Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,784
2	Linda	1,725
3	Deborah	1,645
4	Patricia	1,425
5	Brenda	1,233
6	Barbara	1,091
7	Sandra	856
8	Debra	837
9	Carolyn	819
10	Susan	810
11	Cynthia	782
12	Pamela	753
13	Kathy	739
14	Betty	692
15	Shirley	660
16	Judy	656
17	Nancy	650
18	Wanda	624
19	Donna	623
20	Sharon	606
21	Joyce	541
22	Elizabeth	536
23	Janice	504
24	Rebecca	494
25	Karen	474
26	Martha	465
27	Gloria	463
28	Margaret	437
29	Teresa	428
30	Cathy	408
31	Vickie	393
32	Beverly	383
33	Janet	382
34	Peggy	368
35	Phyllis	358
36	Dorothy	349
37	Doris	339
38	Carol	306
39	Alice	289
39	Frances	289
41	Diane	275
42	Sheila	274
43	Catherine	271
44	Marilyn	268
45	Sarah	266
46	Annie	259
47	Helen	257
48	Jo	253
49	Virginia	242
50	Connie	238

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,117
2	William	2,255
3	Robert	1,886
4	John	1,802
5	David	1,798
6	Michael	1,770
7	Charles	1,444
8	Larry	1,290
9	Richard	1,022
10	Thomas	978
11	Donald	894
12	Kenneth	836
13	Jerry	822
14	Gary	794
15	Ronald	788
16	Joseph	681
17	George	652
18	Danny	525
19	Willie	499
20	Dennis	498
21	Bobby	495
22	Roger	482
23	Terry	474
24	Edward	473
25	Ronnie	458
26	Steven	451
27	Johnny	450
28	Ricky	441
29	Stephen	423
30	Billy	422
31	Paul	413
32	Randy	395
33	Jimmy	367
34	Timothy	330
35	Walter	321
36	Samuel	317
37	Daniel	314
38	Douglas	308
39	Tony	298
40	Carl	273
41	Harold	260
42	Anthony	259
43	Roy	252
44	Henry	248
45	Gregory	247
46	Phillip	238
47	Mark	234
48	Steve	224
49	Bruce	221
50	Wayne	217