North Carolina · 1945

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1945, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,223
#2	Linda	1,730
#3	Barbara	1,265
#4	Betty	1,106
#5	Brenda	1,099
#6	Patricia	961
#7	Carolyn	955
#8	Judy	844
#9	Shirley	819
#10	Sandra	653
#11	Nancy	652
#12	Joyce	624
#13	Dorothy	576
#14	Margaret	548
#15	Martha	455
#16	Annie	446
#17	Frances	413
#18	Peggy	411
#19	Elizabeth	410
#20	Gloria	408
#21	Doris	406
#22	Carol	400
#23	Janice	379
#24	Helen	356
#25	Virginia	337
#26	Alice	331
#27	Sarah	305
#28	Judith	298
#29	Rebecca	275
#30	Patsy	258
#31	Phyllis	257
#32	Wanda	248
#33	Sylvia	247
#34	Ruth	240
#35	Evelyn	233
#36	Jean	228
#37	Ann	225
#38	Susan	224
#39	Ruby	214
#40	Mildred	213
#41	Donna	206
#42	Joan	206
#43	Glenda	204
#44	Jane	189
#45	Geraldine	187
#46	Jo	185
#47	Janet	178
#48	Edna	171
#49	Lois	168
#50	Hazel	159
#51	Rosa	153
#52	Catherine	150
#53	Bonnie	148
#54	Rachel	144
#55	Emma	141
#56	Vivian	141
#57	Julia	139
#58	Kay	138
#59	Laura	137
#60	Clara	136
#61	Ella	135
#62	Lillie	133
#63	Edith	130
#64	Louise	129
#65	Marie	124
#66	Norma	124
#67	Willie	124
#68	Diane	124
#69	Margie	121
#70	Christine	118
#71	Hilda	117
#72	Sharon	117
#73	Juanita	117
#74	Faye	116
#75	Ethel	113
#76	Marilyn	112
#77	Minnie	110
#78	Delores	109
#79	Beverly	109
#80	Connie	108
#81	Bessie	108
#82	Carrie	107
#83	Lillian	105
#84	Gladys	104
#85	Thelma	103
#86	Anna	103
#87	Gwendolyn	99
#88	Ellen	99
#89	Janie	99
#90	Rose	99
#91	Dianne	98
#92	Rita	98
#93	Charlotte	97
#94	Hattie	96
#95	Bettie	95
#96	Mattie	94
#97	Billie	94
#98	Wilma	92
#99	Lynda	91
#100	Gail	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
Nannie	34	8	1
Hilda	117	29	5
Peggie	28	7	1
Doretha	23	6	1
Delois	35	9	2
Addie	41	10	2
Shelby	49	12	3
Katie	82	20	4
Bettie	95	23	5
Maggie	60	15	3
Nettie	41	10	2
Hattie	96	24	6

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.