Popular baby names in Delaware, 1934

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1934 were Mary for girls (93 babies) and John for boys (136). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,790 babies born in Delaware in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1934

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

Girls

Eleanor: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Charlotte: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Marie: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elizabeth: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Anna: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joanne: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dolores: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Catherine: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Phyllis: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ann: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ernest: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Harry: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Howard: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joseph: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ralph: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
John: 136 babies, 2.1× the national rate
William: 116 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	93	–	1
2	Barbara	67	↑3	3
3	Betty	64	↓1	2
4	Joan	52	–	7
5	Shirley	51	↑7	4
6	Patricia	47	↑3	6
7	Margaret	46	↓1	8
8	Dorothy	41	↓5	5
9	Elizabeth	38	↓1	18
10	Doris	32	↓3	11
11	Eleanor	30	↑16	44
12	Jean	30	↑5	16
13	Marie	29	↑11	34
14	Nancy	29	↑4	10
15	Dolores	27	–	26
16	Frances	27	–	19
17	Ruth	27	↓3	13
18	Anna	26	↑2	31
19	Helen	24	↓9	9
20	Phyllis	24	↓7	28
21	Ann	21	↓2	32
22	Virginia	21	↑7	15
23	Alice	20	↑10	25
24	Janet	19	↓13	21
25	Charlotte	18	↑9	72
26	Catherine	17	↓5	42
27	Joanne	17	↓4	45
28	Carolyn	15	↑2	33
29	Irene	14	↓4	49
30	Beverly	13	new	22
31	Joyce	12	↑5	12
32	Sarah	12	↑7	67
33	Evelyn	11	↓2	29
34	Lorraine	11	new	56
35	Martha	11	new	27
36	Norma	11	↑7	24
37	Rose	11	new	37
38	Jane	10	↓16	48
39	June	10	↓13	46
40	Loretta	10	↑9	83
41	Louise	10	new	40
42	Mildred	10	↓4	35
43	Anne	9	new	88
44	Audrey	9	new	69
45	Gladys	9	new	66
46	Kathleen	9	↓4	74
47	Pauline	9	↓15	71
48	Agnes	8	new	>100
49	Marian	8	new	97
50	Thelma	8	↓6	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	John	136	↑1	3
2	William	116	↓1	4
3	James	113	↑1	2
4	Robert	113	↓1	1
5	Richard	69	↑2	5
6	Charles	68	↓1	7
7	Joseph	64	↑2	10
8	Donald	55	↓2	6
9	George	40	↓1	8
10	Edward	32	–	13
11	Thomas	30	–	9
12	Francis	26	↑3	49
13	Paul	26	↑1	14
14	Ronald	25	↑4	11
15	David	21	↓2	12
16	Harry	21	↓4	36
17	Howard	20	–	37
18	Ralph	20	↑3	31
19	Walter	20	↓3	21
20	Ernest	17	↑18	51
21	Eugene	17	↑6	24
22	Harold	15	↓3	18
23	Kenneth	14	↑5	15
24	Norman	14	↑5	38
25	Alfred	13	↑5	64
26	Raymond	13	↓2	19
27	Frank	12	↓5	16
28	Albert	11	↓3	32
29	Arthur	11	↑3	29
30	Carl	10	↑12	28
31	Daniel	10	↓5	42
32	Franklin	10	↓9	46
33	Gerald	10	↑10	22
34	Harvey	10	↑10	99
35	Henry	10	↓15	27
36	Leonard	10	↑11	53
37	Roland	10	↑3	>100
38	Lawrence	9	↑8	34
39	Anthony	8	↓8	52
40	Clarence	8	↓7	45
41	Herbert	8	new	57
42	Melvin	8	new	55
43	Samuel	8	↑5	66
44	Stanley	8	↓3	58
45	Theodore	8	new	74
46	Bernard	7	↑3	65
47	Earl	7	↓13	41
48	Elmer	7	new	>100
49	Louis	7	↓13	40
50	Russell	7	new	70

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