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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1944 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 83,134 North Carolina births in 1944 across 1,127 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.

#73Nellie#199 nationally
#54Minnie#175 nationally
#80Hildaoutside the national top 200
#82Bettieoutside the national top 200
#91Hubert#197 nationally
#95Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#68Rachel#172 nationally
#99Deweyoutside the national top 200
#59Ella#158 nationally
#88Janie#186 nationally
#50Hazel#147 nationally
#65Lillie#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,314US #1
#2Linda1,701US #3
#3Barbara1,172US #2
#4Betty1,147US #10
#5Brenda1,122US #30
#6Carolyn978US #11
#7Patricia977US #4
#8Judy837US #12
#9Shirley760US #15
#10Nancy702US #7
#11Dorothy626US #19
#12Margaret606US #14
#13Joyce604US #18
#14Sandra602US #6
#15Annie522US #71
#16Martha494US #29
#17Peggy451US #45
#18Elizabeth441US #23
#19Frances438US #33
#20Doris432US #42
#21Alice396US #38
#22Carol375US #5
#23Judith368US #9
#24Helen365US #31
#25Gloria338US #25
#26Virginia331US #26
#27Sarah330US #67
#28Janice297US #28
#29Rebecca285US #84
#30Phyllis272US #40
#31Evelyn247US #57
#32Mildred230US #81
#33Patsy230US #72
#34Ruth228US #32
#35Ruby225US #87
#36Joan213US #22
#37Jean212US #37
#38Sylvia209US #83
#39Ann208US #39
#40Susan208US #13
#41Glenda207US #79
#42Edna199US #112
#43Janet194US #21
#44Geraldine192US #53
#45Wanda181US #58
#46Bonnie179US #34
#47Donna172US #17
#48Lois168US #47
#49Julia167US #102
#50Hazel163US #147
#51Jo159US #61
#52Rosa154US #145
#53Emma153US #118
#54Minnie153US #175
#55Marie147US #48
#56Jane146US #41
#57Edith142US #123
#58Clara141US #134
#59Ella136US #158
#60Louise135US #69
#61Margie134US #130
#62Catherine133US #49
#63Kay132US #88
#64Gladys129US #137
#65Lillie127US #159
#66Willie127US #138
#67Sharon126US #8
#68Rachel124US #172
#69Norma120US #66
#70Ethel115US #127
#71Faye114US #165
#72Laura112US #119
#73Nellie112US #199
#74Vivian112US #129
#75Wilma111US #125
#76Eva110US #148
#77Christine109US #75
#78Delores109US #97
#79Thelma109US #131
#80Hilda106
#81Ellen105US #63
#82Bettie103
#83Sue103US #62
#84Juanita101US #94
#85Katherine101US #77
#86Lynda101US #113
#87Rose99US #52
#88Janie98US #186
#89Bertha97US #151
#90Lillian96US #126
#91Marilyn96US #27
#92Anne95US #86
#93Mattie95US #185
#94Cheryl94US #36
#95Lucy93US #179
#96Alma92US #176
#97Gail91US #56
#98Josephine90US #115
#99Anna89US #74
#100Rita89US #54

Boys

#1James3,481US #1
#2William2,217US #4
#3John1,674US #3
#4Robert1,673US #2
#5Charles1,343US #7
#6David886US #6
#7Larry881US #12
#8Jerry855US #19
#9Thomas813US #8
#10George717US #14
#11Richard708US #5
#12Donald610US #11
#13Bobby573US #50
#14Joseph558US #13
#15Willie542US #31
#16Ronald472US #10
#17Kenneth470US #16
#18Johnny468US #45
#19Billy449US #38
#20Jimmy435US #41
#21Edward407US #18
#22Paul379US #17
#23Walter349US #26
#24Harold341US #27
#25Michael336US #9
#26Henry328US #35
#27Roy310US #39
#28Roger303US #23
#29Gary299US #15
#30Raymond254US #22
#31Joe252US #33
#32Samuel250US #62
#33Carl236US #36
#34Frank230US #21
#35Ralph223US #42
#36Charlie219US #120
#37Wayne215US #37
#38Tommy214US #70
#39Douglas204US #34
#40Ronnie204US #69
#41Ernest201US #59
#42Howard200US #53
#43Fred198US #47
#44Jack198US #30
#45Harry196US #49
#46Eddie191US #79
#47Melvin190US #67
#48Earl189US #65
#49Arthur188US #29
#50Clarence182US #74
#51Albert178US #44
#52Dennis174US #20
#53Jesse170US #103
#54Clyde169US #111
#55Daniel167US #25
#56Eugene162US #48
#57Gerald153US #24
#58Marvin145US #75
#59Ray143US #86
#60Johnnie135US #131
#61Curtis133US #97
#62Phillip133US #83
#63Jimmie129US #98
#64Danny128US #76
#65Stephen128US #28
#66Steve128US #89
#67Tony124US #143
#68Herbert120US #90
#69Leroy117US #78
#70Glenn113US #88
#71Franklin112US #121
#72Calvin110US #124
#73Floyd109US #110
#74Cecil106US #142
#75Lawrence106US #32
#76Lee105US #85
#77Herman104US #129
#78Lewis104US #112
#79Leonard101US #56
#80Terry101US #43
#81Leon100US #108
#82Lonnie100US #148
#83Allen98US #77
#84Vernon98US #119
#85Donnie97US #171
#86Bruce96US #51
#87Russell96US #63
#88Harvey95US #118
#89Norman91US #58
#90Claude90US #154
#91Hubert90US #197
#92Freddie88US #138
#93Gene87US #95
#94Luther87US #185
#95Linwood86
#96Steven85US #52
#97Milton84US #146
#98Dwight82US #140
#99Dewey81
#100Jackie81US #128

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑27Nellie#73
↑25Donna#47
↑22Christine#77
↑20Calvin#72
↑19Sharon#67
↑19Eva#76
↑17Hilda#80
↑16Steve#66

Falling

↓28Gene#93
↓25Anna#99
↓19Leroy#69
↓19Norman#89
↓17Clarence#50
↓13Juanita#84
↓13Lynda#86
↓12Jesse#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.