Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	145
2	John	134
3	James	104
4	Charles	66
5	Joseph	65
6	George	56
7	Robert	51
8	Edward	40
9	Harry	35
10	Paul	32
11	Francis	29
11	Thomas	29
13	Howard	28
13	Walter	28
15	Henry	23
16	Harold	18
16	Samuel	18
18	Anthony	17
18	Ernest	17
18	Frank	17
21	Albert	16
21	Herbert	16
21	Richard	16
24	Alfred	15
24	Stanley	15

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	13
27	Arthur	12
27	Carl	12
27	Clarence	12
30	Daniel	11
30	Norman	11
30	Willard	11
33	Benjamin	10
33	David	10
33	Horace	10
33	Leonard	10
37	Clifton	9
37	Donald	9
37	Frederick	9
37	Lawrence	9
37	Lewis	9
37	Louis	9
37	Preston	9
37	Wilson	9
45	Elwood	8
45	Fred	8
45	Harvey	8
45	Jesse	8
45	Michael	8
45	Raymond	8
45	Theodore	8
45	Wilbur	8
53	Earl	7
53	Edgar	7
53	Elmer	7
53	Eugene	7
53	Floyd	7
53	Milton	7
53	Peter	7
53	Philip	7
61	Calvin	6
61	Everett	6
61	Gilbert	6
61	Jack	6
61	Kenneth	6
61	Marshall	6
61	Martin	6
61	Stephen	6
69	Alexander	5
69	Franklin	5
69	Herman	5
69	Marvin	5
69	Oliver	5
69	Roland	5
69	Vincent	5
69	Woodrow	5