Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,336
2	William	2,223
3	Robert	1,873
4	John	1,755
5	David	1,562
6	Michael	1,541
7	Charles	1,462
8	Larry	1,361
9	Thomas	1,043
10	Richard	969
11	Donald	870
12	Jerry	869
13	Gary	868
14	Ronald	816
15	Kenneth	813
16	Joseph	656
17	George	646
18	Danny	538
19	Johnny	513
20	Edward	475
21	Willie	472
22	Bobby	456
23	Stephen	440
24	Steven	433
25	Roger	431

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronnie	428
27	Terry	402
28	Dennis	401
29	Billy	389
30	Jimmy	382
31	Paul	369
32	Walter	352
33	Douglas	316
34	Samuel	315
35	Daniel	313
36	Timothy	312
37	Harold	303
37	Roy	303
39	Randy	287
40	Henry	284
41	Carl	275
42	Raymond	257
43	Wayne	248
44	Phillip	242
45	Ricky	237
46	Anthony	232
46	Eddie	232
48	Tony	225
49	Donnie	216
50	Melvin	215
51	Curtis	214
52	Frank	212
53	Steve	202
54	Mark	201
55	Bruce	200
56	Clarence	195
57	Tommy	194
58	Barry	189
59	Jack	188
59	Joe	188
61	Gregory	187
62	Ernest	181
63	Allen	180
63	Howard	180
63	Ralph	180
66	Charlie	179
67	Arthur	174
68	Earl	173
69	Marvin	170
70	Gerald	169
70	Keith	169
72	Albert	167
73	Harry	166
74	Calvin	164
75	Jesse	159
76	Glenn	155
77	Lawrence	152
78	Dwight	144
79	Micheal	143
80	Clyde	142
81	Eugene	140
82	Johnnie	129
83	Andrew	128
83	Ray	128
85	Alvin	127
86	Jackie	126
87	Alan	125
87	Stanley	125
89	Fred	123
90	Benjamin	122
91	Herbert	121
91	Jeffrey	121
91	Leonard	121
94	Franklin	119
95	Lewis	113
96	Linwood	112
96	Philip	112
98	Lee	108
98	Leon	108
100	Randall	107