Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,063
2	William	1,903
3	Robert	1,531
4	John	1,458
5	Charles	1,260
6	Jerry	746
7	Thomas	725
8	Bobby	722
9	David	693
10	George	657
11	Larry	568
12	Richard	564
13	Billy	549
14	Donald	543
15	Willie	534
16	Joseph	467
17	Kenneth	428
18	Jimmy	369
19	Harold	363
20	Walter	360
21	Henry	353
22	Paul	350
23	Johnny	335
24	Edward	330
25	Joe	329

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roy	276
27	Ronald	272
28	Frank	241
29	Ralph	226
30	Wayne	221
31	Clarence	213
32	Carl	209
33	Charlie	206
34	Samuel	197
35	Jack	195
36	Tommy	183
37	Howard	182
38	Fred	181
39	Earl	180
40	Ernest	170
41	Roger	169
42	Jesse	168
43	Melvin	167
44	Raymond	166
45	Eugene	164
46	Arthur	160
47	Albert	155
47	Gerald	155
49	Gene	151
50	Franklin	148
51	Gary	143
52	Johnnie	140
53	Clyde	139
54	Jimmie	138
54	Norman	138
56	Eddie	131
56	Harry	131
56	Marvin	131
59	Leroy	128
59	Ray	128
61	Glenn	124
62	Lawrence	118
63	Cecil	116
63	Michael	116
65	Curtis	113
66	Harvey	112
66	Herman	112
66	Lee	112
69	Daniel	109
69	Herbert	109
71	Jackie	100
71	Lewis	100
71	Phillip	100
74	Floyd	99
75	Benjamin	96
76	Dennis	94
76	Douglas	94
76	Vernon	94
79	Calvin	93
79	Leonard	93
81	Allen	92
82	Alton	83
83	Alfred	82
83	Louis	82
85	Stephen	81
86	Grady	80
87	Claude	79
88	Lonnie	78
88	Milton	78
90	Leon	76
90	Philip	76
90	Wilbert	76
93	Bruce	74
93	Jessie	74
93	Ronnie	74
93	Wade	74
97	Lester	73
98	Andrew	71
98	Oscar	71
98	Theodore	71