Popular baby names in Delaware, 1912

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1912 were Mary for girls (77 babies) and John for boys (79). Social Security records list 1,361 babies born in Delaware in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1912

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

Girls

Anne: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Elsie: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Elizabeth: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dorothy: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Catherine: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alice: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Anna: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mildred: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gladys: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Harry: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Charles: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
John: 79 babies, 2.3× the national rate
George: 35 babies, 2.1× the national rate
William: 55 babies, 2× the national rate
Thomas: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	77	–	1
2	Dorothy	47	↑4	3
3	Helen	37	↓1	2
4	Elizabeth	36	↑1	8
5	Margaret	30	↓1	4
6	Anna	29	↑1	7
7	Mildred	27	↓4	6
8	Ruth	24	–	5
9	Alice	22	↑3	11
10	Catherine	17	↓1	21
11	Frances	17	↑3	9
12	Gladys	16	↑14	19
13	Anne	15	new	58
14	Elsie	15	↓4	42
15	Lillian	15	↑18	14
16	Edith	14	↑1	31
17	Sara	14	↑25	>100
18	Marie	13	–	10
19	Sarah	13	↑24	41
20	Ethel	12	↓7	18
21	Florence	12	↓10	12
22	Louise	12	–	17
23	Edna	11	↓3	16
24	Pauline	10	↓8	38
25	Pearl	10	↓1	54
26	Julia	9	new	44
27	Rose	9	↑7	15
28	Virginia	9	↑7	20
29	Evelyn	8	new	13
30	Irene	8	↓2	22
31	Betty	7	new	66
32	Blanche	7	new	75
33	Clara	7	↓14	34
34	Eleanor	7	new	39
35	Gertrude	7	↓5	30
36	Hazel	7	↓5	25
37	Ida	7	↓22	45
38	Jane	7	new	89
39	Josephine	7	↑1	28
40	Katherine	7	new	53
41	Mabel	7	new	46
42	Marguerite	7	new	79
43	Marion	7	new	55
44	Marjorie	7	new	56
45	Martha	7	↓4	29
46	Agnes	6	↓25	40
47	Ann	6	↓22	47
48	Bertha	6	new	36
49	Ellen	6	new	86
50	Laura	6	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	79	↑1	1
2	William	55	↓1	2
3	Charles	41	↑3	7
4	James	41	↑1	3
5	George	35	↓2	6
6	Joseph	25	↓2	5
7	Robert	25	↑1	4
8	Harry	22	↑1	16
9	Thomas	17	↑3	10
10	Paul	14	↑5	14
11	Francis	13	↑2	35
12	Frank	13	↓2	9
13	Anthony	12	new	37
14	Edward	11	↓7	8
15	Albert	10	↑1	17
16	Ralph	10	↓5	23
17	Richard	10	↑4	19
18	David	9	new	29
19	Howard	9	↓5	25
20	Norman	9	new	61
21	Walter	9	new	11
22	Alfred	8	new	40
23	Fred	8	new	26
24	Stanley	8	new	43
25	Frederick	7	new	51
26	Harold	7	new	13
27	Louis	7	new	20
28	Raymond	7	↓11	18
29	Benjamin	6	new	67
30	Earl	6	new	34
31	Ernest	6	new	32
32	Henry	6	↓12	12
33	Stephen	6	new	88
34	Woodrow	6	new	46
35	Arthur	5	new	15
36	Carl	5	new	24
37	Curtis	5	new	>100
38	Daniel	5	new	53
39	Harvey	5	new	91
40	Jesse	5	new	74
41	Leon	5	new	79
42	Marshall	5	new	>100

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