North Carolina ★ 1953

Top names in North Carolina, 1953

Mary led for girls with 1,784 babies ; James for boys with 3,117. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,784
2	Linda	1,725
3	Deborah	1,645
4	Patricia	1,425
5	Brenda	1,233
6	Barbara	1,091
7	Sandra	856
8	Debra	837
9	Carolyn	819
10	Susan	810
11	Cynthia	782
12	Pamela	753
13	Kathy	739
14	Betty	692
15	Shirley	660
16	Judy	656
17	Nancy	650
18	Wanda	624
19	Donna	623
20	Sharon	606
21	Joyce	541
22	Elizabeth	536
23	Janice	504
24	Rebecca	494
25	Karen	474
26	Martha	465
27	Gloria	463
28	Margaret	437
29	Teresa	428
30	Cathy	408
31	Vickie	393
32	Beverly	383
33	Janet	382
34	Peggy	368
35	Phyllis	358
36	Dorothy	349
37	Doris	339
38	Carol	306
39	Alice	289
39	Frances	289
41	Diane	275
42	Sheila	274
43	Catherine	271
44	Marilyn	268
45	Sarah	266
46	Annie	259
47	Helen	257
48	Jo	253
49	Virginia	242
50	Connie	238
51	Bonnie	232
52	Glenda	229
53	Sherry	222
54	Patsy	216
55	Gwendolyn	215
56	Jacqueline	214
56	Sylvia	214
58	Evelyn	201
59	Paula	195
60	Rhonda	193
61	Joan	184
62	Jane	180
63	Vicki	177
64	Ann	175
65	Katherine	173
66	Rita	172
67	Kathryn	171
68	Gail	170
69	Laura	167
70	Theresa	155
71	Ruby	153
72	Denise	149
72	Julia	149
74	Vivian	146
75	Angela	143
76	Shelia	140
77	Dianne	138
78	Cheryl	137
78	Marsha	137
80	Ellen	136
80	Jean	136
82	Mildred	134
82	Ruth	134
84	Vanessa	130
85	Rose	129
86	Anita	126
87	Debbie	124
88	Anna	120
88	Rosa	120
90	Yvonne	117
91	Christine	115
91	Edna	115
93	Juanita	112
94	Robin	111
95	Lois	109
96	Judith	108
97	Jackie	107
97	Kathleen	107
99	Jennifer	102
99	Wilma	102

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,117
2	William	2,255
3	Robert	1,886
4	John	1,802
5	David	1,798
6	Michael	1,770
7	Charles	1,444
8	Larry	1,290
9	Richard	1,022
10	Thomas	978
11	Donald	894
12	Kenneth	836
13	Jerry	822
14	Gary	794
15	Ronald	788
16	Joseph	681
17	George	652
18	Danny	525
19	Willie	499
20	Dennis	498
21	Bobby	495
22	Roger	482
23	Terry	474
24	Edward	473
25	Ronnie	458
26	Steven	451
27	Johnny	450
28	Ricky	441
29	Stephen	423
30	Billy	422
31	Paul	413
32	Randy	395
33	Jimmy	367
34	Timothy	330
35	Walter	321
36	Samuel	317
37	Daniel	314
38	Douglas	308
39	Tony	298
40	Carl	273
41	Harold	260
42	Anthony	259
43	Roy	252
44	Henry	248
45	Gregory	247
46	Phillip	238
47	Mark	234
48	Steve	224
49	Bruce	221
50	Wayne	217
51	Raymond	212
52	Eddie	210
52	Gerald	210
52	Ralph	210
55	Joe	202
56	Curtis	198
56	Tommy	198
58	Melvin	193
59	Frank	192
60	Ernest	191
61	Donnie	184
62	Jeffrey	179
63	Stanley	178
64	Howard	177
64	Marvin	177
66	Arthur	174
67	Harry	170
68	Clarence	167
68	Keith	167
70	Barry	165
71	Glenn	164
71	Jack	164
71	Micheal	164
74	Jesse	162
75	Allen	161
76	Dwight	160
77	Charlie	150
78	Albert	149
79	Rodney	147
80	Calvin	142
80	Lawrence	142
82	Earl	141
82	Fred	141
84	Eugene	133
85	Herbert	132
86	Ray	125
87	Reginald	124
88	Jackie	122
88	Milton	122
90	Benjamin	120
91	Alan	117
92	Rickey	115
93	Franklin	113
94	Alvin	110
95	Christopher	109
95	Philip	109
97	Frederick	108
97	Harvey	108
97	Johnnie	108
100	Garry	106