North Carolina ★ 1949

Top names in North Carolina, 1949

Linda led for girls with 2,724 babies ; James for boys with 3,382. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,724
2	Mary	2,236
3	Brenda	1,612
4	Patricia	1,353
5	Barbara	1,207
6	Carolyn	1,006
7	Betty	952
8	Sandra	947
9	Judy	913
10	Shirley	809
11	Nancy	770
12	Margaret	630
13	Susan	574
14	Joyce	565
15	Janice	561
16	Elizabeth	520
17	Martha	515
18	Wanda	504
19	Donna	498
20	Peggy	472
21	Dorothy	460
22	Gloria	444
23	Deborah	438
24	Annie	421
25	Rebecca	415
26	Doris	385
27	Alice	383
28	Sharon	364
29	Frances	362
30	Carol	357
31	Kathy	351
32	Phyllis	350
33	Helen	338
34	Cynthia	331
35	Sarah	319
36	Pamela	304
37	Virginia	291
38	Janet	271
39	Bonnie	260
40	Glenda	258
40	Sylvia	258
42	Beverly	252
43	Catherine	247
44	Evelyn	246
45	Patsy	234
46	Joan	223
47	Judith	219
48	Karen	209
49	Mildred	205
50	Jo	203
51	Diane	194
52	Connie	193
53	Jane	188
53	Vickie	188
55	Jacqueline	186
56	Jean	185
57	Ann	184
58	Ruby	183
59	Ruth	182
60	Gwendolyn	181
61	Teresa	180
62	Sheila	171
63	Rita	170
64	Sherry	169
65	Edna	164
65	Geraldine	164
67	Lois	163
68	Julia	162
69	Laura	156
70	Katherine	149
71	Marilyn	146
72	Cathy	144
73	Gail	143
74	Rosa	142
75	Edith	138
75	Emma	138
77	Cheryl	135
78	Ella	134
79	Dianne	130
80	Christine	127
81	Ellen	126
82	Vivian	123
83	Kathryn	121
83	Rose	121
85	Clara	119
86	Hilda	118
86	Marie	118
88	Delores	117
89	Kay	115
90	Vicki	112
91	Janie	110
91	Lillie	110
91	Rachel	110
94	Belinda	107
94	Eva	107
94	Norma	107
97	Ethel	105
97	Hazel	105
97	Wilma	105
100	Paula	103

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,382
2	William	2,332
3	John	1,891
4	Robert	1,820
5	Charles	1,481
6	David	1,369
7	Larry	1,326
8	Michael	1,052
9	Thomas	991
10	Jerry	921
11	Ronald	896
12	Richard	806
13	Donald	805
14	George	758
15	Kenneth	718
16	Joseph	666
17	Willie	583
18	Gary	561
19	Bobby	537
20	Johnny	534
21	Roger	521
22	Jimmy	462
23	Edward	461
24	Ronnie	433
25	Danny	402
26	Billy	387
27	Walter	380
28	Dennis	364
29	Harold	363
30	Paul	361
31	Stephen	360
32	Terry	342
33	Samuel	334
34	Henry	318
35	Roy	303
36	Daniel	271
37	Carl	268
38	Phillip	267
39	Steven	262
40	Douglas	261
41	Eddie	256
42	Joe	228
43	Melvin	224
44	Frank	222
44	Raymond	222
46	Clarence	216
47	Harry	214
47	Wayne	214
49	Tommy	212
50	Steve	210
51	Ralph	205
52	Curtis	201
53	Ernest	200
54	Jack	196
55	Gerald	195
56	Marvin	187
57	Fred	184
58	Albert	181
59	Bruce	178
60	Howard	177
61	Arthur	175
62	Earl	170
62	Jesse	170
64	Donnie	168
65	Johnnie	167
66	Charlie	164
67	Eugene	159
67	Tony	159
69	Glenn	148
70	Calvin	146
70	Timothy	146
72	Jimmie	144
72	Lawrence	144
74	Ray	136
75	Barry	133
75	Jackie	133
77	Benjamin	132
78	Clyde	127
79	Herbert	126
80	Allen	122
80	Ricky	122
82	Lee	118
83	Lonnie	117
83	Randy	117
85	Lewis	116
86	Leroy	113
87	Anthony	111
88	Harvey	110
89	Gregory	109
90	Leon	108
91	Philip	106
92	Herman	105
92	Linwood	105
92	Milton	105
95	Stanley	104
96	Louis	102
97	Alfred	101
98	Norman	100
99	Clifton	99
100	Floyd	97