Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,069
2	William	1,481
3	John	1,271
4	Robert	836
5	George	561
6	Charles	494
7	Willie	434
8	Thomas	431
9	Joseph	398
10	Henry	334
11	Paul	321
12	Walter	315
13	Charlie	288
14	Fred	263
15	Frank	259
16	David	253
17	Edward	249
18	Clarence	222
19	Roy	216
20	Ralph	189
21	Richard	188
22	Albert	181
23	Ernest	178
24	Carl	177
25	Raymond	176

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clyde	175
27	Howard	172
28	Samuel	170
29	Arthur	164
30	Joe	160
31	Harry	154
32	Jack	149
33	Woodrow	146
34	Jesse	140
35	Jessie	124
36	Luther	117
37	Marvin	116
38	Earl	115
39	Herbert	114
40	Floyd	112
41	Herman	111
42	Johnnie	108
43	Lee	106
44	Claude	103
45	Harold	102
46	Hubert	97
47	Eugene	96
48	Harvey	94
49	Lewis	89
49	Ray	89
51	Andrew	88
52	Willard	87
53	Lawrence	86
54	Daniel	85
54	Leroy	85
56	Norman	84
57	Louis	83
58	Lester	80
59	Theodore	77
60	Edgar	75
61	Cecil	73
61	Melvin	73
61	Sam	73
64	Oscar	72
65	Benjamin	71
66	Alfred	67
67	Earnest	64
67	Glenn	64
69	Clifton	63
69	Hugh	63
69	Lonnie	63
72	Elmer	62
72	Lloyd	62
74	Eddie	61
74	Grady	61
76	Julius	60
76	Russell	60
78	Rufus	56
79	Leonard	55
80	Clifford	53
81	Allen	52
81	Otis	52
83	Edwin	51
83	Horace	51
83	Johnie	51
83	Leon	51
87	Vernon	50
88	Archie	49
89	Milton	48
90	Isaac	47
90	Kenneth	47
92	Elbert	46
92	Grover	46
92	Leslie	46
95	Alexander	45
95	Sidney	45
95	Wade	45
98	Jasper	44
98	Marshall	44
98	Nathan	44
98	Nathaniel	44
98	Wilbert	44