Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,043
2	James	2,019
3	William	1,517
4	David	1,457
5	Robert	1,450
6	John	1,331
7	Christopher	1,289
8	Charles	840
9	Jeffrey	805
10	Timothy	777
11	Mark	679
12	Thomas	678
13	Richard	648
14	Brian	629
15	Anthony	595
16	Joseph	586
17	Steven	571
18	Kevin	563
19	Kenneth	557
20	Eric	489
21	Gregory	483
22	Ronald	418
23	Donald	399
23	Stephen	399
25	Jerry	381

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jason	368
27	Jonathan	359
28	Larry	358
29	Scott	350
30	Paul	334
31	Gary	333
32	Rodney	332
33	Daniel	320
34	Tony	310
35	Terry	304
36	Edward	296
37	Matthew	273
38	Bobby	272
39	George	264
40	Jeffery	253
41	Johnny	246
42	Patrick	238
43	Billy	237
44	Jimmy	216
45	Keith	213
46	Andrew	211
46	Douglas	211
48	Bryan	205
49	Randy	202
49	Todd	202
51	Phillip	195
52	Dennis	186
53	Ronnie	181
54	Ricky	179
55	Derrick	171
56	Roger	169
57	Bradley	168
57	Danny	168
59	Shawn	166
60	Samuel	160
61	Marcus	159
62	Darrell	158
62	Reginald	158
64	Travis	149
65	Willie	148
66	Walter	137
67	Barry	136
68	Chad	134
69	Curtis	130
70	Russell	129
71	Raymond	128
72	Jamie	125
73	Antonio	124
74	Chris	121
75	Allen	120
76	Jeremy	115
76	Sean	115
78	Tommy	114
79	Craig	113
79	Gerald	113
81	Aaron	110
81	Benjamin	110
83	Carl	108
84	Alan	105
84	Dwayne	105
84	Harold	105
87	Marvin	104
87	Tracy	104
89	Corey	103
89	Wesley	103
91	Darren	102
91	Tyrone	102
93	Troy	101
94	Joel	100
94	Roy	100
96	Derek	95
97	Randall	94
98	Henry	93
98	Jesse	93
100	Frank	91