Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,746
2	Christopher	1,647
3	James	1,476
4	William	1,120
5	Jason	1,115
6	David	1,086
7	Robert	1,037
8	John	969
9	Brian	875
10	Charles	615
11	Kevin	609
12	Timothy	527
13	Joseph	517
14	Jonathan	507
15	Anthony	490
16	Jeffrey	487
17	Richard	460
18	Eric	443
18	Thomas	443
20	Mark	430
21	Matthew	420
22	Steven	405
23	Daniel	385
24	Kenneth	383
25	Gregory	333

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	306
27	Jeremy	302
28	Chad	286
29	Larry	280
30	Donald	257
31	Scott	241
32	Jerry	240
33	Gary	229
34	Bryan	226
35	Ronald	221
36	Rodney	218
37	Shawn	213
38	Paul	212
39	George	203
40	Bobby	202
41	Andrew	199
42	Billy	197
42	Joshua	197
42	Phillip	197
45	Travis	195
46	Jamie	192
47	Patrick	189
48	Terry	188
49	Edward	184
50	Benjamin	183
51	Marcus	179
52	Tony	177
53	Johnny	165
54	Samuel	160
55	Jeffery	152
56	Keith	151
57	Bradley	148
58	Adam	144
58	Ryan	144
60	Aaron	138
61	Derrick	137
62	Jimmy	135
63	Douglas	134
64	Brandon	129
65	Antonio	122
66	Roger	120
67	Dennis	117
67	Ronnie	117
69	Shannon	116
70	Danny	115
71	Randy	112
72	Corey	110
72	Reginald	110
74	Sean	108
75	Ricky	102
75	Walter	102
77	Micheal	100
78	Derek	95
78	Todd	95
80	Craig	94
80	Willie	94
82	Curtis	93
83	Tracy	92
84	Nathan	91
85	Shane	90
86	Darrell	86
87	Calvin	85
88	Raymond	84
88	Tyrone	84
90	Barry	83
90	Donnie	83
92	Harold	82
92	Wesley	82
94	Jermaine	80
94	Joel	80
96	Carl	76
96	Jody	76
96	Philip	76
96	Russell	76
100	Carlos	75