Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,991
2	William	2,227
3	John	1,684
4	Robert	1,374
5	Charles	852
6	George	792
7	Thomas	617
8	Willie	571
9	Joseph	534
10	Paul	441
11	Walter	428
12	Henry	420
13	David	411
14	Edward	389
15	Jack	345
16	Charlie	330
17	Fred	310
18	Frank	308
19	Richard	293
20	Clarence	281
21	Harold	275
22	Joe	268
23	Ralph	263
24	Samuel	262
25	Howard	259

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clyde	256
27	Arthur	250
28	Roy	247
29	Albert	239
30	Ernest	220
31	Carl	215
32	Billy	210
33	Raymond	208
34	Calvin	205
35	Earl	195
36	Jesse	181
37	Marvin	178
38	Eugene	173
39	Harry	172
40	Leroy	169
41	Floyd	164
42	Herman	160
43	Donald	154
43	Ray	154
45	Johnnie	141
46	Herbert	140
47	Hubert	139
48	Claude	138
48	Lee	138
50	Kenneth	136
50	Luther	136
52	Jessie	135
53	Cecil	127
54	Lewis	119
54	Melvin	119
56	Benjamin	117
57	Andrew	114
57	Horace	114
59	Harvey	112
60	Louis	106
61	Daniel	103
62	Lester	102
63	Lonnie	101
64	Lawrence	100
65	Oscar	98
66	Bill	96
67	Alfred	95
67	Clifton	95
69	Norman	94
70	Eddie	91
71	Glenn	88
71	Leonard	88
71	Lloyd	88
74	Leon	86
75	Curtis	83
76	Junior	81
77	Vernon	77
78	Alvin	76
78	Otis	76
80	Edwin	75
81	Edgar	74
81	Milton	74
81	Sam	74
84	Dewey	73
84	Elmer	73
84	Rufus	73
84	Wade	73
88	Nathaniel	71
88	Wilbert	71
90	Earnest	70
90	Grady	70
92	Ben	69
93	Marion	67
94	Hugh	66
95	Archie	65
96	Willard	64
97	Theodore	63
98	Allen	62
98	Alton	62
98	Chester	62