Popular baby names in Delaware, 1914

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1914 were Mary for girls (101 babies) and William for boys (102). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,065 babies born in Delaware in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1914

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

Girls

Grace: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Pauline: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ida: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elizabeth: 49 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Margaret: 67 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Catherine: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Edith: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Clara: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Ernest: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Samuel: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Francis: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
William: 102 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Charles: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Harry: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	101	–	1
2	Margaret	67	↑3	4
3	Helen	62	↓1	2
4	Elizabeth	49	–	8
5	Dorothy	46	↓2	3
6	Ruth	40	↑2	5
7	Anna	33	–	6
8	Grace	31	↑9	25
9	Mildred	29	↓3	7
10	Catherine	24	–	18
11	Frances	22	↑5	9
12	Florence	21	↑2	13
13	Marie	21	↑12	10
14	Pauline	21	↑28	34
15	Lillian	20	↑8	16
16	Edith	19	↑31	31
17	Rose	19	↓8	15
18	Alice	16	↓3	12
19	Eleanor	16	↓1	28
20	Ida	16	new	49
21	Virginia	16	new	14
22	Clara	15	↑15	37
23	Ethel	15	↓3	21
24	Edna	14	↓12	19
25	Blanche	13	new	80
26	Elsie	13	↑2	46
27	Emma	13	↓8	39
28	Hazel	13	↑10	29
29	Ann	12	new	40
30	Beatrice	12	↓4	38
31	Nellie	12	new	61
32	Anne	11	↑13	53
33	Gladys	11	–	20
34	Hilda	11	↑14	>100
35	Jane	11	new	71
36	Julia	11	new	42
37	Myrtle	11	↓16	60
38	Esther	10	new	35
39	Jennie	10	new	77
40	Louise	10	↑1	17
41	Mabel	10	↓17	58
42	Sarah	10	↑8	47
43	Thelma	10	↓12	26
44	Evelyn	9	↓31	11
45	Gertrude	9	↓15	32
46	Marguerite	9	new	84
47	Martha	9	↓36	27
48	Irene	8	↓14	22
49	Jean	8	↓27	54
50	Josephine	8	↓11	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	William	102	↑1	2
2	John	89	↓1	1
3	James	65	–	3
4	Charles	52	–	7
5	George	46	↑1	6
6	Joseph	39	↓1	5
7	Edward	33	–	8
8	Robert	28	–	4
9	Thomas	23	↑2	11
10	Ernest	21	new	38
11	Frank	21	↑2	9
12	Harry	19	↓3	19
13	Francis	18	↓1	31
14	Samuel	18	↑2	36
15	Walter	17	↑2	10
16	Anthony	14	↑7	37
17	Howard	14	↓2	26
18	Paul	14	↓8	13
19	Henry	13	–	12
20	Ralph	12	↑16	21
21	Richard	12	↑23	17
22	Albert	11	↓4	15
23	Alfred	11	↓2	41
24	Harold	11	↑3	14
25	Raymond	11	↑3	16
26	Clarence	10	↓12	22
27	Herman	10	new	51
28	Herbert	9	new	42
29	Michael	8	new	40
30	Stephen	8	new	80
31	Arthur	7	↓7	18
32	David	7	–	29
33	Eugene	7	↑7	43
34	Norman	7	↓14	54
35	Wilson	7	new	>100
36	Donald	6	new	23
37	Edwin	6	↓4	53
38	Elwood	6	new	>100
39	Fred	6	new	28
40	Leonard	6	new	45
41	Louis	6	new	20
42	Roland	6	new	>100
43	Elmer	5	↓17	46
44	Gilbert	5	new	>100
45	Jesse	5	new	82
46	Lawrence	5	↓8	35
47	Leon	5	new	85
48	Nicholas	5	↓5	>100
49	Philip	5	new	68
50	Russell	5	new	49

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