Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,703
2	William	1,879
3	John	1,770
4	Robert	1,100
5	George	738
6	Charles	655
7	Thomas	552
8	Joseph	536
9	Willie	514
10	Henry	445
11	Charlie	413
12	Walter	392
13	David	351
14	Paul	347
15	Edward	346
16	Fred	313
17	Frank	304
18	Roy	264
19	Clarence	250
20	Ralph	242
21	Richard	235
22	Howard	224
23	Joe	222
24	Carl	221
25	Jack	219

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ernest	211
27	Samuel	209
28	Clyde	205
29	Albert	197
29	Arthur	197
29	Raymond	197
32	Harry	182
33	Earl	179
34	Jesse	178
35	Harold	175
36	Leroy	157
37	Johnnie	154
37	Marvin	154
39	Herbert	150
40	Lee	147
41	Herman	143
42	Eugene	137
43	Hubert	129
44	Lewis	127
45	Claude	125
46	Jessie	124
47	Ray	121
48	Daniel	113
49	Luther	112
50	Floyd	110
51	Edgar	106
52	Woodrow	105
53	Andrew	103
54	Benjamin	101
55	Grady	100
56	Cecil	99
57	Harvey	97
57	Lester	97
57	Sam	97
60	Willard	96
61	Louis	95
62	Horace	93
63	Lawrence	87
64	Leonard	86
65	Norman	85
66	Rufus	81
66	Russell	81
68	Lloyd	80
68	Oscar	80
70	Clifton	79
71	Earnest	78
72	Alfred	76
72	Otis	76
72	Theodore	76
75	Curtis	74
75	Eddie	74
75	Hugh	74
75	Nathaniel	74
79	Homer	73
79	Melvin	73
79	Wade	73
82	Allen	72
82	Edwin	72
82	Kenneth	72
82	Lonnie	72
86	Alexander	71
86	Archie	71
86	Jasper	71
89	Vernon	70
90	Dewey	69
91	Milton	68
92	Glenn	67
93	Wilbert	65
94	Donald	60
94	Sidney	60
96	Elmer	59
97	Ben	58
98	Isaac	57
99	Grover	55
99	Johnie	55