Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,849
2	William	1,814
3	Robert	1,576
4	John	1,321
5	Charles	1,143
6	Bobby	928
7	George	641
8	Billy	615
9	Thomas	586
10	David	584
11	Donald	520
12	Willie	513
13	Richard	470
14	Joseph	461
15	Joe	427
16	Harold	377
17	Jerry	361
18	Edward	343
19	Jimmy	335
20	Paul	333
21	Henry	327
22	Walter	309
23	Kenneth	307
24	Jack	305
25	Roy	285

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	262
27	Frank	248
28	Charlie	235
29	Carl	227
30	Fred	222
31	Larry	211
32	Clarence	205
33	Raymond	195
34	Howard	194
35	Jimmie	187
36	Clyde	184
36	Ray	184
36	Samuel	184
39	Johnny	182
40	Earl	172
41	Ernest	168
42	Eugene	166
43	Marvin	162
44	Albert	161
45	Leroy	150
46	Johnnie	148
47	Arthur	147
47	Harry	147
49	Franklin	143
50	Ronald	140
51	Floyd	135
52	Melvin	134
52	Tommy	134
54	Jesse	133
55	Curtis	124
56	Herbert	122
57	Cecil	121
58	Gene	117
59	Daniel	113
59	Harvey	113
61	Herman	111
62	Eddie	109
62	Glenn	109
64	Lawrence	108
65	Lewis	105
65	Louis	105
67	Wayne	103
68	Lee	102
69	Douglas	100
70	Norman	98
71	Benjamin	97
72	Bill	95
73	Jessie	92
74	Gerald	91
74	Hubert	91
76	Lonnie	89
77	Grady	88
78	Roger	86
79	Leonard	85
79	Lloyd	85
81	Clifton	84
82	Claude	83
83	Hugh	82
84	Luther	81
85	Ted	80
85	Vernon	80
87	Allen	77
87	Alton	77
87	Alvin	77
87	Milton	77
87	Oscar	77
92	Arnold	76
92	Horace	76
94	Calvin	75
94	Leon	75
96	Alfred	71
96	Bruce	71
96	Max	71
99	Earnest	70
99	Jackie	70