Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1969

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,105
2	Michael	1,986
3	David	1,509
4	William	1,435
5	Robert	1,373
6	John	1,372
7	Christopher	1,015
8	Timothy	839
9	Charles	802
10	Jeffrey	754
11	Mark	744
12	Richard	670
13	Anthony	612
14	Thomas	610
15	Brian	580
16	Kenneth	574
17	Steven	558
18	Joseph	519
19	Kevin	485
20	Gregory	462
21	Donald	454
22	Stephen	430
23	Ronald	396
24	Rodney	381
25	Eric	380

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	358
26	Scott	358
28	Larry	352
29	Paul	344
30	Tony	322
31	Gary	317
32	Terry	308
33	Daniel	302
34	Jonathan	291
35	Bobby	281
36	Johnny	268
37	Edward	260
38	George	257
38	Jeffery	257
38	Patrick	257
41	Jason	246
42	Jimmy	245
43	Randy	240
44	Keith	225
45	Billy	220
46	Douglas	218
47	Roger	195
48	Matthew	192
48	Todd	192
50	Ricky	189
51	Phillip	184
52	Samuel	181
53	Bryan	175
54	Andrew	174
55	Ronnie	169
56	Reginald	168
57	Barry	164
57	Dennis	164
59	Bradley	162
60	Walter	154
61	Danny	151
61	Willie	151
63	Darrell	150
64	Carl	136
64	Curtis	136
66	Raymond	130
67	Corey	128
68	Derrick	127
69	Tracy	124
70	Tommy	123
71	Gerald	118
72	Henry	115
72	Russell	115
74	Roy	111
75	Darren	110
75	Harold	110
75	Shawn	110
78	Allen	109
79	Benjamin	107
79	Dwayne	107
81	Craig	103
82	Frank	100
83	Sean	99
83	Troy	99
85	Alan	98
86	Travis	97
87	Randall	96
88	Micheal	94
89	Calvin	93
89	Marvin	93
91	Chris	91
91	Kelly	91
93	Eddie	90
94	Joel	89
95	Wesley	87
96	Derek	85
97	Howard	84
97	Jack	84
97	Jesse	84
97	Tyrone	84