Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	236
2	John	226
3	Robert	217
4	James	207
5	David	126
5	Richard	126
7	Charles	118
8	Thomas	109
9	Joseph	103
10	George	90
11	Ronald	81
12	Michael	65
13	Edward	59
14	Paul	58
15	Donald	53
15	Kenneth	53
17	Wayne	40
18	Daniel	36
19	Bruce	34
19	Harry	34
19	Larry	34
19	Walter	34
23	Gary	32
24	Dennis	30
24	Gerald	30

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	29
26	Henry	29
28	Arthur	28
29	Ralph	27
29	Raymond	27
29	Stephen	27
32	Francis	24
33	Carl	23
33	Roger	23
35	Alfred	21
35	Howard	21
37	Lawrence	20
37	Samuel	20
37	Steven	20
40	Barry	19
40	Eugene	19
40	Louis	19
43	Douglas	18
44	Alan	17
44	Anthony	17
44	Mark	17
47	Franklin	16
47	Peter	16
49	Albert	15
49	Leonard	15
51	Glenn	14
51	Jerry	14
51	Martin	14
51	Roy	14
55	Norman	13
55	Terry	13
57	Allen	12
57	Gregory	12
57	Jeffrey	12
57	Philip	12
57	Phillip	12
57	Ray	12
63	Clarence	11
63	Russell	11
63	Vincent	11
66	Clifford	10
66	Harold	10
66	Roland	10
69	Dale	9
69	Fred	9
69	Leroy	9
69	Timothy	9
73	Brian	8
73	Earl	8
73	Frederick	8
73	Gene	8
73	Leon	8
73	Stanley	8
73	Victor	8
80	Alexander	7
80	Benjamin	7
80	Bernard	7
80	Carlton	7
80	Don	7
80	Ernest	7
80	Harvey	7
80	Irvin	7
80	Jay	7
80	Marvin	7
80	Patrick	7
80	Willie	7
92	Arnold	6
92	Christopher	6
92	Curtis	6
92	Edwin	6
92	Gilbert	6
92	Gordon	6
92	Herbert	6
92	Jack	6
92	Lee	6
92	Nelson	6
92	Nicholas	6
92	Randall	6
92	Ronnie	6