Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1964

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,317
2	Michael	1,772
3	David	1,668
4	John	1,644
5	Robert	1,563
6	William	1,546
7	Charles	984
8	Jeffrey	932
9	Mark	892
10	Kenneth	858
11	Timothy	832
12	Richard	788
13	Thomas	704
14	Gregory	564
15	Anthony	548
16	Joseph	543
17	Donald	541
18	Terry	493
19	Jerry	485
20	Christopher	466
21	Gary	453
22	Larry	450
22	Steven	450
24	Ronald	441
25	Kevin	437

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Tony	429
27	Randy	420
28	Ricky	403
29	Bobby	385
30	Jeffery	352
31	Johnny	348
32	Paul	339
33	Eric	328
34	Danny	320
35	Edward	318
36	Scott	314
37	Keith	310
38	George	308
39	Stephen	304
40	Billy	303
41	Brian	300
42	Jimmy	296
43	Douglas	284
44	Dennis	268
45	Ronnie	260
46	Roger	257
47	Barry	256
48	Daniel	242
49	Rodney	240
50	Phillip	237
51	Todd	232
52	Patrick	222
53	Willie	216
54	Walter	208
55	Jeff	205
56	Darryl	193
57	Curtis	192
58	Samuel	188
59	Tommy	184
60	Reginald	182
61	Steve	177
62	Jonathan	176
63	Carl	174
64	Harold	160
65	Roy	158
66	Marvin	155
67	Alan	154
67	Gerald	154
67	Henry	154
70	Allen	152
70	Darrell	152
72	Andrew	150
72	Raymond	150
72	Wayne	150
75	Calvin	142
76	Bruce	139
76	Eddie	139
78	Bryan	138
78	Randall	138
80	Chris	136
81	Micheal	134
82	Frank	126
83	Dwayne	122
83	Glenn	122
83	Joel	122
86	Mike	118
87	Melvin	115
88	Jack	114
88	Joe	114
90	Ernest	112
91	Stanley	109
92	Tracy	107
93	Howard	106
94	Craig	104
95	Arthur	103
95	Mitchell	103
95	Russell	103
98	Donnie	99
99	Tim	98
100	Matthew	96
100	Ralph	96