Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	690
2	John	477
3	William	470
4	Robert	275
5	George	214
6	Willie	209
7	Charles	140
8	Henry	133
9	Thomas	127
10	Charlie	113
11	Joseph	111
12	Walter	110
13	Frank	98
14	Fred	77
15	Joe	75
16	Samuel	64
17	Clarence	62
17	Paul	62
19	Edward	61
20	Jack	60
21	Roy	58
22	David	57
23	Ernest	56
23	Raymond	56
25	Albert	55

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Harry	55
27	Clyde	54
28	Arthur	51
29	Howard	50
29	Leroy	50
31	Jesse	49
31	Jessie	49
33	Richard	46
34	Herbert	44
35	Lee	42
35	Luther	42
37	Johnnie	40
38	Herman	39
39	Ralph	38
40	Carl	35
41	Daniel	34
41	Louis	34
41	Sam	34
44	Claude	33
44	Eugene	33
46	Earl	32
47	Floyd	31
47	Hubert	31
49	Eddie	30
49	Lonnie	30
51	Earnest	29
52	Lewis	28
52	Rufus	28
52	Theodore	28
55	Andrew	27
55	Archie	27
55	Harvey	27
58	Lester	26
58	Oscar	26
60	Grady	25
61	Edgar	23
61	Jasper	23
63	Lawrence	22
63	Leonard	22
63	Norman	22
63	Russell	22
67	Allen	20
67	Ben	20
67	Benjamin	20
67	Glenn	20
67	Ira	20
67	Isaac	20
67	Mack	20
67	Ray	20
75	Elmer	19
75	Johnie	19
75	Leon	19
75	Marvin	19
79	Claud	18
79	Hugh	18
79	Melvin	18
79	Nathan	18
79	Odell	18
84	Alexander	17
84	Cecil	17
84	Clifton	17
84	Donald	17
84	Garland	17
84	Guy	17
90	Elbert	16
90	Otis	16
90	Wiley	16
93	Bruce	15
93	Harold	15
93	Tom	15
96	Chester	14
96	Curtis	14
96	Dennis	14
96	Edwin	14
96	Horace	14
96	Kenneth	14
96	Leo	14
96	Lloyd	14
96	Milton	14
96	Roosevelt	14
96	Wilbert	14