Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,967
2	William	2,114
3	John	1,560
4	Robert	1,507
5	Charles	1,057
6	George	750
7	Thomas	602
8	Willie	599
9	Joseph	460
10	Jack	458
11	Henry	412
12	Edward	404
13	David	401
14	Herbert	398
15	Paul	396
16	Walter	369
17	Billy	349
18	Richard	346
19	Harold	313
20	Clarence	307
21	Charlie	299
22	Fred	288
23	Ralph	279
24	Roy	273
25	Carl	255

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Earl	255
25	Frank	255
28	Joe	254
29	Howard	252
30	Donald	250
31	Samuel	233
32	Clyde	225
33	Raymond	208
34	Bobby	207
35	Eugene	206
36	Jesse	205
37	Ernest	204
38	Albert	193
39	Arthur	188
40	Harry	186
41	Marvin	183
42	Floyd	172
43	Ray	165
44	Johnnie	150
45	Kenneth	147
45	Leroy	147
47	Herman	145
48	Claude	132
48	Hubert	132
50	Alfred	128
51	Daniel	125
52	Melvin	123
53	Lewis	120
54	Calvin	118
54	Horace	118
56	Lawrence	116
57	Cecil	112
57	Curtis	112
57	Lee	112
60	Jessie	108
61	Harvey	106
62	Leonard	103
62	Vernon	103
64	Louis	99
64	Luther	99
64	Norman	99
67	Bill	95
67	Glenn	95
69	Andrew	94
70	Benjamin	92
71	Allen	90
72	Lonnie	89
73	Johnny	88
74	Grady	86
74	Junior	86
76	Jimmie	80
76	Max	80
78	Gene	78
78	Lester	78
80	Alvin	77
80	Edgar	77
82	Archie	76
83	Eddie	75
84	Willard	74
85	Clifton	73
85	Earnest	73
85	Lloyd	73
85	Wade	73
89	Hugh	72
90	Alton	70
90	Leon	70
90	Oscar	70
93	Garland	69
94	Rufus	68
95	Edwin	67
96	Bruce	66
96	Milton	66
96	Wilbert	66
99	Elmer	65
99	Jimmy	65