Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,942
2	James	1,875
3	Christopher	1,526
4	William	1,421
5	David	1,363
6	Robert	1,291
7	John	1,253
8	Charles	812
9	Brian	777
10	Jeffrey	731
11	Timothy	695
12	Kevin	628
13	Richard	626
14	Anthony	623
15	Mark	583
16	Thomas	549
17	Steven	536
18	Jason	513
18	Joseph	513
20	Eric	488
21	Kenneth	485
22	Gregory	424
23	Jonathan	411
24	Larry	378
25	Donald	373

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	369
27	Stephen	368
28	Ronald	341
29	Jerry	339
30	Daniel	308
31	Paul	300
32	Gary	296
32	Rodney	296
34	Matthew	281
35	Tony	279
36	Bobby	272
37	Terry	270
38	Chad	268
39	Edward	258
40	Shawn	249
41	Billy	238
42	Keith	235
43	Patrick	233
44	George	229
45	Jeffery	219
46	Johnny	206
47	Bryan	202
48	Marcus	199
49	Douglas	198
50	Jeremy	197
51	Phillip	185
52	Dennis	180
53	Danny	173
53	Randy	173
55	Andrew	166
56	Todd	165
57	Samuel	164
58	Jamie	161
59	Jimmy	160
60	Ricky	159
61	Reginald	155
61	Travis	155
63	Ronnie	154
64	Roger	152
65	Walter	147
66	Willie	143
67	Derrick	141
68	Roy	135
69	Benjamin	133
70	Bradley	131
71	Darrell	128
72	Sean	126
73	Tommy	124
74	Aaron	121
75	Joel	119
76	Shannon	118
77	Antonio	116
77	Barry	116
79	Chris	114
79	Corey	114
79	Raymond	114
82	Russell	113
83	Troy	112
84	Randall	111
85	Tracy	110
86	Frederick	109
87	Carl	108
87	Craig	108
89	Curtis	107
90	Allen	104
91	Henry	103
92	Harold	101
92	Jody	101
94	Alan	100
95	Derek	99
96	Eddie	93
97	Marvin	91
98	Gerald	90
99	Kelly	88
99	Maurice	88