Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	217
2	Jason	144
3	John	137
4	Christopher	124
5	Robert	119
6	James	118
7	David	114
8	Brian	108
9	Matthew	100
10	William	94
11	Joseph	81
12	Charles	65
13	Daniel	63
13	Jeffrey	63
13	Kevin	63
16	Thomas	61
17	Timothy	56
18	Richard	55
19	Eric	49
20	Andrew	46
21	Mark	45
22	Ryan	41
23	Steven	39
24	Jonathan	37
25	Joshua	36

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Shawn	36
27	Gregory	34
27	Kenneth	34
29	Stephen	33
30	Paul	32
31	Jeremy	30
32	Aaron	29
32	Anthony	29
32	George	29
32	Scott	29
36	Bryan	27
36	Ronald	27
38	Adam	26
38	Edward	26
40	Donald	24
41	Keith	23
41	Peter	23
43	Benjamin	20
43	Craig	20
45	Samuel	19
45	Sean	19
47	Douglas	18
48	Todd	17
49	Chad	16
49	Frank	16
51	Justin	15
51	Nathan	15
53	Phillip	14
53	Walter	14
55	Gary	13
55	Raymond	13
57	Francis	12
57	Philip	12
57	Troy	12
60	Brandon	11
60	Dwayne	11
60	Larry	11
60	Lawrence	11
60	Nicholas	11
60	Terry	11
60	Wesley	11
67	Bradley	10
67	Henry	10
67	Patrick	10
70	Allen	9
70	Brad	9
70	Brent	9
70	Bruce	9
70	Clifford	9
70	Corey	9
70	Damon	9
70	Erik	9
70	Jose	9
79	Alan	8
79	Andre	8
79	Cory	8
79	Dennis	8
79	Duane	8
79	Edwin	8
79	Jamie	8
79	Jermaine	8
79	Jesse	8
79	Marc	8
79	Shane	8
79	Wayne	8
91	Alexander	7
91	Antonio	7
91	Carl	7
91	Carlos	7
91	Christian	7
91	Devon	7
91	Frederick	7
91	Howard	7
91	Jacob	7
91	Jeremiah	7
91	Jerry	7
91	Juan	7
91	Leon	7
91	Nathaniel	7
91	Rodney	7
91	Shaun	7
91	Warren	7