Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1952

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1952 were Linda for girls (1,998 babies) and James for boys (3,336). Social Security records list 104,297 babies born in North Carolina in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1952

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: 37 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maggie: 60 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sybil: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bettie: 52 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Hattie: 71 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Delois: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Eula: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hilda: 78 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sadie: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Annie: 318 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 112 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Thurman: 49 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Jasper: 39 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Wiley: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Alton: 88 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Donnie: 216 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Grady: 52 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Garland: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Charlie: 179 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Otis: 79 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	1,998	–	1
2	Mary	1,955	–	2
3	Deborah	1,602	↑2	4
4	Brenda	1,514	↓1	15
5	Patricia	1,495	↓1	3
6	Barbara	1,094	–	6
7	Sandra	917	↑1	10
8	Carolyn	880	↓1	24
9	Betty	747	–	32
10	Susan	727	↑3	5
11	Judy	692	↓1	26
12	Nancy	692	↓1	7
13	Wanda	683	↑1	54
14	Kathy	617	↑11	29
15	Joyce	595	–	27
16	Donna	594	↑1	13
17	Shirley	591	↓5	28
18	Elizabeth	579	↑2	22
19	Debra	577	↑12	9
20	Janice	562	↓4	23
21	Cynthia	561	↑2	18
22	Pamela	543	↑2	17
23	Sharon	520	↓1	14
24	Gloria	479	↓5	36
25	Rebecca	479	↑1	30
26	Martha	465	↓5	40
27	Margaret	462	↓9	21
28	Karen	447	↑2	8
29	Janet	408	↑6	19
30	Peggy	397	↓3	43
31	Doris	384	↑2	83
32	Teresa	382	↑10	52
33	Dorothy	359	↓5	46
34	Phyllis	357	↓5	65
35	Vickie	354	↑3	76
36	Carol	353	↓2	12
37	Cathy	334	↑9	56
38	Annie	318	↓6	>100
39	Beverly	317	–	35
40	Frances	306	↓3	67
41	Virginia	289	↑7	49
42	Alice	277	↓6	69
43	Jo	273	new	55
44	Catherine	268	↑6	34
45	Diane	261	↓1	16
46	Helen	261	↓3	63
47	Bonnie	249	–	41
48	Glenda	247	↓3	97
49	Sarah	244	↓8	93
50	Sylvia	242	↓10	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	3,336	–	1
2	William	2,223	–	6
3	Robert	1,873	–	2
4	John	1,755	–	3
5	David	1,562	–	5
6	Michael	1,541	↑2	4
7	Charles	1,462	↓1	9
8	Larry	1,361	↓1	14
9	Thomas	1,043	–	8
10	Richard	969	↑2	7
11	Donald	870	–	13
12	Jerry	869	↓2	26
13	Gary	868	↑2	10
14	Ronald	816	↓1	15
15	Kenneth	813	↓1	16
16	Joseph	656	↑1	12
17	George	646	↓1	22
18	Danny	538	↑2	40
19	Johnny	513	↓1	53
20	Edward	475	↑3	23
21	Willie	472	↓2	48
22	Bobby	456	↓1	77
23	Stephen	440	↑7	21
24	Steven	433	–	11
25	Roger	431	↓3	30
26	Ronnie	428	↓1	82
27	Terry	402	↓1	29
28	Dennis	401	↑1	18
29	Billy	389	↓1	65
30	Jimmy	382	↓3	72
31	Paul	369	–	19
32	Walter	352	–	44
33	Douglas	316	↑1	28
34	Samuel	315	↑2	67
35	Daniel	313	↑2	20
36	Timothy	312	↑6	27
37	Harold	303	↓4	51
38	Roy	303	–	55
39	Randy	287	↑11	41
40	Henry	284	↓5	50
41	Carl	275	↓2	45
42	Raymond	257	↑2	33
43	Wayne	248	↓3	38
44	Phillip	242	↓3	74
45	Ricky	237	new	81
46	Anthony	232	new	34
47	Eddie	232	–	93
48	Tony	225	new	>100
49	Donnie	216	↓3	>100
50	Melvin	215	↓2	91

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