North Carolina ★ 1940

Top names in North Carolina, 1940

Mary led for girls with 2,282 babies ; James for boys with 3,063. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,282
2	Betty	1,372
3	Barbara	1,151
4	Shirley	952
5	Linda	730
6	Dorothy	702
7	Nancy	692
8	Patricia	691
9	Carolyn	602
10	Margaret	590
11	Peggy	569
12	Annie	554
13	Joyce	538
14	Martha	515
15	Doris	512
16	Frances	449
17	Helen	447
18	Elizabeth	422
19	Brenda	409
20	Alice	394
21	Judy	373
22	Virginia	367
23	Sarah	336
24	Ruby	302
25	Judith	288
26	Sylvia	283
27	Mildred	260
28	Rebecca	259
29	Ruth	250
30	Phyllis	247
31	Edna	245
31	Jean	245
33	Janice	244
34	Evelyn	229
35	Carol	223
36	Geraldine	215
37	Sandra	213
38	Lois	212
39	Patsy	210
40	Gloria	208
41	Ann	204
42	Emma	193
43	Hazel	177
44	Clara	173
45	Edith	169
45	Norma	169
47	Julia	168
48	Jo	166
49	Lillie	160
49	Rosa	160
51	Louise	155
51	Margie	155
51	Shelby	155
54	Gladys	152
54	Glenda	152
54	Marie	152
57	Joan	151
58	Ella	149
58	Wanda	149
60	Rachel	148
61	Ethel	147
61	Willie	147
63	Catherine	142
64	Thelma	141
65	Hilda	138
66	Jane	136
67	Vivian	135
68	Janet	134
69	Hattie	128
70	Bessie	126
70	Bonnie	126
72	Bertha	125
73	Mattie	124
74	Lillian	123
75	Anna	120
75	Juanita	120
77	Faye	118
78	Laura	116
79	Eva	113
80	Grace	111
81	Carrie	110
81	Wilma	110
83	Delores	109
83	Ida	109
83	Kay	109
83	Marjorie	109
83	Minnie	109
88	Nellie	108
89	Jessie	107
89	Josephine	107
89	Sara	107
92	Pauline	101
93	Lucy	99
94	Eleanor	98
95	Bettie	97
96	Ellen	95
97	Myrtle	94
98	Joann	92
99	Sue	91
100	Audrey	90

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,063
2	William	1,903
3	Robert	1,531
4	John	1,458
5	Charles	1,260
6	Jerry	746
7	Thomas	725
8	Bobby	722
9	David	693
10	George	657
11	Larry	568
12	Richard	564
13	Billy	549
14	Donald	543
15	Willie	534
16	Joseph	467
17	Kenneth	428
18	Jimmy	369
19	Harold	363
20	Walter	360
21	Henry	353
22	Paul	350
23	Johnny	335
24	Edward	330
25	Joe	329
26	Roy	276
27	Ronald	272
28	Frank	241
29	Ralph	226
30	Wayne	221
31	Clarence	213
32	Carl	209
33	Charlie	206
34	Samuel	197
35	Jack	195
36	Tommy	183
37	Howard	182
38	Fred	181
39	Earl	180
40	Ernest	170
41	Roger	169
42	Jesse	168
43	Melvin	167
44	Raymond	166
45	Eugene	164
46	Arthur	160
47	Albert	155
47	Gerald	155
49	Gene	151
50	Franklin	148
51	Gary	143
52	Johnnie	140
53	Clyde	139
54	Jimmie	138
54	Norman	138
56	Eddie	131
56	Harry	131
56	Marvin	131
59	Leroy	128
59	Ray	128
61	Glenn	124
62	Lawrence	118
63	Cecil	116
63	Michael	116
65	Curtis	113
66	Harvey	112
66	Herman	112
66	Lee	112
69	Daniel	109
69	Herbert	109
71	Jackie	100
71	Lewis	100
71	Phillip	100
74	Floyd	99
75	Benjamin	96
76	Dennis	94
76	Douglas	94
76	Vernon	94
79	Calvin	93
79	Leonard	93
81	Allen	92
82	Alton	83
83	Alfred	82
83	Louis	82
85	Stephen	81
86	Grady	80
87	Claude	79
88	Lonnie	78
88	Milton	78
90	Leon	76
90	Philip	76
90	Wilbert	76
93	Bruce	74
93	Jessie	74
93	Ronnie	74
93	Wade	74
97	Lester	73
98	Andrew	71
98	Oscar	71
98	Theodore	71