Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1958

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,355 babies) and James for boys (2,509). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 101,686 babies born in North Carolina in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1958

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

Sybil: 28 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Shelby: 57 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bettie: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Teressa: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Libby: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Avis: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Myra: 140 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mamie: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelia: 197 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hattie: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 59 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Shelton: 33 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jasper: 31 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ervin: 42 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Garland: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Elton: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Archie: 47 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Horace: 43 babies, 4× the national rate
Rufus: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Carroll: 28 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,355	–	1
2	Linda	1,119	↑1	3
3	Deborah	1,081	↓1	7
4	Cynthia	1,004	–	8
5	Teresa	962	↑2	26
6	Patricia	929	–	5
7	Susan	887	↑1	2
8	Kathy	877	↑2	14
9	Debra	853	↓4	6
10	Brenda	787	↓1	16
11	Pamela	765	↑5	11
12	Donna	756	↓1	10
13	Barbara	746	–	9
14	Karen	743	–	4
15	Sharon	723	–	17
16	Sandra	714	↓4	15
17	Wanda	561	–	66
18	Debbie	542	↑5	24
19	Elizabeth	531	↑2	22
20	Carolyn	520	↓2	37
21	Cheryl	509	↑8	13
22	Betty	486	↓2	54
23	Nancy	437	↓4	12
24	Cathy	417	↓2	34
25	Janet	405	↑3	28
26	Janice	401	↓1	35
27	Robin	397	↓3	32
28	Lisa	390	↑18	19
29	Judy	383	↑5	36
30	Joyce	381	–	46
31	Shirley	376	↓5	52
32	Tammy	358	new	44
33	Vickie	346	↓1	75
34	Beverly	345	↑1	55
35	Phyllis	339	↓2	94
36	Sheila	335	–	59
37	Cindy	333	↑1	25
38	Rebecca	317	↓7	41
39	Sherry	317	↓2	67
40	Peggy	315	↑8	42
41	Martha	312	–	69
42	Carol	307	↓15	20
43	Angela	298	↓1	83
44	Rhonda	291	↑3	48
45	Kimberly	282	↑5	39
46	Gloria	280	↓6	77
47	Margaret	272	↓8	31
48	Connie	264	↓5	50
49	Julie	229	new	23
50	Laura	226	↓1	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	James	2,509	–	3
2	Michael	1,959	–	1
3	William	1,804	–	6
4	Robert	1,710	↑1	4
5	David	1,690	↓1	2
6	John	1,405	–	5
7	Charles	1,154	–	11
8	Richard	933	–	8
9	Ricky	865	↑10	34
10	Timothy	860	↑7	13
11	Kenneth	831	↓1	14
12	Thomas	804	–	9
13	Larry	801	↓4	22
14	Mark	748	↑2	7
15	Donald	718	↓4	18
16	Ronald	686	↓2	19
17	Jerry	644	↓2	35
18	Randy	601	–	32
19	Terry	590	↑1	33
20	Gary	585	↓7	17
21	Joseph	579	–	12
22	Tony	513	↑3	57
23	Ronnie	506	↑3	66
24	Jeffrey	493	↑8	21
25	Dennis	465	↑3	29
26	Bobby	464	↓4	69
27	Danny	464	↑2	45
28	Anthony	445	↑5	27
29	George	436	↓6	31
30	Gregory	434	↓3	23
31	Steven	409	↓7	10
32	Edward	401	↓1	28
33	Johnny	386	↓3	61
34	Billy	383	–	64
35	Jimmy	364	↑1	73
36	Willie	361	↓1	70
37	Paul	340	↑2	15
38	Roger	319	↓1	47
39	Douglas	315	↑1	30
40	Stephen	309	↓2	26
41	Keith	270	–	37
42	Samuel	263	new	85
43	Daniel	256	–	16
44	Eddie	255	new	100
45	Wayne	252	new	48
46	Carl	239	↑1	51
47	Steve	226	↓5	44
48	Curtis	223	↓3	82
49	Walter	223	↓5	63
50	Tommy	222	new	>100

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