Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,117
2	William	2,255
3	Robert	1,886
4	John	1,802
5	David	1,798
6	Michael	1,770
7	Charles	1,444
8	Larry	1,290
9	Richard	1,022
10	Thomas	978
11	Donald	894
12	Kenneth	836
13	Jerry	822
14	Gary	794
15	Ronald	788
16	Joseph	681
17	George	652
18	Danny	525
19	Willie	499
20	Dennis	498
21	Bobby	495
22	Roger	482
23	Terry	474
24	Edward	473
25	Ronnie	458

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	451
27	Johnny	450
28	Ricky	441
29	Stephen	423
30	Billy	422
31	Paul	413
32	Randy	395
33	Jimmy	367
34	Timothy	330
35	Walter	321
36	Samuel	317
37	Daniel	314
38	Douglas	308
39	Tony	298
40	Carl	273
41	Harold	260
42	Anthony	259
43	Roy	252
44	Henry	248
45	Gregory	247
46	Phillip	238
47	Mark	234
48	Steve	224
49	Bruce	221
50	Wayne	217
51	Raymond	212
52	Eddie	210
52	Gerald	210
52	Ralph	210
55	Joe	202
56	Curtis	198
56	Tommy	198
58	Melvin	193
59	Frank	192
60	Ernest	191
61	Donnie	184
62	Jeffrey	179
63	Stanley	178
64	Howard	177
64	Marvin	177
66	Arthur	174
67	Harry	170
68	Clarence	167
68	Keith	167
70	Barry	165
71	Glenn	164
71	Jack	164
71	Micheal	164
74	Jesse	162
75	Allen	161
76	Dwight	160
77	Charlie	150
78	Albert	149
79	Rodney	147
80	Calvin	142
80	Lawrence	142
82	Earl	141
82	Fred	141
84	Eugene	133
85	Herbert	132
86	Ray	125
87	Reginald	124
88	Jackie	122
88	Milton	122
90	Benjamin	120
91	Alan	117
92	Rickey	115
93	Franklin	113
94	Alvin	110
95	Christopher	109
95	Philip	109
97	Frederick	108
97	Harvey	108
97	Johnnie	108
100	Garry	106
100	Leon	106