North Carolina ★ 1943

Top names in North Carolina, 1943

Mary led for girls with 2,447 babies ; James for boys with 3,624. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,447
2	Linda	1,734
3	Barbara	1,359
4	Betty	1,262
5	Brenda	1,053
6	Patricia	999
7	Carolyn	995
8	Shirley	860
9	Nancy	801
10	Judy	751
11	Margaret	641
12	Dorothy	630
13	Joyce	608
14	Martha	556
15	Annie	544
16	Peggy	519
17	Sandra	518
18	Doris	511
19	Frances	464
20	Elizabeth	463
21	Carol	414
22	Judith	410
23	Helen	387
24	Virginia	364
25	Alice	359
26	Gloria	323
26	Rebecca	323
28	Sarah	318
29	Janice	314
30	Phyllis	300
31	Patsy	262
32	Ruth	261
33	Ruby	253
34	Edna	252
35	Ann	239
36	Glenda	235
37	Sylvia	232
38	Mildred	225
39	Evelyn	212
40	Jean	211
40	Lois	211
42	Joan	198
43	Jo	190
44	Julia	185
45	Janet	184
46	Wanda	183
47	Bonnie	179
47	Jane	179
49	Geraldine	168
50	Hazel	165
51	Susan	163
52	Edith	162
52	Emma	162
52	Gladys	162
55	Kay	158
56	Minnie	157
57	Rosa	154
58	Catherine	153
58	Lillie	153
60	Louise	149
61	Rachel	146
62	Norma	145
63	Marie	142
64	Clara	141
65	Ella	139
66	Willie	138
67	Margie	135
68	Ethel	132
69	Vivian	131
70	Thelma	130
71	Juanita	126
72	Donna	120
72	Lynda	120
74	Anna	119
75	Billie	118
76	Beverly	112
76	Faye	112
76	Laura	112
79	Carrie	109
80	Bettie	108
80	Hattie	108
80	Mattie	108
83	Lillian	107
84	Charlotte	106
84	Sharon	106
86	Alma	105
86	Bertha	105
88	Ellen	104
88	Janie	104
88	Jessie	104
88	Josephine	104
92	Bessie	102
92	Sue	102
94	Rose	101
95	Eva	100
95	Ida	100
97	Hilda	99
97	Pauline	99
99	Christine	97
100	Nellie	94

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,624
2	William	2,224
3	Robert	1,824
4	John	1,659
5	Charles	1,414
6	Larry	919
7	David	907
8	Jerry	906
9	Thomas	884
10	George	732
11	Richard	711
12	Bobby	683
13	Donald	650
14	Joseph	571
15	Willie	554
16	Kenneth	547
17	Billy	481
18	Jimmy	459
19	Ronald	456
20	Johnny	422
21	Edward	394
22	Walter	383
23	Roy	376
24	Henry	355
25	Harold	337
26	Joe	314
27	Paul	306
28	Douglas	289
29	Michael	285
30	Roger	283
31	Carl	266
32	Samuel	249
33	Clarence	244
34	Raymond	240
35	Ralph	230
36	Fred	229
37	Frank	217
38	Howard	214
39	Wayne	206
40	Harry	204
41	Jesse	200
42	Earl	199
43	Charlie	194
43	Gary	194
43	Tommy	194
46	Jack	192
47	Ernest	191
48	Ronnie	189
49	Melvin	184
50	Leroy	179
51	Albert	177
52	Arthur	174
52	Eddie	174
54	Clyde	170
55	Gerald	165
56	Daniel	162
57	Marvin	159
58	Eugene	155
58	Johnnie	155
60	Jimmie	151
61	Dennis	143
62	Ray	139
63	Curtis	134
63	Franklin	134
65	Gene	130
65	Herman	130
67	Lewis	128
68	Lawrence	127
69	Phillip	125
70	Norman	120
71	Herbert	119
72	Glenn	118
73	Floyd	116
73	Stephen	116
75	Danny	114
76	Cecil	109
77	Leonard	106
78	Bruce	103
79	Louis	102
80	Allen	101
80	Harvey	101
80	Steve	101
83	Don	100
83	Lee	100
85	Claude	99
86	Benjamin	98
87	Leon	96
88	Terry	94
89	Clifton	93
89	Vernon	93
89	Wilbert	93
92	Calvin	91
92	Jessie	91
94	Donnie	90
94	Jackie	90
96	Russell	87
97	Alfred	86
98	Milton	85
99	Alvin	84
99	Andrew	84