Popular baby names in Delaware, 1929

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1929 were Mary for girls (115 babies) and John for boys (136). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,875 babies born in Delaware in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1929

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: 64 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Grace: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Theresa: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marie: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Catherine: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Doris: 59 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Florence: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Edith: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lillian: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jane: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Harry: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alfred: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Joseph: 72 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Clarence: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
William: 127 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Paul: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Henry: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
John: 136 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	115	–	1
2	Betty	93	–	2
3	Dorothy	69	↑1	3
4	Elizabeth	64	↑3	15
5	Doris	59	–	6
6	Helen	53	–	4
7	Ruth	45	↑1	8
8	Barbara	37	↑2	7
9	Margaret	36	↓6	5
10	Marie	36	↑3	22
11	Alice	27	–	21
12	Dolores	25	↑3	14
13	Frances	25	↑1	16
14	Catherine	24	↑12	34
15	Virginia	23	↑3	11
16	Florence	22	↓4	35
17	Jean	22	↑3	12
18	Theresa	21	↑3	49
19	Evelyn	20	↑8	19
20	Grace	20	↓3	54
21	Lillian	20	↑1	40
22	Mildred	20	↑9	18
23	Nancy	20	↑26	32
24	Anna	19	↓15	20
25	Irene	17	↑5	29
26	Rose	17	↓2	26
27	Ann	16	↓8	46
28	Edith	16	new	59
29	Eleanor	16	↓13	38
30	Jane	15	↓2	62
31	Louise	15	↓8	31
32	Phyllis	15	new	24
33	Patricia	14	↓8	10
34	Sarah	14	new	68
35	Anne	13	new	91
36	Bernice	13	↑8	55
37	Lois	13	↑9	17
38	Norma	13	↑1	25
39	Thelma	13	↓4	41
40	Audrey	12	new	58
41	Ethel	12	↓7	56
42	Pauline	12	↓13	50
43	Janet	11	new	82
44	Joan	11	new	13
45	Marian	11	↓8	75
46	Elsie	10	new	78
47	Gladys	10	↓4	44
48	Martha	10	–	27
49	Shirley	10	↓9	9
50	Charlotte	9	↓18	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	John	136	↑1	3
2	William	127	↓1	4
3	Robert	106	–	1
4	James	94	–	2
5	Joseph	72	–	9
6	Charles	71	–	5
7	George	58	–	8
8	Richard	50	↑9	6
9	Donald	47	↑1	7
10	Frank	33	↑5	12
11	Paul	33	↑1	13
12	Edward	30	↓3	10
13	Thomas	28	↓5	11
14	Harry	26	↓1	27
15	Henry	23	↑8	21
16	Walter	21	↑3	19
17	Francis	20	↓6	39
18	Albert	19	↑2	24
19	Raymond	18	↑7	15
20	Alfred	17	↓4	41
21	Clarence	16	↓3	37
22	Ralph	16	↓1	26
23	David	14	↑8	17
24	Eugene	14	↓2	20
25	Samuel	14	↑2	53
26	Lawrence	13	new	38
27	Earl	12	↓2	36
28	Harold	12	↑4	16
29	Carl	11	new	28
30	Louis	11	↓1	32
31	Roland	11	new	>100
32	Stanley	11	↑3	48
33	Arthur	10	↓3	22
34	Ernest	10	↑14	43
35	Anthony	9	↓11	44
36	Bernard	9	↑10	52
37	Jack	8	–	14
38	Leonard	8	↓4	42
39	Lewis	8	new	84
40	Andrew	7	new	59
41	Benjamin	7	new	>100
42	Daniel	7	↓6	47
43	Fred	7	new	34
44	Harvey	7	new	90
45	Herbert	7	↓12	25
46	Norman	7	↓1	40
47	Theodore	7	↑3	65
48	Allen	6	new	86
49	Clifford	6	↓2	72
50	Elmer	6	↓7	70

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