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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1947 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 105,658 North Carolina births in 1947 across 1,254 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.

#71Hazel#183 nationally
#91Hildaoutside the national top 200
#94Cliftonoutside the national top 200
#84Rachel#190 nationally
#95Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#64Rosa#167 nationally
#79Ella#177 nationally
#48Charlie#145 nationally
#75Donnie#168 nationally
#100Lillie#191 nationally
#78Janie#161 nationally
#21Annie#103 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,949US #1
#2Mary2,568US #2
#3Brenda1,815US #21
#4Barbara1,484US #4
#5Patricia1,404US #3
#6Carolyn1,233US #15
#7Betty1,212US #17
#8Judy1,144US #14
#9Sandra913US #5
#10Shirley887US #19
#11Nancy841US #7
#12Margaret721US #16
#13Joyce688US #20
#14Martha618US #32
#15Dorothy565US #26
#16Elizabeth556US #25
#17Janice554US #22
#18Peggy537US #42
#19Frances479US #39
#20Gloria479US #27
#21Annie470US #103
#22Phyllis462US #37
#23Rebecca459US #52
#24Doris455US #58
#25Susan433US #8
#26Donna418US #10
#27Helen399US #38
#28Carol394US #6
#29Alice393US #47
#30Sarah366US #93
#31Wanda359US #66
#32Virginia325US #34
#33Judith321US #12
#34Patsy318US #87
#35Sylvia299US #97
#36Sharon298US #9
#37Joan290US #30
#38Jo286US #51
#39Janet273US #23
#40Evelyn272US #72
#41Glenda272US #96
#42Bonnie261US #35
#43Cynthia256US #33
#44Ann251US #41
#45Ruth239US #44
#46Beverly231US #31
#47Mildred217US #109
#48Jane216US #36
#49Lois214US #63
#50Edna207US #131
#51Pamela207US #28
#52Ruby206US #112
#53Jean201US #40
#54Diane198US #18
#55Catherine197US #46
#56Geraldine180US #78
#57Julia176US #116
#58Connie174US #43
#59Norma163US #82
#60Sheila161US #73
#61Kay157US #104
#62Edith156US #136
#63Sherry156US #67
#64Rosa154US #167
#65Karen153US #13
#66Vivian153US #128
#67Laura152US #74
#68Dianne151US #83
#69Lynda150US #77
#70Rita145US #60
#71Hazel144US #183
#72Margie140US #139
#73Marilyn140US #29
#74Emma138US #141
#75Jacqueline138US #59
#76Cheryl137US #24
#77Clara137US #150
#78Janie132US #161
#79Ella131US #177
#80Ellen131US #61
#81Gwendolyn130US #130
#82Sue130US #69
#83Gladys128US #165
#84Rachel128US #190
#85Christine127US #45
#86Deborah126US #62
#87Delores125US #115
#88Elaine124US #50
#89Gail123US #49
#90Ethel122US #144
#91Hilda122
#92Marie117US #57
#93Willie116US #173
#94Louise115US #99
#95Katherine113US #76
#96Anna110US #92
#97Rose110US #65
#98Kathryn109US #55
#99Thelma109US #153
#100Lillie108US #191

Boys

#1James3,882US #1
#2William2,531US #4
#3Robert2,071US #2
#4John1,966US #3
#5Charles1,628US #9
#6David1,434US #6
#7Larry1,403US #10
#8Thomas1,088US #8
#9Jerry1,022US #20
#10Richard922US #5
#11George858US #16
#12Donald847US #13
#13Ronald785US #11
#14Michael744US #7
#15Kenneth672US #15
#16Johnny663US #49
#17Joseph649US #14
#18Bobby626US #60
#19Jimmy610US #44
#20Gary598US #12
#21Willie569US #42
#22Billy497US #51
#23Edward476US #19
#24Paul421US #18
#25Ronnie413US #61
#26Roger399US #25
#27Harold389US #35
#28Walter388US #34
#29Danny364US #39
#30Henry340US #46
#31Roy339US #48
#32Dennis323US #17
#33Stephen316US #21
#34Samuel315US #72
#35Terry313US #26
#36Steve277US #58
#37Joe276US #43
#38Harry269US #54
#39Ralph269US #50
#40Carl267US #40
#41Douglas256US #31
#42Raymond256US #27
#43Tommy253US #79
#44Eddie252US #80
#45Ernest250US #75
#46Wayne250US #30
#47Frank248US #23
#48Charlie228US #145
#49Clarence220US #88
#50Phillip216US #74
#51Tony215US #126
#52Daniel211US #22
#53Fred200US #56
#54Melvin194US #85
#55Gerald192US #28
#56Howard192US #62
#57Albert191US #55
#58Arthur189US #38
#59Marvin189US #89
#60Jack184US #37
#61Earl182US #83
#62Eugene181US #59
#63Steven180US #24
#64Curtis173US #99
#65Jesse170US #107
#66Clyde163US #128
#67Glenn161US #70
#68Johnnie161US #148
#69Jimmie151US #113
#70Allen140US #73
#71Calvin138US #120
#72Lewis138US #118
#73Ray130US #97
#74Barry129US #68
#75Donnie125US #168
#76Leroy124US #98
#77Herbert122US #104
#78Lee120US #92
#79Herman118US #150
#80Lawrence118US #32
#81Lonnie118US #137
#82Harvey117US #131
#83Timothy117US #52
#84Bruce112US #29
#85Andrew110US #82
#86Floyd109US #130
#87Franklin109US #152
#88Leonard109US #71
#89Milton109US #158
#90Gene108US #103
#91Jackie107US #141
#92Norman107US #81
#93Benjamin103US #144
#94Clifton102
#95Wilbert97
#96Freddie94US #153
#97Leon94US #117
#98Don93US #86
#99Lloyd93US #112
#100Stanley93US #67

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑18Dianne#68
↑18Ella#79
↑17Phillip#50
↑16Stephen#33
↑16Lee#78
↑15Cynthia#43
↑14Marilyn#73
↑14Cheryl#76

Falling

↓34Lillie#100
↓26Leon#97
↓21Ethel#90
↓17Emma#74
↓15Lloyd#99
↓14Clara#77
↓13Christine#85
↓13Delores#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.