Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,901
2	William	2,283
3	John	1,720
4	Robert	1,375
5	Charles	886
6	George	740
7	Thomas	619
8	Joseph	544
9	Willie	503
10	David	426
11	Paul	409
12	Edward	408
13	Walter	406
14	Jack	393
15	Henry	391
16	Richard	346
17	Clarence	325
18	Ralph	293
19	Fred	285
19	Harold	285
21	Charlie	283
22	Joe	278
23	Roy	266
24	Carl	257
25	Billy	249

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ernest	246
27	Raymond	245
28	Frank	244
29	Howard	236
30	Clyde	227
31	Samuel	223
32	Earl	212
33	Arthur	207
34	Albert	205
35	Ray	192
36	Eugene	188
37	Floyd	187
38	Marvin	186
39	Jesse	176
40	Harry	170
41	Donald	164
42	Calvin	163
43	Herman	158
44	Johnnie	148
45	Leroy	145
46	Jessie	141
47	Claude	139
47	Kenneth	139
49	Cecil	138
50	Lee	131
51	Herbert	127
52	Daniel	120
53	Lewis	118
53	Luther	118
55	Hubert	116
56	Melvin	113
57	Harvey	112
58	Glenn	108
59	Lawrence	102
60	Andrew	101
61	Lonnie	98
62	Horace	97
63	Alfred	96
63	Benjamin	96
65	Louis	95
66	Edgar	94
67	Lloyd	93
68	Theodore	92
69	Leonard	91
69	Lester	91
71	Norman	90
72	Bobby	87
72	Earnest	87
74	Oscar	86
75	Junior	85
75	Sam	85
77	Grady	84
77	Wade	84
79	Nathaniel	83
80	Clifton	82
81	Curtis	81
81	Homer	81
83	Bill	80
83	Leon	80
85	Johnny	79
86	Archie	77
86	Milton	77
88	Alvin	76
88	Willard	76
90	Mack	75
90	Vernon	75
92	Dewey	74
92	Eddie	74
94	Alton	73
95	Edwin	72
96	Hugh	71
96	Rudolph	71
98	Billie	69
99	Allen	68
99	Russell	68