Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	193
2	Christopher	154
3	James	139
4	David	129
4	William	129
6	Brian	123
6	Robert	123
8	John	116
9	Jason	82
10	Thomas	80
11	Joseph	74
12	Mark	73
12	Richard	73
14	Matthew	71
15	Daniel	64
16	Eric	58
16	Scott	58
18	Kevin	56
19	Jeffrey	53
20	Charles	50
21	Anthony	48
22	Steven	43
23	Sean	41
24	Andrew	40
25	Edward	39

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Paul	39
25	Shawn	39
28	Timothy	36
29	Kenneth	35
30	Stephen	33
31	Gregory	31
32	Donald	30
33	Ronald	28
34	Jonathan	27
35	Keith	26
36	Raymond	25
37	Douglas	24
38	Joshua	23
38	Ryan	23
40	George	21
41	Bryan	20
42	Craig	19
42	Gary	19
44	Patrick	18
45	Adam	16
45	Larry	16
45	Peter	16
45	Ralph	16
49	Benjamin	15
49	Phillip	15
49	Todd	15
52	Aaron	14
52	Jermaine	14
54	Chad	13
54	Francis	13
54	Frank	13
54	Jeremy	13
54	Shane	13
59	Albert	12
59	Henry	12
59	Marc	12
59	Samuel	12
63	Frederick	11
63	Jerry	11
65	Allen	10
65	Derek	10
65	Ernest	10
65	Harold	10
65	Tyrone	10
70	Brent	9
70	Carl	9
70	Jeffery	9
70	Nathaniel	9
70	Wayne	9
75	Andre	8
75	Brett	8
75	Christian	8
75	Jamie	8
75	Justin	8
75	Lawrence	8
75	Luis	8
75	Nicholas	8
75	Roy	8
75	Shannon	8
75	Troy	8
75	Walter	8
87	Barry	7
87	Bruce	7
87	Clarence	7
87	Curtis	7
87	Dennis	7
87	Derrick	7
87	Eugene	7
87	Gerald	7
87	Harry	7
87	Marcus	7
87	Philip	7
87	Randy	7
87	Ricky	7
87	Vincent	7