North Carolina · 1947

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1947, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Linda	2,949
#2	Mary	2,568
#3	Brenda	1,815
#4	Barbara	1,484
#5	Patricia	1,404
#6	Carolyn	1,233
#7	Betty	1,212
#8	Judy	1,144
#9	Sandra	913
#10	Shirley	887
#11	Nancy	841
#12	Margaret	721
#13	Joyce	688
#14	Martha	618
#15	Dorothy	565
#16	Elizabeth	556
#17	Janice	554
#18	Peggy	537
#19	Gloria	479
#20	Frances	479
#21	Annie	470
#22	Phyllis	462
#23	Rebecca	459
#24	Doris	455
#25	Susan	433
#26	Donna	418
#27	Helen	399
#28	Carol	394
#29	Alice	393
#30	Sarah	366
#31	Wanda	359
#32	Virginia	325
#33	Judith	321
#34	Patsy	318
#35	Sylvia	299
#36	Sharon	298
#37	Joan	290
#38	Jo	286
#39	Janet	273
#40	Evelyn	272
#41	Glenda	272
#42	Bonnie	261
#43	Cynthia	256
#44	Ann	251
#45	Ruth	239
#46	Beverly	231
#47	Mildred	217
#48	Jane	216
#49	Lois	214
#50	Pamela	207
#51	Edna	207
#52	Ruby	206
#53	Jean	201
#54	Diane	198
#55	Catherine	197
#56	Geraldine	180
#57	Julia	176
#58	Connie	174
#59	Norma	163
#60	Sheila	161
#61	Kay	157
#62	Sherry	156
#63	Edith	156
#64	Rosa	154
#65	Karen	153
#66	Vivian	153
#67	Laura	152
#68	Dianne	151
#69	Lynda	150
#70	Rita	145
#71	Hazel	144
#72	Margie	140
#73	Marilyn	140
#74	Emma	138
#75	Jacqueline	138
#76	Clara	137
#77	Cheryl	137
#78	Janie	132
#79	Ellen	131
#80	Ella	131
#81	Gwendolyn	130
#82	Sue	130
#83	Rachel	128
#84	Gladys	128
#85	Christine	127
#86	Deborah	126
#87	Delores	125
#88	Elaine	124
#89	Gail	123
#90	Hilda	122
#91	Ethel	122
#92	Marie	117
#93	Willie	116
#94	Louise	115
#95	Katherine	113
#96	Anna	110
#97	Rose	110
#98	Kathryn	109
#99	Thelma	109
#100	Lillie	108

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
Queen	38	7	1
Hilda	122	23	5
Selma	20	4	1
Peggie	34	6	1
Pattie	20	4	1
Elnora	27	5	1
Delois	38	7	2
Doretha	21	4	1
Sadie	48	9	2
Mable	59	11	3
Annie	470	90	21
Hattie	97	19	4

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.