Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,971
2	William	2,236
3	John	1,686
4	Robert	1,456
5	Charles	1,043
6	George	752
7	Thomas	690
8	Joseph	571
9	Willie	564
10	David	431
11	Jack	429
12	Paul	417
13	Henry	415
14	Walter	413
15	Edward	381
16	Richard	366
17	Charlie	323
17	Roy	323
19	Billy	312
20	Harold	310
21	Ralph	307
22	Frank	299
23	Fred	293
24	Joe	279
25	Clarence	268

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	257
27	Clyde	244
28	Howard	237
29	Earl	234
30	Ernest	229
31	Albert	219
32	Eugene	216
33	Raymond	213
34	Samuel	209
35	Donald	208
36	Arthur	190
37	Marvin	183
38	Jesse	182
39	Herbert	177
40	Floyd	175
41	Harry	165
42	Herman	164
43	Ray	161
44	Kenneth	160
45	Johnnie	149
46	Calvin	147
47	Leroy	135
48	Bobby	132
49	Hubert	130
50	Claude	127
51	Lewis	125
52	Jessie	121
53	Cecil	120
54	Lee	116
55	Lawrence	115
56	Daniel	114
56	Luther	114
58	Horace	112
59	Harvey	110
59	Norman	110
61	Glenn	109
62	Melvin	107
63	Clifton	106
64	Leonard	103
65	Louis	101
66	Elmer	98
67	Alfred	95
68	Hugh	94
69	Benjamin	93
70	Vernon	91
70	Wade	91
72	Andrew	89
73	Lloyd	88
74	Dewey	87
74	Eddie	87
74	Oscar	87
77	Bill	86
78	Lester	85
79	Alton	84
80	Alvin	83
80	Lonnie	83
80	Nathaniel	83
80	Theodore	83
84	Curtis	81
85	Russell	79
86	Johnny	78
87	Milton	77
87	Wilbert	77
87	Willard	77
90	Edwin	76
91	Junior	74
92	Billie	73
92	Edgar	73
94	Mack	72
95	Leon	71
95	Wallace	71
97	Bruce	70
97	Grady	70
99	Allen	69
99	Rufus	69