Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,196
2	Michael	1,723
3	David	1,390
4	William	1,347
5	John	1,276
6	Robert	1,238
7	Timothy	931
8	Jeffrey	891
9	Charles	874
10	Kenneth	714
11	Christopher	709
12	Richard	674
13	Mark	660
14	Thomas	560
15	Anthony	546
16	Gregory	506
17	Rodney	501
18	Joseph	496
19	Jerry	443
20	Donald	441
21	Kevin	432
21	Steven	432
23	Gary	411
24	Tony	396
25	Ronald	385

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	383
27	Brian	381
28	Randy	365
29	Larry	363
30	Paul	339
31	Eric	321
32	Bobby	319
33	Stephen	309
34	George	296
35	Jimmy	293
36	Johnny	291
37	Jeffery	287
38	Edward	284
39	Keith	265
40	Ricky	261
41	Scott	241
42	Billy	240
43	Daniel	237
44	Roger	226
45	Danny	220
46	Douglas	213
47	Ronnie	196
48	Barry	195
49	Todd	192
50	Samuel	186
51	Dennis	185
52	Phillip	181
53	Jonathan	170
53	Patrick	170
55	Darryl	165
56	Darrell	164
57	Bryan	154
58	Reginald	153
59	Tracy	152
60	Walter	149
60	Willie	149
62	Carl	143
63	Marvin	141
64	Curtis	139
65	Henry	134
66	Harold	133
67	Chris	132
68	Matthew	129
68	Tommy	129
70	Roy	127
71	Alan	124
72	Andrew	123
73	Wayne	121
74	Allen	119
75	Randall	118
76	Bruce	114
77	Russell	113
78	Steve	112
79	Ernest	110
80	Gerald	108
81	Calvin	104
82	Darren	102
82	Raymond	102
84	Eddie	101
85	Craig	99
86	Frank	95
86	Melvin	95
88	Vincent	92
89	Derrick	91
89	Jeff	91
89	Joel	91
92	Glenn	90
92	Micheal	90
94	Benjamin	89
95	Arthur	88
95	Joe	88
97	Dwayne	83
98	Lee	82
98	Mitchell	82
100	Wesley	81