North Carolina ★ 1942

Top names in North Carolina, 1942

Mary led for girls with 2,416 babies ; James for boys with 3,620. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,416
2	Linda	1,495
3	Barbara	1,356
4	Betty	1,296
5	Brenda	975
6	Carolyn	923
7	Patricia	864
8	Shirley	818
9	Nancy	753
10	Dorothy	689
11	Margaret	646
12	Joyce	630
13	Judy	612
14	Annie	601
15	Peggy	561
16	Martha	552
17	Doris	480
18	Elizabeth	465
19	Frances	455
19	Sandra	455
21	Helen	441
22	Alice	384
23	Virginia	347
24	Judith	342
25	Carol	340
26	Rebecca	298
27	Sarah	292
28	Patsy	290
29	Ruth	280
30	Janice	272
31	Evelyn	268
32	Gloria	262
33	Sylvia	259
34	Phyllis	256
35	Ann	252
36	Mildred	251
36	Ruby	251
38	Edna	240
39	Jean	225
40	Geraldine	204
41	Lois	201
42	Janet	195
43	Joan	190
44	Emma	185
44	Julia	185
46	Wanda	184
47	Glenda	181
48	Jo	180
49	Jane	170
50	Louise	163
50	Rosa	163
52	Catherine	161
53	Rachel	156
54	Minnie	154
55	Hazel	153
56	Edith	151
56	Lillie	151
58	Norma	147
59	Bonnie	146
60	Margie	145
61	Clara	141
61	Gladys	141
63	Willie	140
64	Marie	137
65	Ethel	135
66	Faye	133
67	Ella	131
67	Thelma	131
69	Kay	130
70	Anna	128
71	Carrie	121
71	Donna	121
71	Juanita	121
74	Christine	120
75	Eleanor	119
76	Hilda	117
77	Anne	114
77	Bertha	114
79	Laura	113
80	Sue	112
81	Delores	111
81	Vivian	111
83	Lillian	110
84	Bettie	109
85	Marjorie	108
86	Lynda	107
86	Mattie	107
86	Nellie	107
89	Eva	104
89	Ida	104
89	Susan	104
92	Wilma	103
93	Lucy	102
94	Sara	101
95	Shelby	100
96	Alma	99
97	Joann	97
98	Ellen	95
99	Billie	94
100	Charlotte	93

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,620
2	William	2,220
3	Robert	1,723
4	John	1,605
5	Charles	1,343
6	Jerry	845
7	Thomas	825
8	Larry	798
9	David	790
10	George	706
11	Richard	644
12	Bobby	643
13	Donald	590
14	Willie	582
15	Billy	525
16	Joseph	524
17	Kenneth	457
18	Jimmy	455
19	Douglas	445
20	Ronald	427
21	Edward	420
22	Johnny	371
23	Paul	361
24	Walter	346
25	Henry	339
26	Joe	333
27	Roy	324
28	Harold	321
29	Clarence	247
29	Samuel	247
31	Frank	246
31	Ralph	246
33	Tommy	223
34	Raymond	215
35	Charlie	213
35	Jack	213
37	Carl	208
38	Wayne	207
39	Ernest	199
39	Fred	199
41	Earl	192
41	Gerald	192
43	Howard	191
44	Michael	189
45	Harry	188
46	Albert	186
47	Arthur	183
48	Roger	178
49	Jesse	171
50	Melvin	169
51	Gary	168
52	Marvin	158
53	Jimmie	156
54	Eugene	155
55	Gene	151
56	Ronnie	150
57	Ray	147
58	Johnnie	142
59	Clyde	141
59	Daniel	141
61	Eddie	134
62	Dennis	131
63	Leroy	128
64	Curtis	122
64	Lawrence	122
66	Phillip	117
67	Herbert	116
68	Floyd	114
69	Norman	113
70	Jackie	112
71	Franklin	111
71	Lewis	111
73	Benjamin	107
73	Glenn	107
73	Leon	107
76	Herman	106
77	Claude	105
78	Vernon	104
79	Allen	102
80	Stephen	100
81	Louis	99
81	Steve	99
83	Cecil	98
83	Lonnie	98
85	Bruce	97
85	Leonard	97
87	Lee	96
88	Harvey	87
89	Tony	85
90	Freddie	84
90	Luther	84
92	Barry	83
93	Terry	82
94	Calvin	81
94	Hubert	81
96	Clifton	80
96	Milton	80
96	Russell	80
99	Lloyd	79
100	Alfred	78