Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,678
2	William	1,241
3	John	1,147
4	Robert	654
5	George	459
6	Charles	366
7	Willie	365
8	Thomas	359
9	Joseph	339
10	Walter	293
11	Henry	289
12	Charlie	260
12	Paul	260
14	Edward	210
15	Clarence	206
16	Fred	189
17	Frank	187
18	David	185
19	Richard	169
20	Joe	157
21	Roy	156
22	Arthur	151
23	Jack	147
24	Ralph	145
25	Woodrow	144

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	140
26	Howard	140
28	Samuel	138
29	Clyde	127
30	Ernest	125
31	Albert	124
32	Jesse	120
33	Harry	113
34	Earl	111
35	Herman	109
35	Raymond	109
37	Leroy	98
38	Luther	94
39	Eugene	92
39	Marvin	92
41	Floyd	90
42	Daniel	87
42	Jessie	87
42	Lee	87
45	Herbert	86
46	Louis	83
46	Oscar	83
48	Johnnie	82
49	Benjamin	79
49	Harold	79
51	Lester	73
51	Lewis	73
53	Hubert	71
53	Sam	71
55	Harvey	66
55	Ray	66
57	Lawrence	64
58	Claude	63
58	Lonnie	63
60	Andrew	61
60	Edgar	61
60	Norman	61
63	Cecil	58
64	Leonard	56
64	Rufus	56
66	Elmer	53
67	Eddie	52
67	Hugh	52
69	Alfred	51
69	Horace	51
71	Leon	47
72	Clifton	46
72	Marion	46
74	Otis	45
74	Russell	45
74	Willard	45
77	Allen	44
77	Grady	44
79	Jasper	42
80	Ira	41
80	Melvin	41
82	Archie	40
82	Glenn	40
82	Isaac	40
82	Kenneth	40
82	Vernon	40
82	Wade	40
88	Grover	39
88	Wilbur	39
90	Curtis	38
90	Earnest	38
90	Edwin	38
90	Elbert	38
90	Johnie	38
95	Ben	37
95	Sidney	37
95	Wilson	37
98	Alexander	36
98	Everett	36
98	Mack	36
98	Nathan	36
98	Willis	36