Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,614
2	William	1,835
3	Robert	1,450
4	John	1,373
5	Charles	1,155
6	Bobby	705
7	Billy	616
8	George	607
9	Thomas	552
10	Willie	511
11	David	462
12	Donald	439
13	Richard	423
14	Joseph	385
15	Harold	366
16	Jack	355
17	Henry	337
18	Edward	323
19	Franklin	309
20	Walter	298
21	Joe	297
22	Paul	291
23	Kenneth	286
24	Frank	274
25	Fred	247

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	243
27	Roy	242
28	Carl	231
29	Ralph	225
30	Jimmy	224
31	Clarence	220
32	Jerry	212
33	Howard	204
34	Earl	193
35	Ernest	184
36	Samuel	181
37	Eugene	180
38	Raymond	179
39	Ray	174
40	Albert	172
41	Clyde	168
42	Johnny	161
43	Jesse	148
43	Leroy	148
45	Arthur	145
46	Herbert	142
46	Marvin	142
46	Melvin	142
49	Harry	135
50	Johnnie	134
51	Herman	126
52	Floyd	125
52	Lewis	125
54	Daniel	108
54	Roosevelt	108
56	Norman	106
57	Curtis	103
58	Harvey	102
59	Lee	101
60	Ronald	100
61	Jimmie	99
61	Larry	99
63	Cecil	97
63	Eddie	97
65	Douglas	96
66	Horace	95
67	Bill	94
67	Jessie	94
69	Gerald	91
70	Roger	90
70	Tommy	90
72	Hubert	89
73	Lawrence	88
73	Louis	88
75	Alfred	86
75	Claude	86
77	Allen	85
77	Lonnie	85
77	Luther	85
80	Benjamin	84
80	Gene	84
82	Vernon	82
83	Wayne	81
84	Leonard	80
85	Glenn	79
86	Theodore	75
87	Clifton	74
88	Earnest	70
88	Max	70
90	Alton	68
91	Hugh	66
91	Ted	66
93	Calvin	65
93	Grady	65
93	Willard	65
96	Billie	64
97	Ben	63
98	Leon	62
98	Otis	62
100	Alvin	61
100	Edwin	61