Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,573
2	William	1,788
3	John	1,598
4	Robert	1,089
5	George	708
6	Charles	621
7	Willie	551
8	Thomas	545
9	Joseph	473
10	Henry	403
11	Walter	389
12	Paul	356
13	Charlie	355
14	Edward	342
15	Frank	333
16	David	332
17	Fred	283
18	Roy	248
19	Clarence	247
20	Richard	239
21	Joe	234
22	Ralph	231
23	Samuel	222
24	Clyde	209
25	Carl	208

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ernest	208
25	Jack	208
28	Arthur	205
29	Albert	201
30	Howard	196
31	Raymond	192
32	Jesse	183
33	Harry	167
34	Claude	164
34	Herbert	164
36	Earl	163
37	Woodrow	156
38	Marvin	144
39	Eugene	143
40	Floyd	137
41	Luther	133
42	Sam	126
43	Johnnie	125
43	Lewis	125
45	Hubert	124
46	Daniel	123
47	Jessie	120
47	Lee	120
49	Leroy	119
50	Lawrence	116
51	Harold	113
51	Harvey	113
53	Benjamin	112
54	Herman	109
55	Oscar	104
55	Ray	104
57	Lonnie	95
58	Rufus	92
59	Willard	91
60	Clifton	89
61	Edgar	88
62	Cecil	85
63	Lester	84
64	Louis	80
65	Horace	78
66	Eddie	76
66	Grady	76
66	Lloyd	76
66	Melvin	76
70	Archie	75
71	Norman	74
71	Theodore	74
73	Andrew	72
73	Leonard	72
75	Alfred	71
75	Earnest	71
77	Nathaniel	70
78	Glenn	68
79	Elmer	67
79	Jasper	67
79	Mack	67
82	Julius	65
82	Otis	65
84	Johnie	64
85	Garland	63
85	Grover	63
85	Kenneth	63
85	Marshall	63
89	Russell	61
89	Wade	61
91	Alexander	60
91	Leon	60
91	Percy	60
94	Elbert	59
95	Ben	58
95	Dewey	58
95	Milton	58
95	Wilson	58
99	Wilbert	57
100	Allen	56
100	Edwin	56