Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1946

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1946 were Mary for girls (2,416 babies) and James for boys (3,624). Social Security records list 94,224 babies born in North Carolina in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1946

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

Pattie: 31 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Delois: 51 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bettie: 113 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Hilda: 116 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Queen: 36 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shelby: 58 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Peggie: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mable: 68 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Annie: 455 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lottie: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 78 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Haywood: 26 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Everette: 30 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Jasper: 42 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Thurman: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Odell: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Grady: 59 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alton: 78 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mack: 72 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wade: 59 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	2,416	–	1
2	Linda	1,974	–	2
3	Brenda	1,538	↑2	24
4	Barbara	1,384	↓1	4
5	Patricia	1,272	↑1	3
6	Betty	1,095	↓2	14
7	Carolyn	1,056	–	12
8	Judy	1,034	–	11
9	Shirley	838	–	18
10	Nancy	815	↑1	7
11	Sandra	812	↓1	6
12	Margaret	687	↑2	17
13	Joyce	651	↓1	20
14	Dorothy	595	↓1	23
15	Martha	574	–	32
16	Elizabeth	502	↑3	25
17	Janice	482	↑6	22
18	Peggy	476	–	43
19	Gloria	459	↑1	26
20	Annie	455	↓4	97
21	Frances	448	↓4	39
22	Doris	398	↓1	51
23	Alice	390	↑3	44
24	Carol	388	↓2	5
25	Helen	378	↓1	36
26	Rebecca	360	↑3	68
27	Phyllis	345	↑4	41
28	Sarah	334	↓1	92
29	Donna	329	↑12	13
30	Susan	328	↑8	8
31	Judith	325	↓3	10
32	Virginia	324	↓7	31
33	Wanda	301	↓1	59
34	Sylvia	298	↓1	82
35	Evelyn	274	–	65
36	Patsy	264	↓6	85
37	Joan	258	↑5	28
38	Sharon	257	new	9
39	Mildred	236	↑1	>100
40	Ruby	230	↓1	>100
41	Janet	224	↑6	21
42	Jane	222	↑2	35
43	Jean	221	↓7	37
44	Ann	220	↓7	40
45	Jo	214	↑1	53
46	Ruth	212	↓12	38
47	Glenda	205	↓4	99
48	Geraldine	195	↓3	66
49	Bonnie	190	new	33
50	Beverly	183	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	3,624	–	1
2	William	2,390	–	4
3	Robert	1,802	–	2
4	John	1,741	–	3
5	Charles	1,455	–	9
6	David	1,119	↑1	6
7	Larry	1,114	↓1	11
8	Jerry	980	↑1	20
9	Thomas	914	↓1	8
10	Richard	909	–	5
11	Donald	825	↑1	13
12	George	805	↓1	16
13	Ronald	658	↑4	10
14	Michael	626	↑8	7
15	Kenneth	611	–	15
16	Joseph	594	↓2	14
17	Bobby	583	↓1	53
18	Jimmy	561	↑1	42
19	Willie	549	↓6	40
20	Johnny	548	–	47
21	Gary	458	↑3	12
22	Edward	457	↓1	19
23	Billy	443	↓5	45
24	Roger	417	↑3	23
25	Paul	409	↓2	18
26	Harold	378	–	33
27	Ronnie	372	↑13	54
28	Walter	351	↓3	30
29	Roy	340	↓1	43
30	Henry	312	↓1	41
31	Joe	312	↓1	37
32	Danny	302	new	46
33	Samuel	287	↓2	70
34	Terry	287	new	26
35	Dennis	274	↑7	17
36	Harry	250	↓4	50
37	Frank	245	↓1	22
38	Tommy	243	↓3	77
39	Carl	238	↓5	39
40	Clarence	233	↓3	89
41	Wayne	231	↓2	29
42	Steve	226	new	69
43	Raymond	221	↑2	25
44	Fred	220	↑4	51
45	Eddie	219	↑1	85
46	Ernest	218	↓13	71
47	Ralph	214	↓6	48
48	Douglas	203	↓10	34
49	Stephen	201	new	24
50	Daniel	190	new	21

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