Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	148
2	John	104
3	James	101
4	Robert	96
5	Charles	83
6	Joseph	61
7	George	56
8	Edward	47
9	Harry	34
9	Thomas	34
11	Richard	33
12	Paul	31
13	Howard	29
14	Francis	28
15	Henry	23
16	Walter	22
17	Anthony	21
18	David	19
18	Donald	19
18	Harold	19
18	Ralph	19
22	Samuel	18
23	Albert	17
23	Alfred	17
23	Norman	17

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	16
27	Frank	15
28	Leon	13
28	Stanley	13
30	Arthur	12
30	Earl	12
30	Ernest	12
30	Eugene	12
34	Elmer	11
34	Leroy	11
36	Alvin	9
36	Daniel	9
36	Harvey	9
36	Theodore	9
40	Clarence	8
40	Frederick	8
40	Jack	8
40	Leonard	8
40	Preston	8
45	Carlton	7
45	Clifford	7
45	Franklin	7
45	Fred	7
45	Louis	7
45	Philip	7
45	Russell	7
45	Willard	7
53	Alexander	6
53	Bernard	6
53	Kenneth	6
53	Lee	6
53	Lewis	6
53	Marvin	6
53	Ray	6
60	Carl	5
60	Gerald	5
60	Jesse	5
60	Lawrence	5
60	Marion	5
60	Roland	5
60	Roy	5