Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	231
2	James	133
2	Robert	133
4	Christopher	126
5	David	123
6	Jason	116
6	John	116
8	William	113
9	Matthew	97
10	Brian	95
11	Joseph	80
12	Daniel	74
13	Andrew	69
14	Jeffrey	61
14	Kevin	61
16	Charles	59
17	Joshua	57
18	Thomas	56
19	Mark	54
20	Eric	53
20	Richard	53
20	Steven	53
23	Ryan	50
24	Nicholas	49
24	Timothy	49

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	45
26	Jonathan	45
28	Stephen	42
29	Scott	41
30	Adam	40
31	Paul	39
32	Justin	38
33	Aaron	34
34	Patrick	29
35	Gregory	28
36	Jeremy	26
36	Kenneth	26
38	Bryan	25
38	George	25
40	Donald	23
40	Shawn	23
42	Keith	22
42	Sean	22
44	Gary	20
44	Jesse	20
46	Benjamin	19
46	Brandon	19
46	Edward	19
46	Ronald	19
50	Wayne	17
51	Larry	16
51	Phillip	16
51	Samuel	16
54	Bruce	15
54	Raymond	15
54	Shaun	15
57	Chad	14
57	Jose	14
57	Travis	14
60	Erik	13
61	Christian	12
61	Curtis	12
61	Dennis	12
61	Nathan	12
61	Peter	12
61	Philip	12
61	Walter	12
68	Corey	11
68	Jerry	11
68	Jon	11
68	Lawrence	11
68	Ralph	11
68	Todd	11
68	Zachary	11
75	Ian	10
75	Kyle	10
75	Micheal	10
75	Troy	10
75	Tyrone	10
75	Vincent	10
81	Alexander	9
81	Antonio	9
81	Dean	9
81	Douglas	9
81	Francis	9
81	Frank	9
81	Jacob	9
81	Lamar	9
81	Louis	9
81	Luis	9
81	Marcus	9
81	Maurice	9
81	Nathaniel	9
81	Russell	9
95	Albert	8
95	Arthur	8
95	Carl	8
95	Derek	8
95	Derrick	8
95	Kristopher	8
95	Lee	8
95	Roy	8