Top baby names in North Carolina, 1944
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,314 |
| 2 | Linda | 1,701 |
| 3 | Barbara | 1,172 |
| 4 | Betty | 1,148 |
| 5 | Brenda | 1,122 |
| 6 | Carolyn | 978 |
| 6 | Patricia | 978 |
| 8 | Judy | 837 |
| 9 | Shirley | 760 |
| 10 | Nancy | 702 |
| 11 | Dorothy | 625 |
| 12 | Margaret | 606 |
| 13 | Joyce | 604 |
| 14 | Sandra | 602 |
| 15 | Annie | 522 |
| 16 | Martha | 494 |
| 17 | Peggy | 451 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 441 |
| 19 | Frances | 438 |
| 20 | Doris | 432 |
| 21 | Alice | 396 |
| 22 | Carol | 375 |
| 23 | Judith | 368 |
| 24 | Helen | 365 |
| 25 | Gloria | 338 |
| 26 | Sarah | 331 |
| 26 | Virginia | 331 |
| 28 | Janice | 297 |
| 29 | Rebecca | 285 |
| 30 | Phyllis | 272 |
| 31 | Evelyn | 247 |
| 32 | Mildred | 230 |
| 32 | Patsy | 230 |
| 34 | Ruth | 228 |
| 35 | Ruby | 225 |
| 36 | Joan | 213 |
| 37 | Jean | 212 |
| 38 | Sylvia | 209 |
| 39 | Ann | 208 |
| 39 | Susan | 208 |
| 41 | Glenda | 207 |
| 42 | Edna | 199 |
| 43 | Janet | 194 |
| 44 | Geraldine | 192 |
| 45 | Wanda | 181 |
| 46 | Bonnie | 179 |
| 47 | Donna | 172 |
| 48 | Lois | 168 |
| 49 | Julia | 167 |
| 50 | Hazel | 163 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 3,481 |
| 2 | William | 2,216 |
| 3 | John | 1,674 |
| 4 | Robert | 1,672 |
| 5 | Charles | 1,343 |
| 6 | David | 886 |
| 7 | Larry | 881 |
| 8 | Jerry | 855 |
| 9 | Thomas | 813 |
| 10 | George | 717 |
| 11 | Richard | 708 |
| 12 | Donald | 610 |
| 13 | Bobby | 573 |
| 14 | Joseph | 558 |
| 15 | Willie | 542 |
| 16 | Ronald | 472 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 470 |
| 18 | Johnny | 468 |
| 19 | Billy | 449 |
| 20 | Jimmy | 435 |
| 21 | Edward | 407 |
| 22 | Paul | 379 |
| 23 | Walter | 349 |
| 24 | Harold | 341 |
| 25 | Michael | 336 |
| 26 | Henry | 328 |
| 27 | Roy | 310 |
| 28 | Roger | 303 |
| 29 | Gary | 299 |
| 30 | Raymond | 254 |
| 31 | Joe | 252 |
| 32 | Samuel | 250 |
| 33 | Carl | 236 |
| 34 | Frank | 230 |
| 35 | Ralph | 223 |
| 36 | Charlie | 219 |
| 37 | Wayne | 215 |
| 38 | Tommy | 214 |
| 39 | Douglas | 204 |
| 39 | Ronnie | 204 |
| 41 | Ernest | 201 |
| 42 | Howard | 200 |
| 43 | Fred | 198 |
| 43 | Jack | 198 |
| 45 | Harry | 196 |
| 46 | Eddie | 191 |
| 47 | Melvin | 190 |
| 48 | Earl | 189 |
| 49 | Arthur | 188 |
| 50 | Clarence | 182 |