Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,382
2	William	2,332
3	John	1,891
4	Robert	1,820
5	Charles	1,481
6	David	1,369
7	Larry	1,326
8	Michael	1,052
9	Thomas	991
10	Jerry	921
11	Ronald	896
12	Richard	806
13	Donald	805
14	George	758
15	Kenneth	718
16	Joseph	666
17	Willie	583
18	Gary	561
19	Bobby	537
20	Johnny	534
21	Roger	521
22	Jimmy	462
23	Edward	461
24	Ronnie	433
25	Danny	402

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Billy	387
27	Walter	380
28	Dennis	364
29	Harold	363
30	Paul	361
31	Stephen	360
32	Terry	342
33	Samuel	334
34	Henry	318
35	Roy	303
36	Daniel	271
37	Carl	268
38	Phillip	267
39	Steven	262
40	Douglas	261
41	Eddie	256
42	Joe	228
43	Melvin	224
44	Frank	222
44	Raymond	222
46	Clarence	216
47	Harry	214
47	Wayne	214
49	Tommy	212
50	Steve	210
51	Ralph	205
52	Curtis	201
53	Ernest	200
54	Jack	196
55	Gerald	195
56	Marvin	187
57	Fred	184
58	Albert	181
59	Bruce	178
60	Howard	177
61	Arthur	175
62	Earl	170
62	Jesse	170
64	Donnie	168
65	Johnnie	167
66	Charlie	164
67	Eugene	159
67	Tony	159
69	Glenn	148
70	Calvin	146
70	Timothy	146
72	Jimmie	144
72	Lawrence	144
74	Ray	136
75	Barry	133
75	Jackie	133
77	Benjamin	132
78	Clyde	127
79	Herbert	126
80	Allen	122
80	Ricky	122
82	Lee	118
83	Lonnie	117
83	Randy	117
85	Lewis	116
86	Leroy	113
87	Anthony	111
88	Harvey	110
89	Gregory	109
90	Leon	108
91	Philip	106
92	Herman	105
92	Linwood	105
92	Milton	105
95	Stanley	104
96	Louis	102
97	Alfred	101
98	Norman	100
99	Clifton	99
100	Floyd	97