Most popular girls’ names in Delaware, 1929

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	93
3	Dorothy	69
4	Elizabeth	64
5	Doris	59
6	Helen	53
7	Ruth	45
8	Barbara	37
9	Margaret	36
9	Marie	36
11	Alice	27
12	Dolores	25
12	Frances	25
14	Catherine	24
15	Virginia	23
16	Florence	22
16	Jean	22
18	Theresa	21
19	Evelyn	20
19	Grace	20
19	Lillian	20
19	Mildred	20
19	Nancy	20
24	Anna	19
25	Irene	17

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Rose	17
27	Ann	16
27	Edith	16
27	Eleanor	16
30	Jane	15
30	Louise	15
30	Phyllis	15
33	Patricia	14
33	Sarah	14
35	Anne	13
35	Bernice	13
35	Lois	13
35	Norma	13
35	Thelma	13
40	Audrey	12
40	Ethel	12
40	Pauline	12
43	Janet	11
43	Joan	11
43	Marian	11
46	Elsie	10
46	Gladys	10
46	Martha	10
46	Shirley	10
50	Charlotte	9
50	Esther	9
50	June	9
50	Marion	9
54	Beatrice	8
54	Ida	8
54	Jeanne	8
54	Joyce	8
58	Agnes	7
58	Ella	7
58	Joanne	7
58	Josephine	7
58	Katherine	7
58	Mabel	7
58	Marjorie	7
58	Pearl	7
66	Edna	6
66	Elaine	6
66	Ellen	6
66	Eva	6
66	Jeannette	6
66	Julia	6
66	Marguerite	6
66	Sara	6
74	Bertha	5
74	Beverly	5
74	Carolyn	5
74	Emily	5
74	Gertrude	5
74	Laura	5
74	Lorraine	5
74	Mae	5
74	Myrtle	5
74	Regina	5
74	Sally	5
74	Teresa	5
74	Viola	5
74	Vivian	5