Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,288
2	Betty	1,466
3	Barbara	1,272
4	Shirley	1,017
5	Nancy	679
6	Margaret	658
7	Dorothy	638
8	Carolyn	590
9	Annie	589
10	Peggy	582
11	Patricia	537
12	Doris	533
13	Martha	505
14	Joyce	467
15	Helen	449
16	Frances	429
17	Linda	425
18	Elizabeth	384
19	Alice	360
20	Sarah	333
20	Virginia	333
22	Ruby	297
23	Ruth	288
24	Mildred	272
25	Sylvia	254
26	Edna	251
27	Evelyn	245
28	Geraldine	238
28	Janice	238
30	Jean	225
31	Phyllis	223
32	Patsy	218
33	Carol	215
33	Judy	215
35	Judith	206
36	Emma	199
37	Ann	193
38	Rebecca	189
39	Shelby	188
40	Norma	187
41	Lois	184
42	Gloria	180
43	Hazel	179
44	Louise	172
44	Rachel	172
46	Joan	170
47	Ella	164
48	Clara	161
48	Margie	161
50	Jo	160

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,043
2	William	1,844
3	Robert	1,513
4	John	1,414
5	Charles	1,279
6	Bobby	771
7	Thomas	666
8	Jerry	651
9	George	634
10	David	629
11	Donald	556
12	Billy	550
13	Joseph	486
13	Willie	486
15	Richard	484
16	Larry	457
17	Kenneth	415
18	Jimmy	371
19	Paul	364
20	Edward	361
20	Harold	361
22	Joe	330
23	Roy	317
24	Henry	295
25	Johnny	289
26	Walter	288
27	Frank	262
28	Carl	255
29	Ronald	232
30	Fred	221
31	Ralph	220
32	Jack	219
33	Samuel	217
34	Charlie	209
35	Clarence	193
35	Wayne	193
37	Raymond	186
38	Earl	181
38	Ernest	181
40	Howard	179
41	Eugene	170
42	Clyde	163
43	Jesse	162
44	Albert	160
44	Melvin	160
46	Marvin	159
47	Tommy	155
48	Gene	151
49	Leroy	143
50	Roger	137