Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	148
2	Robert	130
3	William	123
4	James	110
5	Charles	87
6	Richard	69
7	David	62
7	Joseph	62
9	George	55
10	Thomas	45
11	Ronald	44
12	Edward	40
13	Donald	36
14	Francis	30
15	Paul	26
16	Harry	25
17	Kenneth	24
18	Walter	23
19	Michael	20
20	Wayne	19
21	Daniel	18
22	Gerald	17
22	Howard	17
24	Lawrence	15
24	Raymond	15

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	14
27	Albert	13
27	Harold	13
29	Alfred	12
29	Carl	12
29	Clarence	12
29	Eugene	12
29	Larry	12
29	Louis	12
35	Arthur	11
36	Henry	10
36	Roger	10
36	Samuel	10
39	Anthony	9
39	Earl	9
41	Clifford	8
41	Jay	8
41	Leroy	8
41	Ralph	8
45	Allen	7
45	Edwin	7
45	Harvey	7
45	Herbert	7
45	Jerome	7
45	Leonard	7
45	Norman	7
45	Russell	7
53	Alvin	6
53	Bernard	6
53	Fred	6
53	Stanley	6
53	Theodore	6
53	Vincent	6
59	Andrew	5
59	Benjamin	5
59	Bruce	5
59	Calvin	5
59	Delbert	5
59	Dennis	5
59	Elwood	5
59	Floyd	5
59	Frederick	5
59	Gary	5
59	Gilbert	5
59	Jack	5
59	Jerry	5
59	Lester	5
59	Otis	5
59	Philip	5
59	Rodney	5
59	Roy	5
59	Willard	5