Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,624
2	William	2,224
3	Robert	1,824
4	John	1,659
5	Charles	1,414
6	Larry	919
7	David	907
8	Jerry	906
9	Thomas	884
10	George	732
11	Richard	711
12	Bobby	683
13	Donald	650
14	Joseph	571
15	Willie	554
16	Kenneth	547
17	Billy	481
18	Jimmy	459
19	Ronald	456
20	Johnny	422
21	Edward	394
22	Walter	383
23	Roy	376
24	Henry	355
25	Harold	337

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	314
27	Paul	306
28	Douglas	289
29	Michael	285
30	Roger	283
31	Carl	266
32	Samuel	249
33	Clarence	244
34	Raymond	240
35	Ralph	230
36	Fred	229
37	Frank	217
38	Howard	214
39	Wayne	206
40	Harry	204
41	Jesse	200
42	Earl	199
43	Charlie	194
43	Gary	194
43	Tommy	194
46	Jack	192
47	Ernest	191
48	Ronnie	189
49	Melvin	184
50	Leroy	179
51	Albert	177
52	Arthur	174
52	Eddie	174
54	Clyde	170
55	Gerald	165
56	Daniel	162
57	Marvin	159
58	Eugene	155
58	Johnnie	155
60	Jimmie	151
61	Dennis	143
62	Ray	139
63	Curtis	134
63	Franklin	134
65	Gene	130
65	Herman	130
67	Lewis	128
68	Lawrence	127
69	Phillip	125
70	Norman	120
71	Herbert	119
72	Glenn	118
73	Floyd	116
73	Stephen	116
75	Danny	114
76	Cecil	109
77	Leonard	106
78	Bruce	103
79	Louis	102
80	Allen	101
80	Harvey	101
80	Steve	101
83	Don	100
83	Lee	100
85	Claude	99
86	Benjamin	98
87	Leon	96
88	Terry	94
89	Clifton	93
89	Vernon	93
89	Wilbert	93
92	Calvin	91
92	Jessie	91
94	Donnie	90
94	Jackie	90
96	Russell	87
97	Alfred	86
98	Milton	85
99	Alvin	84
99	Andrew	84
99	Lloyd	84