Popular baby names in Delaware, 1923

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1923 were Mary for girls (149 babies) and William for boys (158). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,277 babies born in Delaware in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1923

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: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jane: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Elizabeth: 76 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Anne: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Audrey: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gertrude: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Agnes: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Eleanor: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Thelma: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Anna: 44 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 41 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Samuel: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Harry: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Howard: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Anthony: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Walter: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
William: 158 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Charles: 86 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joseph: 73 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	149	–	1
2	Dorothy	85	–	2
3	Helen	85	–	3
4	Elizabeth	76	–	9
5	Margaret	72	–	4
6	Betty	49	↑2	5
7	Ruth	49	↓1	6
8	Anna	44	↓1	13
9	Mildred	42	↑2	8
10	Doris	38	–	11
11	Marie	36	↑3	14
12	Frances	34	↓3	10
13	Eleanor	30	–	28
14	Catherine	28	↑1	24
15	Virginia	28	↓3	7
16	Thelma	27	↑15	31
17	Jane	26	↑15	55
18	Elsie	25	↑17	61
19	Evelyn	24	↓2	12
20	Florence	24	↓4	18
21	Irene	24	↓3	17
22	Lillian	24	↓3	20
23	Louise	23	↑6	22
24	Jean	22	↑1	19
25	Alice	21	↓3	15
26	Edith	20	↓2	36
27	Gertrude	20	new	59
28	Ethel	19	↑11	38
29	Pauline	19	↓3	37
30	Anne	18	↓3	71
31	Agnes	17	↑3	63
32	Esther	17	↑18	47
33	Grace	17	↓12	39
34	Gladys	16	↓6	29
35	Rose	16	↓15	23
36	Sarah	16	↓6	54
37	Audrey	15	new	85
38	Phyllis	15	new	45
39	Edna	13	↓6	32
40	Marion	13	new	44
41	Marjorie	13	–	16
42	Beatrice	12	↓4	46
43	Hazel	12	new	40
44	Emily	11	new	>100
45	Hilda	11	↑2	>100
46	Kathryn	11	new	72
47	Mabel	11	new	>100
48	Ann	10	↓25	52
49	Emma	10	new	53
50	Katherine	10	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	William	158	–	3
2	John	123	–	1
3	James	87	–	4
4	Charles	86	–	5
5	Robert	83	↑1	2
6	Joseph	73	↑1	7
7	George	58	↓2	6
8	Edward	52	–	8
9	Francis	41	↑5	34
10	Walter	39	–	16
11	Thomas	35	↑2	12
12	Harry	33	–	22
13	Paul	32	↓4	14
14	Frank	28	↓3	11
15	Howard	25	↑6	26
16	Raymond	24	↑6	15
17	Richard	24	↓2	9
18	Samuel	22	↑19	45
19	Henry	19	↓3	18
20	Anthony	17	↑4	39
21	Donald	17	↓1	10
22	Ralph	15	↓4	23
23	Albert	14	↓6	20
24	Alfred	14	↓1	42
25	Arthur	14	↓6	19
26	Clarence	14	↑7	29
27	Harold	14	–	13
28	David	12	↓3	24
29	Louis	12	↑7	27
30	Stanley	12	↓1	41
31	Ernest	11	new	38
32	Leonard	11	↑3	37
33	Calvin	10	new	82
34	Fred	10	new	33
35	Kenneth	10	↑14	21
36	Lawrence	10	↓5	36
37	Leon	10	new	77
38	Willard	10	new	92
39	Alvin	9	new	73
40	Franklin	9	new	>100
41	Herbert	9	↑4	40
42	Martin	9	new	80
43	Theodore	9	new	62
44	Daniel	8	↓5	47
45	Earl	8	↓15	31
46	Frederick	8	↓18	60
47	Leroy	8	new	55
48	Roland	8	new	>100
49	Andrew	7	new	53
50	Benjamin	7	new	86

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