Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1951

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1951 were Linda for girls (2,163 babies) and James for boys (3,383). Social Security records list 103,415 babies born in North Carolina in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1951

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

Delois: 48 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Bettie: 78 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Shelby: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Queen: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Hilda: 93 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Beulah: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Annie: 360 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Myrtle: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mamie: 46 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maggie: 44 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 84 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Haywood: 29 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Jasper: 41 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Thurman: 42 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Alton: 103 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Garland: 51 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Donnie: 220 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wilbert: 65 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Moses: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Grover: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	2,163	–	1
2	Mary	2,119	–	2
3	Brenda	1,599	–	14
4	Patricia	1,520	–	3
5	Deborah	1,362	↑6	4
6	Barbara	1,116	↓1	5
7	Carolyn	939	↓1	22
8	Sandra	927	↓1	9
9	Betty	817	↓1	29
10	Judy	765	↓1	26
11	Nancy	691	↑1	7
12	Shirley	672	↓2	27
13	Susan	654	–	6
14	Wanda	642	↑2	52
15	Joyce	604	↓1	28
16	Janice	593	↑2	21
17	Donna	576	↑2	12
18	Margaret	530	↓1	17
19	Gloria	518	↑2	31
20	Elizabeth	497	–	23
21	Martha	483	↓6	38
22	Sharon	474	↑3	13
23	Cynthia	445	↑5	20
24	Pamela	432	↑8	16
25	Kathy	428	↑4	35
26	Rebecca	426	↓2	32
27	Peggy	423	↓4	40
28	Dorothy	405	↓6	42
29	Phyllis	390	↓3	57
30	Karen	376	↑7	8
31	Debra	366	new	18
32	Annie	360	↓5	>100
33	Doris	343	↓2	80
34	Carol	342	↓4	11
35	Janet	342	↑1	19
36	Alice	310	↓3	62
37	Frances	304	↓3	59
38	Vickie	300	↑4	87
39	Beverly	292	↑2	33
40	Sylvia	276	↓1	97
41	Sarah	273	↓3	91
42	Teresa	272	new	63
43	Helen	270	↓8	54
44	Diane	265	new	15
45	Glenda	260	↓5	89
46	Cathy	249	new	71
47	Bonnie	247	–	37
48	Virginia	241	↓5	47
49	Patsy	235	↑1	>100
50	Catherine	232	↓6	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	3,383	–	1
2	William	2,252	–	6
3	Robert	1,926	–	2
4	John	1,793	–	3
5	David	1,499	↑2	5
6	Charles	1,485	–	9
7	Larry	1,452	↓2	11
8	Michael	1,394	–	4
9	Thomas	994	–	8
10	Jerry	920	–	24
11	Donald	897	↑1	15
12	Richard	869	↑1	7
13	Ronald	849	↓2	12
14	Kenneth	777	↑1	16
15	Gary	743	↑1	10
16	George	688	↓2	22
17	Joseph	655	–	14
18	Johnny	523	↑3	50
19	Willie	515	↓1	45
20	Danny	506	↑3	41
21	Bobby	477	↓1	77
22	Roger	447	↓3	29
23	Edward	435	↓1	23
24	Steven	431	↑9	13
25	Ronnie	417	↑4	82
26	Terry	410	↑2	30
27	Jimmy	406	↓3	62
28	Billy	401	↓2	64
29	Dennis	390	↓2	17
30	Stephen	388	↓5	19
31	Paul	378	–	18
32	Walter	351	–	42
33	Harold	337	↑1	46
34	Douglas	320	↑4	27
35	Henry	318	↓5	47
36	Samuel	317	–	67
37	Daniel	297	–	21
38	Roy	266	↓3	52
39	Carl	265	↑1	43
40	Wayne	255	↓1	37
41	Phillip	253	–	79
42	Timothy	242	new	28
43	Tommy	237	↓1	94
44	Raymond	229	↑6	32
45	Harry	221	–	70
46	Donnie	220	↓3	>100
47	Eddie	218	↓3	89
48	Melvin	214	↑1	88
49	Frank	213	↓1	31
50	Randy	213	new	56

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