Popular baby names in Delaware, 1930

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1930 were Mary for girls (105 babies) and William for boys (137). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,104 babies born in Delaware in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1930

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

Girls

Anne: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Grace: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Irene: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Theresa: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Charlotte: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elizabeth: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Doris: 61 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eleanor: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jane: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Florence: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 36 babies, 5× the national rate
Harry: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Norman: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Louis: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Clarence: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Edward: 52 babies, 2.1× the national rate
William: 137 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	105	–	1
2	Betty	67	–	2
3	Dorothy	67	–	3
4	Helen	64	↑2	4
5	Doris	61	–	9
6	Margaret	52	↑3	5
7	Elizabeth	45	↓3	15
8	Ruth	41	↓1	10
9	Dolores	35	↑3	13
10	Jean	35	↑7	14
11	Barbara	33	↓3	6
12	Frances	30	↑1	16
13	Irene	29	↑12	33
14	Anna	25	↑10	23
15	Nancy	25	↑8	24
16	Virginia	24	↓1	12
17	Eleanor	23	↑12	39
18	Marie	23	↓8	26
19	Evelyn	22	–	19
20	Florence	22	↓4	38
21	Grace	22	↓1	62
22	Alice	21	↓11	20
23	Catherine	21	↓9	35
24	Theresa	21	↓6	50
25	Ann	20	↑2	41
26	Anne	20	↑9	83
27	Patricia	20	↑6	7
28	Jane	18	↑2	55
29	Mildred	18	↓7	21
30	Joan	17	↑14	8
31	Janet	16	↑12	53
32	Phyllis	16	–	28
33	Charlotte	15	↑17	75
34	Louise	14	↓3	31
35	Sarah	14	↓1	70
36	Marian	13	↑9	80
37	Gertrude	11	new	96
38	Peggy	11	new	67
39	Shirley	11	↑10	11
40	Thelma	11	↓1	45
41	Carolyn	10	new	72
42	Clara	10	new	64
43	Emma	10	new	73
44	Marjorie	10	new	32
45	Rose	10	↓19	29
46	Edith	9	↓18	61
47	Esther	9	new	77
48	Geraldine	9	new	43
49	Katherine	9	new	85
50	Pauline	9	↓8	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	William	137	↑1	4
2	John	131	↓1	3
3	James	114	↑1	2
4	Robert	105	↓1	1
5	Charles	72	↑1	6
6	Richard	64	↑2	5
7	Joseph	60	↓2	9
8	George	59	↓1	8
9	Edward	52	↑3	10
10	Donald	47	↓1	7
11	Harry	37	↑3	28
12	Francis	36	↑5	42
13	Thomas	35	–	11
14	Paul	32	↓3	12
15	Norman	23	↑31	40
16	Raymond	23	↑3	16
17	Frank	21	↓7	13
18	Louis	21	↑12	34
19	Ralph	20	↑3	25
20	Albert	18	↓2	24
21	Clarence	18	–	39
22	David	17	↑1	15
23	Howard	17	new	31
24	Harold	16	↑4	18
25	Walter	16	↓9	19
26	Arthur	14	↑7	23
27	Carl	14	↑2	26
28	Eugene	14	↓4	21
29	Lawrence	14	↓3	36
30	Roland	14	↑1	>100
31	Samuel	14	↓6	55
32	Andrew	13	↑8	62
33	Alfred	11	↓13	46
34	Stanley	11	↓2	49
35	Anthony	10	–	44
36	Daniel	10	↑6	47
37	Earl	9	↓10	38
38	Elwood	9	new	>100
39	Harvey	9	↑5	92
40	Henry	9	↓25	22
41	Vincent	9	new	84
42	Bernard	8	↓6	52
43	Frederick	8	new	74
44	Elmer	7	↑6	80
45	Floyd	7	new	61
46	Herbert	7	↓1	35
47	Leon	7	new	81
48	Leonard	7	↓10	45
49	Leroy	7	new	53
50	Lester	7	new	95

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