Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,942
2	William	1,815
3	Robert	1,570
4	John	1,361
5	Charles	1,268
6	Bobby	886
7	Thomas	647
8	George	635
9	Billy	603
10	David	551
11	Donald	548
12	Willie	506
13	Joseph	474
14	Joe	439
15	Richard	422
16	Jerry	402
17	Harold	364
18	Kenneth	359
19	Edward	356
20	Jimmy	345
21	Paul	341
22	Walter	325
23	Henry	312
24	Larry	299
25	Fred	242

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Jack	242
27	Roy	236
28	Carl	230
29	Frank	229
30	Johnny	217
31	Charlie	205
32	Clarence	204
33	Ralph	197
34	Raymond	195
34	Samuel	195
36	Eugene	188
37	Howard	187
38	Ronald	185
39	Albert	170
40	Earl	167
41	Clyde	160
41	Johnnie	160
41	Tommy	160
44	Franklin	158
45	Marvin	157
46	Gene	149
47	Ernest	148
48	Jimmie	147
49	Arthur	146
50	Jesse	137
51	Melvin	136
52	Ray	133
53	Wayne	131
54	Harry	125
55	Daniel	122
56	Curtis	121
57	Floyd	119
57	Norman	119
59	Cecil	118
60	Herman	116
61	Lawrence	112
62	Gerald	109
63	Harvey	106
64	Luther	104
65	Herbert	103
66	Alfred	101
67	Roger	99
68	Leroy	98
69	Leon	96
70	Douglas	94
70	Gary	94
72	Claude	93
73	Benjamin	92
73	Lee	92
73	Leonard	92
76	Hubert	91
76	Lewis	91
78	Lonnie	90
79	Bruce	87
80	Andrew	85
80	Glenn	85
82	Eddie	83
83	Alton	82
83	Calvin	82
83	Louis	82
86	Grady	81
87	Horace	80
88	Allen	79
89	Phillip	78
90	Clifton	76
90	Milton	76
92	Jessie	75
93	Bill	74
94	Nathaniel	73
95	Edwin	72
96	Archie	71
96	Jackie	71
96	Ted	71
99	Alvin	70
99	Wilbert	70