Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,923
2	William	2,042
3	Michael	1,949
4	David	1,843
5	Robert	1,764
6	John	1,665
7	Charles	1,316
8	Larry	990
9	Richard	956
10	Thomas	895
11	Donald	887
12	Kenneth	879
13	Ronald	852
14	Randy	736
15	Gary	721
16	Jerry	693
17	Joseph	667
18	Terry	609
19	Mark	574
20	Steven	572
21	Ricky	571
22	Timothy	569
23	George	553
24	Dennis	552
25	Ronnie	518

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	475
27	Danny	468
28	Bobby	449
29	Tony	429
30	Stephen	422
31	Edward	412
32	Willie	402
33	Billy	401
34	Gregory	385
35	Anthony	379
36	Jeffrey	378
37	Roger	368
38	Jimmy	363
39	Paul	335
40	Daniel	321
40	Douglas	321
42	Walter	292
43	Keith	277
44	Samuel	264
45	Eddie	248
46	Carl	246
47	Barry	236
48	Phillip	233
49	Curtis	227
49	Harold	227
51	Wayne	226
52	Bruce	221
53	Roy	220
54	Henry	218
54	Jeffery	218
56	Steve	204
57	Raymond	203
58	Donnie	196
58	Melvin	196
60	Joe	193
61	Ernest	192
62	Micheal	191
63	Calvin	189
64	Reginald	188
65	Clarence	187
66	Ralph	183
67	Tommy	181
68	Marvin	179
69	Stanley	177
70	Frank	175
71	Kevin	170
72	Christopher	169
72	Darrell	169
74	Glenn	166
75	Jack	160
76	Dwight	157
77	Alan	155
78	Rickey	154
79	Allen	151
80	Randall	147
81	Albert	145
81	Howard	145
83	Russell	143
84	Alvin	142
85	Andrew	141
86	Ray	140
87	Arthur	139
87	Eric	139
87	Gerald	139
90	Rodney	137
91	Dale	134
92	Fred	133
93	Garry	130
94	Philip	127
95	Earl	125
96	Milton	119
97	Benjamin	118
97	Jesse	118
99	Harry	116
100	Charlie	115
100	Joel	115