Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,716
2	Christopher	1,505
3	James	1,353
4	Jason	1,082
5	William	1,044
6	David	1,031
7	Robert	889
8	John	861
9	Brian	732
10	Kevin	529
11	Charles	513
12	Joseph	499
13	Timothy	496
14	Anthony	459
15	Matthew	454
16	Jonathan	453
17	Thomas	424
18	Jeffrey	421
19	Steven	418
20	Daniel	410
20	Richard	410
22	Eric	406
23	Mark	340
24	Chad	325
25	Jeremy	320

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	317
27	Stephen	297
28	Gregory	294
29	Joshua	283
30	Larry	271
31	Scott	233
32	Rodney	231
33	Ronald	230
34	Donald	217
35	Benjamin	213
36	Jerry	212
37	Gary	210
38	Jamie	207
39	Terry	206
40	Bobby	199
41	Andrew	195
42	Marcus	194
42	Paul	194
44	Bradley	193
45	Phillip	183
46	Travis	181
47	Shawn	179
48	Brandon	178
49	George	173
50	Billy	171
50	Patrick	171
52	Bryan	165
53	Antonio	164
54	Edward	162
55	Ryan	156
56	Johnny	153
57	Derrick	152
58	Tony	148
59	Samuel	142
60	Aaron	138
61	Keith	131
62	Dennis	129
63	Jeffery	127
63	Jimmy	127
65	Adam	122
66	Nathan	114
67	Randy	113
68	Corey	110
69	Ronnie	106
70	Douglas	103
71	Danny	101
71	Shannon	101
73	Roger	99
74	Shane	98
75	Ricky	96
76	Justin	93
76	Walter	93
78	Tommy	88
79	Curtis	87
79	Raymond	87
81	Wesley	86
82	Philip	85
82	Willie	85
84	Sean	82
85	Reginald	79
85	Todd	79
87	Russell	77
88	Clifton	74
88	Tyrone	74
90	Barry	73
90	Joel	73
92	Brad	72
92	Carlos	72
94	Roy	71
95	Micheal	70
96	Brent	69
96	Craig	69
96	Darrell	69
96	Harold	69
96	Henry	69