State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1948 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 101,718 North Carolina births in 1948 across 1,229 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.

#84Hazel#199 nationally
#91Hildaoutside the national top 200
#85Lillie#189 nationally
#98Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#100Minnieoutside the national top 200
#78Ella#177 nationally
#50Charlie#144 nationally
#58Johnnie#150 nationally
#49Edna#139 nationally
#74Donnie#162 nationally
#90Gladys#173 nationally
#45Tony#125 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,884US #1
#2Mary2,403US #2
#3Brenda1,790US #17
#4Barbara1,418US #3
#5Patricia1,283US #4
#6Carolyn1,104US #14
#7Betty1,054US #18
#8Judy988US #16
#9Sandra976US #6
#10Nancy775US #7
#11Shirley767US #20
#12Joyce647US #21
#13Margaret604US #13
#14Martha597US #32
#15Janice541US #23
#16Susan541US #5
#17Elizabeth539US #26
#18Peggy520US #38
#19Dorothy510US #29
#20Gloria452US #28
#21Donna441US #11
#22Annie431US #97
#23Wanda426US #57
#24Rebecca425US #50
#25Frances423US #42
#26Carol401US #8
#27Phyllis398US #46
#28Doris396US #64
#29Helen370US #40
#30Sarah365US #85
#31Sharon358US #9
#32Alice346US #49
#33Cynthia315US #27
#34Virginia303US #36
#35Patsy293US #98
#36Sylvia273US #100
#37Bonnie268US #34
#38Janet267US #24
#39Evelyn264US #74
#40Judith258US #15
#41Pamela249US #22
#42Deborah241US #30
#43Beverly239US #31
#44Glenda238US #92
#45Ruby222US #114
#46Jane220US #39
#47Jo219US #56
#48Ann212US #44
#49Edna207US #139
#50Ruth207US #45
#51Catherine205US #41
#52Joan203US #37
#53Diane197US #19
#54Geraldine191US #83
#55Teresa181US #82
#56Mildred176US #120
#57Karen171US #12
#58Jacqueline169US #58
#59Vivian167US #126
#60Connie166US #43
#61Emma163US #138
#62Jean163US #47
#63Sheila163US #71
#64Lois162US #70
#65Vickie162US #143
#66Sherry158US #61
#67Gwendolyn154US #124
#68Laura153US #73
#69Rosa153US #149
#70Delores148US #116
#71Rita148US #59
#72Kathy145US #55
#73Julia144US #118
#74Cheryl143US #25
#75Christine141US #35
#76Edith141US #140
#77Gail135US #51
#78Ella133US #177
#79Marilyn133US #33
#80Sue132US #78
#81Margie128US #148
#82Norma128US #103
#83Dianne125US #86
#84Hazel123US #199
#85Lillie123US #189
#86Wilma123US #164
#87Thelma121US #163
#88Clara120US #160
#89Ethel120US #152
#90Gladys120US #173
#91Hilda119
#92Rose118US #62
#93Juanita117US #107
#94Lynda116US #84
#95Marie111US #60
#96Ellen110US #67
#97Kay110US #113
#98Anna109US #89
#99Katherine108US #68
#100Minnie106

Boys

#1James3,582US #1
#2William2,421US #4
#3Robert2,022US #2
#4John1,893US #3
#5Charles1,503US #9
#6Larry1,398US #11
#7David1,371US #5
#8Thomas1,001US #8
#9Jerry961US #21
#10Ronald893US #10
#11Michael828US #6
#12George813US #16
#13Donald792US #14
#14Richard776US #7
#15Joseph689US #13
#16Kenneth689US #15
#17Gary591US #12
#18Willie575US #40
#19Bobby563US #62
#20Johnny553US #52
#21Jimmy527US #50
#22Roger469US #24
#23Billy448US #53
#24Edward447US #19
#25Ronnie429US #59
#26Walter371US #35
#27Terry365US #26
#28Harold349US #36
#29Danny346US #39
#30Dennis346US #17
#31Paul342US #18
#32Henry340US #45
#33Stephen333US #20
#34Roy308US #49
#35Eddie305US #78
#36Samuel292US #70
#37Joe285US #47
#38Carl272US #42
#39Daniel267US #22
#40Steven265US #23
#41Wayne262US #34
#42Steve256US #60
#43Tommy256US #79
#44Clarence251US #87
#45Tony248US #125
#46Raymond240US #27
#47Harry233US #57
#48Phillip227US #69
#49Frank222US #25
#50Charlie213US #144
#51Ralph207US #51
#52Ernest205US #76
#53Melvin203US #81
#54Douglas199US #33
#55Arthur188US #44
#56Howard185US #63
#57Jesse185US #108
#58Johnnie183US #150
#59Earl181US #83
#60Gerald178US #30
#61Fred175US #66
#62Marvin175US #90
#63Albert174US #55
#64Curtis168US #101
#65Jack163US #43
#66Allen155US #72
#67Jimmie155US #120
#68Clyde153US #131
#69Eugene152US #61
#70Ray152US #100
#71Glenn145US #73
#72Bruce141US #28
#73Calvin139US #117
#74Donnie138US #162
#75Lawrence132US #31
#76Harvey131US #138
#77Leroy129US #97
#78Lewis128US #130
#79Herbert127US #103
#80Lonnie124US #135
#81Barry121US #74
#82Alvin118US #124
#83Leonard118US #71
#84Randy115US #99
#85Benjamin112US #139
#86Jackie112US #147
#87Lee111US #93
#88Norman111US #85
#89Philip111US #54
#90Lloyd110US #118
#91Leon107US #119
#92Russell106US #67
#93Louis104US #64
#94Milton101US #160
#95Anthony100US #41
#96Gregory100US #32
#97Herman100US #146
#98Linwood98
#99Vernon98US #136
#100Floyd97US #134

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑44Deborah#42
↑23Steven#40
↑17Jacqueline#58
↑17Delores#70
↑15Lillie#85
↑14Gwendolyn#67
↑13Emma#61
↑13Daniel#39

Falling

↓36Kay#97
↓25Lynda#94
↓23Norma#82
↓18Herman#97
↓16Julia#73
↓16Ellen#96
↓15Joan#52
↓15Lois#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.