North Carolina ★ 1941

Top names in North Carolina, 1941

Mary led for girls with 2,250 babies ; James for boys with 3,273. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,250
2	Betty	1,333
3	Barbara	1,304
4	Linda	1,107
5	Patricia	811
5	Shirley	811
7	Carolyn	750
8	Brenda	747
9	Nancy	718
10	Margaret	659
11	Dorothy	653
12	Joyce	616
13	Peggy	564
14	Annie	536
15	Martha	530
16	Doris	487
17	Judy	446
18	Elizabeth	420
19	Frances	413
20	Helen	392
21	Alice	384
22	Virginia	351
23	Janice	318
24	Judith	310
25	Sarah	309
26	Sandra	290
27	Patsy	281
27	Ruby	281
29	Carol	276
30	Sylvia	273
31	Rebecca	272
32	Ruth	271
33	Mildred	262
34	Evelyn	250
35	Gloria	240
36	Phyllis	231
37	Edna	218
38	Lois	211
39	Jean	207
40	Geraldine	196
41	Ann	193
42	Emma	182
42	Glenda	182
44	Clara	169
45	Janet	168
46	Edith	164
46	Julia	164
48	Wanda	160
49	Kay	158
50	Lillie	157
51	Hazel	156
52	Jo	155
52	Norma	155
52	Rachel	155
55	Bonnie	154
56	Thelma	152
57	Joan	149
58	Margie	147
59	Catherine	146
60	Louise	144
61	Ella	143
61	Minnie	143
63	Ethel	141
64	Jane	140
64	Marie	140
66	Shelby	138
67	Rosa	136
68	Hilda	135
69	Gladys	133
70	Faye	132
71	Mattie	128
72	Vivian	126
73	Laura	121
74	Christine	118
75	Joann	116
76	Juanita	115
76	Willie	115
78	Bertha	110
78	Jessie	110
78	Sara	110
81	Eva	109
82	Hattie	106
83	Bessie	105
83	Wilma	105
85	Bettie	104
86	Anna	101
86	Eleanor	101
86	Elsie	101
86	Lucy	101
90	Ellen	100
91	Nellie	97
92	Carrie	95
92	Lillian	95
94	Sue	94
95	Ida	92
96	Josephine	91
97	Alma	90
98	Lynda	89
98	Priscilla	89
100	Delores	88

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,273
2	William	1,988
3	Robert	1,643
4	John	1,532
5	Charles	1,291
6	Jerry	888
7	David	762
8	Thomas	751
9	Larry	739
10	George	707
11	Bobby	681
12	Donald	594
13	Richard	591
14	Billy	557
15	Willie	531
16	Joseph	501
17	Kenneth	399
18	Jimmy	378
19	Walter	362
20	Harold	352
21	Henry	348
22	Edward	342
23	Ronald	333
24	Paul	329
25	Roy	306
26	Johnny	305
27	Joe	303
28	Frank	242
29	Ralph	229
30	Carl	223
31	Wayne	222
32	Samuel	209
33	Charlie	207
34	Raymond	203
35	Ernest	197
36	Clarence	194
37	Howard	193
38	Jack	188
39	Albert	175
40	Earl	171
40	Tommy	171
42	Eugene	163
43	Fred	159
44	Gerald	157
45	Jesse	156
46	Gary	152
47	Marvin	150
48	Johnnie	149
49	Arthur	147
49	Clyde	147
51	Gene	144
51	Ray	144
53	Daniel	143
54	Eddie	142
54	Michael	142
56	Roger	141
57	Harry	140
57	Norman	140
59	Melvin	137
60	Phillip	133
61	Franklin	127
62	Jimmie	126
63	Glenn	124
63	Leroy	124
65	Douglas	121
66	Ronnie	119
67	Cecil	116
68	Herbert	115
68	Herman	115
70	Curtis	114
71	Benjamin	105
71	Claude	105
73	Harvey	104
74	Lewis	103
75	Dennis	100
76	Bruce	98
77	Floyd	96
77	Lawrence	96
79	Allen	94
80	Milton	93
81	Leonard	91
82	Calvin	90
82	Don	90
84	Lee	89
84	Vernon	89
86	Leon	88
87	Jackie	87
88	Luther	86
89	Barry	83
90	Freddie	80
90	Wade	80
92	Alfred	79
92	Lonnie	79
92	Nathaniel	79
92	Philip	79
96	Louis	78
97	Clifton	76
98	Edgar	75
98	Jessie	75
100	Lloyd	74