Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	284
2	Robert	249
3	James	229
4	William	206
5	David	188
6	Michael	181
7	Richard	153
8	Thomas	108
9	Joseph	97
10	Charles	85
11	Donald	83
12	Gary	71
13	Edward	67
13	Paul	67
13	Stephen	67
16	George	66
17	Ronald	64
18	Steven	55
19	Larry	47
19	Mark	47
21	Bruce	45
22	Dennis	43
22	Jeffrey	43
24	Kenneth	42
25	Daniel	41

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Wayne	41
27	Douglas	36
28	Kevin	34
29	Lawrence	33
30	Gregory	32
31	Francis	30
32	Walter	28
33	Ralph	27
34	Anthony	25
34	Arthur	25
34	Barry	25
34	Roger	25
38	Frank	23
39	Harry	22
39	Keith	22
39	Timothy	22
42	Gerald	21
43	Andrew	20
43	Brian	20
43	Christopher	20
46	Glenn	19
46	Raymond	19
46	Samuel	19
49	Dale	18
49	Harold	18
49	Martin	18
49	Peter	18
53	Alan	17
53	Frederick	17
55	Allen	16
55	Eric	16
55	Howard	16
58	Henry	15
58	Louis	15
58	Scott	15
58	Stanley	15
58	Terry	15
58	Theodore	15
64	Carl	14
64	Eugene	14
64	Jay	14
64	Jerry	14
64	Patrick	14
64	Philip	14
70	Craig	13
70	Randall	13
72	Carlton	12
72	Clarence	12
72	Herbert	12
72	Preston	12
76	Albert	11
76	Alfred	11
76	Edwin	11
76	Ernest	11
76	Norman	11
76	Russell	11
82	Benjamin	10
82	Clifford	10
82	Fred	10
82	Gordon	10
82	Lee	10
82	Mitchell	10
82	Randy	10
89	Clayton	9
89	Earl	9
89	Jerome	9
89	Lester	9
89	Phillip	9
89	Ray	9
89	Robin	9
89	Roland	9
89	Victor	9
98	Curtis	8
98	Franklin	8
98	Harvey	8
98	Leon	8
98	Leonard	8
98	Nicholas	8
98	Rodney	8
98	Roy	8