Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,360
2	Michael	1,950
3	David	1,829
4	William	1,654
5	John	1,547
6	Robert	1,543
7	Charles	1,010
8	Jeffrey	974
9	Mark	966
10	Timothy	885
11	Kenneth	809
12	Richard	763
13	Thomas	708
14	Ricky	626
15	Donald	617
16	Gregory	607
17	Terry	583
18	Anthony	571
19	Tony	567
20	Jerry	548
21	Joseph	543
22	Gary	534
23	Randy	497
24	Larry	486
25	Ronald	475

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christopher	447
27	Steven	431
28	Bobby	427
29	Danny	400
30	George	399
31	Jimmy	383
32	Johnny	382
33	Jeffery	366
34	Billy	342
35	Edward	336
36	Kevin	326
37	Keith	318
38	Roger	317
39	Paul	312
40	Ronnie	310
41	Dennis	307
42	Barry	302
43	Scott	297
44	Douglas	282
45	Eric	278
46	Daniel	275
47	Stephen	264
48	Phillip	251
49	Willie	246
50	Brian	244
51	Jeff	232
52	Steve	217
53	Carl	212
54	Samuel	211
55	Walter	206
56	Darryl	200
57	Tommy	198
58	Curtis	196
59	Todd	190
60	Reginald	188
61	Alan	182
62	Eddie	173
63	Rodney	172
64	Harold	169
65	Glenn	167
65	Henry	167
67	Marvin	166
68	Darrell	164
68	Mike	164
70	Tim	161
71	Randall	158
72	Allen	157
73	Roy	153
74	Micheal	150
75	Bruce	149
76	Joe	148
77	Wayne	145
78	Chris	143
79	Russell	141
80	Jonathan	139
80	Raymond	139
82	Calvin	135
83	Melvin	132
84	Joel	129
85	Dale	128
85	Gerald	128
87	Clarence	126
88	Mitchell	125
89	Dwayne	124
90	Andrew	123
90	Craig	123
90	Victor	123
93	Frank	122
94	Ralph	119
95	Stanley	117
96	Jack	115
97	Dwight	113
98	Howard	112
98	Lee	112
100	Donnie	109