North Carolina · 1938

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1938, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,347
#2	Betty	1,662
#3	Barbara	1,323
#4	Shirley	1,106
#5	Dorothy	695
#6	Nancy	675
#7	Peggy	634
#8	Margaret	619
#9	Annie	602
#10	Carolyn	545
#11	Martha	541
#12	Doris	525
#13	Patricia	489
#14	Frances	460
#15	Joyce	431
#16	Helen	420
#17	Elizabeth	385
#18	Sarah	365
#19	Alice	329
#20	Virginia	327
#21	Ruby	323
#22	Ruth	312
#23	Shelby	304
#24	Mildred	295
#25	Sylvia	284
#26	Evelyn	262
#27	Linda	243
#28	Janice	240
#29	Jean	236
#30	Patsy	235
#31	Edna	233
#32	Lois	228
#33	Hazel	224
#34	Ann	211
#35	Carol	211
#36	Rebecca	200
#37	Geraldine	198
#38	Emma	193
#39	Louise	180
#40	Marie	173
#41	Norma	173
#42	Catherine	173
#43	Rosa	172
#44	Thelma	168
#45	Clara	166
#46	Rachel	166
#47	Margie	165
#48	Phyllis	164
#49	Edith	161
#50	Sandra	160
#51	Joan	157
#52	Ethel	155
#53	Julia	153
#54	Ella	153
#55	Lillie	145
#56	Jane	144
#57	Bessie	143
#58	Willie	141
#59	Gloria	139
#60	Gladys	137
#61	Mattie	136
#62	Minnie	132
#63	Nellie	130
#64	Juanita	125
#65	Judith	124
#66	Hilda	123
#67	Wilma	122
#68	Jo	122
#69	Christine	122
#70	Grace	122
#71	Joann	121
#72	Anna	119
#73	Lillian	117
#74	Sara	115
#75	Ida	115
#76	Marjorie	115
#77	Eva	113
#78	Laura	113
#79	Bettie	111
#80	Kay	111
#81	Carrie	111
#82	Lucille	110
#83	Judy	109
#84	Janet	108
#85	Hattie	106
#86	Pauline	105
#87	Elsie	104
#88	Alma	104
#89	Josephine	104
#90	Myrtle	102
#91	Wanda	101
#92	Eleanor	101
#93	Faye	101
#94	Bertha	100
#95	Lucy	99
#96	Delores	98
#97	Glenda	97
#98	Yvonne	96
#99	Loretta	95
#100	Rose	95

Uniquely popular in North Carolina

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Nannie	49	13	2
Pattie	26	7	1
Shelby	304	82	16
Doretha	22	6	1
Hilda	123	33	8
Peggie	26	7	2
Maggie	83	22	5
Sadie	74	20	5
Pansy	21	6	1
Shelba	35	9	2
Lessie	23	6	2
Queen	31	8	2

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.