North Carolina ★ 1947

Top names in North Carolina, 1947

Linda led for girls with 2,949 babies ; James for boys with 3,882. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,949
2	Mary	2,568
3	Brenda	1,815
4	Barbara	1,484
5	Patricia	1,404
6	Carolyn	1,233
7	Betty	1,212
8	Judy	1,144
9	Sandra	913
10	Shirley	887
11	Nancy	841
12	Margaret	721
13	Joyce	688
14	Martha	618
15	Dorothy	565
16	Elizabeth	556
17	Janice	554
18	Peggy	537
19	Frances	479
19	Gloria	479
21	Annie	470
22	Phyllis	462
23	Rebecca	459
24	Doris	455
25	Susan	433
26	Donna	418
27	Helen	399
28	Carol	394
29	Alice	393
30	Sarah	366
31	Wanda	359
32	Virginia	325
33	Judith	321
34	Patsy	318
35	Sylvia	299
36	Sharon	298
37	Joan	290
38	Jo	286
39	Janet	273
40	Evelyn	272
40	Glenda	272
42	Bonnie	261
43	Cynthia	256
44	Ann	251
45	Ruth	239
46	Beverly	231
47	Mildred	217
48	Jane	216
49	Lois	214
50	Edna	207
50	Pamela	207
52	Ruby	206
53	Jean	201
54	Diane	198
55	Catherine	197
56	Geraldine	180
57	Julia	176
58	Connie	174
59	Norma	163
60	Sheila	161
61	Kay	157
62	Edith	156
62	Sherry	156
64	Rosa	154
65	Karen	153
65	Vivian	153
67	Laura	152
68	Dianne	151
69	Lynda	150
70	Rita	145
71	Hazel	144
72	Margie	140
72	Marilyn	140
74	Emma	138
74	Jacqueline	138
76	Cheryl	137
76	Clara	137
78	Janie	132
79	Ella	131
79	Ellen	131
81	Gwendolyn	130
81	Sue	130
83	Gladys	128
83	Rachel	128
85	Christine	127
86	Deborah	126
87	Delores	125
88	Elaine	124
89	Gail	123
90	Ethel	122
90	Hilda	122
92	Marie	117
93	Willie	116
94	Louise	115
95	Katherine	113
96	Anna	110
96	Rose	110
98	Kathryn	109
98	Thelma	109
100	Lillie	108

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,882
2	William	2,531
3	Robert	2,071
4	John	1,966
5	Charles	1,629
6	David	1,434
7	Larry	1,403
8	Thomas	1,089
9	Jerry	1,022
10	Richard	922
11	George	859
12	Donald	847
13	Ronald	785
14	Michael	744
15	Kenneth	672
16	Johnny	663
17	Joseph	649
18	Bobby	626
19	Jimmy	610
20	Gary	598
21	Willie	569
22	Billy	497
23	Edward	476
24	Paul	421
25	Ronnie	413
26	Roger	399
27	Harold	389
28	Walter	388
29	Danny	364
30	Henry	340
31	Roy	338
32	Dennis	323
33	Stephen	316
34	Samuel	315
35	Terry	313
36	Steve	277
37	Joe	276
38	Harry	269
38	Ralph	269
40	Carl	267
41	Douglas	256
41	Raymond	256
43	Tommy	253
44	Eddie	252
45	Ernest	250
45	Wayne	250
47	Frank	248
48	Charlie	228
49	Clarence	220
50	Phillip	216
51	Tony	215
52	Daniel	211
53	Fred	200
54	Melvin	194
55	Gerald	192
55	Howard	192
57	Albert	191
58	Arthur	189
58	Marvin	189
60	Jack	184
61	Earl	182
62	Eugene	181
63	Steven	179
64	Curtis	173
65	Jesse	170
66	Clyde	163
67	Glenn	161
67	Johnnie	161
69	Jimmie	151
70	Allen	140
71	Calvin	139
72	Lewis	138
73	Ray	130
74	Barry	129
75	Donnie	125
76	Leroy	124
77	Herbert	122
78	Lee	120
79	Herman	118
79	Lawrence	118
79	Lonnie	118
82	Harvey	117
82	Timothy	117
84	Bruce	112
85	Andrew	110
86	Floyd	109
86	Franklin	109
86	Milton	109
89	Gene	108
89	Leonard	108
91	Jackie	107
91	Norman	107
93	Benjamin	103
94	Clifton	102
95	Wilbert	97
96	Freddie	94
96	Leon	94
98	Don	93
98	Lloyd	93
98	Stanley	93