Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	142
2	Robert	137
3	John	128
4	James	124
5	Charles	85
6	Richard	84
7	Joseph	67
8	George	59
9	Thomas	55
10	Donald	47
10	Ronald	47
12	David	42
13	Raymond	34
14	Edward	31
15	Kenneth	29
16	Harry	28
17	Frank	27
17	Paul	27
19	Francis	25
19	Walter	25
21	Daniel	23
21	Michael	23
23	Lawrence	22
24	Henry	19
25	Louis	17

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ralph	17
27	Anthony	16
27	Eugene	16
27	Howard	16
30	Albert	15
30	Norman	15
32	Harold	14
32	Wayne	14
34	Jack	13
34	Peter	13
36	Carl	12
36	Ernest	12
36	Roger	12
39	Gene	11
39	Gerald	11
39	Stephen	11
42	Arthur	10
42	Clarence	10
42	Harvey	10
45	Franklin	9
45	Fred	9
45	Frederick	9
45	Larry	9
45	Samuel	9
45	Theodore	9
45	Victor	9
52	Alfred	8
52	Alvin	8
52	Andrew	8
52	Jerry	8
56	Allen	7
56	Benjamin	7
56	Clifford	7
56	Earl	7
60	Bruce	6
60	Gary	6
60	Herbert	6
60	Lee	6
60	Lewis	6
60	Stanley	6
66	Barry	5
66	Dale	5
66	Edgar	5
66	Edwin	5
66	Jerome	5
66	Jon	5
66	Leonard	5
66	Marvin	5
66	Melvin	5
66	Nelson	5
66	Philip	5
66	Roland	5
66	Roy	5
66	Timothy	5