Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	114
2	Dorothy	82
3	Margaret	81
4	Helen	73
5	Elizabeth	66
6	Anna	59
7	Mildred	45
8	Ruth	44
9	Florence	37
10	Marie	36
11	Frances	34
12	Alice	33
13	Virginia	30
14	Catherine	27
15	Eleanor	24
16	Anne	23
16	Ethel	23
16	Sarah	23
19	Pauline	22
20	Evelyn	21
20	Irene	21
22	Josephine	20
22	Lillian	20
24	Ann	19
24	Edith	19
24	Grace	19
27	Rose	18
27	Sara	18
29	Edna	17
30	Clara	16
30	Elsie	16
30	Emma	16
30	Ida	16
30	Jean	16
30	Louise	16
30	Thelma	16
37	Doris	15
37	Pearl	15
39	Agnes	14
40	Gertrude	13
40	Hazel	13
42	Beatrice	12
42	Marjorie	12
42	Myrtle	12
45	Ellen	11
45	Gladys	11
45	Kathryn	11
48	Julia	10
48	Martha	10
48	Rebecca	10

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	145
2	John	134
3	James	104
4	Charles	66
5	Joseph	65
6	George	56
7	Robert	51
8	Edward	40
9	Harry	35
10	Paul	32
11	Francis	29
11	Thomas	29
13	Howard	28
13	Walter	28
15	Henry	23
16	Harold	18
16	Samuel	18
18	Anthony	17
18	Ernest	17
18	Frank	17
21	Albert	16
21	Herbert	16
21	Richard	16
24	Alfred	15
24	Stanley	15
26	Ralph	13
27	Arthur	12
27	Carl	12
27	Clarence	12
30	Daniel	11
30	Norman	11
30	Willard	11
33	Benjamin	10
33	David	10
33	Horace	10
33	Leonard	10
37	Clifton	9
37	Donald	9
37	Frederick	9
37	Lawrence	9
37	Lewis	9
37	Louis	9
37	Preston	9
37	Wilson	9
45	Elwood	8
45	Fred	8
45	Harvey	8
45	Jesse	8
45	Michael	8
45	Raymond	8