57Dominickoutside the national top 200
#58Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#60Irvin#199 nationally
#64Byronoutside the national top 200
#67Granvilleoutside the national top 200
#73Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#76Elvaoutside the national top 200
#82Sadie#194 nationally
#89Jeannette#195 nationally
#46Hilda#142 nationally
#94Rebecca#183 nationally
#51Franklin#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary101US #1
#2Elizabeth71US #10
#3Betty69US #3
#4Helen66US #4
#5Dorothy63US #2
#6Doris53US #8
#7Margaret48US #5
#8Ruth43US #6
#9Marie42US #16
#10Anna35US #13
#11Frances31US #11
#12Catherine29US #29
#13Eleanor29US #31
#14Mildred29US #9
#15Alice27US #15
#16Jean27US #14
#17Virginia26US #7
#18Irene23US #19
#19Florence21US #24
#20Thelma21US #35
#21Evelyn19US #12
#22Louise17US #27
#23Sarah17US #58
#24Edith16US #42
#25Theresa16US #80
#26Ann15US #52
#27Jane15US #53
#28Anne14US #85
#29Edna14US #37
#30Elsie14US #63
#31Grace14US #44
#32Clara13US #55
#33Ethel13US #43
#34Gloria13US #20
#35Josephine13US #36
#36Nancy12US #60
#37Norma12US #34
#38Pearl12US #90
#39Audrey11US #78
#40Barbara11US #22
#41Lillian11US #25
#42Marion11US #47
#43Phyllis11US #40
#44Beatrice10US #50
#45Esther10US #56
#46Hilda10US #142
#47Mabel10US #118
#48Marjorie10US #21
#49Pauline10US #38
#50Agnes9US #69
#51Carolyn9US #127
#52Katherine9US #61
#53Kathryn9US #88
#54Marian9US #67
#55Martha9US #23
#56Sara9US #133
#57Shirley9US #17
#58Ella8US #93
#59Gertrude8US #70
#60Hazel8US #45
#61Ida8US #82
#62Jeanne8US #89
#63Bernice7US #46
#64Emma7US #57
#65Gladys7US #33
#66Jeanette7US #137
#67Joan7US #66
#68Laura7US #75
#69Lucy7US #102
#70Marguerite7US #132
#71Rose7US #26
#72Stella7US #114
#73Viola7US #84
#74Bessie6US #87
#75Ellen6US #101
#76Elva6
#77Emily6US #145
#78Geraldine6US #54
#79Julia6US #65
#80Nellie6US #98
#81Roberta6US #147
#82Sadie6US #194
#83Vera6US #86
#84Bertha5US #74
#85Charlotte5US #77
#86Cora5US #150
#87Harriet5US #131
#88Janet5US #111
#89Jeannette5US #195
#90Kathleen5US #81
#91Lillie5US #91
#92Lois5US #18
#93Lucille5US #41
#94Rebecca5US #183

Boys

#1William135US #3
#2John113US #2
#3James93US #4
#4Robert87US #1
#5Joseph69US #7
#6Charles65US #5
#7George63US #6
#8Edward47US #9
#9Francis41US #35
#10Paul35US #13
#11Harry32US #23
#12Richard32US #8
#13Thomas32US #11
#14Frank24US #12
#15Walter24US #16
#16Albert23US #21
#17Harold22US #14
#18Henry22US #18
#19Raymond22US #15
#20Samuel20US #46
#21Howard19US #26
#22Anthony17US #39
#23Clarence17US #30
#24David17US #22
#25Louis17US #29
#26Leroy16US #52
#27Arthur15US #20
#28Ernest14US #37
#29Stanley14US #40
#30Bernard13US #48
#31Eugene13US #24
#32Donald12US #10
#33Ralph12US #25
#34Alfred11US #43
#35Earl10US #31
#36Roland10US #98
#37Daniel9US #44
#38Elmer9US #61
#39Leonard9US #38
#40Frederick8US #65
#41Harvey8US #88
#42Jack8US #17
#43Kenneth8US #19
#44Leon8US #76
#45Norman8US #41
#46Russell8US #53
#47Willard8US #97
#48Benjamin7US #93
#49Calvin7US #47
#50Edwin7US #57
#51Franklin7US #134
#52Herman7US #69
#53Lawrence7US #36
#54Oscar7US #99
#55Theodore7US #63
#56Carl6US #28
#57Dominick6
#58Elwood6
#59Gerald6US #45
#60Irvin6US #199
#61Peter6US #60
#62Philip6US #75
#63Alvin5US #70
#64Byron5
#65Clifford5US #59
#66Fred5US #33
#67Granville5
#68Herbert5US #42
#69Jesse5US #85
#70Melvin5US #50
#71Victor5US #89
#72Warren5US #66
#73Wilson5

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑45Theresa#25
↑44Norma#37
↑39Nancy#36
↑38Audrey#39
↑33Hilda#46
↑33Leroy#26
↑29Elsie#30
↑27Sara#56

Falling

↓56Jeannette#89
↓45Rose#71
↓41Bertha#84
↓39Kathleen#90
↓33Ida#61
↓33Julia#79
↓32Emma#64
↓30Fred#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.