Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	188
2	William	180
3	Robert	162
4	James	151
5	Richard	96
6	Charles	92
7	David	75
7	Joseph	75
9	Thomas	74
10	George	68
11	Ronald	57
12	Edward	47
13	Michael	46
14	Donald	43
15	Francis	35
15	Paul	35
17	Wayne	26
18	Raymond	25
19	Harry	24
20	Frank	22
20	Kenneth	22
20	Walter	22
23	Eugene	21
23	Ralph	21
25	Lawrence	20

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Peter	20
25	Samuel	20
28	Douglas	19
28	Henry	19
28	Howard	19
31	Frederick	18
32	Albert	17
32	Gerald	17
34	Arthur	16
35	Larry	15
35	Martin	15
35	Norman	15
38	Bruce	14
38	Earl	14
38	Louis	14
41	Anthony	13
41	Gary	13
43	Ernest	12
43	Fred	12
43	Harold	12
46	Dennis	11
46	Stanley	11
48	Carl	10
48	Jerry	10
48	Leonard	10
51	Clarence	9
51	Daniel	9
51	Philip	9
54	Benjamin	8
54	Bernard	8
54	Herbert	8
54	Leon	8
54	Mark	8
54	Melvin	8
54	Roger	8
61	Alan	7
61	Allen	7
61	Barry	7
61	Bill	7
61	Calvin	7
61	Clifford	7
61	Franklin	7
61	Gilbert	7
61	Glen	7
61	Gordon	7
61	Roland	7
61	Stephen	7
61	Vernon	7
74	Arnold	6
74	Glenn	6
74	Harvey	6
74	Herman	6
74	Jay	6
74	Leroy	6
74	Phillip	6
74	Terry	6
82	Alfred	5
82	Allan	5
82	Clark	5
82	Leslie	5
82	Roy	5
82	Theodore	5
82	Victor	5
82	Wilbur	5
82	Wilmer	5