Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,273
2	William	1,988
3	Robert	1,643
4	John	1,532
5	Charles	1,291
6	Jerry	888
7	David	762
8	Thomas	751
9	Larry	739
10	George	707
11	Bobby	681
12	Donald	594
13	Richard	591
14	Billy	557
15	Willie	531
16	Joseph	501
17	Kenneth	399
18	Jimmy	378
19	Walter	362
20	Harold	352
21	Henry	348
22	Edward	342
23	Ronald	333
24	Paul	329
25	Roy	306

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	305
27	Joe	303
28	Frank	242
29	Ralph	229
30	Carl	223
31	Wayne	222
32	Samuel	209
33	Charlie	207
34	Raymond	203
35	Ernest	197
36	Clarence	194
37	Howard	193
38	Jack	188
39	Albert	175
40	Earl	171
40	Tommy	171
42	Eugene	163
43	Fred	159
44	Gerald	157
45	Jesse	156
46	Gary	152
47	Marvin	150
48	Johnnie	149
49	Arthur	147
49	Clyde	147
51	Gene	144
51	Ray	144
53	Daniel	143
54	Eddie	142
54	Michael	142
56	Roger	141
57	Harry	140
57	Norman	140
59	Melvin	137
60	Phillip	133
61	Franklin	127
62	Jimmie	126
63	Glenn	124
63	Leroy	124
65	Douglas	121
66	Ronnie	119
67	Cecil	116
68	Herbert	115
68	Herman	115
70	Curtis	114
71	Benjamin	105
71	Claude	105
73	Harvey	104
74	Lewis	103
75	Dennis	100
76	Bruce	98
77	Floyd	96
77	Lawrence	96
79	Allen	94
80	Milton	93
81	Leonard	91
82	Calvin	90
82	Don	90
84	Lee	89
84	Vernon	89
86	Leon	88
87	Jackie	87
88	Luther	86
89	Barry	83
90	Freddie	80
90	Wade	80
92	Alfred	79
92	Lonnie	79
92	Nathaniel	79
92	Philip	79
96	Louis	78
97	Clifton	76
98	Edgar	75
98	Jessie	75
100	Lloyd	74
100	Russell	74