North Carolina ★ 1937

Top names in North Carolina, 1937

Mary led for girls with 2,304 babies ; James for boys with 2,942. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,304
2	Betty	1,494
3	Shirley	1,365
4	Barbara	1,057
5	Dorothy	744
6	Margaret	671
7	Doris	620
8	Nancy	616
9	Annie	607
10	Peggy	603
11	Martha	491
12	Helen	459
13	Frances	455
14	Patricia	438
15	Carolyn	419
16	Joyce	406
17	Shelby	386
18	Ruby	376
19	Virginia	363
20	Elizabeth	339
21	Alice	332
22	Sarah	321
23	Mildred	311
24	Jean	292
24	Ruth	292
26	Evelyn	259
27	Sylvia	255
28	Ann	229
28	Edna	229
30	Louise	220
31	Patsy	219
32	Hazel	211
33	Lois	200
34	Janice	199
35	Thelma	195
36	Emma	190
37	Geraldine	184
37	Margie	184
39	Norma	173
40	Ethel	169
41	Carol	167
41	Linda	167
43	Clara	160
43	Gladys	160
45	Rachel	159
46	Bessie	158
47	Rebecca	156
48	Edith	151
49	Phyllis	149
49	Willie	149
51	Jo	147
52	Nellie	146
53	Joan	145
53	Lillie	145
53	Marie	145
56	Jane	144
57	Rosa	142
58	Juanita	141
59	Gloria	140
60	Ella	136
61	Mattie	131
62	Catherine	130
63	Christine	129
63	Wilma	129
65	Lillian	128
66	Julia	127
67	Bertha	126
68	Minnie	125
69	Myrtle	122
70	Alma	121
70	Elsie	121
72	Josephine	120
73	Carrie	119
73	Sara	119
75	Kay	113
76	Ellen	111
76	Faye	111
76	Pauline	111
79	Hattie	110
80	Bettie	108
80	Hilda	108
82	Eva	107
83	Janet	106
84	Joann	104
84	Laura	104
86	Billie	103
86	Bobbie	103
86	Vivian	103
89	Grace	102
90	Lucille	101
91	Anne	100
92	Anna	99
92	Ida	99
92	Irene	99
95	Jessie	97
96	Lula	96
97	Lucy	95
97	Marjorie	95
99	Bernice	94
100	Eleanor	93

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,942
2	William	1,815
3	Robert	1,570
4	John	1,361
5	Charles	1,268
6	Bobby	886
7	Thomas	647
8	George	635
9	Billy	603
10	David	551
11	Donald	548
12	Willie	506
13	Joseph	474
14	Joe	439
15	Richard	422
16	Jerry	402
17	Harold	364
18	Kenneth	359
19	Edward	356
20	Jimmy	345
21	Paul	341
22	Walter	325
23	Henry	312
24	Larry	299
25	Fred	242
25	Jack	242
27	Roy	236
28	Carl	230
29	Frank	229
30	Johnny	217
31	Charlie	205
32	Clarence	204
33	Ralph	197
34	Raymond	195
34	Samuel	195
36	Eugene	188
37	Howard	187
38	Ronald	185
39	Albert	170
40	Earl	167
41	Clyde	160
41	Johnnie	160
41	Tommy	160
44	Franklin	158
45	Marvin	157
46	Gene	149
47	Ernest	148
48	Jimmie	147
49	Arthur	146
50	Jesse	137
51	Melvin	136
52	Ray	133
53	Wayne	131
54	Harry	125
55	Daniel	122
56	Curtis	121
57	Floyd	119
57	Norman	119
59	Cecil	118
60	Herman	116
61	Lawrence	112
62	Gerald	109
63	Harvey	106
64	Luther	104
65	Herbert	103
66	Alfred	101
67	Roger	99
68	Leroy	98
69	Leon	96
70	Douglas	94
70	Gary	94
72	Claude	93
73	Benjamin	92
73	Lee	92
73	Leonard	92
76	Hubert	91
76	Lewis	91
78	Lonnie	90
79	Bruce	87
80	Andrew	85
80	Glenn	85
82	Eddie	83
83	Alton	82
83	Calvin	82
83	Louis	82
86	Grady	81
87	Horace	80
88	Allen	79
89	Phillip	78
90	Clifton	76
90	Milton	76
92	Jessie	75
93	Bill	74
94	Nathaniel	73
95	Edwin	72
96	Archie	71
96	Jackie	71
96	Ted	71
99	Alvin	70
99	Wilbert	70