Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,252
2	William	974
3	John	854
4	Robert	476
5	George	390
6	Willie	296
7	Charles	292
8	Thomas	269
9	Joseph	259
10	Henry	252
11	Walter	208
12	Paul	199
13	Charlie	181
14	Frank	175
15	Edward	169
16	David	163
17	Woodrow	147
18	Clarence	137
19	Fred	135
20	Roy	129
21	Joe	125
22	Ernest	122
23	Samuel	112
24	Ralph	107
25	Carl	106

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	105
26	Richard	105
28	Albert	104
29	Clyde	103
29	Raymond	103
31	Arthur	98
32	Jack	93
33	Herbert	81
34	Earl	80
35	Eugene	78
36	Harry	75
36	Jesse	75
38	Claude	70
39	Johnnie	67
40	Herman	66
41	Hubert	64
42	Floyd	62
43	Jessie	61
44	Oscar	60
45	Lee	57
45	Ray	57
47	Marvin	56
48	Harold	55
48	Leroy	55
48	Luther	55
51	Daniel	54
51	Lewis	54
53	Melvin	52
54	Sam	50
55	Eddie	49
55	Jasper	49
57	Lester	48
57	Louis	48
59	Cecil	46
60	Harvey	45
61	Earnest	44
61	Edgar	44
61	Lawrence	44
64	Clifton	43
64	Lonnie	43
66	Otis	40
67	Andrew	39
67	Benjamin	39
67	Isaac	39
70	Grady	37
70	Horace	37
70	Lloyd	37
70	Wade	37
74	Francis	36
74	Hugh	36
74	Theodore	36
77	Allen	35
77	Vernon	35
79	Archie	34
79	Elmer	34
79	Leonard	34
82	Wilson	33
83	Glenn	32
83	Milton	32
83	Norman	32
86	Grover	31
86	Johnie	31
88	Curtis	30
89	Marshall	29
89	Rufus	29
91	Bennie	28
91	Garland	28
91	Homer	28
91	Jimmie	28
91	Willard	28
96	Alfred	27
96	Russell	27
98	Alexander	26
98	Bruce	26
98	Dewey	26
98	Julius	26
98	Troy	26