Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,884
2	Mary	2,403
3	Brenda	1,791
4	Barbara	1,418
5	Patricia	1,283
6	Carolyn	1,104
7	Betty	1,054
8	Judy	988
9	Sandra	976
10	Nancy	775
11	Shirley	767
12	Joyce	647
13	Margaret	604
14	Martha	597
15	Janice	541
15	Susan	541
17	Elizabeth	539
18	Peggy	520
19	Dorothy	510
20	Gloria	452
21	Donna	441
22	Annie	431
23	Wanda	426
24	Rebecca	425
25	Frances	423
26	Carol	401
27	Phyllis	398
28	Doris	396
29	Helen	370
30	Sarah	365
31	Sharon	358
32	Alice	346
33	Cynthia	315
34	Virginia	303
35	Patsy	293
36	Sylvia	273
37	Bonnie	268
38	Janet	267
39	Evelyn	264
40	Judith	258
41	Pamela	249
42	Deborah	241
43	Beverly	239
44	Glenda	238
45	Ruby	222
46	Jane	220
47	Jo	219
48	Ann	212
49	Edna	207
49	Ruth	207

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,582
2	William	2,422
3	Robert	2,022
4	John	1,893
5	Charles	1,501
6	Larry	1,398
7	David	1,372
8	Thomas	1,001
9	Jerry	961
10	Ronald	893
11	Michael	828
12	George	813
13	Donald	792
14	Richard	776
15	Joseph	689
15	Kenneth	689
17	Gary	591
18	Willie	575
19	Bobby	563
20	Johnny	553
21	Jimmy	527
22	Roger	469
23	Billy	448
24	Edward	446
25	Ronnie	429
26	Walter	371
27	Terry	365
28	Harold	349
29	Danny	346
29	Dennis	346
31	Paul	342
32	Henry	340
33	Stephen	333
34	Roy	308
35	Eddie	305
36	Samuel	292
37	Joe	285
38	Carl	272
39	Daniel	267
40	Steven	265
41	Wayne	262
42	Steve	256
42	Tommy	256
44	Clarence	251
45	Tony	248
46	Raymond	240
47	Harry	233
48	Phillip	227
49	Frank	222
50	Charlie	213