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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,790 Delaware births in 1934 across 149 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#64Wilsonoutside the national top 200
#58Marguerite#188 nationally
#85Rosalie#198 nationally
#75Emily#175 nationally
#62Morris#158 nationally
#60Pearl#154 nationally
#51Willard#136 nationally
#37Roland#119 nationally
#59Myrtle#141 nationally
#48Agnes#120 nationally
#34Harvey#99 nationally
#48Elmer#108 nationally

Girls

#1Mary93US #1
#2Barbara67US #3
#3Betty64US #2
#4Joan52US #7
#5Shirley51US #4
#6Patricia47US #6
#7Margaret46US #8
#8Dorothy41US #5
#9Elizabeth38US #18
#10Doris32US #11
#11Eleanor30US #44
#12Jean30US #16
#13Marie29US #34
#14Nancy29US #10
#15Dolores27US #26
#16Frances27US #19
#17Ruth27US #13
#18Anna26US #31
#19Helen24US #9
#20Phyllis24US #28
#21Ann21US #32
#22Virginia21US #15
#23Alice20US #25
#24Janet19US #21
#25Charlotte18US #72
#26Catherine17US #42
#27Joanne17US #45
#28Carolyn15US #33
#29Irene14US #49
#30Beverly13US #22
#31Joyce12US #12
#32Sarah12US #67
#33Evelyn11US #29
#34Lorraine11US #56
#35Martha11US #27
#36Norma11US #24
#37Rose11US #37
#38Jane10US #48
#39June10US #46
#40Loretta10US #83
#41Louise10US #40
#42Mildred10US #35
#43Anne9US #88
#44Audrey9US #69
#45Gladys9US #66
#46Kathleen9US #74
#47Pauline9US #71
#48Agnes8US #120
#49Marian8US #97
#50Thelma8US #65
#51Ellen7US #95
#52Emma7US #85
#53Geraldine7US #43
#54Gloria7US #30
#55Josephine7US #60
#56Lillian7US #52
#57Lois7US #20
#58Marguerite7US #188
#59Myrtle7US #141
#60Pearl7US #154
#61Theresa7US #77
#62Beatrice6US #99
#63Elsie6US #107
#64Florence6US #61
#65Ida6US #118
#66Jacqueline6US #80
#67Marilyn6US #17
#68Marion6US #86
#69Patsy6US #59
#70Peggy6US #36
#71Arlene5US #53
#72Bernice5US #82
#73Clara5US #76
#74Eileen5US #109
#75Emily5US #175
#76Eva5US #100
#77Grace5US #79
#78Jeanette5US #106
#79Julia5US #105
#80Laura5US #96
#81Marjorie5US #41
#82Marlene5US #57
#83Rita5US #63
#84Roberta5US #104
#85Rosalie5US #198

Boys

#1John136US #3
#2William116US #4
#3James113US #2
#4Robert113US #1
#5Richard69US #5
#6Charles68US #7
#7Joseph64US #10
#8Donald55US #6
#9George40US #8
#10Edward32US #13
#11Thomas30US #9
#12Francis26US #49
#13Paul26US #14
#14Ronald25US #11
#15David21US #12
#16Harry21US #36
#17Howard20US #37
#18Ralph20US #31
#19Walter20US #21
#20Ernest17US #51
#21Eugene17US #24
#22Harold15US #18
#23Kenneth14US #15
#24Norman14US #38
#25Alfred13US #64
#26Raymond13US #19
#27Frank12US #16
#28Albert11US #32
#29Arthur11US #29
#30Carl10US #28
#31Daniel10US #42
#32Franklin10US #46
#33Gerald10US #22
#34Harvey10US #99
#35Henry10US #27
#36Leonard10US #53
#37Roland10US #119
#38Lawrence9US #34
#39Anthony8US #52
#40Clarence8US #45
#41Herbert8US #57
#42Melvin8US #55
#43Samuel8US #66
#44Stanley8US #58
#45Theodore8US #74
#46Bernard7US #65
#47Earl7US #41
#48Elmer7US #108
#49Louis7US #40
#50Russell7US #70
#51Willard7US #136
#52Floyd6US #73
#53Fred6US #33
#54Michael6US #47
#55Allen5US #88
#56Andrew5US #76
#57Clifford5US #85
#58Herman5US #97
#59Jerry5US #25
#60Lee5US #79
#61Martin5US #91
#62Morris5US #158
#63Roger5US #39
#64Wilson5

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑38Lorraine#34
↑28Beverly#30
↑23Gladys#45
↑21Martha#35
↑20Rose#37
↑19Herbert#41
↑18Ernest#20
↑16Eleanor#11

Falling

↓29Lois#57
↓29Florence#64
↓21Clara#73
↓20Marjorie#81
↓20Clifford#57
↓18Josephine#55
↓16Jane#38
↓15Pauline#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.