North Carolina ★ 1944

Top names in North Carolina, 1944

Mary led for girls with 2,314 babies ; James for boys with 3,481. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,314
2	Linda	1,701
3	Barbara	1,172
4	Betty	1,148
5	Brenda	1,122
6	Carolyn	978
6	Patricia	978
8	Judy	837
9	Shirley	760
10	Nancy	702
11	Dorothy	625
12	Margaret	606
13	Joyce	604
14	Sandra	602
15	Annie	522
16	Martha	494
17	Peggy	451
18	Elizabeth	441
19	Frances	438
20	Doris	432
21	Alice	396
22	Carol	375
23	Judith	368
24	Helen	365
25	Gloria	338
26	Sarah	331
26	Virginia	331
28	Janice	297
29	Rebecca	285
30	Phyllis	272
31	Evelyn	247
32	Mildred	230
32	Patsy	230
34	Ruth	228
35	Ruby	225
36	Joan	213
37	Jean	212
38	Sylvia	209
39	Ann	208
39	Susan	208
41	Glenda	207
42	Edna	199
43	Janet	194
44	Geraldine	192
45	Wanda	181
46	Bonnie	179
47	Donna	172
48	Lois	168
49	Julia	167
50	Hazel	163
51	Jo	159
52	Rosa	154
53	Emma	153
53	Minnie	153
55	Marie	147
56	Jane	146
57	Edith	142
58	Clara	141
59	Ella	136
60	Louise	135
61	Margie	134
62	Catherine	133
63	Kay	132
64	Gladys	129
65	Lillie	127
65	Willie	127
67	Sharon	126
68	Rachel	124
69	Norma	120
70	Ethel	115
71	Faye	114
72	Laura	112
72	Nellie	112
72	Vivian	112
75	Wilma	111
76	Eva	110
77	Christine	109
77	Delores	109
77	Thelma	109
80	Hilda	106
81	Ellen	105
82	Bettie	103
82	Sue	103
84	Juanita	101
84	Katherine	101
84	Lynda	101
87	Rose	99
88	Bertha	98
88	Janie	98
90	Lillian	96
90	Marilyn	96
92	Anne	95
92	Mattie	95
94	Cheryl	94
95	Lucy	93
96	Alma	92
97	Gail	91
98	Josephine	90
99	Anna	89
99	Rita	89

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,481
2	William	2,216
3	John	1,674
4	Robert	1,672
5	Charles	1,343
6	David	886
7	Larry	881
8	Jerry	855
9	Thomas	813
10	George	717
11	Richard	708
12	Donald	610
13	Bobby	573
14	Joseph	558
15	Willie	542
16	Ronald	472
17	Kenneth	470
18	Johnny	468
19	Billy	449
20	Jimmy	435
21	Edward	407
22	Paul	379
23	Walter	349
24	Harold	341
25	Michael	336
26	Henry	328
27	Roy	310
28	Roger	303
29	Gary	299
30	Raymond	254
31	Joe	252
32	Samuel	250
33	Carl	236
34	Frank	230
35	Ralph	223
36	Charlie	219
37	Wayne	215
38	Tommy	214
39	Douglas	204
39	Ronnie	204
41	Ernest	201
42	Howard	200
43	Fred	198
43	Jack	198
45	Harry	196
46	Eddie	191
47	Melvin	190
48	Earl	189
49	Arthur	188
50	Clarence	182
51	Albert	178
52	Dennis	174
53	Jesse	170
54	Clyde	169
55	Daniel	167
56	Eugene	162
57	Gerald	153
58	Marvin	145
59	Ray	143
60	Johnnie	135
61	Curtis	133
61	Phillip	133
63	Jimmie	129
64	Danny	128
64	Stephen	128
64	Steve	128
67	Tony	124
68	Herbert	120
69	Leroy	117
70	Glenn	113
71	Franklin	112
72	Calvin	110
73	Floyd	109
74	Cecil	106
74	Lawrence	106
76	Lee	105
77	Herman	104
77	Lewis	104
79	Leonard	101
79	Terry	101
81	Leon	100
81	Lonnie	100
83	Allen	98
83	Vernon	98
85	Donnie	97
86	Bruce	96
86	Russell	96
88	Harvey	95
89	Norman	91
90	Claude	90
90	Hubert	90
92	Freddie	88
93	Gene	87
93	Luther	87
95	Linwood	86
96	Steven	85
97	Milton	84
98	Dwight	82
99	Dewey	81
99	Jackie	81