Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1955

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1955 were Mary for girls (1,682 babies) and James for boys (3,009). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 106,817 babies born in North Carolina in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1955

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

Mable: 51 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Shelby: 51 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bettie: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Pattie: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Delois: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maggie: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Annie: 222 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hilda: 67 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wanda: 689 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Hattie: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Haywood: 33 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Linwood: 79 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Shelton: 29 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Jasper: 35 babies, 7× the national rate
Alton: 88 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Grover: 37 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dexter: 52 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sandy: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tony: 419 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donnie: 188 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	1,682	↑1	1
2	Deborah	1,673	↓1	2
3	Linda	1,417	–	3
4	Patricia	1,289	–	6
5	Debra	1,239	↑2	4
6	Brenda	976	↓1	18
7	Barbara	922	↓1	7
8	Susan	903	–	5
9	Sandra	886	–	13
10	Cynthia	851	↑1	11
11	Teresa	760	↑10	26
12	Donna	759	↑2	10
13	Pamela	746	↓3	12
14	Sharon	724	↑3	16
15	Kathy	720	↓2	22
16	Carolyn	695	↓4	30
17	Wanda	689	↓1	61
18	Karen	610	↑1	8
19	Nancy	599	↓1	9
20	Betty	562	↓5	36
21	Elizabeth	511	↑2	21
22	Janet	501	↑2	20
23	Shirley	485	↓3	37
24	Judy	483	↓2	32
25	Janice	479	–	25
26	Joyce	477	–	29
27	Cathy	453	↑7	44
28	Vickie	420	↑3	68
29	Rebecca	413	↓1	27
30	Gloria	408	–	47
31	Margaret	408	↓2	24
32	Martha	403	↓5	53
33	Connie	387	↑9	35
34	Beverly	374	↓1	34
35	Carol	361	–	15
36	Phyllis	324	↓4	74
37	Diane	323	↑4	14
38	Sheila	322	–	57
39	Sherry	320	↑9	56
40	Robin	315	new	33
41	Dorothy	290	↓2	64
42	Debbie	277	new	63
43	Peggy	277	↓6	51
44	Marilyn	269	↓4	49
45	Cheryl	262	new	19
46	Doris	258	↓10	>100
47	Bonnie	255	new	45
48	Catherine	249	↓1	28
49	Jo	246	↓4	58
50	Alice	237	↓6	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	James	3,009	–	3
2	William	2,076	–	6
3	David	1,886	↑1	2
4	Michael	1,862	↑1	1
5	Robert	1,829	↓2	4
6	John	1,650	–	5
7	Charles	1,366	–	11
8	Larry	1,111	–	19
9	Richard	987	–	7
10	Thomas	910	–	8
11	Donald	861	–	14
12	Kenneth	834	–	15
13	Gary	830	–	12
14	Jerry	789	–	33
15	Ronald	755	–	18
16	Joseph	678	–	13
17	Randy	672	↑5	30
18	Terry	622	–	28
19	Dennis	616	↑2	23
20	George	594	↓3	26
21	Ricky	577	↓2	46
22	Steven	530	↑3	10
23	Timothy	527	↑5	22
24	Danny	520	↓4	45
25	Johnny	519	↓1	55
26	Ronnie	478	↑1	80
27	Bobby	476	↓4	75
28	Edward	453	↑1	25
29	Stephen	433	↑2	21
30	Mark	430	↑7	9
31	Tony	419	↑3	93
32	Roger	411	–	37
33	Billy	406	↓3	69
34	Anthony	395	↑6	31
35	Willie	388	↓9	54
36	Paul	377	↓3	16
37	Gregory	349	↑4	24
38	Jeffrey	324	↑9	20
39	Daniel	322	–	17
40	Douglas	322	↓4	29
41	Jimmy	309	↓6	78
42	Walter	309	↓4	51
43	Henry	281	↑2	61
44	Carl	268	↓1	47
45	Samuel	264	↓3	71
46	Harold	244	–	63
47	Phillip	238	↓3	74
48	Keith	231	new	39
49	Steve	228	new	72
50	Bruce	224	new	32

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