North Carolina ★ 1950

Top names in North Carolina, 1950

Linda led for girls with 2,343 babies ; James for boys with 3,323. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,343
2	Mary	2,033
3	Brenda	1,604
4	Patricia	1,354
5	Barbara	1,178
6	Carolyn	913
7	Sandra	868
8	Betty	841
9	Judy	810
10	Shirley	770
11	Deborah	742
12	Nancy	715
13	Susan	592
14	Joyce	590
15	Martha	565
15	Wanda	565
17	Margaret	536
18	Janice	519
19	Donna	503
20	Elizabeth	501
21	Gloria	439
22	Dorothy	431
23	Peggy	424
24	Rebecca	406
25	Sharon	404
26	Phyllis	387
27	Annie	386
28	Cynthia	376
29	Kathy	365
30	Carol	361
31	Doris	354
32	Pamela	353
33	Alice	333
34	Frances	319
35	Helen	315
36	Janet	306
37	Karen	302
38	Sarah	300
39	Sylvia	267
40	Glenda	263
41	Beverly	251
41	Vickie	251
43	Virginia	241
44	Catherine	240
45	Jane	236
46	Evelyn	218
47	Bonnie	217
47	Jo	217
47	Joan	217
50	Patsy	213
51	Teresa	205
52	Ann	204
52	Ruth	204
54	Jacqueline	199
55	Cathy	197
56	Connie	195
57	Diane	194
57	Gwendolyn	194
59	Sherry	188
60	Ruby	186
61	Judith	184
62	Gail	181
63	Rita	178
64	Sheila	175
65	Julia	165
66	Laura	158
67	Edna	157
68	Jean	154
68	Lois	154
70	Marilyn	151
71	Geraldine	147
71	Mildred	147
73	Rosa	145
74	Katherine	143
75	Kathryn	141
76	Dianne	139
77	Christine	134
77	Edith	134
77	Emma	134
80	Delores	132
81	Debra	131
81	Vivian	131
83	Paula	126
83	Vicki	126
85	Marsha	122
86	Norma	119
87	Cheryl	118
88	Ellen	114
88	Marie	114
90	Rhonda	113
90	Theresa	113
92	Kay	112
93	Gladys	111
94	Rose	106
95	Hazel	105
96	Rachel	103
97	Sue	102
97	Thelma	102
99	Lillie	101
100	Ethel	100

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,323
2	William	2,311
3	Robert	1,832
4	John	1,706
5	Larry	1,601
6	Charles	1,494
7	David	1,364
8	Michael	1,132
9	Thomas	928
10	Jerry	916
11	Ronald	816
12	Donald	780
13	Richard	777
14	George	722
15	Kenneth	686
16	Gary	613
17	Joseph	577
18	Willie	545
19	Roger	509
20	Bobby	470
20	Johnny	470
22	Edward	464
23	Danny	452
24	Jimmy	419
25	Stephen	400
26	Billy	373
27	Dennis	367
28	Terry	366
29	Ronnie	358
30	Henry	351
31	Paul	341
32	Walter	331
33	Steven	321
34	Harold	310
35	Roy	296
36	Samuel	291
37	Daniel	259
38	Douglas	249
39	Wayne	247
40	Carl	244
41	Phillip	241
42	Tommy	230
43	Donnie	219
44	Eddie	217
45	Harry	215
46	Clarence	208
47	Ralph	205
48	Frank	201
48	Melvin	201
48	Raymond	201
51	Steve	200
52	Timothy	199
53	Gerald	198
54	Ernest	194
55	Joe	191
56	Bruce	190
57	Charlie	184
58	Howard	182
59	Eugene	176
59	Jack	176
61	Albert	175
62	Calvin	169
62	Randy	169
64	Fred	168
65	Marvin	167
66	Allen	162
66	Earl	162
66	Tony	162
69	Arthur	161
69	Jesse	161
71	Glenn	158
72	Curtis	156
73	Johnnie	155
74	Lawrence	140
75	Gregory	139
76	Barry	136
77	Clyde	135
78	Lee	130
79	Anthony	126
80	Herbert	125
81	Milton	122
82	Alvin	120
83	Leroy	119
83	Mark	119
85	Benjamin	118
85	Ray	118
87	Alfred	114
88	Andrew	111
88	Lonnie	111
90	Jackie	110
90	Norman	110
90	Ricky	110
93	Clifton	108
93	Leonard	108
95	Jimmie	106
96	Leon	104
97	Linwood	101
98	Russell	99
99	Stanley	98
100	Christopher	96