Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,582
2	William	2,422
3	Robert	2,022
4	John	1,893
5	Charles	1,501
6	Larry	1,398
7	David	1,372
8	Thomas	1,001
9	Jerry	961
10	Ronald	893
11	Michael	828
12	George	813
13	Donald	792
14	Richard	776
15	Joseph	689
15	Kenneth	689
17	Gary	591
18	Willie	575
19	Bobby	563
20	Johnny	553
21	Jimmy	527
22	Roger	469
23	Billy	448
24	Edward	446
25	Ronnie	429

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	371
27	Terry	365
28	Harold	349
29	Danny	346
29	Dennis	346
31	Paul	342
32	Henry	340
33	Stephen	333
34	Roy	308
35	Eddie	305
36	Samuel	292
37	Joe	285
38	Carl	272
39	Daniel	267
40	Steven	265
41	Wayne	262
42	Steve	256
42	Tommy	256
44	Clarence	251
45	Tony	248
46	Raymond	240
47	Harry	233
48	Phillip	227
49	Frank	222
50	Charlie	213
51	Ralph	207
52	Ernest	205
53	Melvin	203
54	Douglas	199
55	Arthur	188
56	Howard	185
56	Jesse	185
58	Johnnie	183
59	Earl	181
60	Gerald	178
61	Fred	175
61	Marvin	175
63	Albert	174
64	Curtis	168
65	Jack	163
66	Allen	155
66	Jimmie	155
68	Clyde	153
69	Eugene	152
69	Ray	152
71	Glenn	145
72	Bruce	141
73	Calvin	139
74	Donnie	138
75	Lawrence	132
76	Harvey	131
77	Leroy	129
78	Lewis	128
79	Herbert	127
80	Lonnie	124
81	Barry	121
82	Alvin	118
82	Leonard	118
84	Randy	115
85	Benjamin	112
85	Jackie	112
87	Lee	111
87	Norman	111
87	Philip	111
90	Lloyd	110
91	Leon	107
92	Russell	106
93	Louis	104
94	Milton	101
95	Anthony	100
95	Gregory	100
95	Herman	100
98	Linwood	98
98	Vernon	98
100	Floyd	97
100	Timothy	97