North Carolina ★ 1936

Top names in North Carolina, 1936

Mary led for girls with 2,257 babies ; James for boys with 2,856. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,257
2	Shirley	1,664
3	Betty	1,578
4	Barbara	1,023
5	Dorothy	779
6	Peggy	665
7	Margaret	604
8	Annie	594
9	Doris	580
9	Nancy	580
11	Helen	494
12	Frances	447
13	Joyce	423
14	Martha	418
15	Patricia	406
16	Carolyn	368
17	Elizabeth	357
18	Virginia	341
19	Ruby	333
20	Sarah	321
21	Mildred	319
22	Ruth	287
23	Jean	282
24	Alice	279
25	Evelyn	271
26	Edna	254
27	Emma	229
28	Sylvia	218
29	Lois	214
30	Louise	212
31	Hazel	210
31	Shelby	210
33	Thelma	200
34	Ann	194
35	Patsy	192
36	Clara	181
36	Ethel	181
38	Geraldine	180
39	Margie	179
40	Gladys	176
41	Marie	175
42	Edith	171
42	Nellie	171
44	Norma	168
45	Rebecca	167
46	Joan	160
46	Lillie	160
48	Willie	159
49	Jo	157
50	Rachel	154
51	Ella	153
52	Bessie	151
53	Janice	146
54	Rosa	142
55	Christine	138
55	Phyllis	138
57	Lillian	133
58	Catherine	132
59	Juanita	128
59	Minnie	128
61	Carol	125
61	Elsie	125
61	Eva	125
61	Hilda	125
65	Bertha	123
65	Jane	123
67	Carrie	122
67	Mattie	122
69	Wilma	121
70	Alma	118
70	Pauline	118
72	Grace	115
72	Lucille	115
74	Laura	114
75	Julia	113
76	Bettie	107
76	Janet	107
78	Lucy	106
79	Myrtle	105
80	Gloria	104
80	Hattie	104
80	Marjorie	104
83	Eleanor	103
83	Faye	103
85	Billie	102
86	Josephine	101
86	Sara	101
88	Jessie	100
89	Ida	96
89	Joann	96
91	Anna	95
91	Janie	95
93	Lula	94
94	Linda	93
95	Kay	92
96	Fannie	91
97	Mable	90
98	Bernice	89
98	Irene	89
100	Geneva	88

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,856
2	William	1,778
3	Robert	1,435
4	John	1,338
5	Charles	1,132
6	Bobby	863
7	Billy	617
8	George	591
9	Thomas	588
10	Donald	534
11	Willie	504
12	David	502
13	Joe	480
14	Joseph	441
15	Richard	438
16	Jerry	378
17	Jimmy	370
18	Kenneth	350
19	Edward	338
20	Walter	320
21	Henry	317
22	Harold	313
23	Paul	310
24	Jack	305
25	Roy	266
26	Frank	254
27	Carl	240
28	Fred	233
29	Ralph	221
30	Charlie	214
31	Larry	209
32	Clarence	199
33	Howard	198
34	Franklin	194
35	Raymond	190
36	Earl	184
37	Clyde	181
37	Ernest	181
39	Ronald	179
40	Eugene	174
41	Jimmie	173
42	Johnny	170
42	Samuel	170
44	Albert	157
45	Jesse	155
46	Ray	148
47	Leroy	142
48	Harry	141
49	Herbert	140
50	Arthur	136
50	Johnnie	136
52	Daniel	131
53	Wayne	128
54	Melvin	125
55	Tommy	123
56	Gene	122
57	Marvin	119
58	Harvey	114
59	Curtis	112
59	Herman	112
61	Gerald	111
62	Floyd	105
63	Lewis	103
64	Lawrence	102
64	Norman	102
66	Cecil	99
66	Douglas	99
68	Lee	97
69	Hubert	96
69	Leon	96
71	Eddie	95
72	Lonnie	92
73	Claude	90
73	Glenn	90
75	Roger	89
76	Louis	86
77	Grady	83
78	Alfred	82
79	Calvin	79
80	Clifton	78
81	Bruce	77
82	Luther	76
83	Allen	74
83	Don	74
83	Max	74
83	Milton	74
87	Nathaniel	73
88	Oscar	71
88	Vernon	71
90	Wilbert	69
91	Bill	68
92	Jackie	67
93	Ted	66
94	Alvin	64
94	Frederick	64
94	Jessie	64
94	Leonard	64
94	Rufus	64
99	Gary	63
99	Horace	63