State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,366 Delaware births in 1942 across 205 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#84Clarkoutside the national top 200
#89Wilburoutside the national top 200
#90Wilmeroutside the national top 200
#91Deborahoutside the national top 200
#92Henriettaoutside the national top 200
#93Hopeoutside the national top 200
#69Caroline#168 nationally
#54Benjamin#129 nationally
#69Glen#144 nationally
#71Roland#143 nationally
#65Calvin#136 nationally
#78Bertha#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary123US #1
#2Barbara122US #2
#3Patricia89US #3
#4Carol67US #5
#5Margaret56US #14
#6Joan53US #18
#7Nancy50US #8
#8Carolyn43US #10
#9Sandra42US #6
#10Betty41US #9
#11Elizabeth41US #22
#12Judith40US #7
#13Joyce39US #13
#14Dorothy36US #17
#15Ruth36US #33
#16Doris34US #41
#17Virginia32US #23
#18Susan31US #21
#19Marie30US #43
#20Geraldine29US #47
#21Linda28US #4
#22Janet26US #19
#23Shirley26US #12
#24Frances25US #30
#25Joanne24US #48
#26Phyllis24US #37
#27Alice23US #39
#28Jean23US #36
#29Anne22US #76
#30Helen22US #26
#31Catherine20US #49
#32Kathleen19US #24
#33Diane18US #28
#34Carole17US #35
#35Charlotte17US #51
#36Janice17US #25
#37Lois17US #44
#38Ann16US #38
#39Gloria16US #31
#40Beverly15US #32
#41Bonnie15US #34
#42Dolores15US #63
#43Eleanor15US #87
#44Sarah15US #67
#45Elaine14US #45
#46Ellen14US #64
#47Irene14US #80
#48Joann13US #58
#49Martha13US #29
#50Sally13US #56
#51Anna12US #59
#52Eileen12US #88
#53Evelyn12US #53
#54Jane12US #46
#55Thelma12US #121
#56Brenda11US #40
#57Gail11US #60
#58Jacqueline11US #69
#59Judy11US #15
#60Karen11US #16
#61Louise11US #61
#62Mildred11US #71
#63Sylvia11US #72
#64Diana10US #68
#65Donna10US #20
#66June10US #107
#67Pauline10US #112
#68Suzanne10US #103
#69Caroline9US #168
#70Constance9US #116
#71Edith9US #113
#72Kathryn9US #82
#73Kay9US #75
#74Marilyn9US #27
#75Patsy9US #57
#76Roberta9US #66
#77Sharon9US #11
#78Bertha8US #147
#79Christine8US #96
#80Clara8US #122
#81Connie8US #70
#82Grace8US #129
#83Lillian8US #111
#84Lorraine8US #91
#85Beatrice7US #146
#86Cynthia7US #101
#87Florence7US #110
#88Norma7US #52
#89Rose7US #50
#90Theresa7US #98
#91Deborah6
#92Henrietta6
#93Hope6
#94Julia6US #95
#95Katherine6US #81
#96Marion6US #130
#97Marjorie6US #74
#98Maureen6US #102
#99Peggy6US #42
#100Rebecca6US #85

Boys

#1John188US #3
#2William180US #4
#3Robert162US #2
#4James151US #1
#5Richard96US #5
#6Charles92US #7
#7David75US #6
#8Joseph75US #11
#9Thomas74US #8
#10George68US #14
#11Ronald57US #9
#12Edward47US #17
#13Michael46US #13
#14Donald43US #10
#15Francis35US #58
#16Paul35US #19
#17Wayne26US #41
#18Raymond25US #24
#19Harry24US #48
#20Frank22US #21
#21Kenneth22US #15
#22Walter22US #26
#23Eugene21US #45
#24Ralph21US #38
#25Lawrence20US #30
#26Peter20US #39
#27Samuel20US #59
#28Douglas19US #23
#29Henry19US #31
#30Howard19US #49
#31Frederick18US #68
#32Albert17US #40
#33Gerald17US #22
#34Arthur16US #29
#35Larry15US #12
#36Martin15US #85
#37Norman15US #53
#38Bruce14US #50
#39Earl14US #62
#40Louis14US #51
#41Anthony13US #44
#42Gary13US #18
#43Ernest12US #61
#44Fred12US #46
#45Harold12US #27
#46Dennis11US #20
#47Stanley11US #56
#48Carl10US #36
#49Jerry10US #16
#50Leonard10US #57
#51Clarence9US #67
#52Daniel9US #28
#53Philip9US #54
#54Benjamin8US #129
#55Bernard8US #90
#56Herbert8US #83
#57Leon8US #93
#58Mark8US #117
#59Melvin8US #60
#60Roger8US #25
#61Alan7US #81
#62Allen7US #71
#63Barry7US #79
#64Bill7US #65
#65Calvin7US #136
#66Clifford7US #95
#67Franklin7US #103
#68Gilbert7US #128
#69Glen7US #144
#70Gordon7US #92
#71Roland7US #143
#72Stephen7US #32
#73Vernon7US #114
#74Arnold6US #130
#75Glenn6US #88
#76Harvey6US #107
#77Herman6US #122
#78Jay6US #133
#79Leroy6US #69
#80Phillip6US #77
#81Terry6US #52
#82Alfred5US #76
#83Allan5US #124
#84Clark5
#85Leslie5US #127
#86Roy5US #42
#87Theodore5US #91
#88Victor5US #99
#89Wilbur5
#90Wilmer5

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑52Joann#48
↑47Diane#33
↑38Irene#47
↑38Douglas#28
↑37Ellen#46
↑37Thelma#55
↑37Martin#36
↑33Diana#64

Falling

↓46Alfred#82
↓42Norma#88
↓40Stephen#72
↓36Rebecca#100
↓33Grace#82
↓31Constance#70
↓29Peggy#99
↓28Leroy#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.