North Carolina · 1950

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1950, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Linda	2,343
#2	Mary	2,033
#3	Brenda	1,604
#4	Patricia	1,354
#5	Barbara	1,178
#6	Carolyn	913
#7	Sandra	868
#8	Betty	841
#9	Judy	810
#10	Shirley	770
#11	Deborah	742
#12	Nancy	715
#13	Susan	592
#14	Joyce	590
#15	Wanda	565
#16	Martha	565
#17	Margaret	536
#18	Janice	519
#19	Donna	503
#20	Elizabeth	501
#21	Gloria	439
#22	Dorothy	431
#23	Peggy	424
#24	Rebecca	406
#25	Sharon	404
#26	Phyllis	387
#27	Annie	386
#28	Cynthia	376
#29	Kathy	365
#30	Carol	361
#31	Doris	354
#32	Pamela	353
#33	Alice	333
#34	Frances	319
#35	Helen	315
#36	Janet	306
#37	Karen	302
#38	Sarah	300
#39	Sylvia	267
#40	Glenda	263
#41	Vickie	251
#42	Beverly	251
#43	Virginia	241
#44	Catherine	240
#45	Jane	236
#46	Evelyn	218
#47	Joan	217
#48	Jo	217
#49	Bonnie	217
#50	Patsy	213
#51	Teresa	205
#52	Ann	204
#53	Ruth	204
#54	Jacqueline	199
#55	Cathy	197
#56	Connie	195
#57	Gwendolyn	194
#58	Diane	194
#59	Sherry	188
#60	Ruby	186
#61	Judith	184
#62	Gail	181
#63	Rita	178
#64	Sheila	175
#65	Julia	165
#66	Laura	158
#67	Edna	157
#68	Lois	154
#69	Jean	154
#70	Marilyn	151
#71	Geraldine	147
#72	Mildred	147
#73	Rosa	145
#74	Katherine	143
#75	Kathryn	141
#76	Dianne	139
#77	Emma	134
#78	Edith	134
#79	Christine	134
#80	Delores	132
#81	Vivian	131
#82	Debra	131
#83	Vicki	126
#84	Paula	126
#85	Marsha	122
#86	Norma	119
#87	Cheryl	118
#88	Ellen	114
#89	Marie	114
#90	Theresa	113
#91	Rhonda	113
#92	Kay	112
#93	Gladys	111
#94	Rose	106
#95	Hazel	105
#96	Rachel	103
#97	Thelma	102
#98	Sue	102
#99	Lillie	101
#100	Ethel	100

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
Shelby	51	11	1
Pattie	24	5	1
Lessie	20	4	1
Delois	44	9	1
Clementine	21	4	1
Doretha	21	4	1
Sybil	28	6	1
Mable	46	10	2
Sadie	40	8	2
Hilda	84	17	4
Addie	30	6	1
Willa	31	6	1

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.