Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,926
2	William	1,855
3	Robert	1,514
4	John	1,324
5	Charles	1,150
6	Bobby	886
7	Billy	626
8	Thomas	596
9	George	590
10	Willie	545
11	Donald	510
12	David	494
13	Joseph	446
14	Richard	402
15	Edward	390
16	Harold	381
17	Paul	360
18	Walter	359
19	Jack	335
20	Kenneth	331
21	Joe	319
22	Jimmy	305
23	Henry	293
24	Jerry	269
25	Frank	268

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	248
27	Franklin	244
27	Ralph	244
29	Roy	241
30	Carl	237
31	Earl	221
32	Clarence	218
33	Fred	207
34	Samuel	206
35	Eugene	204
36	Johnny	191
37	Howard	186
38	Albert	173
39	Ernest	171
40	Clyde	170
40	Jimmie	170
42	Raymond	169
43	Ray	165
44	Jesse	150
45	Marvin	149
46	Larry	144
46	Leroy	144
48	Arthur	141
49	Ronald	132
50	Daniel	126
50	Melvin	126
52	Claude	122
52	Johnnie	122
54	Curtis	121
54	Floyd	121
56	Harry	119
57	Cecil	118
58	Herman	117
59	Herbert	111
60	Tommy	110
61	Bill	106
61	Glenn	106
61	Wayne	106
64	Douglas	105
65	Lee	104
66	Roosevelt	101
67	Benjamin	100
68	Eddie	99
68	Hubert	99
70	Lewis	98
71	Gene	97
72	Lawrence	96
73	Jessie	95
73	Louis	95
75	Harvey	94
76	Gerald	90
77	Andrew	88
77	Luther	88
79	Norman	87
80	Grady	82
81	Horace	81
81	Theodore	81
83	Allen	77
83	Calvin	77
85	Leon	75
86	Alton	74
86	Ted	74
88	Leonard	73
89	Bruce	72
90	Alvin	71
90	Vernon	71
92	Lonnie	70
92	Wade	70
94	Alfred	69
94	Elbert	69
94	Lloyd	69
94	Max	69
94	Roger	69
99	Lester	68
100	Earnest	66