Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,083
2	William	1,613
3	John	1,373
4	Robert	874
5	George	619
6	Charles	539
7	Thomas	504
8	Willie	458
9	Joseph	396
10	Henry	382
11	Charlie	356
12	Walter	335
13	Paul	316
14	Edward	295
15	David	277
16	Frank	272
17	Clarence	214
17	Fred	214
19	Richard	206
20	Ralph	205
21	Clyde	200
22	Roy	195
23	Albert	185
24	Joe	183
25	Samuel	180

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	179
27	Arthur	174
28	Woodrow	170
29	Howard	169
30	Raymond	166
31	Jack	158
32	Earl	150
33	Ernest	149
34	Jesse	147
35	Harry	143
36	Marvin	132
37	Hubert	129
38	Leroy	127
39	Herbert	125
40	Claude	124
41	Herman	123
42	Eugene	122
43	Harold	115
44	Luther	112
44	Ray	112
46	Daniel	110
47	Jessie	109
48	Edgar	108
49	Lee	106
50	Sam	100
51	Johnnie	99
52	Willard	98
53	Oscar	97
54	Cecil	92
55	Hugh	91
56	Lewis	90
57	Floyd	89
58	Andrew	88
59	Louis	87
60	Eddie	86
61	Lester	82
62	Harvey	81
63	Benjamin	78
64	Grover	75
64	Lawrence	75
66	Alfred	69
67	Norman	68
67	Rufus	68
69	Russell	67
70	Earnest	65
71	Leonard	64
71	Lonnie	64
73	Glenn	63
73	Grady	63
73	Horace	63
76	Kenneth	61
77	Wade	60
78	Alexander	59
78	Clifton	59
80	Francis	57
80	Lloyd	57
82	Elbert	56
82	Theodore	56
84	Edwin	55
84	Elmer	55
84	Mack	55
84	Vernon	55
88	Ben	53
88	Nathaniel	53
90	Jasper	52
90	Leo	52
92	Otis	51
93	Sidney	50
94	Allen	49
94	Bruce	49
96	Archie	48
96	Milton	48
96	Roland	48
99	Isaac	47
99	Marion	47