North Carolina ★ 1939

Top names in North Carolina, 1939

Mary led for girls with 2,288 babies ; James for boys with 3,043. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,288
2	Betty	1,466
3	Barbara	1,272
4	Shirley	1,017
5	Nancy	679
6	Margaret	658
7	Dorothy	638
8	Carolyn	590
9	Annie	589
10	Peggy	582
11	Patricia	537
12	Doris	533
13	Martha	505
14	Joyce	467
15	Helen	449
16	Frances	429
17	Linda	425
18	Elizabeth	384
19	Alice	360
20	Sarah	333
20	Virginia	333
22	Ruby	297
23	Ruth	288
24	Mildred	272
25	Sylvia	254
26	Edna	251
27	Evelyn	245
28	Geraldine	238
28	Janice	238
30	Jean	225
31	Phyllis	223
32	Patsy	218
33	Carol	215
33	Judy	215
35	Judith	206
36	Emma	199
37	Ann	193
38	Rebecca	189
39	Shelby	188
40	Norma	187
41	Lois	184
42	Gloria	180
43	Hazel	179
44	Louise	172
44	Rachel	172
46	Joan	170
47	Ella	164
48	Clara	161
48	Margie	161
50	Jo	160
51	Rosa	159
52	Thelma	157
53	Julia	156
54	Marie	155
55	Edith	154
55	Ethel	154
57	Gladys	151
58	Catherine	147
59	Lillie	146
60	Jane	142
61	Sandra	140
62	Willie	139
63	Glenda	131
64	Laura	130
64	Wilma	130
66	Janet	128
67	Mattie	126
68	Juanita	123
69	Lillian	122
70	Brenda	121
71	Minnie	119
72	Hilda	113
72	Nellie	113
74	Carrie	112
75	Christine	111
76	Elsie	110
76	Josephine	110
78	Grace	107
79	Hattie	106
79	Joann	106
79	Lucy	106
79	Sara	106
83	Bettie	105
84	Eva	104
84	Rose	104
86	Anna	102
86	Jessie	102
88	Wanda	100
89	Eleanor	99
90	Bonnie	97
90	Ellen	97
90	Myrtle	97
93	Bertha	96
93	Bessie	96
93	Ida	96
96	Cora	95
96	Faye	95
96	Kay	95
99	Lula	93
100	Loretta	92

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,043
2	William	1,844
3	Robert	1,513
4	John	1,414
5	Charles	1,279
6	Bobby	771
7	Thomas	666
8	Jerry	651
9	George	634
10	David	629
11	Donald	556
12	Billy	550
13	Joseph	486
13	Willie	486
15	Richard	484
16	Larry	457
17	Kenneth	415
18	Jimmy	371
19	Paul	364
20	Edward	361
20	Harold	361
22	Joe	330
23	Roy	317
24	Henry	295
25	Johnny	289
26	Walter	288
27	Frank	262
28	Carl	255
29	Ronald	232
30	Fred	221
31	Ralph	220
32	Jack	219
33	Samuel	217
34	Charlie	209
35	Clarence	193
35	Wayne	193
37	Raymond	186
38	Earl	181
38	Ernest	181
40	Howard	179
41	Eugene	170
42	Clyde	163
43	Jesse	162
44	Albert	160
44	Melvin	160
46	Marvin	159
47	Tommy	155
48	Gene	151
49	Leroy	143
50	Roger	137
51	Harry	136
52	Ray	135
53	Jimmie	134
54	Johnnie	129
55	Arthur	126
55	Daniel	126
57	Lawrence	125
58	Franklin	124
59	Gerald	123
60	Gary	121
61	Herbert	120
62	Floyd	115
63	Herman	113
64	Harvey	111
65	Douglas	110
65	Norman	110
67	Cecil	108
68	Glenn	105
69	Curtis	102
70	Eddie	100
71	Lewis	94
72	Jackie	93
73	Leon	92
73	Michael	92
75	Allen	91
76	Horace	89
77	Benjamin	88
78	Jessie	87
78	Lee	87
80	Hubert	84
81	Alton	83
81	Claude	83
81	Wade	83
84	Vernon	82
85	Leonard	81
86	Louis	80
86	Milton	80
86	Phillip	80
89	Alfred	79
90	Bill	78
90	Lester	78
92	Nathaniel	77
93	Clifton	76
94	Don	75
95	Andrew	73
96	Grady	72
97	Lonnie	71
97	Russell	71
99	Dennis	69
99	Tony	69