State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,929 Delaware births in 1932 across 157 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#46Prestonoutside the national top 200
#67Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#63Oliver#182 nationally
#62Jeannette#175 nationally
#60Hilda#172 nationally
#85Blanche#192 nationally
#74Caroline#174 nationally
#77Emily#168 nationally
#37Calvin#119 nationally
#90Rebecca#162 nationally
#44Benjamin#115 nationally
#55Willard#125 nationally

Girls

#1Mary96US #1
#2Betty64US #2
#3Barbara62US #3
#4Joan51US #5
#5Doris50US #10
#6Margaret45US #7
#7Dorothy42US #4
#8Helen38US #8
#9Patricia38US #6
#10Ruth36US #11
#11Elizabeth34US #17
#12Jean34US #15
#13Nancy31US #13
#14Phyllis28US #30
#15Marie27US #31
#16Shirley26US #9
#17Alice24US #21
#18Dolores23US #18
#19Janet23US #35
#20Florence22US #47
#21Anna21US #24
#22Frances21US #19
#23Catherine20US #39
#24Virginia19US #14
#25Lois16US #20
#26Charlotte15US #74
#27Joanne15US #62
#28Beatrice14US #87
#29Eleanor14US #45
#30Theresa14US #60
#31Ann13US #34
#32Carolyn13US #46
#33Emma13US #76
#34Grace13US #72
#35Irene13US #43
#36Jane13US #49
#37Edna12US #50
#38Evelyn12US #23
#39Josephine12US #57
#40Joyce12US #12
#41Mildred12US #26
#42Rose12US #33
#43Sarah12US #67
#44Bernice11US #71
#45June11US #44
#46Lillian11US #48
#47Marion11US #73
#48Martha11US #27
#49Gladys10US #54
#50Julia10US #92
#51Norma10US #22
#52Loretta9US #89
#53Louise9US #36
#54Pauline9US #59
#55Rita9US #53
#56Anne8US #81
#57Edith8US #69
#58Ellen8US #104
#59Gertrude8US #124
#60Hilda8US #172
#61Janice8US #94
#62Jeannette8US #175
#63Katherine8US #95
#64Marian8US #86
#65Audrey7US #61
#66Bertha7US #101
#67Clara7US #70
#68Esther7US #82
#69Kathleen7US #83
#70Marjorie7US #37
#71Thelma7US #51
#72Viola7US #136
#73Agnes6US #115
#74Caroline6US #174
#75Constance6US #99
#76Elsie6US #97
#77Emily6US #168
#78Geraldine6US #42
#79Jeanette6US #106
#80Marilyn6US #16
#81Pearl6US #138
#82Peggy6US #40
#83Bessie5US #117
#84Beverly5US #28
#85Blanche5US #192
#86Delores5US #56
#87Jeanne5US #112
#88Lorraine5US #55
#89Myrtle5US #135
#90Rebecca5US #162

Boys

#1William124US #4
#2Robert113US #1
#3John103US #3
#4James101US #2
#5Richard69US #5
#6Donald65US #7
#7Joseph64US #9
#8Charles61US #6
#9George56US #8
#10Edward40US #11
#11Paul39US #13
#12Francis32US #43
#13Thomas31US #10
#14David28US #12
#15Harry25US #32
#16Howard23US #36
#17Albert19US #26
#18Frank19US #15
#19Ralph19US #27
#20Raymond18US #19
#21Walter17US #21
#22Louis16US #39
#23Norman16US #37
#24Alfred15US #49
#25Henry15US #23
#26Ernest14US #47
#27Daniel13US #42
#28Harold13US #18
#29Leonard13US #48
#30Samuel13US #56
#31Earl12US #41
#32Anthony11US #45
#33Franklin11US #66
#34Ronald11US #16
#35Carl10US #28
#36Kenneth10US #14
#37Calvin9US #119
#38Clarence9US #40
#39Frederick9US #73
#40Herbert9US #44
#41Eugene8US #22
#42Harvey8US #95
#43Theodore8US #67
#44Benjamin7US #115
#45Fred7US #33
#46Preston7
#47Vernon7US #78
#48Alvin6US #87
#49Arthur6US #25
#50Herman6US #89
#51Jack6US #17
#52Peter6US #62
#53Philip6US #70
#54Stanley6US #52
#55Willard6US #125
#56Andrew5US #69
#57Clifford5US #84
#58Gerald5US #24
#59Lawrence5US #35
#60Leon5US #83
#61Lewis5US #92
#62Martin5US #88
#63Oliver5US #182
#64Phillip5US #134
#65Russell5US #63
#66Wallace5US #117
#67Wilson5

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑48Lois#25
↑43Joanne#27
↑28Beatrice#28
↑28Franklin#33
↑26Ernest#26
↑22Loretta#52
↑21Janet#19
↑21Joyce#40

Falling

↓37Thelma#71
↓34Louise#53
↓27Hilda#60
↓26Anne#56
↓26Beverly#84
↓24Stanley#54
↓22Jack#51
↓20Blanche#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.