Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,043
2	William	1,844
3	Robert	1,513
4	John	1,414
5	Charles	1,279
6	Bobby	771
7	Thomas	666
8	Jerry	651
9	George	634
10	David	629
11	Donald	556
12	Billy	550
13	Joseph	486
13	Willie	486
15	Richard	484
16	Larry	457
17	Kenneth	415
18	Jimmy	371
19	Paul	364
20	Edward	361
20	Harold	361
22	Joe	330
23	Roy	317
24	Henry	295
25	Johnny	289

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	288
27	Frank	262
28	Carl	255
29	Ronald	232
30	Fred	221
31	Ralph	220
32	Jack	219
33	Samuel	217
34	Charlie	209
35	Clarence	193
35	Wayne	193
37	Raymond	186
38	Earl	181
38	Ernest	181
40	Howard	179
41	Eugene	170
42	Clyde	163
43	Jesse	162
44	Albert	160
44	Melvin	160
46	Marvin	159
47	Tommy	155
48	Gene	151
49	Leroy	143
50	Roger	137
51	Harry	136
52	Ray	135
53	Jimmie	134
54	Johnnie	129
55	Arthur	126
55	Daniel	126
57	Lawrence	125
58	Franklin	124
59	Gerald	123
60	Gary	121
61	Herbert	120
62	Floyd	115
63	Herman	113
64	Harvey	111
65	Douglas	110
65	Norman	110
67	Cecil	108
68	Glenn	105
69	Curtis	102
70	Eddie	100
71	Lewis	94
72	Jackie	93
73	Leon	92
73	Michael	92
75	Allen	91
76	Horace	89
77	Benjamin	88
78	Jessie	87
78	Lee	87
80	Hubert	84
81	Alton	83
81	Claude	83
81	Wade	83
84	Vernon	82
85	Leonard	81
86	Louis	80
86	Milton	80
86	Phillip	80
89	Alfred	79
90	Bill	78
90	Lester	78
92	Nathaniel	77
93	Clifton	76
94	Don	75
95	Andrew	73
96	Grady	72
97	Lonnie	71
97	Russell	71
99	Dennis	69
99	Tony	69