North Carolina ★ 1946

Top names in North Carolina, 1946

Mary led for girls with 2,416 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	2,416
2	Linda	1,974
3	Brenda	1,538
4	Barbara	1,384
5	Patricia	1,272
6	Betty	1,095
7	Carolyn	1,056
8	Judy	1,034
9	Shirley	838
10	Nancy	815
11	Sandra	812
12	Margaret	687
13	Joyce	651
14	Dorothy	595
15	Martha	574
16	Elizabeth	502
17	Janice	482
18	Peggy	476
19	Gloria	459
20	Annie	455
21	Frances	448
22	Doris	398
23	Alice	390
24	Carol	388
25	Helen	378
26	Rebecca	360
27	Phyllis	345
28	Sarah	334
29	Donna	329
30	Susan	328
31	Judith	325
32	Virginia	324
33	Wanda	301
34	Sylvia	298
35	Evelyn	274
36	Patsy	264
37	Joan	258
38	Sharon	257
39	Mildred	236
40	Ruby	230
41	Janet	224
42	Jane	222
43	Jean	221
44	Ann	220
45	Jo	214
46	Ruth	212
47	Glenda	205
48	Geraldine	195
49	Bonnie	190
50	Beverly	183
50	Edna	183
52	Catherine	182
53	Rosa	171
54	Lois	170
55	Norma	164
56	Julia	163
57	Emma	162
58	Cynthia	159
59	Diane	158
60	Sheila	156
61	Pamela	152
62	Hazel	143
63	Clara	137
64	Rita	136
65	Karen	134
65	Lillie	134
67	Laura	132
68	Connie	131
68	Ethel	131
68	Kay	131
68	Margie	131
72	Christine	130
72	Vivian	130
74	Delores	129
75	Edith	127
76	Gladys	124
76	Gwendolyn	124
78	Sue	123
79	Rachel	121
80	Minnie	120
81	Anne	119
82	Ellen	118
83	Anna	116
83	Hilda	116
83	Janie	116
86	Dianne	115
86	Marilyn	115
88	Willie	114
89	Bettie	113
89	Cheryl	113
89	Gail	113
89	Lillian	113
89	Wilma	113
94	Katherine	111
95	Marie	108
96	Alma	106
96	Ella	106
98	Elaine	104
99	Georgia	102
99	Juanita	102

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,624
2	William	2,390
3	Robert	1,802
4	John	1,741
5	Charles	1,455
6	David	1,119
7	Larry	1,114
8	Jerry	980
9	Thomas	914
10	Richard	909
11	Donald	825
12	George	805
13	Ronald	658
14	Michael	626
15	Kenneth	611
16	Joseph	594
17	Bobby	583
18	Jimmy	561
19	Willie	549
20	Johnny	548
21	Gary	458
22	Edward	457
23	Billy	443
24	Roger	417
25	Paul	409
26	Harold	378
27	Ronnie	372
28	Walter	351
29	Roy	340
30	Henry	312
30	Joe	312
32	Danny	302
33	Samuel	287
33	Terry	287
35	Dennis	274
36	Harry	250
37	Frank	245
38	Tommy	243
39	Carl	238
40	Clarence	233
41	Wayne	231
42	Steve	226
43	Raymond	221
44	Fred	220
45	Eddie	219
46	Ernest	218
47	Ralph	214
48	Douglas	203
49	Stephen	201
50	Daniel	190
51	Howard	188
52	Jack	186
53	Charlie	185
54	Earl	184
54	Tony	184
56	Arthur	178
57	Johnnie	176
57	Melvin	176
59	Jesse	175
60	Gerald	169
61	Albert	167
62	Clyde	164
62	Jimmie	164
64	Eugene	152
64	Marvin	152
66	Ray	144
67	Phillip	141
68	Curtis	137
69	Calvin	130
69	Lawrence	130
69	Leon	130
72	Glenn	126
73	Steven	125
74	Allen	124
75	Herbert	123
76	Donnie	122
77	Lewis	120
78	Bruce	115
78	Herman	115
80	Franklin	113
80	Leroy	113
80	Lonnie	113
83	Barry	109
83	Lloyd	109
85	Louis	108
86	Dwight	106
86	Jackie	106
88	Floyd	105
89	Benjamin	104
89	Milton	104
89	Norman	104
92	Harvey	102
93	Alvin	99
93	Lee	99
95	Don	97
96	Freddie	95
97	Cecil	94
97	Claude	94
99	Clifton	93
100	Leonard	90