Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,237
2	William	1,602
3	John	1,498
4	Robert	980
5	George	647
6	Charles	559
7	Thomas	500
8	Joseph	446
9	Willie	406
10	Henry	385
11	Walter	375
12	Charlie	334
13	Edward	309
14	Paul	304
15	Frank	284
16	David	282
17	Fred	275
18	Clarence	245
19	Roy	232
20	Clyde	229
21	Ralph	226
22	Richard	209
23	Ernest	201
24	Howard	193
25	Joe	191

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Samuel	189
27	Carl	188
28	Albert	187
29	Arthur	184
30	Raymond	176
31	Jack	160
32	Jesse	154
33	Harry	151
34	Harold	146
35	Herbert	142
36	Earl	137
37	Herman	134
38	Lee	126
38	Woodrow	126
40	Marvin	122
41	Eugene	119
42	Jessie	118
42	Johnnie	118
44	Luther	117
45	Ray	114
46	Oscar	112
47	Claude	111
48	Floyd	109
48	Leroy	109
48	Lewis	109
51	Hubert	106
52	Lonnie	94
53	Benjamin	93
53	Rufus	93
55	Lawrence	91
56	Daniel	89
56	Edgar	89
56	Harvey	89
56	Norman	89
60	Horace	88
61	Melvin	86
62	Cecil	81
62	Sam	81
64	Lester	77
65	Andrew	75
65	Leon	75
67	Hugh	73
68	Leonard	72
69	Julius	71
70	Lloyd	70
71	Nathaniel	67
72	Russell	66
73	Allen	65
73	Eddie	65
73	Glenn	65
73	Theodore	65
77	Alfred	64
77	Earnest	64
77	Elmer	64
80	Clifton	63
81	Vernon	62
82	Curtis	61
82	Garland	61
84	Archie	60
84	Mack	60
86	Otis	59
87	Grady	57
87	Jasper	57
87	Johnie	57
87	Willard	57
91	Wilbur	55
92	Edwin	53
92	Louis	53
92	Sidney	53
92	Wade	53
96	Elbert	52
97	Dewey	50
97	Wilbert	50
99	Kenneth	49
99	Thurman	49