Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1947

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1947 were Linda for girls (2,949 babies) and James for boys (3,882). Social Security records list 105,657 babies born in North Carolina in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1947

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

Queen: 38 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Hilda: 122 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Peggie: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Elnora: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Delois: 38 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Annie: 470 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hattie: 97 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mamie: 70 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mable: 59 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sadie: 48 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Haywood: 44 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Linwood: 84 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Lacy: 33 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Everette: 33 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Coy: 33 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Thurman: 42 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Garland: 60 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Wilbert: 97 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Wade: 75 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jasper: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	2,949	↑1	1
2	Mary	2,568	↓1	2
3	Brenda	1,815	–	21
4	Barbara	1,484	–	4
5	Patricia	1,404	–	3
6	Carolyn	1,233	↑1	15
7	Betty	1,212	↓1	17
8	Judy	1,144	–	14
9	Sandra	913	↑2	5
10	Shirley	887	↓1	19
11	Nancy	841	↓1	7
12	Margaret	721	–	16
13	Joyce	688	–	20
14	Martha	618	↑1	32
15	Dorothy	565	↓1	26
16	Elizabeth	556	–	25
17	Janice	554	–	22
18	Peggy	537	–	42
19	Frances	479	↑2	39
20	Gloria	479	↓1	27
21	Annie	470	↓1	>100
22	Phyllis	462	↑5	37
23	Rebecca	459	↑3	52
24	Doris	455	↓2	58
25	Susan	433	↑5	8
26	Donna	418	↑3	10
27	Helen	399	↓2	38
28	Carol	394	↓4	6
29	Alice	393	↓6	47
30	Sarah	366	↓2	93
31	Wanda	359	↑2	66
32	Virginia	325	–	34
33	Judith	321	↓2	12
34	Patsy	318	↑2	87
35	Sylvia	299	↓1	97
36	Sharon	298	↑2	9
37	Joan	290	–	30
38	Jo	286	↑7	51
39	Janet	273	↑2	23
40	Evelyn	272	↓5	72
41	Glenda	272	↑6	96
42	Bonnie	261	↑7	35
43	Cynthia	256	new	33
44	Ann	251	–	41
45	Ruth	239	↑1	44
46	Beverly	231	↑4	31
47	Mildred	217	↓8	>100
48	Jane	216	↓6	36
49	Lois	214	new	63
50	Edna	207	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	3,882	–	1
2	William	2,531	–	4
3	Robert	2,071	–	2
4	John	1,966	–	3
5	Charles	1,629	–	9
6	David	1,434	–	6
7	Larry	1,403	–	10
8	Thomas	1,089	↑1	8
9	Jerry	1,022	↓1	20
10	Richard	922	–	5
11	George	859	↑1	16
12	Donald	847	↓1	13
13	Ronald	785	–	11
14	Michael	744	–	7
15	Kenneth	672	–	15
16	Johnny	663	↑4	49
17	Joseph	649	↓1	14
18	Bobby	626	↓1	60
19	Jimmy	610	↓1	44
20	Gary	598	↑1	12
21	Willie	569	↓2	42
22	Billy	497	↑1	51
23	Edward	476	↓1	19
24	Paul	421	↑1	18
25	Ronnie	413	↑2	61
26	Roger	399	↓2	25
27	Harold	389	↓1	35
28	Walter	388	–	34
29	Danny	364	↑3	39
30	Henry	340	–	46
31	Roy	338	↓2	48
32	Dennis	323	↑3	17
33	Stephen	316	↑16	21
34	Samuel	315	↓1	72
35	Terry	313	↓1	26
36	Steve	277	↑6	58
37	Joe	276	↓6	43
38	Harry	269	↓2	54
39	Ralph	269	↑8	50
40	Carl	267	↓1	40
41	Douglas	256	↑7	31
42	Raymond	256	↑1	27
43	Tommy	253	↓5	79
44	Eddie	252	↑1	80
45	Ernest	250	↑1	75
46	Wayne	250	↓5	30
47	Frank	248	↓10	23
48	Charlie	228	new	>100
49	Clarence	220	↓9	88
50	Phillip	216	new	74

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