Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1945

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1945 were Mary for girls (2,223 babies) and James for boys (3,366). Social Security records list 81,854 babies born in North Carolina in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1945

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

Nannie: 34 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Hilda: 117 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Peggie: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Addie: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Delois: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Doretha: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shelby: 49 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Katie: 82 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bettie: 95 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maggie: 60 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 77 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Haywood: 29 babies, 11× the national rate
Lynwood: 22 babies, 10× the national rate
Jasper: 43 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Thurman: 45 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Coy: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Wilbert: 74 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rufus: 55 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Garland: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Roscoe: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	2,223	–	1
2	Linda	1,730	–	2
3	Barbara	1,265	–	3
4	Betty	1,106	–	11
5	Brenda	1,099	–	29
6	Patricia	961	↑1	4
7	Carolyn	955	↓1	12
8	Judy	844	–	13
9	Shirley	819	–	14
10	Sandra	653	↑4	6
11	Nancy	652	↓1	7
12	Joyce	624	↑1	18
13	Dorothy	576	↓2	21
14	Margaret	548	↓2	15
15	Martha	455	↑1	30
16	Annie	446	↓1	69
17	Frances	413	↑2	34
18	Peggy	411	↓1	45
19	Elizabeth	410	↓1	26
20	Gloria	408	↑5	23
21	Doris	406	↓1	46
22	Carol	400	–	5
23	Janice	379	↑5	24
24	Helen	356	–	31
25	Virginia	337	↑2	28
26	Alice	331	↓5	41
27	Sarah	305	↓1	76
28	Judith	298	↓5	9
29	Rebecca	275	–	85
30	Patsy	258	↑3	84
31	Phyllis	257	↓1	40
32	Wanda	248	↑13	58
33	Sylvia	247	↑5	83
34	Ruth	240	–	33
35	Evelyn	233	↓4	57
36	Jean	228	↑1	38
37	Ann	225	↑2	39
38	Susan	224	↑2	10
39	Ruby	214	↓4	95
40	Mildred	213	↓8	93
41	Donna	206	↑6	17
42	Joan	206	↓6	25
43	Glenda	204	↓2	92
44	Jane	189	new	36
45	Geraldine	187	↓1	56
46	Jo	185	new	60
47	Janet	178	↓4	20
48	Edna	171	↓6	>100
49	Lois	168	↓1	48
50	Hazel	159	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	3,366	–	1
2	William	2,140	–	4
3	Robert	1,725	↑1	2
4	John	1,612	↓1	3
5	Charles	1,223	–	7
6	Larry	933	↑1	11
7	David	893	↓1	6
8	Thomas	832	↑1	8
9	Jerry	816	↓1	20
10	Richard	775	↑1	5
11	George	730	↓1	15
12	Donald	594	–	12
13	Willie	551	↑2	31
14	Joseph	550	–	14
15	Kenneth	503	↑2	16
16	Bobby	488	↓3	53
17	Ronald	445	↓1	10
18	Billy	444	↑1	42
19	Jimmy	444	↑1	41
20	Johnny	433	↓2	45
21	Edward	422	–	18
22	Michael	386	↑3	9
23	Paul	365	↓1	17
24	Gary	357	↑5	13
25	Walter	337	↓2	27
26	Harold	324	↓2	28
27	Roger	323	↑1	22
28	Roy	321	↓1	40
29	Henry	308	↓3	37
30	Joe	239	↑1	36
31	Samuel	239	↑1	62
32	Harry	231	↑13	47
33	Ernest	230	↑8	60
34	Carl	221	↓1	39
35	Tommy	221	↑3	75
36	Frank	219	↓2	21
37	Clarence	218	↑13	82
38	Douglas	211	↑1	29
39	Wayne	210	↓2	35
40	Ronnie	206	–	67
41	Ralph	200	↓6	44
42	Dennis	195	new	19
43	Charlie	194	↓7	>100
44	Jack	191	–	32
45	Raymond	190	↓15	23
46	Eddie	184	–	81
47	Jesse	184	new	>100
48	Fred	181	↓5	51
49	Howard	175	↓7	54
50	Arthur	174	↓1	34

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