Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,366
2	William	2,140
3	Robert	1,725
4	John	1,612
5	Charles	1,223
6	Larry	933
7	David	893
8	Thomas	832
9	Jerry	816
10	Richard	775
11	George	730
12	Donald	594
13	Willie	551
14	Joseph	550
15	Kenneth	503
16	Bobby	488
17	Ronald	445
18	Billy	444
18	Jimmy	444
20	Johnny	433
21	Edward	422
22	Michael	386
23	Paul	365
24	Gary	357
25	Walter	337

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	324
27	Roger	323
28	Roy	321
29	Henry	308
30	Joe	239
30	Samuel	239
32	Harry	231
33	Ernest	230
34	Carl	221
34	Tommy	221
36	Frank	219
37	Clarence	218
38	Douglas	211
39	Wayne	210
40	Ronnie	206
41	Ralph	200
42	Dennis	195
43	Charlie	194
44	Jack	191
45	Raymond	190
46	Eddie	184
46	Jesse	184
48	Fred	181
49	Howard	175
50	Arthur	174
51	Danny	169
51	Johnnie	169
53	Daniel	161
54	Marvin	157
55	Gerald	155
56	Melvin	154
57	Earl	150
58	Ray	149
59	Terry	146
60	Stephen	145
61	Albert	140
62	Clyde	138
63	Jimmie	136
64	Steve	135
65	Franklin	134
66	Tony	132
67	Leroy	127
68	Curtis	126
69	Eugene	124
69	Herbert	124
71	Allen	120
71	Lawrence	120
73	Glenn	109
74	Floyd	104
74	Lee	104
76	Phillip	103
77	Milton	102
78	Calvin	101
79	Bruce	100
80	Benjamin	99
81	Alfred	97
82	Don	94
83	Claude	93
83	Norman	93
85	Herman	92
86	Lonnie	91
87	Alvin	90
88	Harvey	89
88	Leonard	89
90	Steven	88
91	Lewis	85
92	Dwight	84
93	Gene	83
93	Leon	83
95	Russell	82
96	Cecil	81
97	Jackie	80
98	Donnie	79
98	Ted	79
100	Linwood	77