Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1948

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1948 were Linda for girls (2,884 babies) and James for boys (3,582). Social Security records list 101,720 babies born in North Carolina in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1948

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

Shelby: 51 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Delois: 55 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Queen: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Hilda: 119 babies, 5× the national rate
Sadie: 48 babies, 5× the national rate
Bettie: 87 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Peggie: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Freida: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gracie: 43 babies, 4× the national rate
Annie: 431 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 98 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Lacy: 28 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Haywood: 27 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Lynwood: 27 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Shelton: 30 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Thurman: 50 babies, 7× the national rate
Jasper: 42 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Roscoe: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Wiley: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Elbert: 49 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	2,884	–	1
2	Mary	2,403	–	2
3	Brenda	1,791	–	17
4	Barbara	1,418	–	3
5	Patricia	1,283	–	4
6	Carolyn	1,104	–	14
7	Betty	1,054	–	18
8	Judy	988	–	16
9	Sandra	976	–	6
10	Nancy	775	↑1	7
11	Shirley	767	↓1	20
12	Joyce	647	↑1	21
13	Margaret	604	↓1	13
14	Martha	597	–	32
15	Janice	541	↑2	23
16	Susan	541	↑9	5
17	Elizabeth	539	↓1	26
18	Peggy	520	–	38
19	Dorothy	510	↓4	29
20	Gloria	452	–	28
21	Donna	441	↑5	11
22	Annie	431	↓1	97
23	Wanda	426	↑8	57
24	Rebecca	425	↓1	50
25	Frances	423	↓6	42
26	Carol	401	↑2	8
27	Phyllis	398	↓5	46
28	Doris	396	↓4	64
29	Helen	370	↓2	40
30	Sarah	365	–	85
31	Sharon	358	↑5	9
32	Alice	346	↓3	49
33	Cynthia	315	↑10	27
34	Virginia	303	↓2	36
35	Patsy	293	↓1	98
36	Sylvia	273	↓1	100
37	Bonnie	268	↑5	34
38	Janet	267	↑1	24
39	Evelyn	264	↑1	74
40	Judith	258	↓7	15
41	Pamela	249	new	22
42	Deborah	241	new	30
43	Beverly	239	↑3	31
44	Glenda	238	↓3	92
45	Ruby	222	new	>100
46	Jane	220	↑2	39
47	Jo	219	↓9	56
48	Ann	212	↓4	44
49	Edna	207	↑1	>100
50	Ruth	207	↓5	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	3,582	–	1
2	William	2,422	–	4
3	Robert	2,022	–	2
4	John	1,893	–	3
5	Charles	1,501	–	9
6	Larry	1,398	↑1	11
7	David	1,372	↓1	5
8	Thomas	1,001	–	8
9	Jerry	961	–	21
10	Ronald	893	↑3	10
11	Michael	828	↑3	6
12	George	813	↓1	16
13	Donald	792	↓1	14
14	Richard	776	↓4	7
15	Joseph	689	↑2	13
16	Kenneth	689	↓1	15
17	Gary	591	↑3	12
18	Willie	575	↑3	40
19	Bobby	563	↓1	62
20	Johnny	553	↓4	52
21	Jimmy	527	↓2	50
22	Roger	469	↑4	24
23	Billy	448	↓1	53
24	Edward	446	↓1	19
25	Ronnie	429	–	59
26	Walter	371	↑2	35
27	Terry	365	↑8	26
28	Harold	349	↓1	36
29	Danny	346	–	39
30	Dennis	346	↑2	17
31	Paul	342	↓7	18
32	Henry	340	↓2	45
33	Stephen	333	–	20
34	Roy	308	↓3	49
35	Eddie	305	↑9	78
36	Samuel	292	↓2	70
37	Joe	285	–	47
38	Carl	272	↑2	42
39	Daniel	267	new	22
40	Steven	265	new	23
41	Wayne	262	↑5	34
42	Steve	256	↓6	60
43	Tommy	256	–	79
44	Clarence	251	↑5	87
45	Tony	248	new	>100
46	Raymond	240	↓4	27
47	Harry	233	↓9	57
48	Phillip	227	↑2	69
49	Frank	222	↓2	25
50	Charlie	213	↓2	>100

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