Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,882
2	William	2,531
3	Robert	2,071
4	John	1,966
5	Charles	1,629
6	David	1,434
7	Larry	1,403
8	Thomas	1,089
9	Jerry	1,022
10	Richard	922
11	George	859
12	Donald	847
13	Ronald	785
14	Michael	744
15	Kenneth	672
16	Johnny	663
17	Joseph	649
18	Bobby	626
19	Jimmy	610
20	Gary	598
21	Willie	569
22	Billy	497
23	Edward	476
24	Paul	421
25	Ronnie	413

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	399
27	Harold	389
28	Walter	388
29	Danny	364
30	Henry	340
31	Roy	338
32	Dennis	323
33	Stephen	316
34	Samuel	315
35	Terry	313
36	Steve	277
37	Joe	276
38	Harry	269
38	Ralph	269
40	Carl	267
41	Douglas	256
41	Raymond	256
43	Tommy	253
44	Eddie	252
45	Ernest	250
45	Wayne	250
47	Frank	248
48	Charlie	228
49	Clarence	220
50	Phillip	216
51	Tony	215
52	Daniel	211
53	Fred	200
54	Melvin	194
55	Gerald	192
55	Howard	192
57	Albert	191
58	Arthur	189
58	Marvin	189
60	Jack	184
61	Earl	182
62	Eugene	181
63	Steven	179
64	Curtis	173
65	Jesse	170
66	Clyde	163
67	Glenn	161
67	Johnnie	161
69	Jimmie	151
70	Allen	140
71	Calvin	139
72	Lewis	138
73	Ray	130
74	Barry	129
75	Donnie	125
76	Leroy	124
77	Herbert	122
78	Lee	120
79	Herman	118
79	Lawrence	118
79	Lonnie	118
82	Harvey	117
82	Timothy	117
84	Bruce	112
85	Andrew	110
86	Floyd	109
86	Franklin	109
86	Milton	109
89	Gene	108
89	Leonard	108
91	Jackie	107
91	Norman	107
93	Benjamin	103
94	Clifton	102
95	Wilbert	97
96	Freddie	94
96	Leon	94
98	Don	93
98	Lloyd	93
98	Stanley	93