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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,186 Delaware births in 1938 across 175 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#62Carltonoutside the national top 200
#47Agnes#157 nationally
#95Mabeloutside the national top 200
#90Jeannette#186 nationally
#65Cynthia#160 nationally
#74Maryann#168 nationally
#55Jay#138 nationally
#37Marion#118 nationally
#92Leona#173 nationally
#43Constance#117 nationally
#51Benjamin#125 nationally
#45Bernice#112 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara109US #2
#2Mary96US #1
#3Patricia58US #3
#4Shirley49US #5
#5Doris43US #25
#6Margaret43US #9
#7Betty37US #4
#8Nancy34US #7
#9Joan33US #10
#10Dorothy30US #8
#11Janet30US #16
#12Marie30US #37
#13Sandra27US #14
#14Joyce26US #11
#15Elizabeth25US #17
#16Frances24US #23
#17Ruth24US #21
#18Joanne23US #57
#19Virginia23US #22
#20Jean21US #27
#21Alice19US #29
#22Carol19US #6
#23Catherine19US #48
#24Phyllis19US #28
#25Carolyn18US #15
#26Helen18US #13
#27Anna17US #40
#28Charlotte16US #70
#29Lois16US #33
#30Jacqueline15US #69
#31Kathleen15US #58
#32Eleanor14US #60
#33Judith14US #12
#34Loretta14US #62
#35Elaine13US #42
#36June13US #79
#37Marion13US #118
#38Irene12US #72
#39Louise12US #59
#40Pauline12US #97
#41Rosalie12US #66
#42Ann11US #32
#43Constance11US #117
#44Grace11US #100
#45Bernice10US #112
#46Marlene10US #51
#47Agnes9US #157
#48Anne9US #84
#49Beverly9US #18
#50Jane9US #44
#51Janice9US #24
#52Josephine9US #83
#53Martha9US #26
#54Peggy9US #35
#55Sylvia9US #56
#56Thelma9US #86
#57Anita8US #99
#58Arlene8US #63
#59Carole8US #46
#60Delores8US #75
#61Diane8US #64
#62Gail8US #77
#63Rose8US #39
#64Sarah8US #67
#65Cynthia7US #160
#66Edith7US #102
#67Eileen7US #113
#68Ellen7US #89
#69Florence7US #90
#70Geraldine7US #45
#71Gloria7US #36
#72Katherine7US #105
#73Marjorie7US #53
#74Maryann7US #168
#75Mildred7US #52
#76Yvonne7US #101
#77Bertha6US #131
#78Clara6US #98
#79Emma6US #96
#80Evelyn6US #38
#81Jeanette6US #91
#82Lillian6US #88
#83Marcia6US #116
#84Norma6US #34
#85Roberta6US #73
#86Sally6US #54
#87Audrey5US #87
#88Dolores5US #43
#89Ethel5US #94
#90Jeannette5US #186
#91Joann5US #68
#92Leona5US #173
#93Lorraine5US #93
#94Lucille5US #106
#95Mabel5
#96Marian5US #128
#97Marilyn5US #19
#98Sara5US #124

Boys

#1William143US #4
#2Robert139US #1
#3John126US #3
#4James108US #2
#5Charles83US #6
#6Richard65US #5
#7Donald62US #7
#8George61US #11
#9Joseph51US #12
#10Edward37US #13
#11Thomas37US #9
#12David36US #8
#13Paul34US #15
#14Francis31US #51
#15Ronald31US #10
#16Kenneth26US #14
#17Walter26US #26
#18Howard19US #42
#19Michael18US #21
#20Samuel18US #62
#21Carl17US #29
#22Henry17US #30
#23Clarence16US #58
#24Frank16US #18
#25Harold15US #23
#26Lawrence15US #36
#27Norman15US #43
#28Raymond15US #20
#29Albert14US #37
#30Gerald14US #19
#31Ernest13US #55
#32Eugene13US #33
#33Louis13US #47
#34Arthur12US #32
#35Harry12US #44
#36Leonard12US #57
#37Ralph12US #35
#38Wayne12US #40
#39Jack10US #25
#40Bernard9US #75
#41Roger9US #31
#42Stanley9US #59
#43Theodore9US #84
#44Alan8US #91
#45Alfred8US #69
#46Anthony8US #46
#47Daniel8US #39
#48Fred8US #38
#49Lewis8US #109
#50Philip8US #64
#51Benjamin7US #125
#52Bruce7US #66
#53Harvey7US #99
#54Herbert7US #68
#55Jay7US #138
#56Larry7US #16
#57Leon7US #85
#58Peter7US #48
#59Russell7US #70
#60Stephen7US #74
#61Allen6US #73
#62Carlton6
#63Earl6US #50
#64Elmer6US #130
#65Herman6US #108
#66Lee6US #80
#67Leroy6US #61
#68Victor6US #117
#69Vincent6US #110
#70Arnold5US #111
#71Calvin5US #122
#72Jerry5US #17
#73Leslie5US #135
#74Martin5US #87
#75Marvin5US #53
#76Melvin5US #54
#77Roland5US #124

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑62Jacqueline#30
↑57June#36
↑50Kathleen#31
↑45Marion#37
↑40Agnes#47
↑40Norman#27
↑34Rose#63
↑31Anita#57

Falling

↓55Norma#84
↓54Dolores#88
↓51Ethel#89
↓50Lorraine#93
↓45Evelyn#80
↓38Ellen#68
↓35Melvin#76
↓31Geraldine#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.