Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,734
2	William	1,993
3	John	1,501
4	Robert	1,445
5	Charles	1,110
6	George	704
7	Thomas	575
8	Willie	556
9	Billy	502
10	David	479
11	Joseph	459
12	Bobby	451
12	Jack	451
14	Paul	378
15	Edward	374
16	Richard	364
17	Walter	348
18	Henry	321
19	Joe	318
20	Fred	295
21	Harold	287
22	Charlie	282
22	Roy	282
24	Donald	275
25	Ralph	266

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	259
27	Clarence	245
28	Howard	239
29	Carl	235
30	Kenneth	217
31	Clyde	209
32	Herbert	207
33	Ernest	206
34	Earl	205
35	Eugene	201
35	Samuel	201
37	Raymond	192
38	Albert	178
39	Arthur	176
40	Ray	168
41	Harry	151
42	Jesse	143
43	Herman	142
44	Floyd	135
45	Hubert	134
46	Marvin	132
47	Claude	123
48	Johnnie	117
48	Leroy	117
48	Melvin	117
51	Lewis	116
52	Lee	113
53	Lawrence	112
54	Alfred	111
55	Daniel	110
56	Bill	107
57	Cecil	105
58	Jerry	104
59	Johnny	102
60	Curtis	101
61	Vernon	99
62	Luther	98
63	Jimmy	97
64	Eddie	95
64	Jessie	95
66	Andrew	91
66	Jimmie	91
68	Glenn	90
68	Harvey	90
70	Leon	87
71	Alton	86
71	Lonnie	86
71	Louis	86
71	Max	86
75	Grady	85
75	Horace	85
77	Benjamin	84
77	Norman	84
79	Calvin	83
80	Oscar	80
81	Lester	79
82	Junior	77
82	Lloyd	77
84	Gene	76
85	Leonard	75
85	Rufus	75
85	Sam	75
88	Clifton	74
89	Edgar	73
90	Allen	72
91	Archie	70
92	Edwin	68
92	Hugh	68
92	Milton	68
92	Wilbert	68
96	Wayne	67
97	Billie	65
98	Bennie	63
98	Bruce	63
98	Douglas	63