Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,509
2	Michael	1,959
3	William	1,804
4	Robert	1,710
5	David	1,690
6	John	1,405
7	Charles	1,154
8	Richard	933
9	Ricky	865
10	Timothy	860
11	Kenneth	831
12	Thomas	804
13	Larry	801
14	Mark	748
15	Donald	718
16	Ronald	686
17	Jerry	644
18	Randy	601
19	Terry	590
20	Gary	585
21	Joseph	579
22	Tony	513
23	Ronnie	506
24	Jeffrey	493
25	Dennis	465

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bobby	464
26	Danny	464
28	Anthony	445
29	George	436
30	Gregory	434
31	Steven	409
32	Edward	401
33	Johnny	386
34	Billy	383
35	Jimmy	364
36	Willie	361
37	Paul	340
38	Roger	319
39	Douglas	315
40	Stephen	309
41	Keith	270
42	Samuel	263
43	Daniel	256
44	Eddie	255
45	Wayne	252
46	Carl	239
47	Steve	226
48	Curtis	223
48	Walter	223
50	Tommy	222
51	Jeffery	218
52	Phillip	216
53	Harold	210
54	Mike	206
55	Barry	202
56	Christopher	201
57	Micheal	196
58	Kevin	195
59	Henry	194
60	Darrell	193
60	Reginald	193
62	Roy	185
63	Alan	184
64	Joe	176
65	Raymond	175
66	Bruce	172
67	Rickey	171
68	Ernest	167
69	Howard	160
70	Brian	158
71	Dale	157
72	Frank	156
73	Marvin	154
74	Calvin	153
75	Rodney	152
76	Stanley	151
77	Scott	148
78	Eric	147
79	Tim	142
80	Melvin	140
80	Randall	140
82	Clarence	139
83	Gerald	137
84	Ralph	135
85	Arthur	134
86	Donnie	132
87	Allen	130
88	Russell	128
89	Jack	127
90	Perry	125
91	Ray	124
92	Glenn	122
93	Lawrence	121
94	Albert	116
95	Andrew	115
95	Harry	115
97	Jesse	110
98	Franklin	106
99	Dwight	105
100	Alvin	104
100	Fred	104
100	Jeff	104