North Carolina ★ 1951

Top names in North Carolina, 1951

Linda led for girls with 2,163 babies ; James for boys with 3,383. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,163
2	Mary	2,119
3	Brenda	1,599
4	Patricia	1,520
5	Deborah	1,362
6	Barbara	1,116
7	Carolyn	939
8	Sandra	927
9	Betty	817
10	Judy	765
11	Nancy	691
12	Shirley	672
13	Susan	654
14	Wanda	642
15	Joyce	604
16	Janice	593
17	Donna	576
18	Margaret	530
19	Gloria	518
20	Elizabeth	497
21	Martha	483
22	Sharon	474
23	Cynthia	445
24	Pamela	432
25	Kathy	428
26	Rebecca	426
27	Peggy	423
28	Dorothy	405
29	Phyllis	390
30	Karen	376
31	Debra	366
32	Annie	360
33	Doris	343
34	Carol	342
34	Janet	342
36	Alice	310
37	Frances	304
38	Vickie	300
39	Beverly	292
40	Sylvia	276
41	Sarah	273
42	Teresa	272
43	Helen	270
44	Diane	265
45	Glenda	260
46	Cathy	249
47	Bonnie	247
48	Virginia	241
49	Patsy	235
50	Catherine	232
51	Jacqueline	227
52	Gwendolyn	225
53	Connie	222
53	Jo	222
53	Sheila	222
56	Jane	221
57	Evelyn	218
58	Joan	202
59	Rita	190
60	Judith	188
61	Gail	183
62	Ann	182
63	Ruth	181
64	Katherine	180
65	Ruby	172
66	Marilyn	171
67	Sherry	169
68	Laura	166
68	Vicki	166
70	Jean	164
71	Kathryn	158
72	Dianne	151
72	Rose	151
74	Vivian	150
75	Geraldine	144
76	Paula	143
77	Christine	137
78	Cheryl	136
79	Rosa	135
80	Ellen	133
81	Lois	132
81	Marsha	132
83	Julia	130
84	Mildred	127
85	Yvonne	126
86	Delores	120
87	Edna	118
88	Edith	117
88	Kathleen	117
90	Rhonda	114
91	Kay	113
91	Lillie	113
93	Emma	112
94	Belinda	110
95	Norma	109
96	Ella	108
97	Shelia	106
98	Margie	105
99	Elaine	101
99	Rachel	101

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,383
2	William	2,252
3	Robert	1,926
4	John	1,793
5	David	1,499
6	Charles	1,485
7	Larry	1,452
8	Michael	1,394
9	Thomas	994
10	Jerry	920
11	Donald	897
12	Richard	869
13	Ronald	849
14	Kenneth	777
15	Gary	743
16	George	688
17	Joseph	655
18	Johnny	523
19	Willie	515
20	Danny	506
21	Bobby	477
22	Roger	447
23	Edward	435
24	Steven	431
25	Ronnie	417
26	Terry	410
27	Jimmy	406
28	Billy	401
29	Dennis	390
30	Stephen	388
31	Paul	378
32	Walter	351
33	Harold	337
34	Douglas	320
35	Henry	318
36	Samuel	317
37	Daniel	297
38	Roy	266
39	Carl	265
40	Wayne	255
41	Phillip	253
42	Timothy	242
43	Tommy	237
44	Raymond	229
45	Harry	221
46	Donnie	220
47	Eddie	218
48	Melvin	214
49	Frank	213
49	Randy	213
51	Ernest	210
52	Gerald	205
53	Howard	204
54	Joe	203
55	Ralph	202
56	Clarence	194
56	Steve	194
58	Gregory	188
59	Ricky	186
59	Tony	186
61	Calvin	181
61	Earl	181
63	Bruce	179
64	Charlie	174
65	Curtis	170
66	Jack	168
66	Johnnie	168
68	Anthony	167
69	Barry	164
69	Lawrence	164
71	Arthur	163
72	Fred	159
72	Jesse	159
74	Marvin	158
75	Eugene	157
76	Glenn	156
77	Allen	155
78	Albert	149
79	Jackie	142
80	Mark	140
81	Clyde	132
82	Leonard	128
83	Lonnie	126
84	Benjamin	124
85	Micheal	122
86	Lee	119
87	Dwight	117
87	Philip	117
89	Ray	116
90	Alvin	115
90	Andrew	115
92	Herbert	114
93	Lewis	112
93	Milton	112
93	Stanley	112
96	Alan	111
96	Keith	111
98	Randall	109
99	Clifton	108
99	Leon	108