North Carolina · 1940

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1940, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,282
#2	Betty	1,372
#3	Barbara	1,151
#4	Shirley	952
#5	Linda	730
#6	Dorothy	702
#7	Nancy	692
#8	Patricia	691
#9	Carolyn	602
#10	Margaret	590
#11	Peggy	569
#12	Annie	554
#13	Joyce	538
#14	Martha	515
#15	Doris	512
#16	Frances	449
#17	Helen	447
#18	Elizabeth	422
#19	Brenda	409
#20	Alice	394
#21	Judy	373
#22	Virginia	367
#23	Sarah	336
#24	Ruby	302
#25	Judith	288
#26	Sylvia	283
#27	Mildred	260
#28	Rebecca	259
#29	Ruth	250
#30	Phyllis	247
#31	Edna	245
#32	Jean	245
#33	Janice	244
#34	Evelyn	229
#35	Carol	223
#36	Geraldine	215
#37	Sandra	213
#38	Lois	212
#39	Patsy	210
#40	Gloria	208
#41	Ann	204
#42	Emma	193
#43	Hazel	177
#44	Clara	173
#45	Edith	169
#46	Norma	169
#47	Julia	168
#48	Jo	166
#49	Lillie	160
#50	Rosa	160
#51	Margie	155
#52	Shelby	155
#53	Louise	155
#54	Marie	152
#55	Glenda	152
#56	Gladys	152
#57	Joan	151
#58	Wanda	149
#59	Ella	149
#60	Rachel	148
#61	Willie	147
#62	Ethel	147
#63	Catherine	142
#64	Thelma	141
#65	Hilda	138
#66	Jane	136
#67	Vivian	135
#68	Janet	134
#69	Hattie	128
#70	Bonnie	126
#71	Bessie	126
#72	Bertha	125
#73	Mattie	124
#74	Lillian	123
#75	Juanita	120
#76	Anna	120
#77	Faye	118
#78	Laura	116
#79	Eva	113
#80	Grace	111
#81	Wilma	110
#82	Carrie	110
#83	Marjorie	109
#84	Minnie	109
#85	Kay	109
#86	Ida	109
#87	Delores	109
#88	Nellie	108
#89	Jessie	107
#90	Josephine	107
#91	Sara	107
#92	Pauline	101
#93	Lucy	99
#94	Eleanor	98
#95	Bettie	97
#96	Ellen	95
#97	Myrtle	94
#98	Joann	92
#99	Sue	91
#100	Audrey	90

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
Peggie	43	11	2
Doretha	32	8	1
Delois	37	10	2
Queen	35	9	2
Nannie	36	10	2
Hilda	138	37	7
Pansy	28	7	1
Shelby	155	41	9
Hattie	128	34	8
Maggie	70	19	4
Addie	46	12	3
Annie	554	147	37

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.