Popular baby names in Delaware, 1917

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1917 were Mary for girls (161 babies) and John for boys (157). Social Security records list 3,227 babies born in Delaware in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1917

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

Girls

Sara: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Catherine: 50 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elizabeth: 82 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Grace: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Pauline: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ann: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Anna: 51 babies, 2× the national rate
Eleanor: 26 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Russell: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Harry: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Clarence: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Frederick: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Samuel: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alfred: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joseph: 82 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	161	–	1
2	Helen	93	↑2	2
3	Margaret	83	–	4
4	Elizabeth	82	↑1	8
5	Dorothy	64	↓3	3
6	Anna	51	–	7
7	Catherine	50	↑7	18
8	Ruth	48	–	5
9	Mildred	47	↓2	6
10	Frances	38	↑1	9
11	Virginia	35	↑2	10
12	Florence	29	↓3	14
13	Grace	28	↑13	30
14	Edna	27	↑15	20
15	Alice	26	↓3	13
16	Eleanor	26	↓1	26
17	Pauline	26	↑2	33
18	Louise	25	↑17	19
19	Lillian	23	↑4	15
20	Marie	23	↓10	12
21	Evelyn	22	↓1	11
22	Josephine	20	–	21
23	Sara	20	↑5	>100
24	Ann	19	–	44
25	Ethel	19	↓8	24
26	Hazel	19	↑15	31
27	Irene	19	↓6	17
28	Rose	19	↓1	16
29	Doris	17	↑8	25
30	Elsie	16	↑1	50
31	Anne	15	↓15	53
32	Sarah	15	↓14	52
33	Bertha	14	new	51
34	Betty	14	new	34
35	Edith	14	↓10	28
36	Emma	14	↓4	46
37	Mabel	14	new	68
38	Jean	13	↓4	40
39	Marian	13	new	74
40	Thelma	13	↓4	32
41	Agnes	12	↓2	48
42	Beatrice	12	–	39
43	Esther	12	new	38
44	Gertrude	12	↓4	37
45	Janet	12	new	>100
46	Marguerite	12	new	78
47	Pearl	12	↓9	57
48	Blanche	11	new	91
49	Kathryn	11	↓2	60
50	Laura	11	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	John	157	↑1	1
2	William	131	↓1	2
3	James	94	–	3
4	Joseph	82	↑1	5
5	George	65	↑1	6
6	Charles	53	↓2	7
7	Robert	51	–	4
8	Edward	41	–	8
9	Harry	41	–	19
10	Thomas	38	↑2	10
11	Walter	35	↑3	11
12	Frank	33	↑8	9
13	Clarence	31	↑16	25
14	Francis	28	↓3	30
15	Albert	23	↑6	18
16	Paul	22	↓6	13
17	Samuel	19	–	42
18	Howard	18	↓5	26
19	Ralph	18	↑7	21
20	Alfred	17	↑4	43
21	Harold	17	↓5	12
22	Henry	17	↓7	15
23	Russell	17	new	52
24	Frederick	16	↑15	51
25	David	15	↑9	28
26	Raymond	15	↑24	16
27	Arthur	14	–	17
28	Harvey	14	↑19	90
29	Roland	13	new	>100
30	Theodore	13	new	63
31	Norman	12	–	46
32	Anthony	11	↓14	38
33	Earl	11	new	32
34	Lawrence	11	↑6	36
35	Richard	11	↓12	14
36	Benjamin	10	↓3	76
37	Elwood	10	↑8	>100
38	Herman	10	new	58
39	Lewis	10	↑2	70
40	Stanley	10	↓15	34
41	Everett	9	new	94
42	Leon	9	new	82
43	Leonard	9	↓7	41
44	Alexander	8	new	97
45	Elmer	8	new	45
46	Eugene	8	new	39
47	Michael	8	↑2	44
48	Oscar	8	new	87
49	Willard	8	↓17	80
50	Carl	7	↓22	24

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