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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,090 Delaware births in 1937 across 170 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#57Irvinoutside the national top 200
#59Prestonoutside the national top 200
#63Iraoutside the national top 200
#48Horace#180 nationally
#60Clayton#188 nationally
#66Nelson#194 nationally
#73Angelaoutside the national top 200
#70Pearl#187 nationally
#75Caroline#181 nationally
#38Willard#135 nationally
#85Rebecca#166 nationally
#95Leona#173 nationally

Girls

#1Mary98US #1
#2Barbara79US #2
#3Patricia56US #3
#4Joan50US #9
#5Betty49US #5
#6Doris37US #22
#7Dorothy37US #8
#8Nancy37US #7
#9Janet34US #18
#10Margaret34US #10
#11Shirley33US #4
#12Phyllis32US #27
#13Ruth29US #15
#14Helen25US #12
#15Ann24US #30
#16Elizabeth24US #17
#17Frances24US #19
#18Virginia21US #16
#19Carol18US #6
#20Carolyn18US #20
#21Joanne18US #51
#22Catherine17US #47
#23Eleanor16US #53
#24Joyce16US #11
#25Alice15US #28
#26Janice15US #25
#27Jean15US #23
#28Irene14US #62
#29Norma14US #33
#30Ellen13US #102
#31Jane13US #42
#32Marie13US #35
#33Charlotte12US #67
#34Dolores12US #37
#35Evelyn12US #36
#36Loretta12US #63
#37Elaine11US #45
#38Ethel11US #88
#39Geraldine11US #44
#40Sandra11US #26
#41Anna10US #39
#42Beverly10US #14
#43Lorraine10US #83
#44Marlene10US #40
#45Arlene9US #60
#46Bernice9US #104
#47Edna9US #74
#48Kay9US #79
#49Louise9US #48
#50Peggy9US #31
#51Thelma9US #78
#52Yvonne9US #77
#53Carole8US #56
#54Gloria8US #32
#55Grace8US #94
#56Josephine8US #82
#57Lois8US #29
#58Sally8US #59
#59Sarah8US #65
#60Audrey7US #85
#61Clara7US #100
#62Constance7US #118
#63Edith7US #96
#64Esther7US #116
#65Florence7US #81
#66Jeanette7US #90
#67Marjorie7US #57
#68Martha7US #24
#69Pauline7US #87
#70Pearl7US #187
#71Sara7US #130
#72Sylvia7US #50
#73Angela6
#74Anne6US #92
#75Caroline6US #181
#76Connie6US #128
#77Delores6US #68
#78Eileen6US #107
#79Gladys6US #86
#80Joann6US #58
#81Kathleen6US #61
#82Marion6US #109
#83Mildred6US #43
#84Patsy6US #54
#85Rebecca6US #166
#86Suzanne6US #145
#87Agnes5US #153
#88Anita5US #93
#89Beatrice5US #120
#90Christine5US #135
#91Harriet5US #154
#92Jacqueline5US #70
#93June5US #71
#94Katherine5US #103
#95Leona5US #173
#96Rachel5US #163
#97Rose5US #38
#98Susan5US #97
#99Theresa5US #95

Boys

#1William144US #4
#2Robert137US #1
#3John128US #3
#4James121US #2
#5Charles90US #6
#6Donald73US #7
#7Richard71US #5
#8George61US #10
#9Joseph59US #12
#10Edward49US #13
#11David39US #8
#12Paul33US #15
#13Ronald33US #11
#14Thomas33US #9
#15Harry27US #41
#16Raymond25US #19
#17Francis23US #55
#18Walter21US #26
#19Ralph17US #34
#20Frank16US #18
#21Gerald16US #20
#22Howard15US #42
#23Jack15US #23
#24Anthony14US #47
#25Carl14US #28
#26Frederick14US #68
#27Henry14US #30
#28Arthur12US #31
#29Eugene12US #33
#30Kenneth12US #14
#31Lawrence12US #38
#32Wayne12US #44
#33Allen11US #76
#34Earl11US #48
#35Franklin11US #77
#36Louis11US #46
#37Peter11US #52
#38Willard11US #135
#39Daniel10US #39
#40Harold10US #21
#41Melvin10US #50
#42Michael10US #27
#43Alfred9US #60
#44Clarence9US #54
#45Philip9US #62
#46Bruce8US #70
#47Ernest8US #53
#48Horace8US #180
#49Leroy8US #56
#50Samuel8US #66
#51Harvey7US #95
#52Stanley7US #57
#53Theodore7US #86
#54Albert6US #37
#55Bernard6US #73
#56Fred6US #35
#57Irvin6
#58Jerry6US #17
#59Preston6
#60Clayton5US #188
#61Dale5US #59
#62Gary5US #29
#63Ira5
#64Leon5US #85
#65Marvin5US #49
#66Nelson5US #194
#67Norman5US #43
#68Roland5US #126
#69Roy5US #40
#70Russell5US #67
#71Vincent5US #105

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑48Irene#28
↑39Marlene#44
↑37Lorraine#43
↑36Yvonne#52
↑35Jack#23
↑34Peggy#50
↑30Kay#48
↑30Peter#37

Falling

↓58Theresa#99
↓54Jacqueline#92
↓38Rose#97
↓37June#93
↓36Albert#54
↓35Patsy#84
↓33Gladys#79
↓32Lois#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.