State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,104 Delaware births in 1930 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.

#38Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#74Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#63Clifton#184 nationally
#80Reginaoutside the national top 200
#62Alberta#146 nationally
#30Roland#107 nationally
#92Marguerite#159 nationally
#77Dora#142 nationally
#54Willard#117 nationally
#61Pearl#121 nationally
#76Claire#136 nationally
#37Gertrude#96 nationally

Girls

#1Mary105US #1
#2Betty67US #2
#3Dorothy67US #3
#4Helen64US #4
#5Doris61US #9
#6Margaret52US #5
#7Elizabeth45US #15
#8Ruth41US #10
#9Dolores35US #13
#10Jean35US #14
#11Barbara33US #6
#12Frances30US #16
#13Irene29US #33
#14Anna25US #23
#15Nancy25US #24
#16Virginia24US #12
#17Eleanor23US #39
#18Marie23US #26
#19Evelyn22US #19
#20Florence22US #38
#21Grace22US #62
#22Alice21US #20
#23Catherine21US #35
#24Theresa21US #50
#25Ann20US #41
#26Anne20US #83
#27Patricia20US #7
#28Jane18US #55
#29Mildred18US #21
#30Joan17US #8
#31Janet16US #53
#32Phyllis16US #28
#33Charlotte15US #75
#34Louise14US #31
#35Sarah14US #70
#36Marian13US #80
#37Gertrude11US #96
#38Peggy11US #67
#39Shirley11US #11
#40Thelma11US #45
#41Carolyn10US #72
#42Clara10US #64
#43Emma10US #73
#44Marjorie10US #32
#45Rose10US #29
#46Edith9US #61
#47Esther9US #77
#48Geraldine9US #43
#49Katherine9US #85
#50Pauline9US #52
#51Agnes8US #102
#52Audrey8US #63
#53Gloria8US #30
#54Hazel8US #71
#55Joanne8US #81
#56Josephine8US #49
#57Joyce8US #18
#58Lillian8US #44
#59Loretta8US #105
#60Marion8US #60
#61Pearl8US #121
#62Alberta7US #146
#63Beatrice7US #76
#64Bernice7US #58
#65Bertha7US #95
#66Delores7US #66
#67Edna7US #51
#68Ellen7US #100
#69Gladys7US #48
#70Lois7US #17
#71Lorraine7US #46
#72Lucille7US #59
#73Martha7US #27
#74Norma7US #25
#75Alma6US #109
#76Claire6US #136
#77Dora6US #142
#78Jeanette6US #106
#79Kathleen6US #84
#80Regina6
#81Rita6US #42
#82Bessie5US #108
#83Beverly5US #34
#84Ella5US #107
#85Ethel5US #65
#86Ida5US #94
#87Jacqueline5US #74
#88Janice5US #126
#89Jeanne5US #92
#90Kathryn5US #101
#91Laura5US #89
#92Marguerite5US #159

Boys

#1William137US #4
#2John131US #3
#3James114US #2
#4Robert105US #1
#5Charles72US #6
#6Richard64US #5
#7Joseph60US #9
#8George59US #8
#9Edward52US #10
#10Donald47US #7
#11Harry37US #28
#12Francis36US #42
#13Thomas35US #11
#14Paul32US #12
#15Norman23US #40
#16Raymond23US #16
#17Frank21US #13
#18Louis21US #34
#19Ralph20US #25
#20Albert18US #24
#21Clarence18US #39
#22David17US #15
#23Howard17US #31
#24Harold16US #18
#25Walter16US #19
#26Arthur14US #23
#27Carl14US #26
#28Eugene14US #21
#29Lawrence14US #36
#30Roland14US #107
#31Samuel14US #55
#32Andrew13US #62
#33Alfred11US #46
#34Stanley11US #49
#35Anthony10US #44
#36Daniel10US #47
#37Earl9US #38
#38Elwood9
#39Harvey9US #92
#40Henry9US #22
#41Vincent9US #84
#42Bernard8US #52
#43Frederick8US #74
#44Elmer7US #80
#45Floyd7US #61
#46Herbert7US #35
#47Leon7US #81
#48Leonard7US #45
#49Leroy7US #53
#50Lester7US #95
#51Philip7US #75
#52Ronald7US #37
#53Theodore7US #67
#54Willard7US #117
#55Ernest6US #43
#56Fred6US #32
#57Herman6US #78
#58Michael6US #54
#59Peter6US #56
#60Roy6US #33
#61Vernon6US #72
#62Benjamin5US #115
#63Clifton5US #184
#64Curtis5US #106
#65Gerald5US #30
#66Jack5US #14
#67Kenneth5US #17
#68Lewis5US #87
#69Martin5US #83
#70Melvin5US #50
#71Ray5US #57
#72Russell5US #60
#73Victor5US #100
#74Wilson5

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑41Gertrude#37
↑35Carolyn#41
↑31Norman#15
↑28Howard#23
↑20Marjorie#44
↑17Charlotte#33
↑14Joan#30
↑13Katherine#49

Falling

↓44Ethel#85
↓37Lillian#58
↓36Norma#74
↓33Lois#70
↓33Jeanne#89
↓31Ida#86
↓29Jack#66
↓29Lewis#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.