State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,886 Delaware births in 1943 across 229 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#86Prestonoutside the national top 200
#93Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#98Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#100Betsyoutside the national top 200
#52Roland#150 nationally
#77Edgar#168 nationally
#94Everett#174 nationally
#51Grace#130 nationally
#87Ida#162 nationally
#54Thelma#127 nationally
#75Eva#148 nationally
#96Rosalie#167 nationally

Girls

#1Mary133US #1
#2Barbara130US #2
#3Patricia91US #3
#4Margaret68US #14
#5Nancy61US #9
#6Joyce52US #16
#7Sandra51US #6
#8Elizabeth50US #23
#9Carol49US #5
#10Ruth47US #33
#11Judith46US #7
#12Joan43US #21
#13Linda42US #4
#14Virginia41US #25
#15Carolyn35US #11
#16Shirley34US #12
#17Susan33US #18
#18Dorothy32US #19
#19Betty30US #10
#20Joanne30US #49
#21Doris29US #40
#22Janet27US #20
#23Catherine26US #48
#24Helen26US #28
#25Diane25US #24
#26Donna23US #17
#27Frances23US #31
#28Beverly22US #32
#29Ann21US #37
#30Bonnie21US #34
#31Charlotte21US #47
#32Kathleen21US #22
#33Sharon21US #8
#34Alice20US #38
#35Anne19US #80
#36Jean19US #36
#37Marie19US #45
#38Carole18US #42
#39Jacqueline18US #65
#40Phyllis18US #39
#41Constance17US #109
#42Jane17US #44
#43Janice17US #26
#44Roberta16US #66
#45Josephine15US #108
#46Judy15US #13
#47Eileen14US #68
#48Elaine14US #46
#49Joann14US #60
#50Louise14US #70
#51Grace13US #130
#52Karen13US #15
#53Rose13US #50
#54Thelma13US #127
#55Anna12US #64
#56Delores12US #99
#57Eleanor12US #107
#58Ellen12US #67
#59Evelyn12US #53
#60Gloria12US #30
#61Kathryn12US #75
#62Lois12US #43
#63Marjorie12US #79
#64Martha12US #29
#65Peggy12US #41
#66Suzanne12US #86
#67Gail11US #55
#68Marilyn11US #27
#69Lorraine10US #94
#70Norma10US #58
#71Rebecca10US #87
#72Sylvia10US #77
#73Dolores9US #74
#74Emma9US #114
#75Eva9US #148
#76Florence9US #124
#77Geraldine9US #51
#78Katherine9US #78
#79Marcia9US #96
#80Marlene9US #104
#81Mildred9US #76
#82Sarah9US #71
#83Brenda8US #35
#84Christine8US #84
#85Edna8US #106
#86Esther8US #151
#87Ida8US #162
#88Juanita8US #91
#89Lucille8US #125
#90Arlene7US #90
#91Beatrice7US #152
#92Dianne7US #88
#93Edith7US #118
#94Jo7US #63
#95Paula7US #93
#96Rosalie7US #167
#97Sally7US #57
#98Victoria7US #164
#99Bertha6US #150
#100Betsy6

Boys

#1William206US #4
#2John204US #3
#3Robert174US #2
#4James173US #1
#5Charles95US #7
#6Joseph95US #13
#7Richard95US #5
#8Thomas85US #8
#9Ronald84US #9
#10David72US #6
#11Edward62US #18
#12George60US #14
#13Donald57US #11
#14Paul50US #19
#15Kenneth41US #15
#16Francis34US #64
#17Frank34US #21
#18Michael34US #10
#19Raymond29US #22
#20Harry26US #50
#21Walter24US #26
#22Gerald23US #23
#23Howard22US #48
#24Wayne22US #41
#25Arthur21US #30
#26Daniel21US #25
#27Norman20US #56
#28Eugene19US #47
#29Henry19US #31
#30Ralph19US #40
#31Albert18US #43
#32Anthony18US #44
#33Louis17US #53
#34Dennis16US #20
#35Larry16US #12
#36Earl15US #60
#37Gary15US #16
#38Harold15US #27
#39Philip15US #57
#40Stephen15US #29
#41Douglas14US #28
#42Samuel13US #62
#43Allen12US #76
#44Ernest12US #61
#45Jack12US #34
#46Jerry12US #17
#47Lawrence12US #32
#48Leonard12US #55
#49Alfred11US #78
#50Alvin11US #113
#51Carl11US #33
#52Roland11US #150
#53Bruce10US #51
#54Frederick10US #70
#55Martin10US #83
#56Melvin10US #63
#57Roger10US #24
#58Roy10US #38
#59Steven10US #58
#60Terry10US #49
#61Andrew9US #79
#62Benjamin9US #130
#63Clarence9US #68
#64Harvey9US #111
#65Stanley9US #54
#66Herbert8US #86
#67Lee8US #91
#68Lewis8US #115
#69Peter8US #39
#70Phillip8US #81
#71Ronnie8US #71
#72Bernard7US #92
#73Fred7US #45
#74Joe7US #35
#75Vincent7US #106
#76Barry6US #82
#77Edgar6US #168
#78Edwin6US #107
#79Franklin6US #119
#80Glenn6US #85
#81Jimmy6US #42
#82Jon6US #127
#83Leon6US #103
#84Leroy6US #74
#85Mark6US #101
#86Preston6
#87Russell6US #73
#88Theodore6US #96
#89Alan5US #67
#90Allan5US #136
#91Calvin5US #126
#92Clifford5US #94
#93Elwood5
#94Everett5US #174
#95Jay5US #134
#96Lester5US #125
#97Milton5US #141
#98Nelson5
#99Victor5US #97
#100Warren5US #102

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑44Sharon#33
↑39Donna#26
↑36Rose#53
↑34Marjorie#63
↑34Peggy#65
↑33Alfred#49
↑32Roberta#44
↑32Stephen#40

Falling

↓57Geraldine#77
↓47Sally#97
↓43Peter#69
↓38Sarah#82
↓31Dolores#73
↓29Fred#73
↓28Alan#89
↓27Brenda#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.