Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	204
2	Christopher	140
3	John	133
4	Robert	124
5	James	123
6	David	122
7	Matthew	114
8	Jason	111
9	Brian	99
10	William	91
11	Joseph	83
12	Thomas	75
13	Kevin	65
14	Jeffrey	62
15	Daniel	61
16	Andrew	59
17	Anthony	52
17	Eric	52
17	Steven	52
17	Timothy	52
21	Richard	51
22	Charles	49
22	Nicholas	49
24	Stephen	45
25	Paul	41

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	39
27	Jeremy	38
28	Adam	37
29	Joshua	36
29	Ronald	36
31	Scott	32
32	George	30
32	Ryan	30
34	Sean	29
34	Shawn	29
36	Gregory	28
37	Edward	26
38	Jonathan	25
39	Benjamin	24
39	Donald	24
39	Keith	24
42	Kenneth	23
43	Aaron	20
43	Patrick	20
43	Peter	20
46	Phillip	18
47	Craig	17
47	Douglas	17
47	Francis	17
47	Gary	17
47	Justin	17
47	Larry	17
53	Jesse	16
53	Nathan	16
55	Bryan	14
55	Chad	14
55	Jermaine	14
55	Kyle	14
55	Samuel	14
60	Brandon	13
60	Derek	13
62	Alexander	12
62	Raymond	12
62	Shaun	12
62	Wayne	12
66	Dennis	11
66	Frank	11
66	Marcus	11
66	Todd	11
70	Andre	10
70	Christian	10
70	Clarence	10
70	Derrick	10
70	Harry	10
70	Lawrence	10
70	Louis	10
77	Allen	9
77	Brett	9
77	Corey	9
77	Ernest	9
77	Franklin	9
77	Ian	9
77	Jeffery	9
77	Joel	9
77	Luis	9
77	Philip	9
87	Brent	8
87	Carl	8
87	Jerome	8
87	Jerry	8
87	Martin	8
87	Nathaniel	8
87	Roland	8
87	Seth	8
87	Shane	8
87	Walter	8
87	Zachary	8
98	Arthur	7
98	Barry	7
98	Billy	7
98	Bradley	7
98	Bruce	7
98	Curtis	7
98	Henry	7
98	Jay	7
98	Jon	7
98	Juan	7
98	Luke	7
98	Tyrone	7
98	Vincent	7