Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,637
2	William	1,800
3	Robert	1,428
4	John	1,307
5	Charles	996
6	George	682
7	Bobby	591
8	Billy	575
9	Thomas	560
10	Willie	461
11	Jack	401
12	Joseph	397
13	David	380
13	Richard	380
15	Edward	357
16	Walter	347
17	Paul	338
18	Henry	327
19	Donald	324
20	Harold	302
21	Ralph	274
22	Fred	272
23	Joe	265
24	Roy	263
25	Frank	248

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	247
27	Clarence	220
27	Kenneth	220
29	Carl	211
30	Howard	205
31	Earl	201
32	Ernest	198
33	Raymond	195
34	Samuel	192
35	Herbert	189
36	Clyde	179
37	Eugene	173
38	Arthur	163
39	Ray	161
40	Harry	156
41	Albert	155
42	Jesse	154
43	Marvin	146
44	Floyd	130
45	Melvin	125
46	Jerry	120
46	Leroy	120
48	Herman	119
49	Cecil	115
50	Johnnie	114
51	Lawrence	112
51	Norman	112
53	Claude	109
53	Jimmy	109
55	Daniel	106
56	Bill	105
57	Lewis	102
58	Harvey	101
59	Curtis	99
60	Hubert	97
61	Alfred	96
62	Johnny	95
63	Glenn	94
64	Lee	93
65	Jimmie	89
66	Jessie	88
67	Luther	86
68	Billie	85
68	Lonnie	85
70	Calvin	84
70	Eddie	84
72	Horace	82
72	Louis	82
74	Leonard	80
74	Vernon	80
76	Russell	77
77	Oscar	76
78	Max	75
78	Tommy	75
80	Edgar	74
80	Leon	74
82	Lester	72
83	Andrew	71
83	Wayne	71
85	Douglas	70
85	Gene	70
85	Marion	70
88	Archie	68
89	Grady	67
89	Sam	67
91	Benjamin	66
91	Theodore	66
93	Dewey	65
93	Rufus	65
95	Wade	64
96	Alvin	63
96	Junior	63
96	Roger	63
99	Gerald	62
100	Allen	61
100	Bruce	61