Most popular girls’ names in Delaware, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	116
2	Betty	70
3	Margaret	66
4	Dorothy	63
5	Doris	58
6	Helen	50
7	Elizabeth	46
8	Ruth	36
9	Anna	35
10	Barbara	34
11	Alice	31
11	Florence	31
13	Marie	28
14	Frances	27
15	Dolores	25
16	Eleanor	24
17	Grace	23
17	Virginia	23
19	Ann	20
19	Jean	20
19	Theresa	20
22	Lillian	19
22	Louise	19
22	Rose	19
25	Patricia	18

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	17
27	Evelyn	16
27	Jane	16
27	Pauline	16
30	Irene	15
30	Mildred	15
32	Charlotte	14
32	Edna	14
32	Ethel	14
32	Thelma	14
36	Josephine	13
36	Marian	13
36	Marjorie	13
36	Norma	13
36	Shirley	13
41	Agnes	12
41	Ellen	12
41	Gladys	12
44	Bernice	11
44	Jeanette	11
44	Lois	11
44	Marion	11
44	Martha	11
44	Nancy	11
50	Beatrice	9
50	Edith	9
50	Lorraine	9
50	Sara	9
54	Anne	8
54	Carolyn	8
54	Elsie	8
54	Gertrude	8
54	Gloria	8
54	Joan	8
54	Joyce	8
54	Julia	8
54	June	8
54	Katherine	8
54	Phyllis	8
65	Bertha	7
65	Emma	7
65	Genevieve	7
65	Janet	7
65	Kathleen	7
65	Kathryn	7
65	Myrtle	7
65	Naomi	7
73	Clara	6
73	Elaine	6
73	Ella	6
73	Estella	6
73	Hazel	6
73	Lena	6
73	Pearl	6
73	Rita	6
73	Teresa	6
73	Viola	6
83	Audrey	5
83	Elva	5
83	Esther	5
83	Jeannette	5
83	Regina	5
83	Sarah	5
83	Stella	5