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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,887 Delaware births in 1931 across 151 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#63Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#64Prestonoutside the national top 200
#33Hilda#167 nationally
#60Jeannette#185 nationally
#65Blanche#190 nationally
#80Dianeoutside the national top 200
#77Ada#186 nationally
#66Cora#160 nationally
#55Alberta#146 nationally
#56Nicholas#145 nationally
#48Sara#135 nationally
#61Franklin#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary101US #1
#2Betty73US #2
#3Joan58US #5
#4Margaret58US #7
#5Jean51US #13
#6Dorothy48US #3
#7Helen48US #6
#8Doris45US #10
#9Elizabeth43US #16
#10Barbara42US #4
#11Ruth35US #11
#12Alice32US #21
#13Frances30US #18
#14Dolores29US #14
#15Shirley27US #9
#16Nancy23US #17
#17Ann21US #35
#18Eleanor21US #40
#19Louise21US #33
#20Catherine20US #36
#21Patricia20US #8
#22Phyllis20US #29
#23Virginia19US #12
#24Marie18US #27
#25Rose18US #30
#26Irene17US #37
#27Jane17US #50
#28Anna15US #25
#29Florence15US #43
#30Anne14US #80
#31Charlotte14US #75
#32Norma13US #22
#33Hilda12US #167
#34Thelma12US #53
#35Evelyn11US #24
#36Mildred11US #26
#37Edna10US #52
#38Gloria10US #23
#39Jacqueline10US #78
#40Janet10US #45
#41Josephine10US #51
#42Marion10US #66
#43Edith9US #65
#44Ethel9US #67
#45Janice9US #104
#46June9US #44
#47Martha9US #28
#48Sara9US #135
#49Theresa9US #59
#50Carolyn8US #60
#51Emma8US #76
#52Grace8US #70
#53Kathryn8US #108
#54Lillian8US #47
#55Alberta7US #146
#56Beatrice7US #85
#57Bertha7US #102
#58Beverly7US #31
#59Hazel7US #74
#60Jeannette7US #185
#61Joyce7US #15
#62Marjorie7US #34
#63Pauline7US #56
#64Sarah7US #71
#65Blanche6US #190
#66Cora6US #160
#67Elsie6US #86
#68Gladys6US #55
#69Jeanette6US #105
#70Joanne6US #68
#71Julia6US #91
#72Laura6US #89
#73Lois6US #20
#74Loretta6US #96
#75Lucy6US #126
#76Marian6US #84
#77Ada5US #186
#78Constance5US #118
#79Delores5US #58
#80Diane5
#81Esther5US #79
#82Harriet5US #143
#83Kathleen5US #87
#84Lorraine5US #49
#85Marguerite5US #157
#86Vera5US #111

Boys

#1William132US #4
#2John126US #3
#3Robert125US #1
#4James108US #2
#5Charles77US #6
#6Donald52US #7
#7George51US #8
#8Joseph51US #9
#9Richard47US #5
#10Thomas38US #10
#11Edward36US #11
#12Raymond27US #17
#13Harry26US #30
#14Frank25US #16
#15Paul25US #12
#16Francis24US #42
#17David21US #13
#18Ralph21US #25
#19Louis19US #37
#20Norman19US #36
#21Eugene18US #21
#22Albert17US #24
#23Howard16US #34
#24Samuel16US #56
#25Walter15US #20
#26Earl14US #40
#27Kenneth14US #14
#28Ronald14US #27
#29Jack13US #15
#30Stanley13US #49
#31Harold12US #18
#32Alfred11US #50
#33Daniel11US #44
#34Fred10US #33
#35Henry10US #22
#36Anthony9US #46
#37Arthur9US #23
#38Carl9US #28
#39Edwin9US #67
#40Harvey9US #93
#41Leon9US #84
#42Leonard9US #48
#43Theodore9US #70
#44Lawrence8US #38
#45Lester8US #96
#46Benjamin7US #113
#47Gerald7US #26
#48Herbert7US #41
#49Leroy7US #52
#50Willard7US #124
#51Allen6US #79
#52Ernest6US #47
#53Frederick6US #73
#54Herman6US #83
#55Lewis6US #87
#56Nicholas6US #145
#57Roland6US #107
#58Russell6US #63
#59Andrew5US #65
#60Douglas5US #85
#61Franklin5US #148
#62Martin5US #91
#63Nelson5
#64Preston5
#65Victor5US #109

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑48Jacqueline#39
↑43Janice#45
↑42Norma#32
↑41Ethel#44
↑40Kenneth#27
↑37Kathryn#53
↑37Jack#29
↑30Edna#37

Falling

↓40Marian#76
↓34Esther#81
↓31Grace#52
↓29Sarah#64
↓27Roland#57
↓27Andrew#59
↓25Theresa#49
↓18Marjorie#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.