Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,165
2	Michael	1,752
3	David	1,495
4	John	1,466
5	William	1,402
6	Robert	1,300
7	Timothy	934
8	Jeffrey	890
9	Charles	865
10	Mark	774
11	Kenneth	760
12	Richard	723
13	Anthony	618
14	Thomas	597
15	Rodney	572
16	Christopher	569
17	Joseph	534
18	Gregory	497
19	Donald	480
20	Jerry	459
20	Steven	459
22	Kevin	457
23	Terry	434
24	Gary	431
25	Tony	402

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	399
27	Randy	398
28	Bobby	395
29	Ronald	389
30	Paul	359
31	Brian	345
32	Johnny	325
33	George	324
33	Ricky	324
35	Stephen	315
36	Edward	309
37	Eric	306
38	Jeffery	290
39	Scott	288
40	Keith	276
41	Billy	274
42	Danny	271
42	Douglas	271
44	Daniel	266
44	Jimmy	266
46	Darryl	246
47	Ronnie	244
48	Dennis	223
49	Phillip	220
50	Roger	219
51	Willie	204
52	Todd	199
52	Walter	199
54	Barry	194
55	Patrick	183
56	Curtis	172
57	Samuel	171
58	Jonathan	164
59	Carl	156
60	Reginald	154
61	Randall	153
62	Allen	152
63	Darrell	149
64	Harold	147
65	Tommy	145
66	Henry	144
66	Steve	144
68	Alan	142
69	Marvin	137
70	Gerald	135
71	Bryan	134
72	Raymond	131
73	Andrew	129
74	Roy	128
74	Tracy	128
76	Eddie	125
76	Wayne	125
78	Calvin	116
79	Jeff	115
80	Frank	114
81	Chris	113
82	Vincent	110
83	Darren	108
83	Glenn	108
85	Craig	104
86	Bruce	103
86	Joe	103
86	Russell	103
89	Melvin	100
90	Howard	98
91	Clarence	97
92	Ernest	96
93	Dwayne	95
94	Tim	94
95	Matthew	93
95	Micheal	93
97	Donnie	92
98	Derrick	90
99	Mitchell	88
99	Stanley	88