Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	155
2	John	151
3	James	110
4	Joseph	84
5	Robert	78
6	Charles	77
7	George	52
8	Edward	48
9	Walter	43
10	Francis	42
11	Harry	39
12	Paul	34
13	Richard	31
14	Thomas	29
15	Henry	28
16	Clarence	25
17	Albert	24
17	Frank	24
19	Howard	23
19	Louis	23
21	Ralph	21
21	Raymond	21
23	Arthur	18
23	Harold	18
23	Stanley	18

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	17
27	Alfred	16
27	Michael	16
27	Samuel	16
30	Earl	14
31	David	12
32	Fred	11
32	Jack	11
34	Andrew	10
34	Donald	10
34	Kenneth	10
34	Lawrence	10
34	Norman	10
39	Everett	9
39	Harvey	9
39	Herbert	9
39	Leon	9
39	Leonard	9
39	Willard	9
45	Anthony	8
45	Elmer	8
45	Ernest	8
45	Gilbert	8
45	Horace	8
45	Melvin	8
45	Stephen	8
45	Warren	8
53	Benjamin	7
53	Franklin	7
53	Peter	7
53	Roy	7
53	Russell	7
58	Alton	6
58	Alvin	6
58	Bernard	6
58	Carlton	6
58	Edgar	6
58	Frederick	6
58	Herman	6
58	Lester	6
58	Martin	6
58	Marvin	6
58	Milton	6
58	Preston	6
58	Roscoe	6
71	Archie	5
71	Dominick	5
71	Elwood	5
71	Eugene	5
71	Jesse	5
71	Joshua	5
71	Millard	5
71	Nicholas	5
71	Roland	5
71	Theodore	5