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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,199 Delaware births in 1939 across 172 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#65Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#73Otis#185 nationally
#63Delbert#174 nationally
#42Jay#142 nationally
#48Elsie#140 nationally
#67Paula#159 nationally
#93Maryann#167 nationally
#77Willard#147 nationally
#54Constance#123 nationally
#60Benjamin#124 nationally
#62Calvin#126 nationally
#42Gladys#104 nationally

Girls

#1Mary98US #1
#2Barbara82US #2
#3Patricia68US #3
#4Joyce48US #12
#5Dorothy46US #9
#6Margaret45US #10
#7Shirley40US #5
#8Nancy39US #7
#9Betty37US #4
#10Carol34US #6
#11Joan34US #11
#12Elizabeth33US #18
#13Janet33US #17
#14Doris30US #29
#15Ruth29US #22
#16Ann28US #33
#17Virginia28US #21
#18Phyllis26US #30
#19Joanne25US #53
#20Carolyn24US #14
#21Helen24US #16
#22Frances22US #26
#23Sandra22US #13
#24Judith19US #8
#25Catherine18US #49
#26Alice17US #31
#27Janice17US #24
#28Beverly16US #25
#29Geraldine16US #41
#30Elaine15US #45
#31Eleanor14US #63
#32Lois14US #35
#33Marie14US #37
#34Martha14US #27
#35Jane13US #46
#36Anna12US #43
#37Dolores12US #58
#38Jean12US #32
#39Julia12US #91
#40Louise12US #59
#41Edna11US #81
#42Gladys11US #104
#43Kathleen11US #48
#44Mildred11US #55
#45Norma11US #38
#46Susan11US #44
#47Charlotte10US #66
#48Elsie10US #140
#49Jacqueline10US #72
#50Loretta10US #65
#51Lorraine10US #95
#52Sarah10US #68
#53Yvonne10US #90
#54Constance9US #123
#55Ellen9US #80
#56Grace9US #108
#57Judy9US #28
#58Rose9US #42
#59Patsy8US #56
#60Annette7US #121
#61Delores7US #79
#62Edith7US #102
#63Evelyn7US #40
#64Irene7US #74
#65Joann7US #57
#66Josephine7US #84
#67Paula7US #159
#68Peggy7US #34
#69Bernice6US #116
#70Carole6US #47
#71Clara6US #103
#72Diane6US #51
#73Esther6US #117
#74Florence6US #96
#75Gail6US #73
#76Katherine6US #101
#77Kathryn6US #106
#78Kay6US #76
#79Lillian6US #99
#80Marion6US #120
#81Marjorie6US #60
#82Pauline6US #105
#83Rita6US #78
#84Rosalie6US #114
#85Sally6US #52
#86Sara6US #127
#87Sylvia6US #62
#88Thelma6US #88
#89Gloria5US #36
#90Ida5US #145
#91June5US #83
#92Marlene5US #64
#93Maryann5US #167
#94Sharon5US #23
#95Theresa5US #94

Boys

#1John148US #3
#2Robert130US #1
#3William123US #4
#4James110US #2
#5Charles87US #6
#6Richard69US #5
#7David62US #7
#8Joseph62US #12
#9George55US #11
#10Thomas45US #9
#11Ronald44US #10
#12Edward40US #15
#13Donald36US #8
#14Francis30US #53
#15Paul26US #17
#16Harry25US #45
#17Kenneth24US #13
#18Walter23US #25
#19Michael20US #18
#20Wayne19US #39
#21Daniel18US #38
#22Gerald17US #19
#23Howard17US #47
#24Lawrence15US #36
#25Raymond15US #22
#26Frank14US #20
#27Albert13US #41
#28Harold13US #23
#29Alfred12US #70
#30Carl12US #30
#31Clarence12US #60
#32Eugene12US #37
#33Larry12US #14
#34Louis12US #49
#35Arthur11US #32
#36Henry10US #31
#37Roger10US #28
#38Samuel10US #63
#39Anthony9US #48
#40Earl9US #50
#41Clifford8US #88
#42Jay8US #142
#43Leroy8US #61
#44Ralph8US #35
#45Allen7US #72
#46Edwin7US #96
#47Harvey7US #102
#48Herbert7US #68
#49Jerome7US #93
#50Leonard7US #54
#51Norman7US #44
#52Russell7US #73
#53Alvin6US #103
#54Bernard6US #76
#55Fred6US #40
#56Stanley6US #57
#57Theodore6US #90
#58Vincent6US #110
#59Andrew5US #84
#60Benjamin5US #124
#61Bruce5US #64
#62Calvin5US #126
#63Delbert5US #174
#64Dennis5US #34
#65Elwood5
#66Floyd5US #94
#67Frederick5US #71
#68Gary5US #21
#69Gilbert5US #115
#70Jack5US #26
#71Jerry5US #16
#72Lester5US #116
#73Otis5US #185
#74Philip5US #66
#75Rodney5US #122
#76Roy5US #42
#77Willard5US #147

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑51Dolores#37
↑42Lorraine#51
↑41Geraldine#29
↑39Norma#45
↑31Mildred#44
↑26Ann#16
↑26Joann#65
↑26Daniel#21

Falling

↓55June#91
↓46Marlene#92
↓43Marion#80
↓43Rosalie#84
↓42Pauline#82
↓32Sylvia#87
↓32Thelma#88
↓31Jack#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.