Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,383
2	William	2,252
3	Robert	1,926
4	John	1,793
5	David	1,499
6	Charles	1,485
7	Larry	1,452
8	Michael	1,394
9	Thomas	994
10	Jerry	920
11	Donald	897
12	Richard	869
13	Ronald	849
14	Kenneth	777
15	Gary	743
16	George	688
17	Joseph	655
18	Johnny	523
19	Willie	515
20	Danny	506
21	Bobby	477
22	Roger	447
23	Edward	435
24	Steven	431
25	Ronnie	417

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	410
27	Jimmy	406
28	Billy	401
29	Dennis	390
30	Stephen	388
31	Paul	378
32	Walter	351
33	Harold	337
34	Douglas	320
35	Henry	318
36	Samuel	317
37	Daniel	297
38	Roy	266
39	Carl	265
40	Wayne	255
41	Phillip	253
42	Timothy	242
43	Tommy	237
44	Raymond	229
45	Harry	221
46	Donnie	220
47	Eddie	218
48	Melvin	214
49	Frank	213
49	Randy	213
51	Ernest	210
52	Gerald	205
53	Howard	204
54	Joe	203
55	Ralph	202
56	Clarence	194
56	Steve	194
58	Gregory	188
59	Ricky	186
59	Tony	186
61	Calvin	181
61	Earl	181
63	Bruce	179
64	Charlie	174
65	Curtis	170
66	Jack	168
66	Johnnie	168
68	Anthony	167
69	Barry	164
69	Lawrence	164
71	Arthur	163
72	Fred	159
72	Jesse	159
74	Marvin	158
75	Eugene	157
76	Glenn	156
77	Allen	155
78	Albert	149
79	Jackie	142
80	Mark	140
81	Clyde	132
82	Leonard	128
83	Lonnie	126
84	Benjamin	124
85	Micheal	122
86	Lee	119
87	Dwight	117
87	Philip	117
89	Ray	116
90	Alvin	115
90	Andrew	115
92	Herbert	114
93	Lewis	112
93	Milton	112
93	Stanley	112
96	Alan	111
96	Keith	111
98	Randall	109
99	Clifton	108
99	Leon	108