Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,323
2	William	2,311
3	Robert	1,832
4	John	1,706
5	Larry	1,601
6	Charles	1,494
7	David	1,364
8	Michael	1,132
9	Thomas	928
10	Jerry	916
11	Ronald	816
12	Donald	780
13	Richard	777
14	George	722
15	Kenneth	686
16	Gary	613
17	Joseph	577
18	Willie	545
19	Roger	509
20	Bobby	470
20	Johnny	470
22	Edward	464
23	Danny	452
24	Jimmy	419
25	Stephen	400

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Billy	373
27	Dennis	367
28	Terry	366
29	Ronnie	358
30	Henry	351
31	Paul	341
32	Walter	331
33	Steven	321
34	Harold	310
35	Roy	296
36	Samuel	291
37	Daniel	259
38	Douglas	249
39	Wayne	247
40	Carl	244
41	Phillip	241
42	Tommy	230
43	Donnie	219
44	Eddie	217
45	Harry	215
46	Clarence	208
47	Ralph	205
48	Frank	201
48	Melvin	201
48	Raymond	201
51	Steve	200
52	Timothy	199
53	Gerald	198
54	Ernest	194
55	Joe	191
56	Bruce	190
57	Charlie	184
58	Howard	182
59	Eugene	176
59	Jack	176
61	Albert	175
62	Calvin	169
62	Randy	169
64	Fred	168
65	Marvin	167
66	Allen	162
66	Earl	162
66	Tony	162
69	Arthur	161
69	Jesse	161
71	Glenn	158
72	Curtis	156
73	Johnnie	155
74	Lawrence	140
75	Gregory	139
76	Barry	136
77	Clyde	135
78	Lee	130
79	Anthony	126
80	Herbert	125
81	Milton	122
82	Alvin	120
83	Leroy	119
83	Mark	119
85	Benjamin	118
85	Ray	118
87	Alfred	114
88	Andrew	111
88	Lonnie	111
90	Jackie	110
90	Norman	110
90	Ricky	110
93	Clifton	108
93	Leonard	108
95	Jimmie	106
96	Leon	104
97	Linwood	101
98	Russell	99
99	Stanley	98
100	Christopher	96
100	Harvey	96
100	Philip	96