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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,865 Delaware births in 1935 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.

#34Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#67Reginaoutside the national top 200
#72Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#76Mabeloutside the national top 200
#74Caroline#178 nationally
#80Alberta#177 nationally
#51Jay#147 nationally
#43Agnes#138 nationally
#55Willard#132 nationally
#91Rebecca#163 nationally
#87Leona#155 nationally
#44Beatrice#107 nationally

Girls

#1Mary92US #1
#2Shirley89US #2
#3Barbara59US #3
#4Patricia52US #5
#5Joan45US #7
#6Doris44US #13
#7Betty42US #4
#8Margaret42US #8
#9Dorothy38US #6
#10Ruth36US #15
#11Nancy34US #9
#12Helen33US #10
#13Elizabeth30US #17
#14Jean30US #18
#15Marie25US #33
#16Dolores24US #26
#17Carol22US #11
#18Virginia21US #16
#19Frances20US #19
#20Janet18US #22
#21Martha18US #24
#22Charlotte16US #65
#23Anna15US #34
#24Eleanor15US #48
#25Phyllis15US #27
#26Alice14US #25
#27Carolyn14US #28
#28Evelyn14US #31
#29Joanne14US #44
#30June14US #55
#31Sarah14US #61
#32Ann13US #30
#33Catherine13US #42
#34Elaine13US #51
#35Irene13US #52
#36Lois13US #21
#37Edith12US #87
#38Norma11US #29
#39Esther10US #94
#40Florence10US #74
#41Geraldine10US #40
#42Joyce10US #12
#43Agnes9US #138
#44Beatrice9US #107
#45Delores9US #57
#46Emma9US #89
#47Ethel9US #82
#48Gloria9US #32
#49Jane9US #43
#50Janice9US #47
#51Josephine9US #75
#52Kathleen9US #71
#53Marian9US #105
#54Mildred9US #35
#55Rose9US #37
#56Audrey8US #64
#57Edna8US #67
#58Ellen8US #95
#59Elsie8US #113
#60Jacqueline8US #79
#61Theresa8US #86
#62Clara7US #81
#63Gladys7US #78
#64Judith7US #54
#65Louise7US #45
#66Patsy7US #56
#67Regina7
#68Sandra7US #50
#69Sara7US #128
#70Thelma7US #76
#71Yvonne7US #98
#72Antoinette6
#73Bernice6US #90
#74Caroline6US #178
#75Lillian6US #66
#76Mabel6
#77Marjorie6US #46
#78Peggy6US #36
#79Sylvia6US #60
#80Alberta5US #177
#81Beverly5US #20
#82Christine5US #130
#83Eileen5US #108
#84Grace5US #83
#85Katherine5US #103
#86Kathryn5US #111
#87Leona5US #155
#88Loretta5US #69
#89Lorraine5US #68
#90Pauline5US #80
#91Rebecca5US #163

Boys

#1William139US #4
#2John125US #3
#3Robert117US #1
#4James110US #2
#5Charles75US #6
#6Richard65US #5
#7Donald58US #7
#8George56US #8
#9Joseph44US #10
#10Ronald32US #12
#11Edward31US #13
#12Francis27US #53
#13David25US #11
#14Paul25US #14
#15Thomas25US #9
#16Walter22US #23
#17Howard20US #39
#18Louis20US #42
#19Raymond19US #17
#20Kenneth16US #15
#21Arthur14US #29
#22Clarence14US #48
#23Eugene14US #26
#24Frank14US #16
#25Daniel13US #43
#26Henry12US #27
#27Jack12US #18
#28Samuel12US #62
#29Anthony11US #52
#30Harold11US #20
#31Harry11US #37
#32Norman11US #38
#33Carl10US #28
#34Elwood10
#35Lawrence10US #35
#36Wayne10US #49
#37Albert9US #31
#38Alfred9US #63
#39Earl9US #46
#40Frederick9US #73
#41Gerald9US #21
#42Harvey9US #99
#43Ralph9US #32
#44Ernest7US #55
#45Floyd7US #76
#46Franklin7US #71
#47Fred7US #34
#48Stanley7US #56
#49Bernard6US #67
#50Herbert6US #58
#51Jay6US #147
#52Lewis6US #98
#53Martin6US #93
#54Milton6US #117
#55Willard6US #132
#56Alvin5US #91
#57Andrew5US #85
#58Arnold5US #103
#59Bill5US #60
#60Gene5US #66
#61Leroy5US #50
#62Lester5US #114
#63Philip5US #65
#64Roger5US #36
#65Roland5US #119
#66Russell5US #68

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑31Louis#18
↑24Florence#40
↑21Lois#36
↑18Beatrice#44
↑18Clarence#22
↑15Samuel#28
↑14Martha#21
↑12Geraldine#41

Falling

↓55Lorraine#89
↓51Beverly#81
↓48Loretta#88
↓43Pauline#90
↓28Roland#65
↓25Ralph#43
↓24Louise#65
↓24Ernest#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.