State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1945 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,853 North Carolina births in 1945 across 1,095 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.

#71Hildaoutside the national top 200
#54Rachel#174 nationally
#82Carrie#199 nationally
#50Hazel#164 nationally
#77Minnie#187 nationally
#80Bessie#190 nationally
#94Hattieoutside the national top 200
#95Bettieoutside the national top 200
#62Lillie#167 nationally
#100Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#61Ella#158 nationally
#51Rosa#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,223US #1
#2Linda1,730US #2
#3Barbara1,265US #3
#4Betty1,108US #11
#5Brenda1,099US #29
#6Patricia961US #4
#7Carolyn955US #12
#8Judy844US #13
#9Shirley819US #14
#10Sandra653US #6
#11Nancy652US #7
#12Joyce624US #18
#13Dorothy576US #21
#14Margaret548US #15
#15Martha455US #30
#16Annie446US #69
#17Frances413US #34
#18Peggy411US #45
#19Elizabeth410US #26
#20Gloria408US #23
#21Doris406US #46
#22Carol400US #5
#23Janice379US #24
#24Helen356US #31
#25Virginia337US #28
#26Alice331US #41
#27Sarah305US #76
#28Judith298US #9
#29Rebecca275US #85
#30Patsy258US #84
#31Phyllis257US #40
#32Wanda248US #58
#33Sylvia247US #83
#34Ruth240US #33
#35Evelyn233US #57
#36Jean228US #38
#37Ann225US #39
#38Susan224US #10
#39Ruby214US #95
#40Mildred213US #93
#41Donna206US #17
#42Joan206US #25
#43Glenda204US #92
#44Jane189US #36
#45Geraldine187US #56
#46Jo185US #60
#47Janet178US #20
#48Edna171US #119
#49Lois168US #48
#50Hazel159US #164
#51Rosa153US #147
#52Catherine150US #50
#53Bonnie148US #35
#54Rachel144US #174
#55Emma141US #123
#56Vivian141US #118
#57Julia139US #115
#58Kay138US #91
#59Laura137US #77
#60Clara136US #136
#61Ella135US #158
#62Lillie133US #167
#63Edith130US #132
#64Louise129US #78
#65Diane124US #22
#66Marie124US #49
#67Norma124US #74
#68Willie124US #137
#69Margie121US #138
#70Christine118US #62
#71Hilda117
#72Juanita117US #108
#73Sharon117US #8
#74Faye116US #169
#75Ethel113US #134
#76Marilyn112US #27
#77Minnie110US #187
#78Beverly109US #37
#79Delores109US #112
#80Bessie108US #190
#81Connie108US #47
#82Carrie107US #199
#83Lillian105US #124
#84Gladys104US #141
#85Anna103US #73
#86Thelma103US #131
#87Ellen99US #61
#88Gwendolyn99US #151
#89Janie99US #159
#90Rose99US #54
#91Dianne98US #72
#92Rita98US #59
#93Charlotte97US #55
#94Hattie96
#95Bettie95
#96Billie94US #152
#97Mattie94US #191
#98Wilma92US #128
#99Lynda91US #111
#100Bertha90US #165

Boys

#1James3,366US #1
#2William2,140US #4
#3Robert1,725US #2
#4John1,612US #3
#5Charles1,223US #7
#6Larry933US #11
#7David893US #6
#8Thomas832US #8
#9Jerry816US #20
#10Richard775US #5
#11George730US #15
#12Donald594US #12
#13Willie551US #31
#14Joseph550US #14
#15Kenneth504US #16
#16Bobby487US #53
#17Ronald445US #10
#18Billy444US #42
#19Jimmy444US #41
#20Johnny433US #45
#21Edward422US #18
#22Michael386US #9
#23Paul365US #17
#24Gary357US #13
#25Walter337US #27
#26Harold324US #28
#27Roger323US #22
#28Roy321US #40
#29Henry308US #37
#30Joe239US #36
#31Samuel239US #62
#32Harry231US #47
#33Ernest230US #60
#34Carl221US #39
#35Tommy221US #75
#36Frank219US #21
#37Clarence218US #82
#38Douglas211US #29
#39Wayne210US #35
#40Ronnie206US #67
#41Ralph200US #44
#42Dennis195US #19
#43Charlie194US #128
#44Jack190US #32
#45Raymond189US #23
#46Eddie184US #81
#47Jesse184US #104
#48Fred181US #51
#49Howard175US #54
#50Arthur174US #34
#51Danny169US #56
#52Johnnie169US #133
#53Daniel161US #24
#54Marvin157US #80
#55Gerald155US #25
#56Melvin154US #78
#57Earl150US #71
#58Ray149US #92
#59Terry146US #33
#60Stephen145US #26
#61Albert141US #49
#62Clyde138US #121
#63Jimmie136US #102
#64Steve135US #79
#65Franklin134US #119
#66Tony132US #129
#67Leroy127US #83
#68Curtis126US #97
#69Eugene124US #50
#70Herbert124US #94
#71Allen120US #74
#72Lawrence120US #30
#73Glenn109US #93
#74Floyd104US #114
#75Lee104US #87
#76Phillip103US #85
#77Milton102US #154
#78Calvin101US #124
#79Bruce100US #48
#80Benjamin99US #140
#81Alfred97US #88
#82Don94US #73
#83Claude93US #159
#84Norman93US #65
#85Herman92US #146
#86Lonnie91US #143
#87Alvin90US #120
#88Harvey89US #116
#89Leonard89US #57
#90Steven88US #43
#91Lewis85US #123
#92Dwight84US #126
#93Gene83US #100
#94Leon83US #111
#95Russell82US #64
#96Cecil81US #152
#97Jackie80US #142
#98Donnie79US #168
#99Ted79US #155
#100Linwood77

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑21Terry#59
↑20Milton#77
↑18Vivian#56
↑15Marilyn#76
↑14Rachel#54
↑14Anna#85
↑13Wanda#32
↑13Laura#59

Falling

↓23Minnie#77
↓23Wilma#98
↓22Cecil#96
↓20Gladys#84
↓15Raymond#45
↓14Phillip#76
↓13Bettie#95
↓13Lynda#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.