Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,620
2	William	2,220
3	Robert	1,723
4	John	1,605
5	Charles	1,343
6	Jerry	845
7	Thomas	825
8	Larry	798
9	David	790
10	George	706
11	Richard	644
12	Bobby	643
13	Donald	590
14	Willie	582
15	Billy	525
16	Joseph	524
17	Kenneth	457
18	Jimmy	455
19	Douglas	445
20	Ronald	427
21	Edward	420
22	Johnny	371
23	Paul	361
24	Walter	346
25	Henry	339

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	333
27	Roy	324
28	Harold	321
29	Clarence	247
29	Samuel	247
31	Frank	246
31	Ralph	246
33	Tommy	223
34	Raymond	215
35	Charlie	213
35	Jack	213
37	Carl	208
38	Wayne	207
39	Ernest	199
39	Fred	199
41	Earl	192
41	Gerald	192
43	Howard	191
44	Michael	189
45	Harry	188
46	Albert	186
47	Arthur	183
48	Roger	178
49	Jesse	171
50	Melvin	169
51	Gary	168
52	Marvin	158
53	Jimmie	156
54	Eugene	155
55	Gene	151
56	Ronnie	150
57	Ray	147
58	Johnnie	142
59	Clyde	141
59	Daniel	141
61	Eddie	134
62	Dennis	131
63	Leroy	128
64	Curtis	122
64	Lawrence	122
66	Phillip	117
67	Herbert	116
68	Floyd	114
69	Norman	113
70	Jackie	112
71	Franklin	111
71	Lewis	111
73	Benjamin	107
73	Glenn	107
73	Leon	107
76	Herman	106
77	Claude	105
78	Vernon	104
79	Allen	102
80	Stephen	100
81	Louis	99
81	Steve	99
83	Cecil	98
83	Lonnie	98
85	Bruce	97
85	Leonard	97
87	Lee	96
88	Harvey	87
89	Tony	85
90	Freddie	84
90	Luther	84
92	Barry	83
93	Terry	82
94	Calvin	81
94	Hubert	81
96	Clifton	80
96	Milton	80
96	Russell	80
99	Lloyd	79
100	Alfred	78
100	Don	78
100	Grady	78