Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,964
2	William	2,081
3	John	1,783
4	Robert	1,251
5	George	786
6	Charles	717
7	Willie	622
8	Thomas	574
9	Joseph	528
10	Walter	470
11	Henry	442
12	Paul	424
13	David	421
14	Charlie	392
15	Edward	391
16	Clarence	322
17	Frank	321
18	Fred	299
19	Richard	282
19	Roy	282
21	Joe	269
22	Ralph	267
23	Howard	248
24	Jack	240
25	Albert	227

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	225
27	Ernest	224
28	Samuel	222
29	Clyde	214
30	Carl	207
31	Harry	193
32	Harold	190
33	Arthur	181
34	Jesse	179
35	Earl	167
35	Warren	167
37	Marvin	158
38	Leroy	151
39	Eugene	150
40	Herbert	147
41	Floyd	142
42	Johnnie	141
43	Claude	140
44	Ray	139
45	Hubert	138
46	Lee	137
47	Jessie	136
48	Herman	130
49	Harvey	127
49	Lewis	127
49	Luther	127
52	Lawrence	121
53	Leonard	117
54	Oscar	112
55	Daniel	110
56	Lester	106
56	Louis	106
58	Lonnie	105
59	Edgar	103
60	Andrew	100
61	Eddie	97
62	Melvin	96
63	Grady	95
64	Cecil	94
65	Sam	92
66	Alfred	91
66	Benjamin	91
68	Earnest	90
69	Lloyd	86
69	Vernon	86
71	Willard	85
72	Horace	84
72	Russell	84
74	Grover	83
75	Wade	82
76	Rufus	81
77	Hugh	80
78	Glenn	78
79	Allen	76
79	Julius	76
81	Elmer	74
82	Leon	73
83	Edwin	72
83	Elbert	72
83	Norman	72
86	Clifton	71
86	Kenneth	71
86	Nathaniel	71
89	Milton	68
90	Curtis	67
91	Johnie	66
92	Archie	65
92	Otis	65
94	Alvin	63
94	Bill	63
94	Homer	63
97	Calvin	61
97	Donald	61
97	Mack	61
100	Woodrow	60