Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	244
2	James	211
3	William	193
4	Robert	187
5	Richard	130
6	Thomas	120
7	Charles	118
8	David	114
9	Joseph	103
10	Michael	97
11	Ronald	69
12	Donald	63
12	Paul	63
14	George	60
15	Stephen	58
16	Edward	50
17	Kenneth	49
18	Gary	42
19	Larry	40
20	Francis	38
21	Lawrence	36
22	Steven	32
23	Gerald	30
24	Dennis	28
24	Raymond	28

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	27
27	Harry	26
27	Wayne	26
29	Bruce	25
30	Anthony	24
30	Henry	24
30	Samuel	24
33	Douglas	22
33	Frank	22
35	Albert	21
35	Glenn	21
35	Stanley	21
38	Andrew	20
38	Arthur	20
40	Frederick	19
40	Walter	19
42	Peter	18
43	Barry	16
43	Gregory	16
45	Howard	15
45	Roger	15
47	Alan	14
47	Christopher	14
47	Harold	14
47	Jeffrey	14
51	Alfred	13
51	Ernest	13
51	Keith	13
51	Norman	13
55	Philip	12
55	Ralph	12
57	Jerry	11
57	Mark	11
57	Vincent	11
60	Carl	10
60	Eugene	10
60	Franklin	10
60	Kevin	10
60	Marvin	10
60	Phillip	10
60	Roland	10
67	Benjamin	9
67	Earl	9
67	Jerome	9
67	Jesse	9
67	Leon	9
67	Leonard	9
67	Leroy	9
67	Martin	9
67	Nicholas	9
76	Clarence	8
76	Dale	8
76	Eric	8
76	Louis	8
76	Roy	8
76	Theodore	8
76	Willie	8
83	Carlton	7
83	Edmund	7
83	Gilbert	7
83	Jack	7
83	Jay	7
83	Lewis	7
83	Patrick	7
83	Steve	7
83	Tyrone	7
83	Warren	7
93	Allen	6
93	Alvin	6
93	Edwin	6
93	Harvey	6
93	Herbert	6
93	Leslie	6
93	Melvin	6
93	Preston	6
93	Rodger	6
93	Rodney	6
93	Timothy	6