Popular baby names in Delaware, 1933

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1933 were Mary for girls (71 babies) and William for boys (119). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,714 babies born in Delaware in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1933

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

Girls

Joanne: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Janet: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jane: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Catherine: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elizabeth: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Irene: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Phyllis: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
June: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Doris: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ann: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Harry: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Francis: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Howard: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
William: 119 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joseph: 51 babies, 2.1× the national rate
George: 52 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	71	–	1
2	Betty	57	–	2
3	Dorothy	53	↑4	4
4	Joan	52	–	5
5	Barbara	51	↓2	3
6	Margaret	44	–	7
7	Doris	43	↓2	10
8	Elizabeth	35	↑3	17
9	Patricia	34	–	6
10	Helen	33	↓2	8
11	Janet	32	↑8	25
12	Shirley	30	↑4	9
13	Phyllis	27	↑1	28
14	Ruth	25	↓4	13
15	Dolores	24	↑3	21
16	Frances	24	↑6	18
17	Jean	24	↓5	14
18	Nancy	24	↓5	11
19	Ann	21	↑12	34
20	Anna	20	↑1	29
21	Catherine	20	↑2	44
22	Jane	19	↑14	47
23	Joanne	19	↑4	56
24	Marie	19	↓9	33
25	Irene	18	↑10	46
26	June	18	↑19	45
27	Eleanor	16	↑2	38
28	Lois	15	↓3	19
29	Virginia	15	↓5	15
30	Carolyn	14	↑2	40
31	Evelyn	14	↑7	30
32	Pauline	13	new	64
33	Alice	12	↓16	22
34	Charlotte	12	↓8	79
35	Florence	12	↓15	49
36	Joyce	12	↑4	12
37	Josephine	11	↑2	62
38	Mildred	11	↑3	32
39	Sarah	11	↑4	58
40	Constance	10	new	>100
41	Gloria	10	new	31
42	Kathleen	10	new	77
43	Norma	10	new	23
44	Thelma	10	new	57
45	Delores	9	new	52
46	Emma	9	↓13	75
47	Esther	9	new	88
48	Lillian	9	↓2	51
49	Loretta	9	new	87
50	Lucille	9	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	William	119	–	4
2	John	117	↑1	3
3	Robert	112	↓1	1
4	James	101	–	2
5	Charles	74	↑3	6
6	Donald	71	–	7
7	Richard	57	↓2	5
8	George	52	↑1	8
9	Joseph	51	↓2	9
10	Edward	38	–	11
11	Thomas	31	↑2	10
12	Harry	29	↑3	35
13	David	26	↑1	13
14	Paul	25	↓3	14
15	Francis	21	↓3	45
16	Walter	17	↑5	21
17	Howard	16	↓1	36
18	Ronald	16	↑16	12
19	Harold	14	↑9	18
20	Henry	14	↑5	24
21	Ralph	14	↓2	29
22	Frank	13	↓4	16
23	Franklin	13	↑10	33
24	Raymond	13	↓4	19
25	Albert	12	↓8	30
26	Daniel	12	↑1	42
27	Eugene	12	↑14	23
28	Kenneth	12	↑8	15
29	Norman	12	↓6	37
30	Alfred	11	↓6	57
31	Anthony	11	↑1	46
32	Arthur	11	↑17	25
33	Clarence	11	↑5	43
34	Earl	11	↓3	41
35	Lewis	11	new	92
36	Louis	11	↓14	40
37	Clifford	10	new	86
38	Ernest	10	↓12	50
39	Horace	10	new	>100
40	Roland	10	new	>100
41	Stanley	9	new	55
42	Carl	8	↓7	28
43	Gerald	8	new	22
44	Harvey	8	↓2	97
45	Jack	8	new	17
46	Lawrence	8	new	38
47	Leonard	8	↓18	47
48	Samuel	8	↓18	61
49	Bernard	7	new	63
50	Floyd	7	new	69

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