Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	234
2	John	224
3	Robert	223
4	James	168
5	David	125
6	Richard	111
7	Michael	106
8	Thomas	96
9	Joseph	95
10	Charles	92
11	George	70
12	Ronald	64
13	Donald	62
14	Paul	61
15	Stephen	51
16	Edward	48
17	Kenneth	46
17	Larry	46
19	Wayne	45
20	Gary	44
21	Daniel	43
22	Bruce	41
22	Harry	41
24	Dennis	32
25	Steven	31

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Francis	30
27	Arthur	29
28	Anthony	28
28	Frank	28
28	Lawrence	28
28	Ralph	28
32	Gerald	27
32	Raymond	27
34	Douglas	25
35	Walter	24
36	Gregory	21
36	Howard	21
36	Jeffrey	21
39	Mark	20
39	Roger	20
41	Peter	19
42	Philip	18
43	Earl	17
44	Alfred	16
44	Carl	16
44	Henry	16
47	Alan	15
47	Allen	15
47	Dale	15
47	Eugene	15
47	Frederick	15
47	Glenn	15
47	Norman	15
54	Albert	14
54	Clifford	14
54	Jerry	14
54	Louis	14
54	Russell	14
54	Samuel	14
60	Ernest	13
61	Christopher	11
61	Clarence	11
61	Harold	11
61	Jack	11
61	Kevin	11
61	Lester	11
61	Phillip	11
68	Brian	10
68	Calvin	10
68	Eric	10
68	Franklin	10
68	Keith	10
68	Leroy	10
68	Patrick	10
68	Roy	10
68	Timothy	10
68	Victor	10
78	Barry	9
78	Edwin	9
78	Jay	9
78	Roland	9
78	Terry	9
83	Bernard	8
83	Curtis	8
83	Fred	8
83	Harvey	8
83	Martin	8
83	Preston	8
83	Stanley	8
90	Andrew	7
90	Lee	7
90	Leonard	7
90	Maurice	7
90	Melvin	7
90	Ray	7
90	Theodore	7
90	Vincent	7
90	Willie	7
99	Carlton	6
99	Cecil	6
99	Jerome	6
99	Lewis	6
99	Marvin	6
99	Rodney	6
99	Scott	6
99	Vernon	6
99	Warren	6