State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,990 Delaware births in 1926 across 156 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
#54Granvilleoutside the national top 200
#57Regina#197 nationally
#69Rodneyoutside the national top 200
#77Elvaoutside the national top 200
#62Alton#183 nationally
#82Rebecca#185 nationally
#83Rosalie#180 nationally
#48Franklin#142 nationally
#81Rachel#165 nationally
#54Jeanette#136 nationally
#61Hilda#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary115US #1
#2Betty73US #3
#3Margaret65US #5
#4Elizabeth61US #11
#5Doris57US #7
#6Helen57US #4
#7Dorothy52US #2
#8Ruth43US #6
#9Marie38US #18
#10Alice33US #17
#11Jean33US #12
#12Anna32US #15
#13Eleanor28US #32
#14Florence27US #26
#15Frances27US #10
#16Virginia26US #8
#17Catherine25US #31
#18Evelyn25US #13
#19Mildred23US #9
#20Gloria22US #20
#21Ann21US #55
#22Barbara21US #16
#23Elsie19US #69
#24Grace19US #46
#25Martha19US #24
#26Louise18US #27
#27Agnes17US #77
#28Pauline17US #39
#29Thelma17US #36
#30Edna16US #38
#31Irene14US #21
#32Anne13US #86
#33Esther13US #62
#34Sarah13US #63
#35Gladys12US #35
#36Jane12US #56
#37Ethel11US #41
#38Marian11US #70
#39Marion11US #47
#40Audrey10US #60
#41Beatrice10US #58
#42Edith10US #42
#43Lillian10US #28
#44Marjorie10US #22
#45Nancy10US #57
#46Phyllis10US #33
#47Carolyn9US #114
#48Emma9US #59
#49Hazel9US #48
#50Josephine9US #37
#51Kathleen9US #83
#52Ella8US #98
#53Ellen8US #100
#54Jeanette8US #136
#55Myrtle8US #101
#56Norma8US #29
#57Regina8US #197
#58Rose8US #25
#59Bertha7US #76
#60Bessie7US #89
#61Hilda7US #139
#62Ida7US #82
#63Jennie7US #132
#64Lois7US #19
#65Loretta7US #126
#66Marguerite7US #137
#67Patricia7US #23
#68Pearl7US #96
#69Shirley7US #14
#70Bernice6US #45
#71Charlotte6US #78
#72Kathryn6US #87
#73Laura6US #81
#74Lucille6US #43
#75Rita6US #50
#76Theresa6US #64
#77Elva5
#78Gertrude5US #71
#79Katherine5US #72
#80Lorraine5US #53
#81Rachel5US #165
#82Rebecca5US #185
#83Rosalie5US #180
#84Viola5US #97
#85Violet5US #94

Boys

#1William155US #4
#2John126US #2
#3Robert93US #1
#4James91US #3
#5Joseph76US #8
#6Charles75US #5
#7George58US #6
#8Edward51US #10
#9Richard37US #7
#10Thomas34US #11
#11Francis31US #35
#12Paul30US #13
#13Frank29US #12
#14Donald27US #9
#15Harry25US #25
#16Harold24US #14
#17Clarence22US #29
#18Walter21US #17
#19Ralph20US #24
#20Albert18US #21
#21Raymond18US #15
#22Samuel17US #48
#23Alfred15US #45
#24David15US #22
#25Stanley15US #43
#26Earl14US #32
#27Louis14US #30
#28Norman14US #39
#29Willard14US #100
#30Harvey13US #90
#31Howard12US #27
#32Leon12US #73
#33Henry11US #19
#34Anthony10US #42
#35Arthur10US #20
#36Carl10US #26
#37Lawrence10US #36
#38Calvin9US #65
#39Daniel9US #46
#40Fred9US #31
#41Jack9US #16
#42Leroy9US #51
#43Lewis9US #82
#44Edwin8US #55
#45Ernest8US #37
#46Eugene8US #23
#47Floyd8US #53
#48Franklin8US #142
#49Gilbert8US #101
#50Lester8US #78
#51Russell7US #52
#52Elwood6
#53Frederick6US #64
#54Granville6
#55Herman6US #69
#56Jesse6US #87
#57Kenneth6US #18
#58Leo6US #54
#59Oscar6US #105
#60Roland6US #107
#61Theodore6US #63
#62Alton5US #183
#63Alvin5US #72
#64Bernard5US #49
#65Herbert5US #44
#66Leonard5US #38
#67Marion5US #113
#68Michael5US #56
#69Rodney5
#70Roy5US #34
#71Vincent5US #77
#72Wallace5US #95

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑39Kathleen#51
↑30Martha#25
↑30Gladys#35
↑28Lois#64
↑26Fred#40
↑25Bertha#59
↑23Agnes#27
↑22Ellen#53

Falling

↓51Theresa#76
↓34Bernard#64
↓30Pearl#68
↓27Katherine#79
↓27Leonard#66
↓24Roland#60
↓19Norma#56
↓19Kathryn#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.