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Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,915 Delaware births in 1941 across 199 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#49Horace#193 nationally
#63Prestonoutside the national top 200
#76Carltonoutside the national top 200
#82Sylvesteroutside the national top 200
#79Nelson#186 nationally
#68Harriet#158 nationally
#53Jay#137 nationally
#75Willard#159 nationally
#63Marian#142 nationally
#39Constance#114 nationally
#49Grace#123 nationally
#74Roland#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary111US #1
#2Barbara105US #2
#3Patricia83US #3
#4Margaret74US #12
#5Joan51US #17
#6Nancy51US #8
#7Carol47US #4
#8Joyce47US #13
#9Sandra45US #9
#10Judith39US #6
#11Elizabeth36US #21
#12Janet36US #18
#13Carolyn34US #11
#14Doris27US #38
#15Betty26US #7
#16Dorothy26US #14
#17Helen26US #24
#18Joanne26US #54
#19Jean25US #32
#20Ruth25US #28
#21Frances24US #31
#22Phyllis24US #35
#23Shirley24US #10
#24Virginia24US #23
#25Beverly23US #29
#26Marie23US #42
#27Janice21US #22
#28Linda21US #5
#29Martha21US #25
#30Sarah21US #60
#31Alice20US #34
#32Bonnie20US #33
#33Ann19US #37
#34Geraldine19US #45
#35Elaine18US #44
#36Anne17US #82
#37Charlotte17US #55
#38Lois17US #43
#39Constance16US #114
#40Susan16US #27
#41Catherine15US #51
#42Gloria14US #26
#43Judy14US #16
#44Kathleen14US #36
#45Mildred14US #64
#46Norma13US #47
#47Anna12US #56
#48Eleanor12US #78
#49Grace12US #123
#50Marlene12US #83
#51Sharon12US #15
#52Arlene11US #77
#53Brenda11US #41
#54Dolores11US #57
#55Jacqueline11US #73
#56Josephine11US #92
#57Karen11US #19
#58Kay11US #70
#59Pauline11US #109
#60Carole10US #48
#61Ethel10US #116
#62June10US #90
#63Marian10US #142
#64Rebecca10US #86
#65Sylvia10US #65
#66Audrey9US #117
#67Edith9US #103
#68Harriet9US #158
#69Lillian9US #104
#70Peggy9US #39
#71Clara8US #111
#72Evelyn8US #50
#73Jane8US #46
#74Kathryn8US #87
#75Laura8US #115
#76Louise8US #62
#77Sally8US #61
#78Theresa8US #95
#79Delores7US #80
#80Diane7US #40
#81Edna7US #89
#82Eileen7US #121
#83Ellen7US #67
#84Florence7US #107
#85Irene7US #74
#86Jeanette7US #98
#87Jo7US #66
#88Lorraine7US #93
#89Rose7US #49
#90Sara7US #124
#91Suzanne7US #97
#92Thelma7US #108
#93Vivian7US #113
#94Anita6US #91
#95Bernice6US #133
#96Christine6US #101
#97Diana6US #100
#98Ella6US #141
#99Emily6US #162
#100Joann6US #58

Boys

#1John164US #3
#2Robert146US #2
#3William134US #4
#4James126US #1
#5Richard87US #5
#6Charles78US #6
#7George74US #13
#8Thomas62US #8
#9David55US #7
#10Joseph55US #12
#11Ronald50US #9
#12Donald45US #10
#13Edward44US #17
#14Paul36US #18
#15Harry33US #48
#16Francis26US #60
#17Michael25US #16
#18Kenneth23US #15
#19Wayne23US #37
#20Anthony21US #46
#21Howard18US #47
#22Frank17US #21
#23Henry17US #28
#24Louis17US #50
#25Raymond17US #22
#26Walter17US #26
#27Albert16US #40
#28Arthur16US #33
#29Harold16US #24
#30Larry16US #11
#31Ralph16US #38
#32Stephen16US #41
#33Norman15US #49
#34Daniel14US #31
#35Lawrence14US #34
#36Alfred13US #74
#37Gerald13US #20
#38Bernard12US #87
#39Fred12US #43
#40Frederick12US #69
#41Peter12US #44
#42Bruce11US #51
#43Gary11US #19
#44Philip11US #52
#45Samuel11US #65
#46Carl10US #29
#47Clarence10US #62
#48Franklin10US #98
#49Horace10US #193
#50Jerry10US #14
#51Leroy10US #67
#52Eugene9US #42
#53Jay9US #137
#54Roger9US #25
#55Stanley9US #57
#56Allen8US #73
#57Earl8US #58
#58Gene8US #72
#59Herbert8US #76
#60Jack8US #32
#61Alvin7US #107
#62Benjamin7US #124
#63Preston7
#64Roy7US #39
#65Russell7US #75
#66Douglas6US #53
#67Ernest6US #61
#68Glenn6US #86
#69Harvey6US #106
#70Leonard6US #54
#71Lewis6US #109
#72Mark6US #122
#73Martin6US #85
#74Roland6US #144
#75Willard6US #159
#76Carlton5
#77Clifford5US #94
#78Melvin5US #56
#79Nelson5US #186
#80Rodney5US #127
#81Ronnie5US #79
#82Sylvester5
#83Theodore5US #95

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑53Bonnie#32
↑47Anne#36
↑47Constance#39
↑32Philip#44
↑29Rebecca#64
↑26Grace#49
↑21Edith#67
↑20Mildred#45

Falling

↓50Rose#89
↓44Jane#73
↓42Thelma#92
↓39Diane#80
↓33Theodore#83
↓30Florence#84
↓30Irene#85
↓30Ernest#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.