Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1960

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1960 were Donna for girls (1,225 babies) and James for boys (2,372). Donna ranked #5 nationally for girls. James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 100,729 babies born in North Carolina in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1960

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: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Hattie: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shelia: 209 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Myra: 110 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Angelia: 44 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alfreda: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mitzi: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ernestine: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Patsy: 90 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alesia: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 53 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Shelton: 29 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Thurman: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Alton: 61 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Garland: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Horace: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Elbert: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Wilbert: 47 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Carlton: 80 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luther: 51 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Donna	1,225	↑1	5
2	Mary	1,166	↓1	1
3	Teresa	1,120	↑1	19
4	Cynthia	967	↓1	9
5	Linda	948	–	3
6	Lisa	849	↑14	6
7	Karen	837	↑7	4
8	Sandra	827	↑1	11
9	Deborah	804	↓3	10
10	Patricia	798	↓3	7
11	Susan	784	↓3	2
12	Brenda	762	↑3	13
13	Sharon	737	↓1	16
14	Pamela	724	↓4	14
15	Debra	667	↓4	8
16	Barbara	587	–	12
17	Kathy	580	↓4	21
18	Tammy	549	–	31
19	Elizabeth	536	↑2	18
20	Robin	531	↑3	33
21	Wanda	529	↓2	66
22	Debbie	494	↓5	24
23	Kimberly	487	↑9	26
24	Angela	474	↑9	50
25	Janet	407	–	32
26	Carolyn	400	↓4	43
27	Betty	386	↓3	68
28	Sheila	386	–	56
29	Beverly	375	↑8	60
30	Nancy	364	↓4	15
31	Cheryl	350	↓2	17
32	Sherry	347	↑2	54
33	Cathy	345	↓6	46
34	Cindy	332	↓4	30
35	Laura	324	↑13	25
36	Carol	314	↑6	23
37	Janice	306	↓6	41
38	Rebecca	304	↓2	38
39	Rhonda	299	↑2	44
40	Gloria	297	↑7	79
41	Shirley	297	↓3	70
42	Judy	293	↓3	48
43	Margaret	280	↓3	36
44	Phyllis	277	↓1	>100
45	Joyce	273	↓10	58
46	Connie	270	–	47
47	Martha	238	↓3	83
48	Vickie	235	↓3	100
49	Kim	234	new	34
50	Sarah	217	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	James	2,372	–	3
2	David	1,866	–	1
3	Michael	1,843	–	2
4	William	1,727	–	7
5	Robert	1,519	–	5
6	John	1,414	–	4
7	Charles	1,095	–	13
8	Timothy	1,028	–	11
9	Mark	942	↑3	6
10	Kenneth	866	↓1	16
11	Richard	779	–	8
12	Thomas	728	↑1	9
13	Ricky	719	↓3	38
14	Jeffrey	708	↑5	14
15	Terry	688	↑5	34
16	Donald	685	↓2	19
17	Larry	639	↓2	28
18	Gary	563	↓2	22
19	Randy	560	↑2	32
20	Jerry	549	↓2	37
21	Tony	549	↑1	52
22	Joseph	541	↑1	12
23	Ronald	500	↓6	21
24	Gregory	489	↑6	24
25	Steven	477	↓1	10
26	Anthony	470	↑5	25
27	Bobby	452	↑2	73
28	Danny	445	–	48
29	Johnny	389	↑3	65
30	Christopher	376	↑14	29
31	Dennis	375	↓4	31
32	George	370	↓7	33
33	Jimmy	361	–	69
34	Billy	353	–	67
35	Edward	347	↑2	26
36	Paul	342	–	18
37	Ronnie	339	↓11	87
38	Jeffery	331	↑5	55
39	Kevin	327	↑7	15
40	Roger	316	↓5	47
41	Stephen	305	↓3	27
42	Douglas	293	–	30
43	Willie	283	↓2	81
44	Phillip	261	↑6	66
45	Daniel	257	–	17
46	Keith	255	↓7	35
47	Tommy	240	new	>100
48	Barry	239	new	72
49	Carl	238	–	53
50	Steve	234	↓10	43

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