Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Delaware, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	120
2	Dorothy	69
3	Betty	62
4	Elizabeth	57
5	Margaret	51
6	Helen	45
7	Ruth	44
8	Anna	43
8	Doris	43
10	Frances	34
11	Mildred	31
12	Jean	30
13	Alice	28
14	Marie	27
15	Catherine	24
15	Virginia	24
17	Edith	22
18	Charlotte	21
18	Grace	21
20	Florence	19
21	Barbara	18
22	Jane	17
23	Eleanor	16
23	Pauline	16
25	Ann	15
25	Beatrice	15
25	Ethel	15
25	Evelyn	15
25	Irene	15
25	Thelma	15
31	Hazel	14
31	Lillian	14
31	Marian	14
31	Rose	14
35	Edna	13
35	Louise	13
35	Phyllis	13
38	Ellen	12
38	Gladys	12
38	Nancy	12
38	Norma	12
38	Theresa	12
43	Agnes	11
43	Anne	11
43	Bernice	11
43	Clara	11
43	Marjorie	11
43	Patricia	11
43	Sarah	11
43	Shirley	11

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	148
2	John	104
3	James	101
4	Robert	96
5	Charles	83
6	Joseph	61
7	George	56
8	Edward	47
9	Harry	34
9	Thomas	34
11	Richard	33
12	Paul	31
13	Howard	29
14	Francis	28
15	Henry	23
16	Walter	22
17	Anthony	21
18	David	19
18	Donald	19
18	Harold	19
18	Ralph	19
22	Samuel	18
23	Albert	17
23	Alfred	17
23	Norman	17
26	Raymond	16
27	Frank	15
28	Leon	13
28	Stanley	13
30	Arthur	12
30	Earl	12
30	Ernest	12
30	Eugene	12
34	Elmer	11
34	Leroy	11
36	Alvin	9
36	Daniel	9
36	Harvey	9
36	Theodore	9
40	Clarence	8
40	Frederick	8
40	Jack	8
40	Leonard	8
40	Preston	8
45	Carlton	7
45	Clifford	7
45	Franklin	7
45	Fred	7
45	Louis	7
45	Philip	7