Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1960

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,372
2	David	1,866
3	Michael	1,843
4	William	1,727
5	Robert	1,519
6	John	1,414
7	Charles	1,095
8	Timothy	1,028
9	Mark	942
10	Kenneth	866
11	Richard	779
12	Thomas	728
13	Ricky	719
14	Jeffrey	708
15	Terry	688
16	Donald	685
17	Larry	639
18	Gary	563
19	Randy	560
20	Jerry	549
20	Tony	549
22	Joseph	541
23	Ronald	500
24	Gregory	489
25	Steven	477

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	470
27	Bobby	452
28	Danny	445
29	Johnny	389
30	Christopher	376
31	Dennis	375
32	George	370
33	Jimmy	361
34	Billy	353
35	Edward	347
36	Paul	342
37	Ronnie	339
38	Jeffery	331
39	Kevin	327
40	Roger	316
41	Stephen	305
42	Douglas	293
43	Willie	283
44	Phillip	261
45	Daniel	257
46	Keith	255
47	Tommy	240
48	Barry	239
49	Carl	238
50	Steve	234
51	Eric	228
52	Samuel	218
53	Curtis	215
54	Mike	211
55	Walter	208
56	Eddie	201
57	Wayne	197
58	Randall	190
58	Roy	190
60	Harold	189
60	Scott	189
62	Rodney	185
63	Brian	184
64	Henry	183
65	Micheal	182
66	Tim	178
67	Joe	177
68	Reginald	174
69	Alan	173
70	Darryl	166
71	Bruce	165
72	Darrell	163
72	Jeff	163
74	Dale	159
75	Frank	156
76	Allen	153
77	Marvin	144
78	Calvin	143
78	Russell	143
80	Stanley	142
81	Rickey	139
82	Gerald	138
83	Raymond	135
84	Donnie	131
85	Craig	129
86	Chris	125
86	Howard	125
86	Melvin	125
89	Dwight	121
90	Andrew	120
90	Clarence	120
92	Jack	118
92	Joel	118
92	Timmy	118
95	Glenn	116
96	Arthur	115
97	Ray	112
98	Ernest	109
98	Mitchell	109
100	Ralph	105