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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,417 Delaware births in 1940 across 174 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#80Marianneoutside the national top 200
#82Alberta#195 nationally
#75Nelson#182 nationally
#68Edgar#164 nationally
#81Agnes#170 nationally
#53Eileen#125 nationally
#57Benjamin#128 nationally
#51Victor#120 nationally
#72Rosalie#139 nationally
#77Roland#141 nationally
#92Maryann#156 nationally
#79Marian#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary115US #1
#2Barbara81US #2
#3Patricia80US #3
#4Margaret50US #11
#5Joyce49US #13
#6Nancy46US #7
#7Joan42US #14
#8Dorothy38US #12
#9Elizabeth34US #20
#10Betty33US #5
#11Carolyn32US #15
#12Shirley30US #9
#13Carol29US #6
#14Virginia28US #21
#15Janet26US #19
#16Jean26US #29
#17Judith26US #4
#18Sandra25US #10
#19Doris24US #31
#20Ruth24US #24
#21Ann23US #35
#22Charlotte23US #55
#23Joanne23US #54
#24Marie22US #41
#25Geraldine21US #46
#26Phyllis20US #33
#27Frances18US #28
#28Helen18US #18
#29Jane18US #47
#30Catherine17US #53
#31Kathleen17US #40
#32Lois17US #38
#33Alice16US #32
#34Beverly14US #27
#35Anna13US #51
#36Eleanor13US #68
#37Janice13US #22
#38Linda13US #8
#39Rose13US #44
#40Susan13US #36
#41Diane12US #45
#42Gloria12US #30
#43Norma12US #43
#44Brenda11US #42
#45Dolores11US #67
#46Evelyn11US #48
#47Carole10US #49
#48Elaine10US #50
#49Sarah10US #60
#50Thelma10US #101
#51Arlene9US #75
#52Clara9US #111
#53Eileen9US #125
#54Florence9US #100
#55Irene9US #73
#56Judy9US #16
#57Marjorie9US #64
#58Patsy9US #57
#59Peggy9US #37
#60Ellen8US #74
#61Emma8US #94
#62Jacqueline8US #76
#63Louise8US #59
#64Marlene8US #80
#65Mildred8US #58
#66Suzanne8US #109
#67Ethel7US #106
#68Gail7US #65
#69Kay7US #77
#70Loretta7US #69
#71Lorraine7US #95
#72Rosalie7US #139
#73Delores6US #83
#74Esther6US #131
#75Grace6US #105
#76June6US #82
#77Kathryn6US #103
#78Lillian6US #97
#79Marian6US #142
#80Marianne6
#81Agnes5US #170
#82Alberta5US #195
#83Anne5US #84
#84Audrey5US #99
#85Bonnie5US #39
#86Constance5US #124
#87Donna5US #23
#88Edith5US #98
#89Gladys5US #116
#90Jeanne5US #129
#91Laura5US #108
#92Maryann5US #156
#93Rebecca5US #96
#94Roberta5US #71
#95Yvonne5US #110

Boys

#1William142US #4
#2Robert137US #2
#3John128US #3
#4James124US #1
#5Charles85US #6
#6Richard84US #5
#7Joseph67US #12
#8George59US #11
#9Thomas55US #8
#10Donald47US #9
#11Ronald47US #10
#12David41US #7
#13Raymond34US #22
#14Edward31US #16
#15Kenneth29US #15
#16Harry28US #47
#17Frank27US #20
#18Paul27US #17
#19Francis25US #61
#20Walter25US #25
#21Daniel23US #34
#22Michael23US #18
#23Lawrence22US #36
#24Henry19US #31
#25Louis17US #50
#26Ralph17US #37
#27Anthony16US #46
#28Eugene16US #38
#29Howard16US #45
#30Albert15US #41
#31Norman15US #48
#32Harold14US #23
#33Wayne14US #39
#34Jack13US #29
#35Peter13US #43
#36Carl12US #32
#37Ernest12US #58
#38Roger12US #26
#39Gene11US #70
#40Gerald11US #21
#41Stephen11US #49
#42Arthur10US #33
#43Clarence10US #64
#44Harvey10US #98
#45Franklin9US #87
#46Fred9US #40
#47Frederick9US #68
#48Larry9US #13
#49Samuel9US #65
#50Theodore9US #90
#51Victor9US #120
#52Alfred8US #69
#53Alvin8US #106
#54Andrew8US #84
#55Jerry8US #14
#56Allen7US #71
#57Benjamin7US #128
#58Clifford7US #94
#59Earl7US #52
#60Bruce6US #55
#61Gary6US #19
#62Herbert6US #75
#63Lee6US #80
#64Lewis6US #107
#65Stanley6US #59
#66Barry5US #109
#67Dale5US #57
#68Edgar5US #164
#69Edwin5US #96
#70Jerome5US #95
#71Jon5US #123
#72Leonard5US #54
#73Marvin5US #63
#74Melvin5US #53
#75Nelson5US #182
#76Philip5US #60
#77Roland5US #141
#78Roy5US #42
#79Timothy5US #135

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑47Gloria#42
↑38Thelma#50
↑36Jack#34
↑31Diane#41
↑28Marlene#64
↑25Charlotte#22
↑24Marjorie#57
↑23Carole#47

Falling

↓47Gladys#89
↓42Yvonne#95
↓32Constance#86
↓26Edith#88
↓23Louise#63
↓23Alfred#52
↓23Edwin#69
↓22Leonard#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.