Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1954

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1954 were Deborah for girls (1,735 babies) and James for boys (3,069). Deborah ranked #3 nationally for girls. James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 106,777 babies born in North Carolina in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1954

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: 47 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Pattie: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bettie: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Delois: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Frankie: 50 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Katrina: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sadie: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hilda: 74 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Annie: 242 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maggie: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 77 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Jasper: 48 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Thurman: 30 babies, 6× the national rate
Alton: 77 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tony: 367 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rufus: 52 babies, 4× the national rate
Elton: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Donnie: 187 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Charlie: 151 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Horace: 62 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Deborah	1,735	↑2	3
2	Mary	1,699	↓1	1
3	Linda	1,510	↓1	2
4	Patricia	1,332	–	4
5	Brenda	1,094	–	18
6	Barbara	1,047	–	7
7	Debra	994	↑1	6
8	Susan	902	↑2	5
9	Sandra	871	↓2	13
10	Pamela	850	↑2	12
11	Cynthia	818	–	10
12	Carolyn	750	↓3	27
13	Kathy	734	–	23
14	Donna	719	↑5	11
15	Betty	660	↓1	36
16	Wanda	645	↑2	58
17	Sharon	630	↑3	16
18	Nancy	619	↓1	9
19	Karen	569	↑6	8
20	Shirley	565	↓5	33
21	Teresa	562	↑8	34
22	Judy	540	↓6	29
23	Elizabeth	535	↓1	20
24	Janet	529	↑9	19
25	Janice	503	↓2	25
26	Joyce	492	↓5	28
27	Martha	473	↓1	46
28	Rebecca	445	↓4	26
29	Margaret	440	↓1	21
30	Gloria	389	↓3	42
31	Vickie	386	–	69
32	Phyllis	380	↑3	75
33	Beverly	377	↓1	31
34	Cathy	368	↓4	59
35	Carol	364	↑3	15
36	Doris	321	↑1	93
37	Peggy	314	↓3	48
38	Sheila	313	↑4	60
39	Dorothy	311	↓3	55
40	Marilyn	304	↑4	35
41	Diane	277	–	17
42	Connie	265	↑8	39
43	Sylvia	259	new	>100
44	Alice	256	↓5	81
45	Jo	254	↑3	53
46	Sarah	248	↓1	>100
47	Catherine	247	↓4	32
48	Sherry	244	new	62
49	Annie	242	↓3	>100
50	Helen	239	↓3	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	James	3,069	–	3
2	William	2,113	–	6
3	Robert	1,879	–	2
4	David	1,835	↑1	5
5	Michael	1,818	↑1	1
6	John	1,792	↓2	4
7	Charles	1,405	–	10
8	Larry	1,161	–	19
9	Richard	1,037	–	7
10	Thomas	951	–	8
11	Donald	943	–	14
12	Kenneth	856	–	17
13	Gary	828	↑1	9
14	Jerry	824	↓1	31
15	Ronald	740	–	15
16	Joseph	679	–	13
17	George	593	–	24
18	Terry	593	↑5	27
19	Ricky	565	↑9	46
20	Danny	553	↓2	42
21	Dennis	546	↓1	21
22	Randy	526	↑10	33
23	Bobby	502	↓2	72
24	Johnny	495	↑3	54
25	Steven	472	↑1	11
26	Willie	464	↓7	53
27	Ronnie	458	↓2	78
28	Timothy	458	↑6	26
29	Edward	453	↓5	22
30	Billy	430	–	65
31	Stephen	423	↓2	20
32	Roger	422	↓10	34
33	Paul	374	↓2	16
34	Tony	367	↑5	>100
35	Jimmy	359	↓2	74
36	Douglas	341	↑2	29
37	Mark	333	↑10	12
38	Walter	330	↓3	49
39	Daniel	316	↓2	18
40	Anthony	305	↑2	32
41	Gregory	296	↑4	25
42	Samuel	276	↓6	71
43	Carl	266	↓3	47
44	Phillip	262	↑2	75
45	Henry	259	↓1	59
46	Harold	256	↓5	60
47	Jeffrey	249	new	23
48	Roy	241	↓5	56
49	Raymond	228	new	35
50	Ernest	209	new	87

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