Popular baby names in Delaware, 1927

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1927 were Mary for girls (120 babies) and William for boys (148). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,001 babies born in Delaware in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1927

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

Girls

Charlotte: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Elizabeth: 57 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Edith: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Grace: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Anna: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jane: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beatrice: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Catherine: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ann: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ethel: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Anthony: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Samuel: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Harry: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Howard: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alfred: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Norman: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
William: 148 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Charles: 83 babies, 2× the national rate
Joseph: 61 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	120	–	1
2	Dorothy	69	↑5	2
3	Betty	62	↓1	3
4	Elizabeth	57	–	13
5	Margaret	51	↓2	5
6	Helen	45	–	4
7	Ruth	44	↑1	6
8	Anna	43	↑4	16
9	Doris	43	↓4	7
10	Frances	34	↑5	12
11	Mildred	31	↑8	11
12	Jean	30	↓1	14
13	Alice	28	↓3	17
14	Marie	27	↓5	20
15	Catherine	24	↑2	31
16	Virginia	24	–	8
17	Edith	22	↑25	48
18	Charlotte	21	new	75
19	Grace	21	↑5	50
20	Florence	19	↓6	28
21	Barbara	18	↑1	10
22	Jane	17	↑14	60
23	Eleanor	16	↓10	33
24	Pauline	16	↑4	42
25	Ann	15	↓4	59
26	Beatrice	15	↑15	67
27	Ethel	15	↑10	47
28	Evelyn	15	↓10	15
29	Irene	15	↑2	21
30	Thelma	15	↓1	38
31	Hazel	14	↑18	53
32	Lillian	14	↑11	32
33	Marian	14	↑5	74
34	Rose	14	new	23
35	Edna	13	↓5	40
36	Louise	13	↓10	27
37	Phyllis	13	↑9	29
38	Ellen	12	new	93
39	Gladys	12	↓4	37
40	Nancy	12	↑5	56
41	Norma	12	new	26
42	Theresa	12	new	52
43	Agnes	11	↓16	81
44	Anne	11	↓12	92
45	Bernice	11	new	49
46	Clara	11	new	63
47	Marjorie	11	↓3	25
48	Patricia	11	new	18
49	Sarah	11	↓15	61
50	Shirley	11	new	9

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	William	148	–	4
2	John	104	–	2
3	James	101	↑1	3
4	Robert	96	↓1	1
5	Charles	83	↑1	5
6	Joseph	61	↓1	9
7	George	56	–	7
8	Edward	47	–	10
9	Harry	34	↑6	25
10	Thomas	34	–	11
11	Richard	33	↓2	6
12	Paul	31	–	13
13	Howard	29	↑18	28
14	Francis	28	↓3	36
15	Henry	23	↑18	19
16	Walter	22	↑2	17
17	Anthony	21	↑17	43
18	David	19	↑6	21
19	Donald	19	↓5	8
20	Harold	19	↓4	14
21	Ralph	19	↓2	24
22	Samuel	18	–	49
23	Albert	17	↓3	23
24	Alfred	17	↓1	45
25	Norman	17	↑3	39
26	Raymond	16	↓5	15
27	Frank	15	↓14	12
28	Leon	13	↑4	78
29	Stanley	13	↓4	44
30	Arthur	12	↑5	22
31	Earl	12	↓5	33
32	Ernest	12	↑13	41
33	Eugene	12	↑13	20
34	Elmer	11	new	61
35	Leroy	11	↑7	51
36	Alvin	9	new	66
37	Daniel	9	↑2	46
38	Harvey	9	↓8	94
39	Theodore	9	new	62
40	Clarence	8	↓23	32
41	Frederick	8	new	64
42	Jack	8	↓1	16
43	Leonard	8	new	40
44	Preston	8	new	>100
45	Carlton	7	new	>100
46	Clifford	7	new	65
47	Franklin	7	↑1	>100
48	Fred	7	↓8	35
49	Louis	7	↓22	29
50	Philip	7	new	75

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