Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,724
2	Mary	2,236
3	Brenda	1,612
4	Patricia	1,353
5	Barbara	1,207
6	Carolyn	1,006
7	Betty	952
8	Sandra	947
9	Judy	913
10	Shirley	809
11	Nancy	770
12	Margaret	630
13	Susan	574
14	Joyce	565
15	Janice	561
16	Elizabeth	520
17	Martha	515
18	Wanda	504
19	Donna	498
20	Peggy	472
21	Dorothy	460
22	Gloria	444
23	Deborah	438
24	Annie	421
25	Rebecca	415
26	Doris	385
27	Alice	383
28	Sharon	364
29	Frances	362
30	Carol	357
31	Kathy	351
32	Phyllis	350
33	Helen	338
34	Cynthia	331
35	Sarah	319
36	Pamela	304
37	Virginia	291
38	Janet	271
39	Bonnie	260
40	Glenda	258
40	Sylvia	258
42	Beverly	252
43	Catherine	247
44	Evelyn	246
45	Patsy	234
46	Joan	223
47	Judith	219
48	Karen	209
49	Mildred	205
50	Jo	203

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,382
2	William	2,332
3	John	1,891
4	Robert	1,820
5	Charles	1,481
6	David	1,369
7	Larry	1,326
8	Michael	1,052
9	Thomas	991
10	Jerry	921
11	Ronald	896
12	Richard	806
13	Donald	805
14	George	758
15	Kenneth	718
16	Joseph	666
17	Willie	583
18	Gary	561
19	Bobby	537
20	Johnny	534
21	Roger	521
22	Jimmy	462
23	Edward	461
24	Ronnie	433
25	Danny	402
26	Billy	387
27	Walter	380
28	Dennis	364
29	Harold	363
30	Paul	361
31	Stephen	360
32	Terry	342
33	Samuel	334
34	Henry	318
35	Roy	303
36	Daniel	271
37	Carl	268
38	Phillip	267
39	Steven	262
40	Douglas	261
41	Eddie	256
42	Joe	228
43	Melvin	224
44	Frank	222
44	Raymond	222
46	Clarence	216
47	Harry	214
47	Wayne	214
49	Tommy	212
50	Steve	210