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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,714 Delaware births in 1933 across 148 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
#58Dominickoutside the national top 200
#64Prestonoutside the national top 200
#39Horace#165 nationally
#77Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#79Joannaoutside the national top 200
#81Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#83Rosettaoutside the national top 200
#78Gwendolyn#183 nationally
#63Nicholas#160 nationally
#53Willard#130 nationally
#40Roland#114 nationally

Girls

#1Mary71US #1
#2Betty57US #2
#3Dorothy53US #4
#4Joan52US #5
#5Barbara51US #3
#6Margaret44US #7
#7Doris43US #10
#8Elizabeth35US #17
#9Patricia34US #6
#10Helen33US #8
#11Janet32US #25
#12Shirley30US #9
#13Phyllis27US #28
#14Ruth25US #13
#15Dolores24US #21
#16Frances24US #18
#17Jean24US #14
#18Nancy24US #11
#19Ann21US #34
#20Anna20US #29
#21Catherine20US #44
#22Jane19US #47
#23Joanne19US #56
#24Marie19US #33
#25Irene18US #46
#26June18US #45
#27Eleanor16US #38
#28Lois15US #19
#29Virginia15US #15
#30Carolyn14US #40
#31Evelyn14US #30
#32Pauline13US #64
#33Alice12US #22
#34Charlotte12US #79
#35Florence12US #49
#36Joyce12US #12
#37Josephine11US #62
#38Mildred11US #32
#39Sarah11US #58
#40Constance10US #105
#41Gloria10US #31
#42Kathleen10US #77
#43Norma10US #23
#44Thelma10US #57
#45Delores9US #52
#46Emma9US #75
#47Esther9US #88
#48Lillian9US #51
#49Loretta9US #87
#50Lucille9US #78
#51Agnes8US #118
#52Clara8US #67
#53Edith8US #80
#54Ethel8US #71
#55Louise8US #39
#56Martha8US #27
#57Rose8US #35
#58Beverly7US #26
#59Janice7US #81
#60Marian7US #89
#61Marjorie7US #41
#62Peggy7US #36
#63Vivian7US #98
#64Bernice6US #83
#65Carol6US #20
#66Elsie6US #99
#67Geraldine6US #42
#68Gladys6US #60
#69Grace6US #69
#70Hazel6US #82
#71Jacqueline6US #86
#72Lorraine6US #54
#73Marilyn6US #16
#74Marlene6US #50
#75Theresa6US #70
#76Beatrice5US #94
#77Carmela5
#78Gwendolyn5US #183
#79Joanna5
#80Kathryn5US #108
#81Lydia5
#82Roberta5US #112
#83Rosetta5
#84Sally5US #76

Boys

#1William119US #4
#2John117US #3
#3Robert112US #1
#4James101US #2
#5Charles74US #6
#6Donald71US #7
#7Richard57US #5
#8George52US #8
#9Joseph51US #9
#10Edward38US #11
#11Thomas31US #10
#12Harry29US #35
#13David26US #13
#14Paul25US #14
#15Francis21US #45
#16Walter17US #21
#17Howard16US #36
#18Ronald16US #12
#19Harold14US #18
#20Henry14US #24
#21Ralph14US #29
#22Frank13US #16
#23Franklin13US #33
#24Raymond13US #19
#25Albert12US #30
#26Daniel12US #42
#27Eugene12US #23
#28Kenneth12US #15
#29Norman12US #37
#30Alfred11US #57
#31Anthony11US #46
#32Arthur11US #25
#33Clarence11US #43
#34Earl11US #41
#35Lewis11US #92
#36Louis11US #40
#37Clifford10US #86
#38Ernest10US #50
#39Horace10US #165
#40Roland10US #114
#41Stanley9US #55
#42Carl8US #28
#43Gerald8US #22
#44Harvey8US #97
#45Jack8US #17
#46Lawrence8US #38
#47Leonard8US #47
#48Samuel8US #61
#49Bernard7US #63
#50Floyd7US #69
#51Marvin7US #44
#52Victor7US #116
#53Willard7US #130
#54Calvin6US #112
#55Carlton6
#56Frederick6US #78
#57Philip6US #70
#58Dominick5
#59Fred5US #34
#60Herbert5US #49
#61Herman5US #96
#62Leon5US #85
#63Nicholas5US #160
#64Preston5

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑41Delores#45
↑35Constance#40
↑27Kathleen#42
↑27Thelma#44
↑26Beverly#58
↑26Lewis#35
↑22Pauline#32
↑22Agnes#51

Falling

↓48Beatrice#76
↓45Theresa#75
↓35Grace#69
↓20Bernice#64
↓20Herbert#60
↓19Gladys#68
↓18Leonard#47
↓18Samuel#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.