Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,092
2	William	801
3	John	747
4	Robert	418
5	George	339
6	Thomas	268
7	Willie	259
8	Henry	223
9	Charles	210
10	Joseph	196
11	Charlie	181
12	Walter	177
13	Woodrow	172
14	Edward	142
15	Frank	141
16	Paul	126
17	Fred	124
18	David	122
19	Clarence	121
20	Roy	115
21	Arthur	104
21	Samuel	104
23	Ernest	103
24	Howard	101
25	Richard	96

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	94
27	Raymond	92
28	Joe	89
29	Clyde	88
30	Jack	78
31	Albert	75
31	Carl	75
33	Jesse	70
34	Leroy	69
35	Earl	63
35	Jessie	63
37	Floyd	60
38	Harry	59
39	Claude	58
39	Louis	58
41	Oscar	57
42	Herman	56
42	Lester	56
42	Luther	56
45	Herbert	54
46	Lonnie	53
47	Benjamin	52
47	Lewis	52
49	Johnnie	51
49	Theodore	51
51	Daniel	49
51	Lee	49
53	Andrew	48
53	Harold	48
55	Horace	47
55	Sam	47
57	Lawrence	45
58	Eugene	43
58	Marvin	43
60	Edgar	41
60	Harvey	41
62	Eddie	40
63	Grady	39
63	Hubert	39
63	Otis	39
66	Archie	37
67	Alfred	35
68	Cecil	34
68	Earnest	34
68	Johnie	34
68	Julius	34
68	Nathaniel	34
73	Hugh	32
73	Jasper	32
73	Roosevelt	32
73	Rufus	32
77	Curtis	31
77	Homer	31
77	Vernon	31
80	Alexander	30
80	Sidney	30
82	Norman	29
82	Oliver	29
84	Milton	28
85	Allen	27
85	Ben	27
85	Edwin	27
85	Lloyd	27
85	Wade	27
90	Clifton	26
90	Elmer	26
90	Roscoe	26
90	Wilson	26
94	Elbert	25
94	Glenn	25
94	Grover	25
94	Leonard	25
94	Melvin	25
99	Mack	24
99	Marshall	24
99	Ray	24
99	Wilbur	24