Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,885
2	William	1,912
3	Robert	1,514
4	John	1,399
5	Charles	1,177
6	Bobby	864
7	Thomas	661
8	David	649
9	George	646
10	Donald	578
11	Billy	571
12	Jerry	523
13	Willie	495
14	Richard	462
15	Joseph	445
16	Harold	381
16	Joe	381
18	Edward	357
19	Jimmy	355
19	Kenneth	355
21	Larry	344
22	Walter	314
23	Paul	310
24	Henry	297
25	Roy	270

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	265
27	Carl	247
28	Fred	239
29	Jack	235
30	Ronald	231
31	Charlie	228
32	Clarence	215
33	Samuel	201
34	Ralph	192
35	Howard	189
36	Earl	183
37	Frank	181
38	Raymond	180
39	Ernest	174
40	Eugene	170
41	Arthur	164
42	Jimmie	162
42	Marvin	162
44	Wayne	161
45	Gene	156
46	Albert	154
47	Melvin	153
48	Jesse	150
49	Harry	149
50	Clyde	145
51	Ray	136
52	Daniel	134
53	Gary	131
53	Tommy	131
55	Leroy	125
56	Franklin	123
57	Herman	117
58	Curtis	116
59	Norman	115
60	Herbert	114
61	Roger	113
62	Cecil	110
63	Floyd	108
64	Glenn	107
65	Gerald	104
66	Claude	103
67	Eddie	100
68	Harvey	99
69	Johnnie	98
70	Lawrence	97
71	Max	95
72	Lewis	94
73	Allen	93
74	Jackie	91
75	Alton	88
76	Benjamin	86
76	Lonnie	86
78	Hubert	85
78	Vernon	85
80	Alfred	84
81	Louis	82
82	Jessie	81
82	Ted	81
84	Lester	80
85	Calvin	79
85	Douglas	79
85	Leon	79
88	Luther	77
89	Andrew	76
89	Bruce	76
89	Milton	76
92	Lee	75
93	Clifton	74
93	Phillip	74
95	Don	72
95	Leonard	72
97	Horace	71
98	Alvin	69
99	Michael	67
100	Bennie	65
100	Marshall	65
100	Oscar	65