Popular baby names in Delaware, 1937

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1937 were Mary for girls (98 babies) and William for boys (144). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,090 babies born in Delaware in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1937

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

Girls

Phyllis: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Doris: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joanne: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Catherine: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Eleanor: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Janet: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ann: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joan: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ruth: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Harry: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
William: 144 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joseph: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate
George: 61 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Edward: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Howard: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	98	–	1
2	Barbara	79	–	2
3	Patricia	56	↑2	3
4	Joan	50	↓1	9
5	Betty	49	↑1	5
6	Doris	37	↑9	22
7	Dorothy	37	–	8
8	Nancy	37	↑2	7
9	Janet	34	↑4	18
10	Margaret	34	↓2	10
11	Shirley	33	↓7	4
12	Phyllis	32	↓3	27
13	Ruth	29	↑9	15
14	Helen	25	↓3	12
15	Ann	24	↑6	30
16	Elizabeth	24	↑3	17
17	Frances	24	↑12	19
18	Virginia	21	↑2	16
19	Carol	18	↑9	6
20	Carolyn	18	↓8	20
21	Joanne	18	↑19	51
22	Catherine	17	↑1	47
23	Eleanor	16	↑4	53
24	Joyce	16	↑7	11
25	Alice	15	↓11	28
26	Janice	15	↑4	25
27	Jean	15	↓11	23
28	Irene	14	new	62
29	Norma	14	↑3	33
30	Ellen	13	↑14	>100
31	Jane	13	↑8	42
32	Marie	13	↓15	35
33	Charlotte	12	↓7	67
34	Dolores	12	↓16	37
35	Evelyn	12	new	36
36	Loretta	12	↓1	63
37	Elaine	11	↓4	45
38	Ethel	11	new	88
39	Geraldine	11	↓2	44
40	Sandra	11	↑10	26
41	Anna	10	↑1	39
42	Beverly	10	new	14
43	Lorraine	10	new	83
44	Marlene	10	new	40
45	Arlene	9	new	60
46	Bernice	9	new	>100
47	Edna	9	↓4	74
48	Kay	9	new	79
49	Louise	9	↓1	48
50	Peggy	9	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	William	144	↑3	4
2	Robert	137	↓1	1
3	John	128	↓1	3
4	James	121	↓1	2
5	Charles	90	↑1	6
6	Donald	73	↑1	7
7	Richard	71	↓2	5
8	George	61	↑2	10
9	Joseph	59	↓1	12
10	Edward	49	↑1	13
11	David	39	↑2	8
12	Paul	33	–	15
13	Ronald	33	↑7	11
14	Thomas	33	↓5	9
15	Harry	27	↑8	41
16	Raymond	25	–	19
17	Francis	23	↓2	55
18	Walter	21	↑3	26
19	Ralph	17	–	34
20	Frank	16	↓6	18
21	Gerald	16	↑6	20
22	Howard	15	↑10	42
23	Jack	15	new	23
24	Anthony	14	↑4	47
25	Carl	14	↑15	28
26	Frederick	14	↑16	68
27	Henry	14	↑8	30
28	Arthur	12	new	31
29	Eugene	12	↑1	33
30	Kenneth	12	↓6	14
31	Lawrence	12	↓14	38
32	Wayne	12	new	44
33	Allen	11	new	76
34	Earl	11	↓12	48
35	Franklin	11	↓4	77
36	Louis	11	–	46
37	Peter	11	new	52
38	Willard	11	new	>100
39	Daniel	10	↓10	39
40	Harold	10	↓6	21
41	Melvin	10	↓2	50
42	Michael	10	new	27
43	Alfred	9	↓6	60
44	Clarence	9	↓3	54
45	Philip	9	new	62
46	Bruce	8	new	70
47	Ernest	8	↓1	53
48	Horace	8	new	>100
49	Leroy	8	–	56
50	Samuel	8	↓25	66

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