Popular baby names in Delaware, 1911

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1911 were Mary for girls (49 babies) and William for boys (36). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 796 babies born in Delaware in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1911

Names given at least 15 times in Delaware that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Elsie: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Catherine: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Mildred: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Elizabeth: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Margaret: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Helen: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Anna: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Edward: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joseph: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
George: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
William: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Charles: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 44 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	49	–	1
2	Helen	37	↑1	2
3	Mildred	31	↑7	8
4	Margaret	30	↓2	3
5	Elizabeth	24	↓1	7
6	Dorothy	20	–	4
7	Anna	19	↓2	6
8	Ruth	19	↑16	5
9	Catherine	18	↓1	20
10	Elsie	15	↑2	41
11	Florence	14	↑14	12
12	Alice	13	↓5	11
13	Ethel	13	–	15
14	Frances	13	↑16	10
15	Ida	13	↑1	45
16	Pauline	12	↑6	38
17	Edith	10	↑11	31
18	Marie	10	↓9	9
19	Clara	9	↓4	33
20	Edna	9	↓3	17
21	Agnes	8	↑5	39
22	Louise	8	↑16	19
23	Marian	8	new	>100
24	Pearl	8	↓1	48
25	Ann	7	↑2	53
26	Gladys	7	↑6	18
27	Grace	7	↑9	23
28	Irene	7	↓8	21
29	Thelma	7	↓11	27
30	Gertrude	6	↑1	30
31	Hazel	6	new	25
32	Jennie	6	new	85
33	Lillian	6	↓12	13
34	Rose	6	↑8	14
35	Virginia	6	↓1	26
36	Beatrice	5	↓25	37
37	Emma	5	↓8	35
38	Esther	5	new	34
39	Eva	5	new	46
40	Josephine	5	new	29
41	Martha	5	↓1	28
42	Sara	5	new	>100
43	Sarah	5	new	42
44	Theresa	5	new	100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	William	36	–	2
2	John	25	↑1	1
3	George	24	↑3	4
4	Joseph	24	–	6
5	James	19	↓3	3
6	Charles	18	↓1	7
7	Edward	18	↑5	9
8	Robert	14	↑1	5
9	Harry	11	↑4	13
10	Frank	9	↓3	8
11	Ralph	9	new	24
12	Thomas	9	↓4	10
13	Francis	8	↑3	33
14	Howard	7	–	28
15	Paul	7	new	17
16	Albert	6	↓5	15
17	Raymond	6	new	19
18	Andrew	5	new	42
19	Clifford	5	new	62
20	Henry	5	new	11
21	Richard	5	new	20

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