Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	161
2	Helen	93
3	Margaret	83
4	Elizabeth	82
5	Dorothy	64
6	Anna	51
7	Catherine	50
8	Ruth	48
9	Mildred	47
10	Frances	38
11	Virginia	35
12	Florence	29
13	Grace	28
14	Edna	27
15	Alice	26
15	Eleanor	26
15	Pauline	26
18	Louise	25
19	Lillian	23
19	Marie	23
21	Evelyn	22
22	Josephine	20
22	Sara	20
24	Ann	19
24	Ethel	19
24	Hazel	19
24	Irene	19
24	Rose	19
29	Doris	17
30	Elsie	16
31	Anne	15
31	Sarah	15
33	Bertha	14
33	Betty	14
33	Edith	14
33	Emma	14
33	Mabel	14
38	Jean	13
38	Marian	13
38	Thelma	13
41	Agnes	12
41	Beatrice	12
41	Esther	12
41	Gertrude	12
41	Janet	12
41	Marguerite	12
41	Pearl	12
48	Blanche	11
48	Kathryn	11
48	Laura	11

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	157
2	William	131
3	James	94
4	Joseph	82
5	George	65
6	Charles	53
7	Robert	51
8	Edward	41
8	Harry	41
10	Thomas	38
11	Walter	35
12	Frank	33
13	Clarence	31
14	Francis	28
15	Albert	23
16	Paul	22
17	Samuel	19
18	Howard	18
18	Ralph	18
20	Alfred	17
20	Harold	17
20	Henry	17
20	Russell	17
24	Frederick	16
25	David	15
25	Raymond	15
27	Arthur	14
27	Harvey	14
29	Roland	13
29	Theodore	13
31	Norman	12
32	Anthony	11
32	Earl	11
32	Lawrence	11
32	Richard	11
36	Benjamin	10
36	Elwood	10
36	Herman	10
36	Lewis	10
36	Stanley	10
41	Everett	9
41	Leon	9
41	Leonard	9
44	Alexander	8
44	Elmer	8
44	Eugene	8
44	Michael	8
44	Oscar	8
44	Willard	8
50	Carl	7