Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1944

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1944 were Mary for girls (2,314 babies) and James for boys (3,481). Social Security records list 83,129 babies born in North Carolina in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1944

Names given at least 15 times in North Carolina that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Johnsie: 22 babies, 23.6× the national rate
Pattie: 35 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Nannie: 36 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Doretha: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Peggie: 36 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Shelby: 59 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Sadie: 61 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Hilda: 106 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bettie: 103 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Annie: 522 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 86 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Graham: 24 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lacy: 21 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Jasper: 41 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Thurman: 55 babies, 7× the national rate
Everette: 31 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Grady: 69 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Wade: 62 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Coy: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Vance: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	2,314	–	1
2	Linda	1,701	–	3
3	Barbara	1,172	–	2
4	Betty	1,148	–	10
5	Brenda	1,122	–	30
6	Carolyn	978	↑1	11
7	Patricia	978	↓1	4
8	Judy	837	↑2	12
9	Shirley	760	↓1	15
10	Nancy	702	↓1	7
11	Dorothy	625	↑1	19
12	Margaret	606	↓1	14
13	Joyce	604	–	18
14	Sandra	602	↑3	6
15	Annie	522	–	71
16	Martha	494	↓2	29
17	Peggy	451	↓1	45
18	Elizabeth	441	↑2	23
19	Frances	438	–	33
20	Doris	432	↓2	42
21	Alice	396	↑4	38
22	Carol	375	↓1	5
23	Judith	368	↓1	9
24	Helen	365	↓1	31
25	Gloria	338	↑1	25
26	Sarah	331	↑2	67
27	Virginia	331	↓3	26
28	Janice	297	↑1	28
29	Rebecca	285	↓2	84
30	Phyllis	272	–	40
31	Evelyn	247	↑8	57
32	Mildred	230	↑6	81
33	Patsy	230	↓2	72
34	Ruth	228	↓2	32
35	Ruby	225	↓2	87
36	Joan	213	↑6	22
37	Jean	212	↑3	37
38	Sylvia	209	↓1	83
39	Ann	208	↓4	39
40	Susan	208	new	13
41	Glenda	207	↓5	79
42	Edna	199	↓8	>100
43	Janet	194	↑2	21
44	Geraldine	192	↑5	53
45	Wanda	181	↑1	58
46	Bonnie	179	↑1	34
47	Donna	172	new	17
48	Lois	168	↓7	47
49	Julia	167	↓5	>100
50	Hazel	163	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	3,481	–	1
2	William	2,216	–	4
3	John	1,674	↑1	3
4	Robert	1,672	↓1	2
5	Charles	1,343	–	7
6	David	886	↑1	6
7	Larry	881	↓1	12
8	Jerry	855	–	19
9	Thomas	813	–	8
10	George	717	–	14
11	Richard	708	–	5
12	Donald	610	↑1	11
13	Bobby	573	↓1	50
14	Joseph	558	–	13
15	Willie	542	–	31
16	Ronald	472	↑3	10
17	Kenneth	470	↓1	16
18	Johnny	468	↑2	45
19	Billy	449	↓2	38
20	Jimmy	435	↓2	41
21	Edward	407	–	18
22	Paul	379	↑5	17
23	Walter	349	↓1	26
24	Harold	341	↑1	27
25	Michael	336	↑4	9
26	Henry	328	↓2	35
27	Roy	310	↓4	39
28	Roger	303	↑2	23
29	Gary	299	↑15	15
30	Raymond	254	↑4	22
31	Joe	252	↓5	33
32	Samuel	250	–	62
33	Carl	236	↓2	36
34	Frank	230	↑3	21
35	Ralph	223	–	42
36	Charlie	219	↑7	>100
37	Wayne	215	↑2	37
38	Tommy	214	↑7	70
39	Douglas	204	↓11	34
40	Ronnie	204	↑8	69
41	Ernest	201	↑6	59
42	Howard	200	↓4	53
43	Fred	198	↓7	47
44	Jack	198	↑2	30
45	Harry	196	↓5	49
46	Eddie	191	new	79
47	Melvin	190	↑2	67
48	Earl	189	↓6	65
49	Arthur	188	new	29
50	Clarence	182	↓17	74

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