Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,532
2	Michael	1,995
3	David	1,798
4	William	1,792
5	John	1,528
6	Robert	1,506
7	Charles	1,105
8	Mark	989
9	Timothy	919
10	Jeffrey	863
11	Kenneth	849
12	Richard	766
13	Thomas	747
14	Gary	667
15	Ricky	664
16	Donald	633
17	Terry	632
18	Tony	608
19	Jerry	571
20	Joseph	563
21	Anthony	562
22	Larry	557
23	Gregory	555
24	Ronald	515
25	Randy	486

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bobby	448
27	Steven	445
28	Christopher	429
29	Danny	425
30	George	412
31	Billy	389
32	Dennis	381
33	Jimmy	376
34	Jeffery	374
35	Roger	365
36	Johnny	356
37	Paul	347
38	Kevin	335
39	Ronnie	330
40	Stephen	316
41	Keith	299
42	Edward	293
43	Willie	292
44	Douglas	279
45	Barry	275
46	Daniel	258
47	Phillip	255
48	Jeff	235
49	Scott	217
50	Darryl	216
51	Alan	213
52	Brian	206
52	Walter	206
54	Eric	205
54	Micheal	205
54	Steve	205
57	Curtis	203
58	Eddie	200
59	Wayne	199
60	Carl	198
61	Tommy	197
62	Joe	195
63	Raymond	177
64	Rodney	176
65	Marvin	174
66	Roy	173
66	Tim	173
68	Samuel	172
69	Bruce	170
70	Mike	169
70	Reginald	169
72	Harold	165
73	Randall	162
74	Gerald	159
75	Chris	157
76	Allen	153
77	Russell	148
78	Andrew	145
79	Darrell	144
80	Frank	142
81	Craig	139
82	Calvin	138
82	Henry	138
84	Howard	136
85	Melvin	133
86	Dale	131
86	Jack	131
88	Dwight	128
89	Dwayne	127
89	Ernest	127
91	Todd	125
92	Glenn	124
92	Stanley	124
94	Bryan	122
95	Timmy	120
96	Arthur	118
96	Rickey	118
98	Victor	115
99	Joel	114
99	Patrick	114