State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,001 Delaware births in 1927 across 166 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#44Prestonoutside the national top 200
#45Carltonoutside the national top 200
#63Reginaoutside the national top 200
#79Henriettaoutside the national top 200
#91Elvaoutside the national top 200
#100Rebaoutside the national top 200
#80Irma#178 nationally
#47Franklin#144 nationally
#53Alexander#146 nationally
#67Blanche#151 nationally
#87Rebecca#170 nationally
#62Marguerite#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary120US #1
#2Dorothy69US #2
#3Betty62US #3
#4Elizabeth57US #13
#5Margaret51US #5
#6Helen45US #4
#7Ruth44US #6
#8Anna43US #16
#9Doris43US #7
#10Frances34US #12
#11Mildred31US #11
#12Jean30US #14
#13Alice28US #17
#14Marie27US #20
#15Catherine24US #31
#16Virginia24US #8
#17Edith22US #48
#18Charlotte21US #75
#19Grace21US #50
#20Florence19US #28
#21Barbara18US #10
#22Jane17US #60
#23Eleanor16US #33
#24Pauline16US #42
#25Ann15US #59
#26Beatrice15US #67
#27Ethel15US #47
#28Evelyn15US #15
#29Irene15US #21
#30Thelma15US #38
#31Hazel14US #53
#32Lillian14US #32
#33Marian14US #74
#34Rose14US #23
#35Edna13US #40
#36Louise13US #27
#37Phyllis13US #29
#38Ellen12US #93
#39Gladys12US #37
#40Nancy12US #56
#41Norma12US #26
#42Theresa12US #52
#43Agnes11US #81
#44Anne11US #92
#45Bernice11US #49
#46Clara11US #63
#47Marjorie11US #25
#48Patricia11US #18
#49Sarah11US #61
#50Shirley11US #9
#51Audrey10US #62
#52Dolores10US #34
#53Esther10US #65
#54Jeanette10US #131
#55Josephine10US #39
#56Bertha9US #80
#57Ella9US #98
#58Elsie9US #72
#59Joan9US #41
#60Kathryn9US #90
#61Lorraine9US #44
#62Marguerite9US #143
#63Regina9
#64Carolyn8US #99
#65Janet8US #111
#66Jeanne8US #85
#67Blanche7US #151
#68Emma7US #64
#69Gertrude7US #78
#70Gloria7US #22
#71Ida7US #84
#72Katherine7US #73
#73Kathleen7US #83
#74Lois7US #19
#75Pearl7US #102
#76Roberta7US #122
#77Eva6US #79
#78Geraldine6US #58
#79Henrietta6
#80Irma6US #178
#81Julia6US #76
#82June6US #43
#83Leona6US #121
#84Loretta6US #127
#85Marion6US #51
#86Peggy6US #96
#87Rebecca6US #170
#88Vera6US #89
#89Viola6US #101
#90Claire5US #136
#91Elva5
#92Hilda5US #144
#93Jennie5US #135
#94Lena5US #130
#95Lucille5US #45
#96Lucy5US #112
#97Martha5US #24
#98Naomi5US #137
#99Rachel5US #169
#100Reba5

Boys

#1William148US #4
#2John104US #2
#3James101US #3
#4Robert96US #1
#5Charles83US #5
#6Joseph61US #9
#7George56US #7
#8Edward47US #10
#9Harry34US #25
#10Thomas34US #11
#11Richard33US #6
#12Paul31US #13
#13Howard29US #28
#14Francis28US #36
#15Henry23US #19
#16Walter22US #17
#17Anthony21US #43
#18David19US #21
#19Donald19US #8
#20Harold19US #14
#21Ralph19US #24
#22Samuel18US #49
#23Albert17US #23
#24Alfred17US #45
#25Norman17US #39
#26Raymond16US #15
#27Frank15US #12
#28Leon13US #78
#29Stanley13US #44
#30Arthur12US #22
#31Earl12US #33
#32Ernest12US #41
#33Eugene12US #20
#34Elmer11US #61
#35Leroy11US #51
#36Alvin9US #66
#37Daniel9US #46
#38Harvey9US #94
#39Theodore9US #62
#40Clarence8US #32
#41Frederick8US #64
#42Jack8US #16
#43Leonard8US #40
#44Preston8
#45Carlton7
#46Clifford7US #65
#47Franklin7US #144
#48Fred7US #35
#49Louis7US #29
#50Philip7US #75
#51Russell7US #54
#52Willard7US #106
#53Alexander6US #146
#54Bernard6US #50
#55Kenneth6US #18
#56Lee6US #86
#57Lewis6US #82
#58Marvin6US #47
#59Ray6US #60
#60Carl5US #26
#61Gerald5US #38
#62Jesse5US #89
#63Lawrence5US #37
#64Marion5US #117
#65Roland5US #109
#66Roy5US #34

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑53Charlotte#18
↑34Theresa#42
↑27Alvin#36
↑25Edith#17
↑25Bernice#45
↑24Rose#34
↑23Leonard#43
↑22Theodore#39

Falling

↓72Martha#97
↓50Gloria#70
↓46Marion#85
↓35Elsie#58
↓31Hilda#92
↓30Jennie#93
↓26Lawrence#63
↓24Carl#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.