Most popular girls’ names in Delaware, 1926

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	115
2	Betty	73
3	Margaret	65
4	Elizabeth	61
5	Doris	57
5	Helen	57
7	Dorothy	52
8	Ruth	43
9	Marie	38
10	Alice	33
10	Jean	33
12	Anna	32
13	Eleanor	28
14	Florence	27
14	Frances	27
16	Virginia	26
17	Catherine	25
17	Evelyn	25
19	Mildred	23
20	Gloria	22
21	Ann	21
21	Barbara	21
23	Elsie	19
23	Grace	19
23	Martha	19

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	18
27	Agnes	17
27	Pauline	17
27	Thelma	17
30	Edna	16
31	Irene	14
32	Anne	13
32	Esther	13
32	Sarah	13
35	Gladys	12
35	Jane	12
37	Ethel	11
37	Marian	11
37	Marion	11
40	Audrey	10
40	Beatrice	10
40	Edith	10
40	Lillian	10
40	Marjorie	10
40	Nancy	10
40	Phyllis	10
47	Carolyn	9
47	Emma	9
47	Hazel	9
47	Josephine	9
47	Kathleen	9
52	Ella	8
52	Ellen	8
52	Jeanette	8
52	Myrtle	8
52	Norma	8
52	Regina	8
52	Rose	8
59	Bertha	7
59	Bessie	7
59	Hilda	7
59	Ida	7
59	Jennie	7
59	Lois	7
59	Loretta	7
59	Marguerite	7
59	Patricia	7
59	Pearl	7
59	Shirley	7
70	Bernice	6
70	Charlotte	6
70	Kathryn	6
70	Laura	6
70	Lucille	6
70	Rita	6
70	Theresa	6
77	Elva	5
77	Gertrude	5
77	Katherine	5
77	Lorraine	5
77	Rachel	5
77	Rebecca	5
77	Rosalie	5
77	Viola	5
77	Violet	5