State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,875 Delaware births in 1929 across 150 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#55Carltonoutside the national top 200
#58Irvinoutside the national top 200
#70Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#83Reginaoutside the national top 200
#85Teresa#192 nationally
#57Franklin#148 nationally
#63Mabel#147 nationally
#72Marguerite#155 nationally
#77Emily#151 nationally
#31Roland#104 nationally
#41Benjamin#107 nationally
#73Sara#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary115US #1
#2Betty93US #2
#3Dorothy69US #3
#4Elizabeth64US #15
#5Doris59US #6
#6Helen53US #4
#7Ruth45US #8
#8Barbara37US #7
#9Margaret36US #5
#10Marie36US #22
#11Alice27US #21
#12Dolores25US #14
#13Frances25US #16
#14Catherine24US #34
#15Virginia23US #11
#16Florence22US #35
#17Jean22US #12
#18Theresa21US #49
#19Evelyn20US #19
#20Grace20US #54
#21Lillian20US #40
#22Mildred20US #18
#23Nancy20US #32
#24Anna19US #20
#25Irene17US #29
#26Rose17US #26
#27Ann16US #46
#28Edith16US #59
#29Eleanor16US #38
#30Jane15US #62
#31Louise15US #31
#32Phyllis15US #24
#33Patricia14US #10
#34Sarah14US #68
#35Anne13US #91
#36Bernice13US #55
#37Lois13US #17
#38Norma13US #25
#39Thelma13US #41
#40Audrey12US #58
#41Ethel12US #56
#42Pauline12US #50
#43Janet11US #82
#44Joan11US #13
#45Marian11US #75
#46Elsie10US #78
#47Gladys10US #44
#48Martha10US #27
#49Shirley10US #9
#50Charlotte9US #73
#51Esther9US #71
#52June9US #48
#53Marion9US #53
#54Beatrice8US #72
#55Ida8US #96
#56Jeanne8US #92
#57Joyce8US #23
#58Agnes7US #94
#59Ella7US #102
#60Joanne7US #101
#61Josephine7US #45
#62Katherine7US #84
#63Mabel7US #147
#64Marjorie7US #30
#65Pearl7US #114
#66Edna6US #51
#67Elaine6US #67
#68Ellen6US #97
#69Eva6US #83
#70Jeannette6
#71Julia6US #88
#72Marguerite6US #155
#73Sara6US #133
#74Bertha5US #93
#75Beverly5US #39
#76Carolyn5US #77
#77Emily5US #151
#78Gertrude5US #95
#79Laura5US #90
#80Lorraine5US #42
#81Mae5US #132
#82Myrtle5US #117
#83Regina5
#84Sally5US #112
#85Teresa5US #192
#86Viola5US #109
#87Vivian5US #81

Boys

#1John136US #3
#2William127US #4
#3Robert106US #1
#4James94US #2
#5Joseph72US #9
#6Charles71US #5
#7George58US #8
#8Richard50US #6
#9Donald47US #7
#10Frank33US #12
#11Paul33US #13
#12Edward30US #10
#13Thomas28US #11
#14Harry26US #27
#15Henry23US #21
#16Walter21US #19
#17Francis20US #39
#18Albert19US #24
#19Raymond18US #15
#20Alfred17US #41
#21Clarence16US #37
#22Ralph16US #26
#23David14US #17
#24Eugene14US #20
#25Samuel14US #53
#26Lawrence13US #38
#27Earl12US #36
#28Harold12US #16
#29Carl11US #28
#30Louis11US #32
#31Roland11US #104
#32Stanley11US #48
#33Arthur10US #22
#34Ernest10US #43
#35Anthony9US #44
#36Bernard9US #52
#37Jack8US #14
#38Leonard8US #42
#39Lewis8US #84
#40Andrew7US #59
#41Benjamin7US #107
#42Daniel7US #47
#43Fred7US #34
#44Harvey7US #90
#45Herbert7US #25
#46Norman7US #40
#47Theodore7US #65
#48Allen6US #86
#49Clifford6US #72
#50Elmer6US #70
#51Howard6US #31
#52Lee6US #85
#53Michael6US #54
#54Roy6US #35
#55Carlton5
#56Edwin5US #66
#57Franklin5US #148
#58Irvin5
#59Kenneth5US #18
#60Leon5US #81
#61Leroy5US #51
#62Marvin5US #46
#63Warren5US #92

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑54Sarah#34
↑43Audrey#40
↑42Roland#31
↑34Esther#51
↑32Phyllis#32
↑29Lawrence#26
↑26Nancy#23
↑25Janet#43

Falling

↓37Howard#51
↓33Edna#66
↓32Leon#60
↓28Lorraine#80
↓26Marjorie#64
↓26Ellen#68
↓25Josephine#61
↓22Leroy#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.