Popular baby names in Delaware, 1913

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1913 were Mary for girls (80 babies) and John for boys (74). Social Security records list 1,532 babies born in Delaware in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1913

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

Girls

Elizabeth: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Martha: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Catherine: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mildred: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Helen: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rose: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dorothy: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Edna: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Harry: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Paul: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Charles: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
William: 70 babies, 2.1× the national rate
James: 62 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Thomas: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Edward: 27 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	80	–	1
2	Helen	59	↑1	2
3	Dorothy	42	↓1	3
4	Elizabeth	42	–	8
5	Margaret	36	–	4
6	Mildred	32	↑1	6
7	Anna	24	↓1	7
8	Ruth	22	–	5
9	Rose	19	↑18	14
10	Catherine	18	–	22
11	Martha	18	↑34	28
12	Edna	15	↑11	18
13	Evelyn	14	↑16	12
14	Florence	14	↑7	13
15	Alice	13	↓6	11
16	Frances	13	↓5	9
17	Grace	13	new	25
18	Eleanor	12	↑16	34
19	Emma	12	new	38
20	Ethel	12	–	20
21	Myrtle	12	new	53
22	Jean	10	new	60
23	Lillian	10	↓8	16
24	Mabel	10	↑17	56
25	Marie	10	↓7	10
26	Beatrice	9	new	37
27	Doris	9	new	44
28	Elsie	9	↓14	40
29	Eva	9	new	50
30	Gertrude	9	↑5	33
31	Thelma	9	new	26
32	Agnes	8	↑14	41
33	Gladys	8	↓21	19
34	Irene	8	↓4	21
35	Sara	8	↓18	>100
36	Alma	7	new	64
37	Clara	7	↓4	36
38	Hazel	7	↓2	27
39	Josephine	7	–	24
40	Kathryn	7	new	66
41	Louise	7	↓19	17
42	Pauline	7	↓18	35
43	Theresa	7	new	97
44	Alberta	6	new	>100
45	Anne	6	↓32	57
46	Bertha	6	↑2	39
47	Edith	6	↓31	29
48	Hilda	6	new	>100
49	Laura	6	↑1	62
50	Sarah	6	↓31	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	74	–	1
2	William	70	–	2
3	James	62	↑1	3
4	Charles	42	↓1	7
5	Joseph	36	↑1	5
6	George	31	↓1	6
7	Edward	27	↑7	8
8	Robert	26	↓1	4
9	Harry	21	↓1	15
10	Paul	21	–	14
11	Thomas	21	↓2	10
12	Francis	16	↓1	30
13	Frank	16	↓1	9
14	Clarence	14	new	21
15	Howard	14	↑4	26
16	Samuel	14	new	36
17	Walter	12	↑4	11
18	Albert	11	↓3	16
19	Henry	11	↑13	12
20	Norman	11	–	57
21	Alfred	10	↑1	42
22	Woodrow	10	↑12	44
23	Anthony	9	↓10	38
24	Arthur	9	↑11	17
25	Carl	8	↑11	23
26	Elmer	8	new	45
27	Harold	8	↓1	13
28	Raymond	8	–	18
29	Willard	8	new	99
30	Andrew	7	new	47
31	Benjamin	7	↓2	70
32	David	7	↓14	29
33	Edwin	7	new	55
34	Frederick	7	↓9	49
35	Harvey	7	↑4	93
36	Ralph	7	↓20	22
37	Stanley	7	↓13	41
38	Lawrence	6	new	35
39	Earl	5	↓9	31
40	Eugene	5	new	43
41	Leroy	5	new	63
42	Lewis	5	new	72
43	Nicholas	5	new	>100
44	Richard	5	↓27	19

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