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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,991 Delaware births in 1928 across 165 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#53Carltonoutside the national top 200
#63Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#76Estellaoutside the national top 200
#84Elvaoutside the national top 200
#86Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#87Reginaoutside the national top 200
#38Franklin#146 nationally
#49Morris#144 nationally
#81Teresa#172 nationally
#58Nicholas#140 nationally
#45Jeanette#126 nationally
#53Sara#129 nationally

Girls

#1Mary116US #1
#2Betty70US #2
#3Margaret66US #5
#4Dorothy63US #3
#5Doris58US #7
#6Helen50US #4
#7Elizabeth46US #14
#8Ruth36US #6
#9Anna35US #16
#10Barbara34US #8
#11Alice31US #19
#12Florence31US #32
#13Marie28US #21
#14Frances27US #13
#15Dolores25US #20
#16Eleanor24US #36
#17Grace23US #52
#18Virginia23US #9
#19Ann20US #54
#20Jean20US #12
#21Theresa20US #49
#22Lillian19US #35
#23Louise19US #31
#24Rose19US #24
#25Patricia18US #11
#26Catherine17US #33
#27Evelyn16US #17
#28Jane16US #62
#29Pauline16US #48
#30Irene15US #28
#31Mildred15US #15
#32Charlotte14US #72
#33Edna14US #45
#34Ethel14US #55
#35Thelma14US #40
#36Josephine13US #42
#37Marian13US #71
#38Marjorie13US #29
#39Norma13US #23
#40Shirley13US #10
#41Agnes12US #85
#42Ellen12US #98
#43Gladys12US #41
#44Bernice11US #53
#45Jeanette11US #126
#46Lois11US #18
#47Marion11US #47
#48Martha11US #22
#49Nancy11US #43
#50Beatrice9US #70
#51Edith9US #56
#52Lorraine9US #39
#53Sara9US #129
#54Anne8US #93
#55Carolyn8US #91
#56Elsie8US #73
#57Gertrude8US #86
#58Gloria8US #25
#59Joan8US #27
#60Joyce8US #30
#61Julia8US #80
#62June8US #44
#63Katherine8US #75
#64Phyllis8US #26
#65Bertha7US #81
#66Emma7US #67
#67Genevieve7US #134
#68Janet7US #95
#69Kathleen7US #82
#70Kathryn7US #99
#71Myrtle7US #116
#72Naomi7US #141
#73Clara6US #65
#74Elaine6US #68
#75Ella6US #100
#76Estella6
#77Hazel6US #59
#78Lena6US #131
#79Pearl6US #110
#80Rita6US #57
#81Teresa6US #172
#82Viola6US #103
#83Audrey5US #60
#84Elva5
#85Esther5US #66
#86Jeannette5
#87Regina5
#88Sarah5US #64
#89Stella5US #132

Boys

#1William149US #4
#2John118US #2
#3Robert103US #1
#4James93US #3
#5Joseph74US #9
#6Charles73US #5
#7George55US #8
#8Thomas46US #11
#9Edward39US #10
#10Donald33US #7
#11Francis33US #40
#12Paul33US #13
#13Harry29US #26
#14Howard26US #31
#15Frank24US #12
#16Alfred22US #33
#17Richard22US #6
#18Clarence19US #35
#19Walter19US #18
#20Albert16US #23
#21Ralph16US #24
#22Eugene15US #20
#23Henry15US #21
#24Anthony14US #44
#25Earl14US #37
#26Raymond13US #16
#27Samuel13US #52
#28Leon12US #81
#29Louis12US #32
#30Arthur11US #22
#31David11US #19
#32Harold11US #14
#33Herbert11US #25
#34Leonard11US #42
#35Stanley11US #45
#36Daniel10US #47
#37Jack10US #15
#38Franklin9US #146
#39Leroy9US #51
#40Vernon9US #70
#41Alvin8US #72
#42Calvin8US #94
#43Elmer8US #63
#44Kenneth8US #17
#45Norman8US #39
#46Bernard7US #49
#47Clifford7US #68
#48Ernest7US #43
#49Morris7US #144
#50Theodore7US #66
#51Arnold6US #98
#52Carl6US #28
#53Carlton6
#54Harvey6US #90
#55Lawrence6US #38
#56Leslie6US #128
#57Lewis6US #86
#58Nicholas6US #140
#59Willard6US #113
#60Allen5US #93
#61Andrew5US #60
#62Clyde5US #74
#63Elwood5
#64Floyd5US #54
#65Fred5US #36
#66Herman5US #78
#67Martin5US #83
#68Marvin5US #46
#69Melvin5US #48
#70Peter5US #56
#71Philip5US #73
#72Roger5US #71
#73Roland5US #107
#74Russell5US #55
#75Victor5US #99
#76Vincent5US #82

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑49Martha#48
↑38Marion#47
↑37Dolores#15
↑28Lois#46
↑26Naomi#72
↑23Patricia#25
↑22Clarence#18
↑21Theresa#21

Falling

↓46Hazel#77
↓39Sarah#88
↓34Edith#51
↓32Audrey#83
↓32Esther#85
↓27Phyllis#64
↓27Clara#73
↓24Beatrice#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.