Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,481
2	William	2,216
3	John	1,674
4	Robert	1,672
5	Charles	1,343
6	David	886
7	Larry	881
8	Jerry	855
9	Thomas	813
10	George	717
11	Richard	708
12	Donald	610
13	Bobby	573
14	Joseph	558
15	Willie	542
16	Ronald	472
17	Kenneth	470
18	Johnny	468
19	Billy	449
20	Jimmy	435
21	Edward	407
22	Paul	379
23	Walter	349
24	Harold	341
25	Michael	336

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	328
27	Roy	310
28	Roger	303
29	Gary	299
30	Raymond	254
31	Joe	252
32	Samuel	250
33	Carl	236
34	Frank	230
35	Ralph	223
36	Charlie	219
37	Wayne	215
38	Tommy	214
39	Douglas	204
39	Ronnie	204
41	Ernest	201
42	Howard	200
43	Fred	198
43	Jack	198
45	Harry	196
46	Eddie	191
47	Melvin	190
48	Earl	189
49	Arthur	188
50	Clarence	182
51	Albert	178
52	Dennis	174
53	Jesse	170
54	Clyde	169
55	Daniel	167
56	Eugene	162
57	Gerald	153
58	Marvin	145
59	Ray	143
60	Johnnie	135
61	Curtis	133
61	Phillip	133
63	Jimmie	129
64	Danny	128
64	Stephen	128
64	Steve	128
67	Tony	124
68	Herbert	120
69	Leroy	117
70	Glenn	113
71	Franklin	112
72	Calvin	110
73	Floyd	109
74	Cecil	106
74	Lawrence	106
76	Lee	105
77	Herman	104
77	Lewis	104
79	Leonard	101
79	Terry	101
81	Leon	100
81	Lonnie	100
83	Allen	98
83	Vernon	98
85	Donnie	97
86	Bruce	96
86	Russell	96
88	Harvey	95
89	Norman	91
90	Claude	90
90	Hubert	90
92	Freddie	88
93	Gene	87
93	Luther	87
95	Linwood	86
96	Steven	85
97	Milton	84
98	Dwight	82
99	Dewey	81
99	Jackie	81
99	Louis	81