Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1946
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 229 |
| 2 | Robert | 215 |
| 3 | William | 206 |
| 4 | James | 182 |
| 5 | Richard | 155 |
| 6 | David | 119 |
| 7 | Charles | 110 |
| 8 | Joseph | 97 |
| 9 | Thomas | 75 |
| 10 | Donald | 70 |
| 11 | Ronald | 66 |
| 12 | George | 62 |
| 13 | Michael | 61 |
| 14 | Edward | 56 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 43 |
| 16 | Paul | 42 |
| 17 | Francis | 33 |
| 17 | Frank | 33 |
| 19 | Wayne | 31 |
| 20 | Gary | 29 |
| 20 | Stephen | 29 |
| 22 | Ralph | 28 |
| 23 | Bruce | 27 |
| 24 | Howard | 25 |
| 25 | Larry | 23 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Daniel | 22 |
| 26 | Henry | 22 |
| 26 | Walter | 22 |
| 29 | Harry | 21 |
| 30 | Eugene | 20 |
| 31 | Alan | 19 |
| 31 | Albert | 19 |
| 31 | Douglas | 19 |
| 31 | Frederick | 19 |
| 35 | Dennis | 17 |
| 35 | Stanley | 17 |
| 37 | Jerry | 16 |
| 37 | Louis | 16 |
| 37 | Roger | 16 |
| 40 | Barry | 15 |
| 40 | Lawrence | 15 |
| 40 | Peter | 15 |
| 40 | Samuel | 15 |
| 44 | Carl | 14 |
| 44 | Gerald | 14 |
| 44 | Leroy | 14 |
| 47 | Anthony | 13 |
| 47 | Earl | 13 |
| 47 | Raymond | 13 |
| 50 | Alfred | 12 |
| 50 | Ernest | 12 |
| 50 | Gregory | 12 |
| 50 | Harold | 12 |
| 50 | Philip | 12 |
| 55 | Arthur | 11 |
| 55 | Ronnie | 11 |
| 55 | Terry | 11 |
| 58 | Allen | 10 |
| 58 | Clarence | 10 |
| 58 | Jack | 10 |
| 58 | Leonard | 10 |
| 58 | Reginald | 10 |
| 58 | Steven | 10 |
| 58 | Timothy | 10 |
| 65 | Don | 9 |
| 65 | Fred | 9 |
| 65 | Jay | 9 |
| 65 | Jerome | 9 |
| 65 | Leon | 9 |
| 65 | Lewis | 9 |
| 65 | Mark | 9 |
| 65 | Theodore | 9 |
| 73 | Andrew | 8 |
| 73 | Jeffrey | 8 |
| 73 | Willard | 8 |
| 76 | Brian | 7 |
| 76 | Dale | 7 |
| 76 | Franklin | 7 |
| 76 | Martin | 7 |
| 76 | Norman | 7 |
| 81 | Christopher | 6 |
| 81 | Herbert | 6 |
| 81 | Jacob | 6 |
| 81 | Karl | 6 |
| 81 | Maurice | 6 |
| 81 | Nicholas | 6 |
| 81 | Vernon | 6 |
| 81 | Victor | 6 |
| 81 | Willie | 6 |
| 90 | Alvin | 5 |
| 90 | Benjamin | 5 |
| 90 | Edwin | 5 |
| 90 | Glenn | 5 |
| 90 | Jesse | 5 |
| 90 | Joe | 5 |
| 90 | Jon | 5 |
| 90 | Patrick | 5 |
| 90 | Preston | 5 |
| 90 | Randall | 5 |
| 90 | Roland | 5 |
| 90 | Roy | 5 |
| 90 | Russell | 5 |
| 90 | Warren | 5 |