Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,059
2	William	2,197
3	John	1,705
4	Robert	1,249
5	Charles	781
6	George	777
7	Thomas	623
8	Willie	587
9	Joseph	561
10	Henry	481
11	Walter	415
12	Paul	405
13	Edward	402
14	David	390
15	Charlie	355
16	Frank	324
17	Jack	312
18	Roy	304
19	Clarence	294
19	Fred	294
21	Richard	276
22	Ralph	273
23	Joe	241
24	Arthur	236
25	Harold	235

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Howard	235
27	Ernest	233
27	Raymond	233
29	Clyde	228
30	Samuel	227
31	Carl	219
32	Albert	206
33	Earl	190
34	Eugene	182
35	Jesse	176
36	Marvin	172
37	Harry	168
38	Herbert	165
39	Leroy	162
40	Jessie	154
41	Johnnie	151
42	Kenneth	148
43	Herman	143
43	Ray	143
45	Calvin	140
46	Floyd	139
47	Lee	135
48	Hubert	131
49	Claude	129
50	Luther	128
51	Lawrence	119
52	Warren	118
53	Donald	115
53	Horace	115
53	Melvin	115
56	Lewis	114
57	Benjamin	113
58	Harvey	112
59	Cecil	108
60	Daniel	106
61	Clifton	105
62	Louis	101
63	Alfred	97
64	Grady	96
65	Lloyd	94
66	Norman	93
67	Billy	88
67	Elbert	88
67	Oscar	88
70	Andrew	87
71	Leonard	86
72	Lonnie	85
73	Lester	82
74	Alvin	79
74	Curtis	79
74	Nathaniel	79
74	Vernon	79
78	Edgar	78
79	Eddie	77
79	Russell	77
79	Willard	77
82	Sam	76
83	Bill	75
83	Earnest	75
83	Leon	75
83	Wilbert	75
87	Archie	73
88	Glenn	72
88	Theodore	72
90	Bruce	70
90	Hugh	70
92	Rufus	69
93	Elmer	68
93	Mack	68
93	Wallace	68
96	Julius	67
97	Allen	64
98	Dewey	63
98	Francis	63
98	Garland	63