Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1963

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,382
2	David	1,784
3	Michael	1,757
4	William	1,566
5	Robert	1,532
6	John	1,497
7	Charles	1,024
8	Jeffrey	966
9	Mark	902
10	Timothy	842
11	Kenneth	807
12	Richard	805
13	Thomas	688
14	Gregory	627
15	Terry	586
16	Joseph	558
17	Anthony	552
18	Tony	532
19	Donald	526
19	Gary	526
21	Ricky	516
22	Jerry	479
23	Larry	463
24	Christopher	461
25	Steven	444

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	439
27	Randy	425
28	Bobby	420
29	Kevin	386
30	Jimmy	368
31	Danny	357
32	Paul	353
33	Jeffery	346
34	Edward	338
35	Scott	334
36	George	333
37	Johnny	329
38	Ronnie	309
39	Eric	308
40	Billy	303
40	Douglas	303
42	Barry	295
43	Keith	294
44	Dennis	290
45	Stephen	284
46	Brian	274
47	Daniel	258
48	Willie	255
49	Roger	238
50	Todd	236
51	Tommy	231
52	Darryl	229
53	Jeff	227
54	Phillip	224
55	Reginald	208
56	Samuel	204
57	Walter	202
58	Carl	193
59	Steve	181
60	Bruce	176
61	Roy	173
62	Wayne	171
63	Patrick	170
64	Rodney	169
65	Eddie	166
66	Randall	163
67	Curtis	162
68	Harold	157
68	Jonathan	157
70	Mike	156
71	Darrell	155
72	Glenn	153
73	Chris	152
74	Russell	150
75	Micheal	147
76	Raymond	146
77	Alan	139
78	Calvin	138
79	Allen	137
79	Gerald	137
81	Joel	136
82	Tim	135
83	Frank	134
84	Henry	133
84	Joe	133
86	Andrew	130
87	Marvin	128
88	Stanley	123
89	Bryan	119
90	Ernest	118
91	Howard	115
92	Craig	112
92	Melvin	112
94	Greg	111
94	Timmy	111
94	Tracy	111
97	Jack	108
97	Marty	108
99	Mitchell	107
100	Clarence	105