Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,009
2	William	2,076
3	David	1,886
4	Michael	1,862
5	Robert	1,829
6	John	1,650
7	Charles	1,366
8	Larry	1,111
9	Richard	987
10	Thomas	910
11	Donald	861
12	Kenneth	834
13	Gary	830
14	Jerry	789
15	Ronald	755
16	Joseph	678
17	Randy	672
18	Terry	622
19	Dennis	616
20	George	594
21	Ricky	577
22	Steven	530
23	Timothy	527
24	Danny	520
25	Johnny	519

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronnie	478
27	Bobby	476
28	Edward	453
29	Stephen	433
30	Mark	430
31	Tony	419
32	Roger	411
33	Billy	406
34	Anthony	395
35	Willie	388
36	Paul	377
37	Gregory	349
38	Jeffrey	324
39	Daniel	322
39	Douglas	322
41	Jimmy	309
41	Walter	309
43	Henry	281
44	Carl	268
45	Samuel	264
46	Harold	244
47	Phillip	238
48	Keith	231
49	Steve	228
50	Bruce	224
51	Eddie	221
52	Roy	215
53	Wayne	213
54	Raymond	202
55	Marvin	199
56	Frank	198
57	Curtis	197
57	Joe	197
59	Clarence	194
60	Barry	190
61	Donnie	188
62	Calvin	185
63	Tommy	181
64	Micheal	179
65	Stanley	176
66	Melvin	175
67	Jack	174
68	Arthur	171
69	Dwight	170
70	Ralph	161
71	Allen	160
72	Reginald	159
73	Jeffery	155
74	Charlie	154
74	Glenn	154
76	Christopher	152
76	Ray	152
78	Darrell	151
78	Russell	151
80	Alan	148
81	Jackie	147
82	Earl	144
82	Ernest	144
84	Howard	141
85	Jesse	139
86	Gerald	138
87	Garry	135
88	Rodney	134
89	Rickey	128
90	Randall	127
91	Harry	122
92	Kevin	121
92	Philip	121
94	Albert	117
94	Lawrence	117
96	Clyde	114
97	Dale	113
98	Fred	112
98	Herbert	112
100	Johnnie	110