Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	196
2	James	174
3	Robert	173
4	John	172
5	Richard	103
6	Charles	96
7	Joseph	90
8	David	89
9	Thomas	82
10	Donald	64
11	George	60
12	Ronald	55
13	Edward	44
14	Paul	39
15	Kenneth	36
16	Wayne	29
17	Michael	28
18	Raymond	27
19	Walter	25
20	Francis	24
20	Howard	24
22	Henry	23
23	Frank	22
23	Harry	22
25	Daniel	21

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Larry	21
25	Lawrence	21
25	Louis	21
29	Albert	20
30	Gary	19
30	Harold	19
32	Samuel	18
33	Alfred	17
34	Clarence	16
34	Ralph	16
36	Dennis	15
36	Gerald	15
36	Stanley	15
36	Stephen	15
40	Alan	14
40	Allen	14
40	Peter	14
43	Douglas	13
43	Norman	13
45	Andrew	12
45	Anthony	12
45	Ernest	12
45	Eugene	12
45	Roland	12
50	Edwin	11
50	Franklin	11
50	Leonard	11
53	Arthur	10
53	Earl	10
53	Roy	10
56	Bernard	9
56	Jeffrey	9
56	Martin	9
56	Philip	9
60	Carl	8
60	Leroy	8
60	Lewis	8
60	Roger	8
60	Victor	8
65	Bruce	7
65	Frederick	7
65	Harvey	7
65	Herbert	7
65	Jay	7
65	Leon	7
65	Melvin	7
65	Steven	7
65	Theodore	7
65	Vincent	7
65	Willard	7
65	Willie	7
77	Eddie	6
77	Gilbert	6
77	Jack	6
77	Jerry	6
77	Nicholas	6
77	Phillip	6
77	Ray	6
77	Rodney	6
85	Alvin	5
85	Benjamin	5
85	Clifford	5
85	Elmer	5
85	Fred	5
85	Glenn	5
85	Joe	5
85	Lester	5
85	Marvin	5
85	Milton	5
85	Patrick	5
85	Preston	5
85	Randall	5
85	Ronnie	5
85	Russell	5