Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,747
2	Christopher	1,634
3	James	1,556
4	William	1,185
5	David	1,098
6	Robert	1,063
7	John	967
8	Brian	946
9	Jason	819
10	Charles	680
11	Kevin	663
12	Timothy	557
13	Jonathan	502
14	Anthony	501
15	Jeffrey	485
15	Richard	485
17	Thomas	478
18	Joseph	455
19	Mark	453
20	Eric	439
21	Steven	402
22	Daniel	398
23	Kenneth	381
24	Matthew	363
25	Gregory	317

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	306
27	Stephen	304
28	Chad	302
29	Larry	279
30	Ronald	272
31	Jerry	268
32	Scott	257
33	Gary	220
34	Bryan	219
34	Terry	219
36	Shawn	217
37	Paul	216
38	Bobby	208
39	Billy	207
39	Edward	207
41	Travis	205
42	George	202
42	Jeremy	202
42	Rodney	202
42	Tony	202
46	Patrick	197
46	Phillip	197
48	Jamie	185
49	Derrick	177
50	Keith	174
51	Andrew	166
51	Danny	166
53	Dennis	161
54	Marcus	159
55	Samuel	156
56	Douglas	155
57	Jimmy	154
57	Johnny	154
59	Joshua	153
60	Jeffery	145
61	Benjamin	143
62	Antonio	139
63	Ryan	137
64	Willie	134
65	Tracy	128
65	Walter	128
67	Randy	127
67	Ricky	127
67	Roger	127
70	Bradley	124
71	Aaron	118
71	Ronnie	118
73	Jermaine	110
74	Reginald	107
74	Sean	107
76	Brandon	105
77	Curtis	104
77	Tommy	104
79	Corey	103
80	Todd	100
81	Adam	97
81	Raymond	97
83	Shannon	96
84	Nathan	95
84	Shane	95
86	Craig	92
87	Chris	90
87	Russell	90
89	Micheal	88
90	Tyrone	85
91	Derek	84
91	Frederick	84
93	Gerald	83
93	Jody	83
95	Henry	82
95	Joel	82
95	Roy	82
95	Wesley	82
99	Maurice	81
100	Carl	80
100	Frank	80