North Carolina ★ 1938

Top names in North Carolina, 1938

Mary led for girls with 2,347 babies ; James for boys with 2,885. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,347
2	Betty	1,662
3	Barbara	1,323
4	Shirley	1,106
5	Dorothy	695
6	Nancy	675
7	Peggy	634
8	Margaret	619
9	Annie	602
10	Carolyn	545
11	Martha	541
12	Doris	525
13	Patricia	489
14	Frances	460
15	Joyce	431
16	Helen	420
17	Elizabeth	385
18	Sarah	365
19	Alice	329
20	Virginia	327
21	Ruby	323
22	Ruth	312
23	Shelby	304
24	Mildred	295
25	Sylvia	284
26	Evelyn	262
27	Linda	243
28	Janice	240
29	Jean	236
30	Patsy	235
31	Edna	233
32	Lois	228
33	Hazel	224
34	Ann	211
34	Carol	211
36	Rebecca	200
37	Geraldine	198
38	Emma	193
39	Louise	180
40	Catherine	173
40	Marie	173
40	Norma	173
43	Rosa	172
44	Thelma	168
45	Clara	166
45	Rachel	166
47	Margie	165
48	Phyllis	164
49	Edith	161
50	Sandra	160
51	Joan	157
52	Ethel	155
53	Ella	153
53	Julia	153
55	Lillie	145
56	Jane	144
57	Bessie	143
58	Willie	141
59	Gloria	139
60	Gladys	137
61	Mattie	136
62	Minnie	132
63	Nellie	130
64	Juanita	125
65	Judith	124
66	Hilda	123
67	Christine	122
67	Grace	122
67	Jo	122
67	Wilma	122
71	Joann	121
72	Anna	119
73	Lillian	117
74	Ida	115
74	Marjorie	115
74	Sara	115
77	Eva	113
77	Laura	113
79	Bettie	111
79	Carrie	111
79	Kay	111
82	Lucille	110
83	Judy	109
84	Janet	108
85	Hattie	106
86	Pauline	105
87	Alma	104
87	Elsie	104
87	Josephine	104
90	Myrtle	102
91	Eleanor	101
91	Faye	101
91	Wanda	101
94	Bertha	100
95	Lucy	99
96	Delores	98
97	Glenda	97
98	Yvonne	96
99	Loretta	95
99	Rose	95

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,885
2	William	1,912
3	Robert	1,514
4	John	1,399
5	Charles	1,177
6	Bobby	864
7	Thomas	661
8	David	649
9	George	646
10	Donald	578
11	Billy	571
12	Jerry	523
13	Willie	495
14	Richard	462
15	Joseph	445
16	Harold	381
16	Joe	381
18	Edward	357
19	Jimmy	355
19	Kenneth	355
21	Larry	344
22	Walter	314
23	Paul	310
24	Henry	297
25	Roy	270
26	Johnny	265
27	Carl	247
28	Fred	239
29	Jack	235
30	Ronald	231
31	Charlie	228
32	Clarence	215
33	Samuel	201
34	Ralph	192
35	Howard	189
36	Earl	183
37	Frank	181
38	Raymond	180
39	Ernest	174
40	Eugene	170
41	Arthur	164
42	Jimmie	162
42	Marvin	162
44	Wayne	161
45	Gene	156
46	Albert	154
47	Melvin	153
48	Jesse	150
49	Harry	149
50	Clyde	145
51	Ray	136
52	Daniel	134
53	Gary	131
53	Tommy	131
55	Leroy	125
56	Franklin	123
57	Herman	117
58	Curtis	116
59	Norman	115
60	Herbert	114
61	Roger	113
62	Cecil	110
63	Floyd	108
64	Glenn	107
65	Gerald	104
66	Claude	103
67	Eddie	100
68	Harvey	99
69	Johnnie	98
70	Lawrence	97
71	Max	95
72	Lewis	94
73	Allen	93
74	Jackie	91
75	Alton	88
76	Benjamin	86
76	Lonnie	86
78	Hubert	85
78	Vernon	85
80	Alfred	84
81	Louis	82
82	Jessie	81
82	Ted	81
84	Lester	80
85	Calvin	79
85	Douglas	79
85	Leon	79
88	Luther	77
89	Andrew	76
89	Bruce	76
89	Milton	76
92	Lee	75
93	Clifton	74
93	Phillip	74
95	Don	72
95	Leonard	72
97	Horace	71
98	Alvin	69
99	Michael	67
100	Bennie	65