Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,424
2	David	1,865
3	Michael	1,843
4	William	1,707
5	Robert	1,577
6	John	1,408
7	Charles	1,155
8	Timothy	976
9	Kenneth	889
10	Ricky	884
11	Richard	850
12	Mark	810
13	Thomas	762
14	Donald	739
15	Larry	726
16	Gary	618
17	Ronald	603
18	Jerry	601
19	Jeffrey	576
20	Terry	569
21	Randy	546
22	Tony	531
23	Joseph	515
24	Steven	480
25	George	479

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronnie	470
27	Dennis	468
28	Danny	449
29	Bobby	448
30	Gregory	432
31	Anthony	429
32	Johnny	426
33	Jimmy	407
34	Billy	362
35	Roger	343
36	Paul	339
37	Edward	327
38	Stephen	318
39	Keith	307
40	Steve	306
41	Willie	303
42	Douglas	298
42	Jeffery	298
44	Christopher	276
45	Daniel	274
46	Kevin	264
47	Walter	251
48	Samuel	233
49	Carl	231
50	Phillip	221
51	Mike	215
52	Eddie	207
53	Barry	205
53	Eric	205
55	Rodney	204
56	Tommy	202
57	Micheal	199
58	Wayne	189
59	Curtis	188
60	Alan	186
61	Brian	180
61	Darrell	180
63	Scott	173
64	Reginald	172
65	Bruce	171
66	Dale	170
67	Raymond	169
68	Roy	168
69	Randall	167
70	Melvin	164
71	Harold	162
71	Henry	162
71	Tim	162
74	Frank	161
75	Joe	155
75	Timmy	155
77	Marvin	154
78	Allen	152
78	Donnie	152
80	Stanley	151
81	Calvin	149
82	Rickey	148
83	Ernest	145
84	Russell	144
85	Jeff	142
86	Ray	137
87	Gerald	133
87	Howard	133
89	Glenn	130
89	Perry	130
91	Arthur	126
92	Craig	124
93	Ralph	120
94	Jack	116
95	Alvin	113
95	Joel	113
97	Clarence	112
98	Lee	111
99	Benjamin	108
100	Andrew	107