Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	191
2	John	177
3	Christopher	155
4	Robert	154
5	James	152
6	David	143
7	William	137
8	Brian	129
9	Joseph	80
10	Charles	75
11	Scott	74
12	Eric	71
13	Jeffrey	70
13	Richard	70
13	Thomas	70
16	Mark	66
17	Matthew	65
18	Jason	63
19	Steven	60
20	Daniel	56
21	Anthony	50
21	Kevin	50
23	Stephen	47
24	Andrew	45
25	Keith	39

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Shawn	39
27	Gregory	38
27	Jonathan	38
27	Kenneth	38
30	Donald	37
31	Edward	35
32	Sean	34
33	Paul	32
34	Ronald	31
35	Timothy	30
36	Craig	25
36	Douglas	25
36	George	25
39	Gary	23
40	Peter	20
41	Ryan	19
42	Benjamin	17
42	Chad	17
42	Marc	17
45	Adam	16
45	Dennis	16
45	Larry	16
45	Phillip	16
45	Shane	16
50	Bruce	15
50	Todd	15
50	Troy	15
53	Frank	14
53	Samuel	14
53	Vincent	14
56	Aaron	13
56	Allen	13
56	Bryan	13
56	Joshua	13
56	Patrick	13
61	Carl	12
61	Derek	12
61	Jeremy	12
61	Jesse	12
61	Lawrence	12
61	Rodney	12
67	Brandon	11
67	Erik	11
67	Gerald	11
67	Louis	11
67	Raymond	11
72	Arthur	10
72	Brent	10
72	Howard	10
72	Jerry	10
72	Philip	10
72	Tyrone	10
72	Wayne	10
79	Albert	9
79	Christian	9
79	Duane	9
79	Frederick	9
79	Harry	9
79	Jamie	9
79	Victor	9
86	Barry	8
86	Brett	8
86	Darren	8
86	Derrick	8
86	Jermaine	8
86	Joel	8
86	Jon	8
86	Lee	8
86	Marcus	8
86	Marvin	8
86	Nicholas	8
86	Ralph	8
86	Roy	8
86	Russell	8
86	Shannon	8
86	Walter	8