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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1943 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 86,596 North Carolina births in 1943 across 1,139 distinct names.

Distinctively North Carolina

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say North Carolina more than they say America.

#80Bettieoutside the national top 200
#81Hattieoutside the national top 200
#56Minnie#173 nationally
#79Carrie#192 nationally
#91Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#61Rachel#170 nationally
#89Janie#198 nationally
#97Hildaoutside the national top 200
#82Mattie#183 nationally
#59Lillie#158 nationally
#89Clifton#187 nationally
#92Bessie#190 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,447US #1
#2Linda1,734US #4
#3Barbara1,359US #2
#4Betty1,262US #10
#5Brenda1,053US #35
#6Patricia1,000US #3
#7Carolyn995US #11
#8Shirley860US #12
#9Nancy801US #9
#10Judy751US #13
#11Margaret641US #14
#12Dorothy630US #19
#13Joyce608US #16
#14Martha556US #29
#15Annie544US #69
#16Peggy519US #41
#17Sandra518US #6
#18Doris510US #40
#19Frances464US #31
#20Elizabeth463US #23
#21Carol414US #5
#22Judith410US #7
#23Helen387US #28
#24Virginia364US #25
#25Alice359US #38
#26Gloria323US #30
#27Rebecca323US #87
#28Sarah318US #71
#29Janice314US #26
#30Phyllis300US #39
#31Patsy262US #61
#32Ruth261US #33
#33Ruby253US #82
#34Edna252US #106
#35Ann239US #37
#36Glenda235US #83
#37Sylvia232US #77
#38Mildred225US #76
#39Evelyn212US #53
#40Jean211US #36
#41Lois211US #43
#42Joan198US #21
#43Jo190US #63
#44Julia186US #95
#45Janet184US #20
#46Wanda183US #56
#47Bonnie179US #34
#48Jane179US #44
#49Geraldine168US #51
#50Hazel165US #144
#51Susan163US #18
#52Edith162US #118
#53Emma162US #114
#54Gladys162US #131
#55Kay158US #81
#56Minnie157US #173
#57Rosa154US #154
#58Catherine153US #48
#59Lillie153US #158
#60Louise149US #70
#61Rachel146US #170
#62Norma145US #58
#63Marie142US #45
#64Clara141US #133
#65Ella139US #155
#66Willie138US #139
#67Margie135US #128
#68Ethel132US #126
#69Vivian131US #122
#70Thelma130US #127
#71Juanita126US #91
#72Donna120US #17
#73Lynda120US #115
#74Anna119US #64
#75Billie118US #138
#76Beverly112US #32
#77Faye112US #163
#78Laura112US #117
#79Carrie109US #192
#80Bettie108
#81Hattie108
#82Mattie108US #183
#83Lillian107US #116
#84Bertha106US #150
#85Charlotte106US #47
#86Sharon106US #8
#87Alma105US #174
#88Ellen104US #67
#89Janie104US #198
#90Jessie104US #177
#91Josephine104US #108
#92Bessie102US #190
#93Sue102US #72
#94Rose101US #50
#95Eva100US #148
#96Ida100US #162
#97Hilda99
#98Pauline99US #112
#99Christine96US #84
#100Nellie94US #197

Boys

#1James3,623US #1
#2William2,223US #4
#3Robert1,823US #2
#4John1,659US #3
#5Charles1,414US #7
#6Larry919US #12
#7David907US #6
#8Jerry906US #17
#9Thomas884US #8
#10George731US #14
#11Richard710US #5
#12Bobby683US #46
#13Donald650US #11
#14Joseph571US #13
#15Willie555US #36
#16Kenneth547US #15
#17Billy481US #37
#18Jimmy459US #42
#19Ronald456US #9
#20Johnny422US #52
#21Edward394US #18
#22Walter383US #26
#23Roy376US #38
#24Henry355US #31
#25Harold337US #27
#26Joe314US #35
#27Paul306US #19
#28Douglas289US #28
#29Michael285US #10
#30Roger283US #24
#31Carl266US #33
#32Samuel249US #62
#33Clarence244US #68
#34Raymond240US #22
#35Ralph230US #40
#36Fred229US #45
#37Frank217US #21
#38Howard214US #48
#39Wayne206US #41
#40Harry204US #50
#41Jesse200US #105
#42Earl199US #60
#43Charlie194US #122
#44Gary194US #16
#45Tommy194US #77
#46Jack192US #34
#47Ernest191US #61
#48Ronnie189US #71
#49Melvin183US #63
#50Leroy179US #74
#51Albert177US #43
#52Eddie175US #80
#53Arthur174US #30
#54Clyde170US #114
#55Gerald165US #23
#56Daniel162US #25
#57Marvin159US #66
#58Eugene155US #47
#59Johnnie155US #135
#60Jimmie151US #95
#61Dennis143US #20
#62Ray139US #84
#63Curtis134US #100
#64Franklin134US #119
#65Gene130US #89
#66Herman130US #129
#67Lewis128US #115
#68Lawrence127US #32
#69Phillip125US #81
#70Norman120US #56
#71Herbert119US #86
#72Glenn118US #85
#73Floyd116US #112
#74Stephen116US #29
#75Danny114US #88
#76Cecil109US #132
#77Leonard106US #55
#78Bruce103US #51
#79Louis102US #53
#80Allen101US #76
#81Harvey101US #111
#82Steve101US #93
#83Don100US #72
#84Lee100US #91
#85Claude99US #152
#86Benjamin98US #130
#87Leon96US #103
#88Terry94US #49
#89Clifton93US #187
#90Vernon93US #117
#91Wilbert93
#92Calvin91US #126
#93Jessie91US #166
#94Donnie90US #180
#95Jackie90US #124
#96Russell87US #73
#97Alfred86US #78
#98Milton85US #141
#99Alvin84US #113
#100Andrew84US #79

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑40Susan#51
↑24Billie#75
↑18Roger#30
↑15Charlotte#85
↑15Michael#29
↑14Kay#55
↑13Vivian#69
↑13Lynda#73

Falling

↓27Christine#99
↓25Jackie#95
↓21Hilda#97
↓13Sue#93
↓13Gerald#55
↓13Benjamin#86
↓12Nellie#100
↓12Tommy#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.