Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	147
2	William	129
3	James	116
4	Joseph	89
5	Charles	82
6	Robert	72
7	George	64
8	Edward	54
9	Harry	38
10	Thomas	37
11	Paul	36
12	Francis	35
13	Walter	34
14	Frank	31
15	Howard	27
16	Albert	26
17	Harold	22
17	Raymond	22
19	Clarence	21
20	Norman	18
20	Samuel	18
22	David	16
22	Richard	16
24	Stanley	15
25	Alfred	14

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Henry	14
25	Ralph	14
28	Leonard	13
28	Louis	13
30	Anthony	12
30	Victor	12
32	Alexander	11
32	Lawrence	11
34	Arthur	10
34	Donald	10
34	Earl	10
37	Benjamin	9
37	Ernest	9
37	Frederick	9
37	Herbert	9
37	Roland	9
37	Stephen	9
37	Warren	9
44	Alvin	8
44	Andrew	8
44	Daniel	8
44	Elmer	8
44	Harvey	8
44	Wallace	8
50	Franklin	7
50	Fred	7
50	Leroy	7
50	Lester	7
50	Melvin	7
50	Vincent	7
50	Willard	7
50	Wilson	7
58	Bernard	6
58	Calvin	6
58	Carl	6
58	Chester	6
58	Edgar	6
58	Edwin	6
58	Elwood	6
58	Granville	6
58	Lewis	6
58	Lloyd	6
58	Nicholas	6
58	Wesley	6
70	Allen	5
70	Clifford	5
70	Dominick	5
70	Eugene	5
70	Herman	5
70	Joshua	5
70	Leon	5
70	Morris	5
70	Peter	5
70	Philip	5
70	Preston	5
70	Roy	5