Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1957

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1957 were Mary for girls (1,504 babies) and James for boys (2,770). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 104,845 babies born in North Carolina in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1957

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: 55 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Libby: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bettie: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Annie: 187 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hazel: 72 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Minnie: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wanda: 699 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angelia: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shelia: 183 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 64 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Alton: 77 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ervin: 48 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Carlton: 107 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rufus: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donnie: 175 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dexter: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Mack: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Grady: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bobby: 534 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	1,504	↑1	1
2	Deborah	1,295	↓1	6
3	Linda	1,140	–	3
4	Cynthia	1,136	↑4	7
5	Debra	1,049	↓1	4
6	Patricia	1,036	↓1	8
7	Teresa	902	↑7	24
8	Susan	892	↓2	2
9	Brenda	887	–	13
10	Kathy	832	↑5	20
11	Donna	795	–	10
12	Sandra	793	↑4	15
13	Barbara	781	↓3	9
14	Karen	774	↓1	5
15	Sharon	761	↓8	14
16	Pamela	755	↓4	12
17	Wanda	699	–	59
18	Carolyn	605	–	33
19	Nancy	512	–	11
20	Betty	508	–	50
21	Elizabeth	503	↑5	22
22	Cathy	454	↓1	39
23	Debbie	440	↑9	27
24	Robin	433	↑13	30
25	Janice	422	↓3	32
26	Shirley	421	↓2	46
27	Carol	410	↑6	18
28	Janet	407	↓5	23
29	Cheryl	393	↑7	16
30	Joyce	386	↓5	40
31	Rebecca	378	↓1	34
32	Vickie	375	↓5	70
33	Phyllis	374	↑1	90
34	Judy	367	↓6	38
35	Beverly	364	↓4	48
36	Sheila	360	↑3	58
37	Sherry	339	↑3	55
38	Cindy	329	new	19
39	Margaret	326	↓1	29
40	Gloria	319	↓11	66
41	Martha	316	↓6	63
42	Angela	289	↑1	89
43	Connie	281	↓2	47
44	Diane	273	↓2	17
45	Dorothy	261	↓1	74
46	Lisa	261	new	26
47	Rhonda	261	↓2	52
48	Peggy	240	↓2	62
49	Laura	232	new	31
50	Kimberly	229	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	James	2,770	–	2
2	Michael	1,973	↑1	1
3	William	1,906	↓1	6
4	David	1,851	–	3
5	Robert	1,655	–	4
6	John	1,535	–	5
7	Charles	1,262	–	11
8	Richard	1,019	↑1	8
9	Larry	923	↓1	22
10	Kenneth	812	↑2	14
11	Donald	810	–	15
12	Thomas	794	↓2	9
13	Gary	762	↑2	13
14	Ronald	726	↓1	17
15	Jerry	721	↑1	35
16	Mark	709	↑3	7
17	Timothy	705	↑5	19
18	Randy	694	↓4	31
19	Ricky	676	↑2	40
20	Terry	659	↓2	33
21	Joseph	601	↓4	12
22	Bobby	534	↑6	78
23	George	514	–	29
24	Steven	514	↓4	10
25	Tony	498	↑4	71
26	Ronnie	485	↓1	73
27	Gregory	477	↑7	23
28	Dennis	475	↓4	28
29	Danny	471	↓2	45
30	Johnny	451	↓4	61
31	Edward	418	–	25
32	Jeffrey	416	↑4	21
33	Anthony	410	↑2	27
34	Billy	394	↓1	64
35	Willie	375	↓3	63
36	Jimmy	374	↑2	77
37	Roger	363	–	42
38	Stephen	357	↓8	24
39	Paul	331	–	18
40	Douglas	321	↑1	30
41	Keith	311	↑2	36
42	Steve	297	new	44
43	Daniel	293	↓3	16
44	Walter	274	↓2	58
45	Curtis	252	↑4	80
46	Jeffery	243	new	52
47	Carl	242	↓1	49
48	Phillip	239	–	79
49	Roy	229	new	65
50	Henry	226	new	75

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