Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1949

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1949 were Linda for girls (2,724 babies) and James for boys (3,382). Social Security records list 99,508 babies born in North Carolina in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1949

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: 43 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Shelby: 42 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Hilda: 118 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Delois: 45 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Effie: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Beulah: 45 babies, 5× the national rate
Peggie: 35 babies, 5× the national rate
Bettie: 76 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mamie: 64 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Hattie: 96 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Haywood: 36 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Linwood: 105 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Thurman: 67 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Boyce: 26 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Shelton: 27 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jasper: 38 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Garland: 58 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Wade: 61 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Roscoe: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ervin: 51 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	2,724	–	1
2	Mary	2,236	–	2
3	Brenda	1,612	–	13
4	Patricia	1,353	↑1	3
5	Barbara	1,207	↓1	4
6	Carolyn	1,006	–	17
7	Betty	952	–	22
8	Sandra	947	↑1	6
9	Judy	913	↓1	20
10	Shirley	809	↑1	18
11	Nancy	770	↓1	7
12	Margaret	630	↑1	14
13	Susan	574	↑3	5
14	Joyce	565	↓2	26
15	Janice	561	–	24
16	Elizabeth	520	↑1	25
17	Martha	515	↓3	34
18	Wanda	504	↑5	56
19	Donna	498	↑2	12
20	Peggy	472	↓2	38
21	Dorothy	460	↓2	32
22	Gloria	444	↓2	29
23	Deborah	438	↑19	15
24	Annie	421	↓2	>100
25	Rebecca	415	↓1	40
26	Doris	385	↑2	69
27	Alice	383	↑5	53
28	Sharon	364	↑3	10
29	Frances	362	↓4	49
30	Carol	357	↓4	8
31	Kathy	351	new	42
32	Phyllis	350	↓5	50
33	Helen	338	↓4	46
34	Cynthia	331	↓1	27
35	Sarah	319	↓5	84
36	Pamela	304	↑5	21
37	Virginia	291	↓3	39
38	Janet	271	–	23
39	Bonnie	260	↓2	35
40	Glenda	258	↑4	87
41	Sylvia	258	↓5	94
42	Beverly	252	↑1	31
43	Catherine	247	new	37
44	Evelyn	246	↓5	80
45	Patsy	234	↓10	>100
46	Joan	223	new	36
47	Judith	219	↓7	16
48	Karen	209	new	11
49	Mildred	205	new	>100
50	Jo	203	↓3	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	3,382	–	1
2	William	2,332	–	4
3	John	1,891	↑1	3
4	Robert	1,820	↓1	2
5	Charles	1,481	–	9
6	David	1,369	↑1	6
7	Larry	1,326	↓1	10
8	Michael	1,052	↑3	5
9	Thomas	991	↓1	8
10	Jerry	921	↓1	23
11	Ronald	896	↓1	11
12	Richard	806	↑2	7
13	Donald	805	–	13
14	George	758	↓2	18
15	Kenneth	718	↑1	15
16	Joseph	666	↓1	14
17	Willie	583	↑1	41
18	Gary	561	↓1	12
19	Bobby	537	–	67
20	Johnny	534	–	49
21	Roger	521	↑1	25
22	Jimmy	462	↓1	53
23	Edward	461	↑1	21
24	Ronnie	433	↑1	65
25	Danny	402	↑4	40
26	Billy	387	↓3	57
27	Walter	380	↓1	37
28	Dennis	364	↑2	16
29	Harold	363	↓1	42
30	Paul	361	↑1	17
31	Stephen	360	↑2	19
32	Terry	342	↓5	28
33	Samuel	334	↑3	62
34	Henry	318	↓2	46
35	Roy	303	↓1	51
36	Daniel	271	↑3	22
37	Carl	268	↑1	43
38	Phillip	267	↑10	66
39	Steven	262	↑1	20
40	Douglas	261	new	29
41	Eddie	256	↓6	80
42	Joe	228	↓5	52
43	Melvin	224	new	82
44	Frank	222	↑5	27
45	Raymond	222	↑1	30
46	Clarence	216	↓2	94
47	Harry	214	–	59
48	Wayne	214	↓7	35
49	Tommy	212	↓6	84
50	Steve	210	↓8	68

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