Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	268
2	James	140
3	Christopher	136
3	Matthew	136
5	John	122
6	Jason	120
7	David	111
8	Robert	107
9	William	103
10	Brian	101
11	Joseph	95
12	Daniel	72
13	Kevin	69
14	Ryan	63
14	Thomas	63
16	Joshua	59
17	Jonathan	56
18	Andrew	54
19	Eric	53
19	Mark	53
21	Brandon	51
22	Richard	50
23	Justin	48
24	Charles	47
24	Jeffrey	47

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	46
26	Stephen	46
26	Steven	46
29	Nicholas	43
30	Aaron	42
31	Timothy	39
32	Adam	35
32	Jeremy	35
34	Sean	34
35	Shawn	32
36	Gregory	31
36	Paul	31
36	Scott	31
39	Keith	30
40	Edward	29
40	Jesse	29
40	Kenneth	29
43	Donald	28
44	Patrick	27
45	Gary	21
46	Benjamin	19
46	Bryan	19
46	George	19
46	Samuel	19
50	Brett	17
50	Larry	17
50	Vincent	17
53	Andre	16
53	Douglas	16
55	Peter	15
55	Philip	15
57	Kyle	14
57	Ronald	14
57	Todd	14
57	Troy	14
61	Carl	13
61	Walter	13
63	Dennis	12
63	Dwayne	12
63	Jamie	12
63	Nathan	12
67	Albert	11
67	Ian	11
67	Marcus	11
67	Wayne	11
71	Frank	10
71	Jacob	10
71	Jose	10
71	Lawrence	10
71	Raymond	10
76	Alan	9
76	Brent	9
76	Curtis	9
76	Derek	9
76	Derrick	9
76	Ernest	9
76	Jared	9
76	Jerome	9
76	Phillip	9
76	Travis	9
86	Allen	8
86	Antonio	8
86	Bradley	8
86	Bruce	8
86	Chad	8
86	Craig	8
86	Earl	8
86	Edwin	8
86	Erik	8
86	Harry	8
86	Jay	8
86	Nathaniel	8
86	Zachary	8
99	Adrian	7
99	Alexander	7
99	Brad	7
99	Cameron	7
99	Corey	7
99	Henry	7
99	Jack	7
99	Jeffery	7
99	Jermaine	7
99	Micheal	7
99	Shaun	7
99	Terrance	7
99	Wesley	7