Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,926
2	William	2,198
3	John	1,699
4	Robert	1,193
5	George	833
6	Charles	791
7	Joseph	567
8	Willie	563
9	Thomas	552
10	Edward	450
11	Walter	438
12	Paul	421
13	Henry	418
14	David	384
15	Charlie	364
16	Fred	336
17	Richard	315
18	Clarence	295
19	Roy	287
20	Frank	275
21	Joe	268
22	Ralph	264
23	Howard	260
24	Ernest	253
25	Jack	251

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Samuel	247
27	Arthur	243
28	Warren	239
29	Harry	230
30	Albert	228
30	Carl	228
32	Harold	222
33	Clyde	220
34	Earl	201
35	Eugene	190
36	Raymond	185
37	Jesse	162
38	Marvin	160
39	Johnnie	154
40	Claude	152
41	Luther	145
42	Herbert	144
43	Herman	141
43	Hubert	141
45	Jessie	140
45	Ray	140
47	Lee	126
48	Leroy	125
49	Lawrence	123
50	Benjamin	117
51	Kenneth	114
52	Lewis	113
52	Oscar	113
54	Floyd	112
54	Harvey	112
56	Cecil	110
57	Donald	109
58	Leonard	106
59	Edgar	103
60	Daniel	101
61	Horace	100
61	Hugh	100
63	Louis	99
64	Andrew	95
65	Elmer	94
65	Lester	94
67	Alfred	92
67	Norman	92
69	Lonnie	90
70	Earnest	89
70	Grady	89
72	Wade	86
73	Clifton	85
73	Melvin	85
73	Russell	85
73	Vernon	85
77	Willard	80
78	Rufus	77
78	Sam	77
80	Archie	72
80	Lloyd	72
80	Nathaniel	72
83	Theodore	71
83	Wilbert	71
85	Calvin	70
85	Milton	70
87	Eddie	69
87	Julius	69
89	Chester	68
89	Leon	68
91	Allen	66
91	Bill	66
93	Curtis	65
94	Elbert	64
94	Glenn	64
96	Dewey	63
96	Marion	63
98	Bruce	62
98	Homer	62
100	Ben	61
100	Marshall	61