State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1949 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 99,506 North Carolina births in 1949 across 1,203 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.

#86Hildaoutside the national top 200
#93Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#92Lillie#197 nationally
#98Hazeloutside the national top 200
#99Cliftonoutside the national top 200
#78Ella#177 nationally
#93Rachel#191 nationally
#64Donnie#156 nationally
#94Belinda#185 nationally
#65Johnnie#150 nationally
#85Clara#168 nationally
#74Rosa#155 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,725US #1
#2Mary2,236US #2
#3Brenda1,613US #13
#4Patricia1,353US #3
#5Barbara1,206US #4
#6Carolyn1,006US #17
#7Betty952US #22
#8Sandra947US #6
#9Judy913US #20
#10Shirley809US #18
#11Nancy770US #7
#12Margaret630US #14
#13Susan574US #5
#14Joyce565US #26
#15Janice561US #24
#16Elizabeth520US #25
#17Martha515US #34
#18Wanda504US #56
#19Donna498US #12
#20Peggy472US #38
#21Dorothy460US #32
#22Gloria444US #29
#23Deborah438US #15
#24Annie421US #103
#25Rebecca415US #40
#26Doris385US #69
#27Alice383US #53
#28Sharon364US #10
#29Frances362US #49
#30Carol357US #8
#31Kathy351US #42
#32Phyllis350US #50
#33Helen338US #46
#34Cynthia331US #27
#35Sarah319US #84
#36Pamela304US #21
#37Virginia291US #39
#38Janet271US #23
#39Bonnie260US #35
#40Glenda258US #87
#41Sylvia258US #94
#42Beverly252US #31
#43Catherine247US #37
#44Evelyn246US #80
#45Patsy234US #106
#46Joan223US #36
#47Judith219US #16
#48Karen209US #11
#49Mildred205US #120
#50Jo203US #60
#51Diane194US #19
#52Connie193US #43
#53Jane188US #41
#54Vickie188US #124
#55Jacqueline186US #58
#56Jean185US #45
#57Ann184US #44
#58Ruby183US #123
#59Ruth182US #47
#60Gwendolyn181US #114
#61Teresa180US #82
#62Sheila171US #76
#63Rita170US #54
#64Sherry169US #68
#65Edna164US #142
#66Geraldine164US #90
#67Lois163US #73
#68Julia162US #112
#69Laura156US #65
#70Katherine149US #59
#71Marilyn146US #33
#72Cathy144US #81
#73Gail143US #51
#74Rosa142US #155
#75Edith138US #145
#76Emma138US #147
#77Cheryl135US #28
#78Ella134US #177
#79Dianne130US #85
#80Christine127US #30
#81Ellen126US #64
#82Vivian123US #136
#83Kathryn121US #52
#84Rose121US #66
#85Clara119US #168
#86Hilda118
#87Marie118US #67
#88Delores117US #126
#89Kay115US #119
#90Vicki112US #70
#91Janie110US #165
#92Lillie110US #197
#93Rachel110US #191
#94Belinda107US #185
#95Eva107US #170
#96Norma107US #105
#97Ethel105US #164
#98Hazel105
#99Wilma105US #167
#100Paula103US #55

Boys

#1James3,382US #1
#2William2,332US #4
#3John1,891US #3
#4Robert1,820US #2
#5Charles1,480US #9
#6David1,369US #6
#7Larry1,326US #10
#8Michael1,052US #5
#9Thomas991US #8
#10Jerry921US #23
#11Ronald895US #11
#12Richard806US #7
#13Donald805US #13
#14George758US #18
#15Kenneth718US #15
#16Joseph666US #14
#17Willie583US #41
#18Gary561US #12
#19Bobby537US #67
#20Johnny534US #49
#21Roger521US #25
#22Jimmy462US #53
#23Edward460US #21
#24Ronnie433US #65
#25Danny402US #40
#26Billy387US #57
#27Walter380US #37
#28Dennis364US #16
#29Harold363US #42
#30Paul361US #17
#31Stephen360US #19
#32Terry342US #28
#33Samuel334US #62
#34Henry318US #46
#35Roy303US #51
#36Daniel271US #22
#37Carl268US #43
#38Phillip267US #66
#39Steven262US #20
#40Douglas261US #29
#41Eddie256US #80
#42Joe228US #52
#43Melvin224US #82
#44Frank222US #27
#45Raymond222US #30
#46Clarence216US #94
#47Harry214US #59
#48Wayne214US #35
#49Tommy212US #84
#50Steve210US #68
#51Ralph205US #50
#52Curtis201US #97
#53Ernest200US #76
#54Jack196US #47
#55Gerald195US #33
#56Marvin187US #89
#57Fred184US #72
#58Albert181US #56
#59Bruce178US #26
#60Howard177US #63
#61Arthur175US #44
#62Earl170US #91
#63Jesse170US #110
#64Donnie168US #156
#65Johnnie167US #150
#66Charlie164US #146
#67Eugene159US #58
#68Tony159US #139
#69Glenn148US #61
#70Calvin146US #112
#71Timothy146US #34
#72Jimmie144US #130
#73Lawrence144US #32
#74Ray136US #109
#75Barry133US #73
#76Jackie133US #140
#77Benjamin132US #135
#78Clyde127US #131
#79Herbert126US #107
#80Allen122US #71
#81Ricky122US #148
#82Lee118US #93
#83Lonnie117US #134
#84Randy117US #92
#85Lewis116US #132
#86Leroy113US #101
#87Anthony111US #36
#88Harvey110US #142
#89Gregory109US #31
#90Leon108US #121
#91Philip106US #55
#92Herman105US #157
#93Linwood105
#94Milton105US #160
#95Stanley104US #60
#96Louis102US #64
#97Alfred101US #96
#98Norman100US #90
#99Clifton99
#100Floyd97US #133

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑41Kathy#31
↑29Katherine#70
↑19Deborah#23
↑15Ellen#81
↑14Douglas#40
↑13Bruce#59
↑12Curtis#52
↑11Vickie#54

Falling

↓23Vivian#82
↓23Tony#68
↓18Delores#88
↓16Edna#65
↓16Charlie#66
↓15Emma#76
↓14Norma#96
↓14Hazel#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.