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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,734 Delaware births in 1936 across 158 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#74Blancheoutside the national top 200
#81Margueriteoutside the national top 200
#70Pearl#172 nationally
#45Edgar#143 nationally
#86Rosemarie#158 nationally
#56Benjamin#123 nationally
#47Kathryn#113 nationally
#87Suzanne#151 nationally
#24Grace#86 nationally
#45Esther#107 nationally
#34Jeanette#94 nationally
#48Herman#105 nationally

Girls

#1Mary102US #1
#2Barbara76US #3
#3Joan57US #7
#4Shirley55US #2
#5Patricia51US #5
#6Betty49US #4
#7Dorothy39US #6
#8Margaret39US #9
#9Phyllis32US #25
#10Nancy30US #8
#11Helen26US #11
#12Carolyn22US #23
#13Janet22US #21
#14Alice21US #27
#15Doris20US #15
#16Jean20US #20
#17Marie20US #33
#18Dolores19US #30
#19Elizabeth19US #18
#20Virginia19US #14
#21Ann17US #28
#22Ruth16US #16
#23Catherine15US #44
#24Grace15US #86
#25Lois15US #26
#26Charlotte14US #61
#27Eleanor14US #47
#28Carol13US #10
#29Frances13US #19
#30Janice13US #31
#31Joyce13US #12
#32Norma13US #29
#33Elaine11US #50
#34Jeanette11US #94
#35Loretta11US #70
#36Martha11US #24
#37Geraldine10US #41
#38Jacqueline10US #66
#39Jane10US #42
#40Joanne10US #48
#41Theresa10US #88
#42Anna9US #36
#43Edna9US #71
#44Ellen9US #99
#45Esther9US #107
#46Gladys9US #84
#47Kathryn9US #113
#48Louise9US #46
#49Patsy9US #52
#50Sandra9US #38
#51Anne8US #89
#52Ethel8US #90
#53Evelyn8US #34
#54Florence8US #80
#55Josephine8US #77
#56June8US #62
#57Marjorie8US #49
#58Mildred8US #40
#59Rose8US #37
#60Sylvia8US #53
#61Beverly7US #17
#62Delores7US #58
#63Edith7US #87
#64Roberta7US #64
#65Bernice6US #95
#66Bertha6US #122
#67Clara6US #91
#68Gloria6US #32
#69Marian6US #114
#70Pearl6US #172
#71Sarah6US #63
#72Annie5US #45
#73Beatrice5US #121
#74Blanche5
#75Christine5US #131
#76Irene5US #57
#77Judith5US #43
#78Kay5US #98
#79Lillian5US #79
#80Lorraine5US #76
#81Marguerite5
#82Marion5US #93
#83Marlene5US #39
#84Peggy5US #35
#85Rita5US #69
#86Rosemarie5US #158
#87Suzanne5US #151
#88Yvonne5US #81

Boys

#1Robert119US #1
#2John118US #3
#3James112US #2
#4William107US #4
#5Richard63US #5
#6Charles60US #6
#7Donald52US #7
#8Joseph48US #11
#9Thomas47US #8
#10George44US #9
#11Edward33US #13
#12Paul30US #15
#13David29US #10
#14Frank20US #16
#15Francis19US #50
#16Raymond18US #17
#17Lawrence17US #37
#18Albert16US #34
#19Ralph16US #31
#20Ronald16US #12
#21Walter16US #26
#22Earl15US #47
#23Harry15US #39
#24Kenneth15US #14
#25Samuel15US #67
#26Fred14US #36
#27Gerald14US #19
#28Anthony12US #48
#29Daniel12US #41
#30Eugene12US #29
#31Franklin12US #64
#32Howard12US #40
#33Roger12US #35
#34Harold11US #21
#35Henry11US #28
#36Louis11US #44
#37Alfred9US #60
#38Herbert9US #62
#39Melvin9US #53
#40Carl8US #27
#41Clarence8US #52
#42Frederick8US #70
#43Leonard8US #54
#44Norman8US #43
#45Edgar7US #143
#46Ernest7US #55
#47Gary7US #38
#48Herman7US #105
#49Leroy7US #57
#50Lewis7US #101
#51Philip7US #63
#52Russell7US #69
#53Stanley7US #58
#54Andrew6US #83
#55Arthur6US #30
#56Benjamin6US #123
#57Bernard6US #68
#58Jack6US #20
#59Theodore6US #87
#60Wayne6US #45
#61Clifford5US #90
#62Dale5US #59
#63Douglas5US #78
#64Edwin5US #84
#65Harvey5US #97
#66Martin5US #92
#67Peter5US #56
#68Roland5US #118
#69Roy5US #42
#70Warren5US #95

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑60Grace#24
↑53Loretta#35
↑39Kathryn#47
↑31Roger#33
↑24Ralph#19
↑22Jacqueline#38
↑21Fred#26
↑20Janice#30

Falling

↓41Irene#76
↓40Sarah#71
↓34Arthur#55
↓31Jack#58
↓29Beatrice#73
↓26June#56
↓26Edith#63
↓25Evelyn#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.