Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	305
2	Robert	250
3	James	247
4	Michael	240
5	David	236
6	William	205
7	Richard	185
8	Thomas	139
9	Joseph	130
10	Mark	124
11	Charles	116
12	Donald	91
13	Gary	87
14	Jeffrey	86
15	Stephen	82
16	Paul	80
16	Ronald	80
18	Steven	78
19	George	73
20	Kenneth	71
21	Bruce	65
22	Daniel	61
22	Edward	61
24	Kevin	60
25	Gregory	49

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	43
26	Dennis	43
28	Frank	41
29	Douglas	37
29	Keith	37
31	Timothy	36
32	Raymond	34
32	Walter	34
34	Francis	31
34	Larry	31
34	Wayne	31
37	Brian	30
38	Andrew	28
38	Gerald	28
40	Barry	26
41	Lawrence	24
41	Peter	24
41	Samuel	24
44	Carl	23
44	Frederick	23
44	Jerry	23
44	Scott	23
44	Terry	23
49	Christopher	22
49	Henry	22
49	Russell	22
52	Alan	21
52	Eugene	21
52	Glenn	21
52	Howard	21
56	Harold	19
57	Jeffery	18
57	Matthew	18
57	Patrick	18
57	Stanley	18
61	Albert	17
61	Eric	17
61	Jonathan	17
61	Martin	17
65	Arthur	16
65	Theodore	16
67	Louis	15
68	Jay	14
68	Norman	14
68	Philip	14
68	Ralph	14
68	Roger	14
68	Roy	14
74	Dale	13
74	Ernest	13
74	Harry	13
74	Randall	13
78	Allen	12
78	Benjamin	12
78	Craig	12
78	Curtis	12
78	Marvin	12
78	Randy	12
84	Carlton	11
84	Clarence	11
84	Earl	11
84	Lee	11
84	Leonard	11
84	Phillip	11
84	Willard	11
91	Bryan	10
91	Edwin	10
91	Elwood	10
91	Glen	10
91	Harvey	10
91	Leon	10
91	Victor	10
98	Alfred	9
98	Bernard	9
98	Dean	9
98	Franklin	9
98	Garry	9
98	Jerome	9
98	Karl	9
98	Melvin	9