Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	268
2	David	262
3	James	254
4	Michael	227
5	William	223
6	Robert	220
7	Joseph	152
8	Richard	150
9	Thomas	115
10	Charles	110
11	Stephen	90
12	Donald	89
13	Mark	87
13	Paul	87
15	Gary	81
16	Edward	79
17	Steven	75
18	Kenneth	73
19	Ronald	66
20	Kevin	65
21	George	63
22	Jeffrey	61
23	Dennis	53
24	Bruce	52
25	Daniel	50

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	47
27	Keith	41
27	Wayne	41
29	Raymond	39
30	Timothy	38
30	Walter	38
32	Gregory	37
32	Larry	37
34	Douglas	34
34	Francis	34
36	Harry	33
37	Eugene	31
38	Frank	30
39	Glenn	29
40	Gerald	27
41	Christopher	25
41	Lawrence	25
41	Peter	25
44	Alan	24
45	Andrew	23
45	Carl	23
45	Eric	23
45	Philip	23
45	Samuel	23
50	Brian	22
51	Ralph	21
52	Barry	20
52	Craig	20
52	Scott	20
55	Harold	19
55	Patrick	19
57	Arthur	18
58	Albert	17
58	Frederick	17
58	Terry	17
61	Roger	16
61	Victor	16
63	Clifford	15
63	Vincent	15
63	Warren	15
66	Alfred	14
67	Clarence	12
67	Franklin	12
67	Fred	12
67	Henry	12
67	Jonathan	12
67	Martin	12
67	Norman	12
67	Roy	12
67	Russell	12
67	Stanley	12
77	Benjamin	11
77	Curtis	11
77	Earl	11
77	Howard	11
77	Lewis	11
77	Marvin	11
77	Rodney	11
84	Allen	10
84	Bernard	10
84	Dale	10
84	Maurice	10
84	Randall	10
84	Ricky	10
90	Arnold	9
90	Chris	9
90	Ernest	9
90	Jack	9
90	Jay	9
90	Jerome	9
90	Jerry	9
90	Lee	9
90	Matthew	9
90	Robin	9
90	Steve	9