Top baby names in North Carolina, 1950
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linda | 2,343 |
| 2 | Mary | 2,033 |
| 3 | Brenda | 1,604 |
| 4 | Patricia | 1,354 |
| 5 | Barbara | 1,178 |
| 6 | Carolyn | 913 |
| 7 | Sandra | 868 |
| 8 | Betty | 841 |
| 9 | Judy | 810 |
| 10 | Shirley | 770 |
| 11 | Deborah | 742 |
| 12 | Nancy | 715 |
| 13 | Susan | 592 |
| 14 | Joyce | 590 |
| 15 | Martha | 565 |
| 15 | Wanda | 565 |
| 17 | Margaret | 536 |
| 18 | Janice | 519 |
| 19 | Donna | 503 |
| 20 | Elizabeth | 501 |
| 21 | Gloria | 439 |
| 22 | Dorothy | 431 |
| 23 | Peggy | 424 |
| 24 | Rebecca | 406 |
| 25 | Sharon | 404 |
| 26 | Phyllis | 387 |
| 27 | Annie | 386 |
| 28 | Cynthia | 376 |
| 29 | Kathy | 365 |
| 30 | Carol | 361 |
| 31 | Doris | 354 |
| 32 | Pamela | 353 |
| 33 | Alice | 333 |
| 34 | Frances | 319 |
| 35 | Helen | 315 |
| 36 | Janet | 306 |
| 37 | Karen | 302 |
| 38 | Sarah | 300 |
| 39 | Sylvia | 267 |
| 40 | Glenda | 263 |
| 41 | Beverly | 251 |
| 41 | Vickie | 251 |
| 43 | Virginia | 241 |
| 44 | Catherine | 240 |
| 45 | Jane | 236 |
| 46 | Evelyn | 218 |
| 47 | Bonnie | 217 |
| 47 | Jo | 217 |
| 47 | Joan | 217 |
| 50 | Patsy | 213 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 3,323 |
| 2 | William | 2,311 |
| 3 | Robert | 1,832 |
| 4 | John | 1,706 |
| 5 | Larry | 1,601 |
| 6 | Charles | 1,494 |
| 7 | David | 1,364 |
| 8 | Michael | 1,132 |
| 9 | Thomas | 928 |
| 10 | Jerry | 916 |
| 11 | Ronald | 816 |
| 12 | Donald | 780 |
| 13 | Richard | 777 |
| 14 | George | 722 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 686 |
| 16 | Gary | 613 |
| 17 | Joseph | 577 |
| 18 | Willie | 545 |
| 19 | Roger | 509 |
| 20 | Bobby | 470 |
| 20 | Johnny | 470 |
| 22 | Edward | 464 |
| 23 | Danny | 452 |
| 24 | Jimmy | 419 |
| 25 | Stephen | 400 |
| 26 | Billy | 373 |
| 27 | Dennis | 367 |
| 28 | Terry | 366 |
| 29 | Ronnie | 358 |
| 30 | Henry | 351 |
| 31 | Paul | 341 |
| 32 | Walter | 331 |
| 33 | Steven | 321 |
| 34 | Harold | 310 |
| 35 | Roy | 296 |
| 36 | Samuel | 291 |
| 37 | Daniel | 259 |
| 38 | Douglas | 249 |
| 39 | Wayne | 247 |
| 40 | Carl | 244 |
| 41 | Phillip | 241 |
| 42 | Tommy | 230 |
| 43 | Donnie | 219 |
| 44 | Eddie | 217 |
| 45 | Harry | 215 |
| 46 | Clarence | 208 |
| 47 | Ralph | 205 |
| 48 | Frank | 201 |
| 48 | Melvin | 201 |
| 48 | Raymond | 201 |