Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1946

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	2,390
3	Robert	1,802
4	John	1,741
5	Charles	1,455
6	David	1,119
7	Larry	1,114
8	Jerry	980
9	Thomas	914
10	Richard	909
11	Donald	825
12	George	805
13	Ronald	658
14	Michael	626
15	Kenneth	611
16	Joseph	594
17	Bobby	583
18	Jimmy	561
19	Willie	549
20	Johnny	548
21	Gary	458
22	Edward	457
23	Billy	443
24	Roger	417
25	Paul	409

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	378
27	Ronnie	372
28	Walter	351
29	Roy	340
30	Henry	312
30	Joe	312
32	Danny	302
33	Samuel	287
33	Terry	287
35	Dennis	274
36	Harry	250
37	Frank	245
38	Tommy	243
39	Carl	238
40	Clarence	233
41	Wayne	231
42	Steve	226
43	Raymond	221
44	Fred	220
45	Eddie	219
46	Ernest	218
47	Ralph	214
48	Douglas	203
49	Stephen	201
50	Daniel	190
51	Howard	188
52	Jack	186
53	Charlie	185
54	Earl	184
54	Tony	184
56	Arthur	178
57	Johnnie	176
57	Melvin	176
59	Jesse	175
60	Gerald	169
61	Albert	167
62	Clyde	164
62	Jimmie	164
64	Eugene	152
64	Marvin	152
66	Ray	144
67	Phillip	141
68	Curtis	137
69	Calvin	130
69	Lawrence	130
69	Leon	130
72	Glenn	126
73	Steven	125
74	Allen	124
75	Herbert	123
76	Donnie	122
77	Lewis	120
78	Bruce	115
78	Herman	115
80	Franklin	113
80	Leroy	113
80	Lonnie	113
83	Barry	109
83	Lloyd	109
85	Louis	108
86	Dwight	106
86	Jackie	106
88	Floyd	105
89	Benjamin	104
89	Milton	104
89	Norman	104
92	Harvey	102
93	Alvin	99
93	Lee	99
95	Don	97
96	Freddie	95
97	Cecil	94
97	Claude	94
99	Clifton	93
100	Leonard	90