Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,833
2	William	2,016
3	John	1,531
4	Robert	1,362
5	Charles	1,010
6	George	673
7	Thomas	609
8	Willie	546
9	Joseph	475
10	Billy	465
11	David	437
12	Jack	426
13	Walter	374
14	Edward	369
15	Herbert	364
16	Paul	352
17	Henry	351
18	Richard	337
19	Bobby	305
20	Fred	294
21	Ralph	290
22	Joe	281
23	Harold	279
24	Roy	274
25	Donald	263

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	262
27	Clarence	256
28	Frank	254
29	Carl	237
30	Earl	236
31	Clyde	232
32	Howard	231
33	Samuel	221
34	Ernest	212
35	Raymond	188
36	Albert	187
37	Eugene	186
38	Ray	180
39	Jesse	178
40	Kenneth	177
41	Harry	176
42	Herman	156
43	Leroy	143
43	Marvin	143
45	Johnnie	139
46	Floyd	135
47	Arthur	130
48	Lee	127
49	Melvin	123
50	Hubert	122
51	Curtis	121
52	Cecil	117
53	Lawrence	116
54	Alfred	112
54	Max	112
56	Claude	110
57	Harvey	109
58	Bill	108
59	Jessie	106
60	Lewis	105
61	Louis	104
62	Daniel	100
63	Glenn	98
64	Luther	97
65	Lonnie	96
66	Benjamin	95
67	Horace	91
67	Junior	91
69	Norman	84
69	Vernon	84
71	Leonard	83
72	Oscar	81
73	Jimmie	80
73	Lester	80
75	Johnny	78
75	Nathaniel	78
77	Allen	77
77	Gene	77
77	Jimmy	77
80	Leon	76
80	Lloyd	76
82	Clifton	74
82	Edgar	74
84	Andrew	73
85	Wade	71
86	Earnest	70
87	Edwin	69
87	Grady	69
87	Theodore	69
90	Eddie	68
91	Sam	67
92	Billie	66
92	Bruce	66
92	Rudolph	66
92	Rufus	66
96	Hugh	65
97	Dewey	64
98	Archie	63
98	Milton	63
100	Alton	62
100	Ben	62
100	Tommy	62