North Carolina · 1939

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1939, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,288
#2	Betty	1,466
#3	Barbara	1,272
#4	Shirley	1,017
#5	Nancy	679
#6	Margaret	658
#7	Dorothy	638
#8	Carolyn	590
#9	Annie	589
#10	Peggy	582
#11	Patricia	537
#12	Doris	533
#13	Martha	505
#14	Joyce	467
#15	Helen	449
#16	Frances	429
#17	Linda	425
#18	Elizabeth	384
#19	Alice	360
#20	Sarah	333
#21	Virginia	333
#22	Ruby	297
#23	Ruth	288
#24	Mildred	272
#25	Sylvia	254
#26	Edna	251
#27	Evelyn	245
#28	Janice	238
#29	Geraldine	238
#30	Jean	225
#31	Phyllis	223
#32	Patsy	218
#33	Judy	215
#34	Carol	215
#35	Judith	206
#36	Emma	199
#37	Ann	193
#38	Rebecca	189
#39	Shelby	188
#40	Norma	187
#41	Lois	184
#42	Gloria	180
#43	Hazel	179
#44	Louise	172
#45	Rachel	172
#46	Joan	170
#47	Ella	164
#48	Clara	161
#49	Margie	161
#50	Jo	160
#51	Rosa	159
#52	Thelma	157
#53	Julia	156
#54	Marie	155
#55	Edith	154
#56	Ethel	154
#57	Gladys	151
#58	Catherine	147
#59	Lillie	146
#60	Jane	142
#61	Sandra	140
#62	Willie	139
#63	Glenda	131
#64	Wilma	130
#65	Laura	130
#66	Janet	128
#67	Mattie	126
#68	Juanita	123
#69	Lillian	122
#70	Brenda	121
#71	Minnie	119
#72	Nellie	113
#73	Hilda	113
#74	Carrie	112
#75	Christine	111
#76	Josephine	110
#77	Elsie	110
#78	Grace	107
#79	Joann	106
#80	Sara	106
#81	Hattie	106
#82	Lucy	106
#83	Bettie	105
#84	Rose	104
#85	Eva	104
#86	Anna	102
#87	Jessie	102
#88	Wanda	100
#89	Eleanor	99
#90	Bonnie	97
#91	Ellen	97
#92	Myrtle	97
#93	Bessie	96
#94	Bertha	96
#95	Ida	96
#96	Kay	95
#97	Cora	95
#98	Faye	95
#99	Lula	93
#100	Loretta	92

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
Johnsie	21	6	0
Pattie	26	7	1
Libby	20	5	1
Lessie	31	8	1
Peggie	42	11	2
Doretha	25	7	1
Donnie	20	5	1
Shelba	33	9	2
Maggie	92	25	5
Shelby	188	51	11
Queen	36	10	2
Hilda	113	31	7

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.