Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,018
2	William	2,127
3	John	1,809
4	Robert	1,247
5	George	870
6	Charles	777
7	Thomas	627
8	Joseph	546
9	Willie	533
10	Henry	446
11	Walter	435
12	Paul	419
13	Edward	397
14	Charlie	372
15	David	356
16	Frank	331
17	Roy	318
18	Fred	300
19	Clarence	290
20	Joe	285
21	Jack	284
22	Ralph	274
23	Richard	273
24	Carl	255
25	Samuel	249

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clyde	248
27	Harold	244
28	Ernest	242
29	Howard	238
30	Arthur	233
31	Raymond	210
32	Albert	209
33	Harry	199
34	Earl	198
35	Eugene	189
36	Jesse	186
37	Ray	162
38	Herbert	158
39	Johnnie	156
40	Marvin	154
41	Herman	149
42	Leroy	148
43	Claude	144
44	Jessie	137
44	Lewis	137
46	Lee	135
47	Kenneth	130
48	Luther	127
49	Daniel	126
50	Donald	123
51	Hubert	121
52	Benjamin	120
53	Andrew	115
53	Floyd	115
55	Warren	112
56	Lester	111
57	Cecil	109
57	Lonnie	109
59	Horace	107
60	Vernon	106
61	Alfred	103
62	Harvey	101
62	Lawrence	101
62	Oscar	101
65	Louis	100
66	Clifton	99
67	Edgar	96
67	Sam	96
69	Leonard	90
69	Norman	90
71	Eddie	89
72	Hugh	87
72	Melvin	87
74	Lloyd	86
75	Calvin	85
75	Mack	85
77	Rufus	84
78	Wilbert	80
79	Billy	79
80	Glenn	77
81	Leon	76
82	Allen	75
82	Milton	75
82	Willard	75
85	Curtis	73
86	Alton	72
86	Elmer	72
88	Nathaniel	71
88	Russell	71
90	Ben	70
90	Julius	70
92	Edwin	69
92	Theodore	69
94	Roland	68
94	Wallace	68
96	Elbert	67
97	Grady	66
98	Grover	65
99	Dewey	64
100	Archie	63
100	Bill	63