Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,736
2	William	1,854
3	Robert	1,514
4	John	1,506
5	Charles	1,201
6	George	657
7	Bobby	656
8	Thomas	608
9	Billy	598
10	Willie	553
11	David	491
12	Joseph	423
13	Richard	421
14	Donald	400
15	Edward	371
16	Jack	368
16	Paul	368
18	Henry	338
19	Walter	319
20	Harold	304
21	Joe	302
22	Roy	273
23	Fred	266
24	Carl	260
25	Frank	256

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	255
27	Clarence	252
28	Ralph	251
29	Kenneth	236
30	Raymond	224
31	Samuel	214
32	Earl	207
33	Ernest	201
34	Howard	198
35	Eugene	192
36	Albert	184
37	Franklin	180
38	Arthur	177
39	Ray	172
40	Clyde	168
41	Jerry	165
41	Jesse	165
43	Herbert	155
44	Johnny	150
44	Melvin	150
46	Harry	148
47	Jimmy	143
48	Leroy	142
49	Marvin	135
50	Johnnie	128
51	Herman	126
52	Lewis	122
53	Floyd	121
54	Harvey	114
55	Hubert	112
56	Jimmie	109
57	Luther	108
58	Claude	107
59	Jessie	106
59	Larry	106
59	Lawrence	106
62	Cecil	103
62	Douglas	103
64	Bill	102
64	Curtis	102
66	Vernon	100
67	Lee	99
68	Daniel	98
69	Gene	97
70	Horace	93
71	Norman	92
72	Ronald	91
73	Louis	89
73	Milton	89
75	Allen	88
76	Benjamin	87
76	Clifton	87
76	Leon	87
79	Max	86
80	Eddie	85
81	Grady	83
82	Lester	82
83	Elmer	81
83	Glenn	81
83	Leonard	81
86	Alfred	80
86	Alton	80
86	Lonnie	80
89	Alvin	77
89	Oscar	77
89	Wayne	77
92	Calvin	75
92	Roger	75
92	Roosevelt	75
95	Tommy	74
96	Junior	73
97	Ben	72
98	Bruce	69
99	Andrew	68
99	Billie	68
99	Edgar	68
99	Wade	68