Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,770
2	Michael	1,973
3	William	1,906
4	David	1,851
5	Robert	1,655
6	John	1,535
7	Charles	1,262
8	Richard	1,019
9	Larry	923
10	Kenneth	812
11	Donald	810
12	Thomas	794
13	Gary	762
14	Ronald	726
15	Jerry	721
16	Mark	709
17	Timothy	705
18	Randy	694
19	Ricky	676
20	Terry	659
21	Joseph	601
22	Bobby	534
23	George	514
23	Steven	514
25	Tony	498

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronnie	485
27	Gregory	477
28	Dennis	475
29	Danny	471
30	Johnny	451
31	Edward	418
32	Jeffrey	416
33	Anthony	410
34	Billy	394
35	Willie	375
36	Jimmy	374
37	Roger	363
38	Stephen	357
39	Paul	331
40	Douglas	321
41	Keith	311
42	Steve	297
43	Daniel	293
44	Walter	274
45	Curtis	252
46	Jeffery	243
47	Carl	242
48	Phillip	239
49	Roy	229
50	Henry	226
50	Samuel	226
52	Harold	223
53	Eddie	221
54	Barry	218
55	Wayne	210
56	Joe	202
56	Kevin	202
58	Micheal	199
59	Tommy	197
60	Reginald	185
61	Bruce	184
62	Marvin	177
63	Donnie	175
64	Frank	173
64	Stanley	173
66	Rickey	171
67	Calvin	168
68	Gerald	162
69	Melvin	160
70	Alan	159
71	Raymond	158
72	Ernest	157
72	Ralph	157
74	Darrell	156
75	Christopher	152
76	Jack	151
77	Clarence	149
77	Howard	149
79	Glenn	146
80	Ray	145
81	Allen	140
82	Rodney	139
83	Dwight	136
84	Harry	131
85	Dale	129
85	Randall	129
87	Eric	127
88	Arthur	125
89	Benjamin	121
89	Mike	121
91	Alvin	120
92	Earl	119
93	Russell	118
94	Garry	117
95	Herbert	116
95	Jesse	116
97	Brian	115
98	Charlie	114
98	Fred	114
100	Albert	113