North Carolina ★ 1948

Top names in North Carolina, 1948

Linda led for girls with 2,884 babies ; James for boys with 3,582. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,884
2	Mary	2,403
3	Brenda	1,791
4	Barbara	1,418
5	Patricia	1,283
6	Carolyn	1,104
7	Betty	1,054
8	Judy	988
9	Sandra	976
10	Nancy	775
11	Shirley	767
12	Joyce	647
13	Margaret	604
14	Martha	597
15	Janice	541
15	Susan	541
17	Elizabeth	539
18	Peggy	520
19	Dorothy	510
20	Gloria	452
21	Donna	441
22	Annie	431
23	Wanda	426
24	Rebecca	425
25	Frances	423
26	Carol	401
27	Phyllis	398
28	Doris	396
29	Helen	370
30	Sarah	365
31	Sharon	358
32	Alice	346
33	Cynthia	315
34	Virginia	303
35	Patsy	293
36	Sylvia	273
37	Bonnie	268
38	Janet	267
39	Evelyn	264
40	Judith	258
41	Pamela	249
42	Deborah	241
43	Beverly	239
44	Glenda	238
45	Ruby	222
46	Jane	220
47	Jo	219
48	Ann	212
49	Edna	207
49	Ruth	207
51	Catherine	205
52	Joan	203
53	Diane	197
54	Geraldine	191
55	Teresa	181
56	Mildred	176
57	Karen	171
58	Jacqueline	169
59	Vivian	167
60	Connie	166
61	Emma	163
61	Jean	163
61	Sheila	163
64	Lois	162
64	Vickie	162
66	Sherry	158
67	Gwendolyn	154
68	Laura	153
68	Rosa	153
70	Delores	148
70	Rita	148
72	Kathy	145
73	Julia	144
74	Cheryl	143
75	Christine	141
75	Edith	141
77	Gail	135
78	Ella	133
78	Marilyn	133
80	Sue	132
81	Margie	128
81	Norma	128
83	Dianne	125
84	Hazel	123
84	Lillie	123
84	Wilma	123
87	Thelma	121
88	Clara	120
88	Ethel	120
88	Gladys	120
91	Hilda	119
92	Rose	118
93	Juanita	117
94	Lynda	116
95	Marie	111
96	Ellen	110
96	Kay	110
98	Anna	109
99	Katherine	108
100	Minnie	106

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,582
2	William	2,422
3	Robert	2,022
4	John	1,893
5	Charles	1,501
6	Larry	1,398
7	David	1,372
8	Thomas	1,001
9	Jerry	961
10	Ronald	893
11	Michael	828
12	George	813
13	Donald	792
14	Richard	776
15	Joseph	689
15	Kenneth	689
17	Gary	591
18	Willie	575
19	Bobby	563
20	Johnny	553
21	Jimmy	527
22	Roger	469
23	Billy	448
24	Edward	446
25	Ronnie	429
26	Walter	371
27	Terry	365
28	Harold	349
29	Danny	346
29	Dennis	346
31	Paul	342
32	Henry	340
33	Stephen	333
34	Roy	308
35	Eddie	305
36	Samuel	292
37	Joe	285
38	Carl	272
39	Daniel	267
40	Steven	265
41	Wayne	262
42	Steve	256
42	Tommy	256
44	Clarence	251
45	Tony	248
46	Raymond	240
47	Harry	233
48	Phillip	227
49	Frank	222
50	Charlie	213
51	Ralph	207
52	Ernest	205
53	Melvin	203
54	Douglas	199
55	Arthur	188
56	Howard	185
56	Jesse	185
58	Johnnie	183
59	Earl	181
60	Gerald	178
61	Fred	175
61	Marvin	175
63	Albert	174
64	Curtis	168
65	Jack	163
66	Allen	155
66	Jimmie	155
68	Clyde	153
69	Eugene	152
69	Ray	152
71	Glenn	145
72	Bruce	141
73	Calvin	139
74	Donnie	138
75	Lawrence	132
76	Harvey	131
77	Leroy	129
78	Lewis	128
79	Herbert	127
80	Lonnie	124
81	Barry	121
82	Alvin	118
82	Leonard	118
84	Randy	115
85	Benjamin	112
85	Jackie	112
87	Lee	111
87	Norman	111
87	Philip	111
90	Lloyd	110
91	Leon	107
92	Russell	106
93	Louis	104
94	Milton	101
95	Anthony	100
95	Gregory	100
95	Herman	100
98	Linwood	98
98	Vernon	98
100	Floyd	97