Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,416
2	Linda	1,974
3	Brenda	1,538
4	Barbara	1,384
5	Patricia	1,272
6	Betty	1,095
7	Carolyn	1,056
8	Judy	1,034
9	Shirley	838
10	Nancy	815
11	Sandra	812
12	Margaret	687
13	Joyce	651
14	Dorothy	595
15	Martha	574
16	Elizabeth	502
17	Janice	482
18	Peggy	476
19	Gloria	459
20	Annie	455
21	Frances	448
22	Doris	398
23	Alice	390
24	Carol	388
25	Helen	378
26	Rebecca	360
27	Phyllis	345
28	Sarah	334
29	Donna	329
30	Susan	328
31	Judith	325
32	Virginia	324
33	Wanda	301
34	Sylvia	298
35	Evelyn	274
36	Patsy	264
37	Joan	258
38	Sharon	257
39	Mildred	236
40	Ruby	230
41	Janet	224
42	Jane	222
43	Jean	221
44	Ann	220
45	Jo	214
46	Ruth	212
47	Glenda	205
48	Geraldine	195
49	Bonnie	190
50	Beverly	183

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,624
2	William	2,390
3	Robert	1,802
4	John	1,741
5	Charles	1,455
6	David	1,119
7	Larry	1,114
8	Jerry	980
9	Thomas	914
10	Richard	909
11	Donald	825
12	George	805
13	Ronald	658
14	Michael	626
15	Kenneth	611
16	Joseph	594
17	Bobby	583
18	Jimmy	561
19	Willie	549
20	Johnny	548
21	Gary	458
22	Edward	457
23	Billy	443
24	Roger	417
25	Paul	409
26	Harold	378
27	Ronnie	372
28	Walter	351
29	Roy	340
30	Henry	312
30	Joe	312
32	Danny	302
33	Samuel	287
33	Terry	287
35	Dennis	274
36	Harry	250
37	Frank	245
38	Tommy	243
39	Carl	238
40	Clarence	233
41	Wayne	231
42	Steve	226
43	Raymond	221
44	Fred	220
45	Eddie	219
46	Ernest	218
47	Ralph	214
48	Douglas	203
49	Stephen	201
50	Daniel	190