Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,102
2	William	2,190
3	John	1,820
4	Robert	1,393
5	Charles	864
6	George	777
7	Thomas	634
8	Willie	616
9	Joseph	557
10	Edward	458
11	Henry	432
12	Walter	417
13	Paul	407
14	Jack	372
15	David	371
16	Charlie	333
17	Ralph	319
18	Frank	311
19	Fred	305
20	Harold	301
21	Richard	293
22	Roy	290
23	Clarence	289
24	Samuel	263
25	Calvin	250

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	247
27	Albert	244
28	Ernest	239
29	Carl	238
30	Howard	231
31	Arthur	224
31	Clyde	224
33	Earl	220
34	Raymond	209
35	Harry	204
36	Ray	197
37	Eugene	186
38	Jesse	182
39	Leroy	168
40	Marvin	163
41	Herman	147
42	Billy	145
42	Johnnie	145
44	Floyd	141
44	Lee	141
46	Claude	137
47	Donald	135
47	Herbert	135
49	Jessie	129
50	Hubert	128
51	Luther	127
52	Melvin	121
53	Kenneth	119
54	Cecil	118
55	Lawrence	117
56	Leonard	115
57	Daniel	114
58	Lonnie	112
59	Lester	109
60	Lewis	108
61	Benjamin	107
61	Harvey	107
63	Norman	106
64	Horace	104
65	Glenn	101
66	Oscar	100
67	Hugh	99
67	Vernon	99
69	Andrew	98
70	Elmer	96
71	Curtis	94
71	Rufus	94
73	Earnest	92
74	Alfred	89
74	Louis	89
74	Wade	89
74	Wallace	89
78	Edwin	86
79	Allen	85
80	Edgar	82
81	Bill	80
81	Russell	80
83	Archie	78
83	Milton	78
85	Dewey	77
86	Leon	76
87	Eddie	75
88	Lloyd	74
88	Mack	74
88	Sam	74
88	Willard	74
92	Grady	72
93	Clifton	71
93	Wayne	71
95	Wilbert	70
96	Ben	69
97	Alvin	68
97	Otis	68
99	Isaac	67
99	Marion	67
99	Warren	67