Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,069
2	William	2,113
3	Robert	1,879
4	David	1,835
5	Michael	1,818
6	John	1,792
7	Charles	1,405
8	Larry	1,161
9	Richard	1,037
10	Thomas	951
11	Donald	943
12	Kenneth	856
13	Gary	828
14	Jerry	824
15	Ronald	740
16	Joseph	679
17	George	593
17	Terry	593
19	Ricky	565
20	Danny	553
21	Dennis	546
22	Randy	526
23	Bobby	502
24	Johnny	495
25	Steven	472

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Willie	464
27	Ronnie	458
27	Timothy	458
29	Edward	453
30	Billy	430
31	Stephen	423
32	Roger	422
33	Paul	374
34	Tony	367
35	Jimmy	359
36	Douglas	341
37	Mark	333
38	Walter	330
39	Daniel	316
40	Anthony	305
41	Gregory	296
42	Samuel	276
43	Carl	266
44	Phillip	262
45	Henry	259
46	Harold	256
47	Jeffrey	249
48	Roy	241
49	Raymond	228
50	Ernest	209
50	Tommy	209
52	Calvin	207
53	Curtis	205
54	Joe	203
55	Wayne	202
56	Eddie	200
57	Bruce	196
57	Melvin	196
59	Ralph	195
60	Steve	194
61	Donnie	187
62	Clarence	186
63	Marvin	185
64	Frank	184
64	Keith	184
66	Glenn	178
67	Micheal	176
68	Stanley	175
69	Gerald	174
70	Arthur	173
70	Barry	173
72	Earl	165
73	Howard	164
74	Rickey	162
75	Allen	159
76	Jack	157
77	Lawrence	156
78	Albert	151
78	Charlie	151
80	Jesse	148
81	Alan	146
82	Harry	139
82	Ray	139
84	Rodney	138
85	Dwight	134
86	Darrell	131
87	Alvin	127
87	Randall	127
89	Garry	126
90	Clyde	124
90	Milton	124
92	Andrew	123
92	Benjamin	123
92	Jackie	123
95	Johnnie	122
96	Lee	119
96	Reginald	119
98	Fred	118
99	Eugene	114
99	Franklin	114