North Carolina ★ 1956

Top names in North Carolina, 1956

Deborah led for girls with 1,554 babies ; James for boys with 2,923. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	1,554
2	Mary	1,519
3	Linda	1,284
4	Debra	1,176
5	Patricia	1,163
6	Susan	989
7	Sharon	972
8	Cynthia	932
9	Brenda	887
10	Barbara	879
11	Donna	860
12	Pamela	856
13	Karen	828
14	Teresa	816
15	Kathy	788
16	Sandra	730
17	Wanda	669
18	Carolyn	630
19	Nancy	553
20	Betty	540
21	Cathy	523
22	Janice	498
23	Janet	488
24	Shirley	473
25	Joyce	463
26	Elizabeth	459
27	Vickie	421
28	Judy	414
29	Gloria	390
30	Rebecca	379
31	Beverly	376
32	Debbie	370
33	Carol	368
34	Phyllis	358
35	Martha	356
36	Cheryl	354
37	Robin	353
38	Margaret	343
39	Sheila	333
40	Sherry	320
41	Connie	307
42	Diane	298
43	Angela	295
44	Dorothy	267
45	Rhonda	258
46	Peggy	247
47	Doris	242
48	Catherine	239
49	Jo	226
50	Sarah	225
50	Sylvia	225
52	Anita	217
53	Gwendolyn	216
54	Annie	215
55	Bonnie	211
55	Marilyn	211
57	Jacqueline	210
58	Rita	209
59	Virginia	204
60	Paula	200
61	Theresa	199
62	Frances	194
63	Alice	193
64	Katherine	187
65	Glenda	185
66	Laura	183
66	Terry	183
68	Vanessa	181
69	Evelyn	178
70	Shelia	176
71	Ann	171
72	Helen	169
73	Lisa	168
74	Jane	167
75	Rose	159
76	Denise	157
77	Gail	154
78	Darlene	153
79	Ruth	151
80	Joan	150
81	Cindy	149
82	Julia	141
83	Vicki	136
84	Kathryn	133
84	Kim	133
86	Ellen	130
86	Jennifer	130
86	Patsy	130
89	Vivian	129
90	Jackie	118
90	Ruby	118
92	Dianne	117
92	Kimberly	117
94	Audrey	115
95	Annette	110
95	Lynn	110
97	Judith	108
98	Yvonne	106
99	Marsha	105
100	Loretta	104

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,923
2	William	2,042
3	Michael	1,949
4	David	1,843
5	Robert	1,764
6	John	1,665
7	Charles	1,316
8	Larry	990
9	Richard	956
10	Thomas	895
11	Donald	887
12	Kenneth	879
13	Ronald	852
14	Randy	736
15	Gary	721
16	Jerry	693
17	Joseph	667
18	Terry	609
19	Mark	574
20	Steven	572
21	Ricky	571
22	Timothy	569
23	George	553
24	Dennis	552
25	Ronnie	518
26	Johnny	475
27	Danny	468
28	Bobby	449
29	Tony	429
30	Stephen	422
31	Edward	412
32	Willie	402
33	Billy	401
34	Gregory	385
35	Anthony	379
36	Jeffrey	378
37	Roger	368
38	Jimmy	363
39	Paul	335
40	Daniel	321
40	Douglas	321
42	Walter	292
43	Keith	277
44	Samuel	264
45	Eddie	248
46	Carl	246
47	Barry	236
48	Phillip	233
49	Curtis	227
49	Harold	227
51	Wayne	226
52	Bruce	221
53	Roy	220
54	Henry	218
54	Jeffery	218
56	Steve	204
57	Raymond	203
58	Donnie	196
58	Melvin	196
60	Joe	193
61	Ernest	192
62	Micheal	191
63	Calvin	189
64	Reginald	188
65	Clarence	187
66	Ralph	183
67	Tommy	181
68	Marvin	179
69	Stanley	177
70	Frank	175
71	Kevin	170
72	Christopher	169
72	Darrell	169
74	Glenn	166
75	Jack	160
76	Dwight	157
77	Alan	155
78	Rickey	154
79	Allen	151
80	Randall	147
81	Albert	145
81	Howard	145
83	Russell	143
84	Alvin	142
85	Andrew	141
86	Ray	140
87	Arthur	139
87	Eric	139
87	Gerald	139
90	Rodney	137
91	Dale	134
92	Fred	133
93	Garry	130
94	Philip	127
95	Earl	125
96	Milton	119
97	Benjamin	118
97	Jesse	118
99	Harry	116
100	Charlie	115