Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	157
2	William	131
3	James	94
4	Joseph	82
5	George	65
6	Charles	53
7	Robert	51
8	Edward	41
8	Harry	41
10	Thomas	38
11	Walter	35
12	Frank	33
13	Clarence	31
14	Francis	28
15	Albert	23
16	Paul	22
17	Samuel	19
18	Howard	18
18	Ralph	18
20	Alfred	17
20	Harold	17
20	Henry	17
20	Russell	17
24	Frederick	16
25	David	15

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Raymond	15
27	Arthur	14
27	Harvey	14
29	Roland	13
29	Theodore	13
31	Norman	12
32	Anthony	11
32	Earl	11
32	Lawrence	11
32	Richard	11
36	Benjamin	10
36	Elwood	10
36	Herman	10
36	Lewis	10
36	Stanley	10
41	Everett	9
41	Leon	9
41	Leonard	9
44	Alexander	8
44	Elmer	8
44	Eugene	8
44	Michael	8
44	Oscar	8
44	Willard	8
50	Carl	7
50	Donald	7
50	Horace	7
50	Leroy	7
50	Louis	7
50	Milton	7
50	Preston	7
50	Victor	7
58	Clifford	6
58	Daniel	6
58	Peter	6
58	Stephen	6
58	Vincent	6
63	Bernard	5
63	Herbert	5
63	Jesse	5
63	Woodrow	5