Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	178
2	John	147
3	Christopher	145
4	James	131
5	David	128
6	Brian	126
7	Robert	120
8	William	118
9	Jason	93
10	Matthew	70
11	Daniel	69
12	Mark	60
13	Charles	55
13	Eric	55
13	Joseph	55
13	Kevin	55
17	Jeffrey	54
18	Thomas	53
18	Timothy	53
20	Richard	51
21	Anthony	49
22	Steven	44
23	Scott	43
23	Stephen	43
25	Sean	42

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	40
27	Andrew	37
27	Paul	37
29	Gregory	35
29	Shawn	35
31	Jonathan	34
32	Donald	31
32	Kenneth	31
34	George	29
35	Dennis	24
35	Keith	24
35	Ronald	24
38	Todd	20
39	Aaron	19
39	Benjamin	19
39	Bryan	19
39	Joshua	19
43	Adam	17
43	Ryan	17
45	Carl	16
45	Douglas	16
45	Peter	16
45	Phillip	16
45	Samuel	16
50	Gary	15
50	Jeremy	15
52	Harry	14
52	Patrick	14
52	Troy	14
55	Alexander	13
55	Damon	13
55	Jermaine	13
55	Louis	13
55	Raymond	13
60	Chad	12
60	Craig	12
60	Shane	12
63	Andre	11
63	Erik	11
63	Larry	11
63	Marvin	11
63	Theodore	11
63	Wayne	11
69	Dwayne	10
69	Henry	10
69	Howard	10
69	Jamie	10
69	Jerry	10
69	Justin	10
69	Lawrence	10
69	Philip	10
69	Russell	10
69	Shannon	10
79	Albert	9
79	Dale	9
79	Frank	9
79	Jose	9
79	Martin	9
79	Vincent	9
85	Bruce	8
85	Cameron	8
85	Christian	8
85	Clarence	8
85	Francis	8
85	Ian	8
85	Jay	8
85	Joel	8
85	Marc	8
85	Preston	8
85	Travis	8
85	Tyrone	8
97	Allen	7
97	Barry	7
97	Corey	7
97	Darius	7
97	Derek	7
97	Earl	7
97	Jacob	7
97	Jeffery	7
97	Leon	7
97	Leonard	7
97	Nicholas	7
97	Victor	7
97	Walter	7
97	Wesley	7