Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,993
2	Michael	1,826
3	David	1,482
4	Robert	1,413
5	William	1,380
6	John	1,379
7	Timothy	938
8	Christopher	900
9	Jeffrey	847
10	Charles	822
11	Mark	792
12	Richard	724
13	Anthony	648
14	Kenneth	633
15	Brian	614
16	Thomas	583
17	Gregory	493
18	Joseph	490
19	Rodney	470
20	Steven	455
21	Kevin	454
22	Stephen	419
23	Donald	405
24	Tony	399
25	Ronald	389

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	384
27	Larry	369
28	Gary	356
29	Eric	347
30	Paul	320
31	Scott	304
32	Terry	297
33	Bobby	294
34	Jonathan	270
35	Patrick	265
36	Edward	264
37	George	262
38	Randy	261
39	Johnny	260
39	Ricky	260
41	Daniel	258
42	Billy	245
43	Douglas	244
44	Jeffery	240
45	Keith	227
46	Todd	219
47	Dennis	211
48	Jimmy	205
49	Roger	202
50	Reginald	200
51	Matthew	198
52	Danny	187
53	Bryan	171
54	Samuel	169
55	Phillip	168
56	Ronnie	158
57	Tracy	147
58	Darrell	146
59	Walter	140
60	Willie	139
61	Carl	138
62	Andrew	136
63	Curtis	131
63	Marvin	131
65	Joel	128
66	Russell	126
67	Barry	124
67	Darren	124
69	Jason	122
70	Alan	121
71	Gerald	117
72	Raymond	113
73	Henry	111
73	Randall	111
73	Tommy	111
76	Roy	109
77	Allen	107
77	Wayne	107
79	Calvin	106
80	Craig	104
81	Chris	103
81	Harold	103
81	Lee	103
84	Bradley	102
85	Kelly	98
86	Troy	97
87	Melvin	96
88	Joe	93
89	Derrick	92
90	Benjamin	91
90	Micheal	91
90	Sean	91
93	Vincent	89
94	Ernest	88
95	Antonio	85
95	Jesse	85
97	Franklin	84
98	Shawn	83
99	Frederick	81
100	Steve	80