Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,856
2	William	1,778
3	Robert	1,435
4	John	1,338
5	Charles	1,132
6	Bobby	863
7	Billy	617
8	George	591
9	Thomas	588
10	Donald	534
11	Willie	504
12	David	502
13	Joe	480
14	Joseph	441
15	Richard	438
16	Jerry	378
17	Jimmy	370
18	Kenneth	350
19	Edward	338
20	Walter	320
21	Henry	317
22	Harold	313
23	Paul	310
24	Jack	305
25	Roy	266

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	254
27	Carl	240
28	Fred	233
29	Ralph	221
30	Charlie	214
31	Larry	209
32	Clarence	199
33	Howard	198
34	Franklin	194
35	Raymond	190
36	Earl	184
37	Clyde	181
37	Ernest	181
39	Ronald	179
40	Eugene	174
41	Jimmie	173
42	Johnny	170
42	Samuel	170
44	Albert	157
45	Jesse	155
46	Ray	148
47	Leroy	142
48	Harry	141
49	Herbert	140
50	Arthur	136
50	Johnnie	136
52	Daniel	131
53	Wayne	128
54	Melvin	125
55	Tommy	123
56	Gene	122
57	Marvin	119
58	Harvey	114
59	Curtis	112
59	Herman	112
61	Gerald	111
62	Floyd	105
63	Lewis	103
64	Lawrence	102
64	Norman	102
66	Cecil	99
66	Douglas	99
68	Lee	97
69	Hubert	96
69	Leon	96
71	Eddie	95
72	Lonnie	92
73	Claude	90
73	Glenn	90
75	Roger	89
76	Louis	86
77	Grady	83
78	Alfred	82
79	Calvin	79
80	Clifton	78
81	Bruce	77
82	Luther	76
83	Allen	74
83	Don	74
83	Max	74
83	Milton	74
87	Nathaniel	73
88	Oscar	71
88	Vernon	71
90	Wilbert	69
91	Bill	68
92	Jackie	67
93	Ted	66
94	Alvin	64
94	Frederick	64
94	Jessie	64
94	Leonard	64
94	Rufus	64
99	Gary	63
99	Horace	63
99	Lloyd	63
99	Roosevelt	63