Top baby names in North Carolina, 1954
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deborah | 1,735 |
| 2 | Mary | 1,699 |
| 3 | Linda | 1,510 |
| 4 | Patricia | 1,332 |
| 5 | Brenda | 1,094 |
| 6 | Barbara | 1,047 |
| 7 | Debra | 994 |
| 8 | Susan | 902 |
| 9 | Sandra | 871 |
| 10 | Pamela | 850 |
| 11 | Cynthia | 818 |
| 12 | Carolyn | 750 |
| 13 | Kathy | 734 |
| 14 | Donna | 719 |
| 15 | Betty | 660 |
| 16 | Wanda | 645 |
| 17 | Sharon | 630 |
| 18 | Nancy | 619 |
| 19 | Karen | 569 |
| 20 | Shirley | 565 |
| 21 | Teresa | 562 |
| 22 | Judy | 540 |
| 23 | Elizabeth | 535 |
| 24 | Janet | 529 |
| 25 | Janice | 503 |
| 26 | Joyce | 492 |
| 27 | Martha | 473 |
| 28 | Rebecca | 445 |
| 29 | Margaret | 440 |
| 30 | Gloria | 389 |
| 31 | Vickie | 386 |
| 32 | Phyllis | 380 |
| 33 | Beverly | 377 |
| 34 | Cathy | 368 |
| 35 | Carol | 364 |
| 36 | Doris | 321 |
| 37 | Peggy | 314 |
| 38 | Sheila | 313 |
| 39 | Dorothy | 311 |
| 40 | Marilyn | 304 |
| 41 | Diane | 277 |
| 42 | Connie | 265 |
| 43 | Sylvia | 259 |
| 44 | Alice | 256 |
| 45 | Jo | 254 |
| 46 | Sarah | 248 |
| 47 | Catherine | 247 |
| 48 | Sherry | 244 |
| 49 | Annie | 242 |
| 50 | Helen | 239 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 3,069 |
| 2 | William | 2,113 |
| 3 | Robert | 1,879 |
| 4 | David | 1,835 |
| 5 | Michael | 1,818 |
| 6 | John | 1,792 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,405 |
| 8 | Larry | 1,161 |
| 9 | Richard | 1,037 |
| 10 | Thomas | 951 |
| 11 | Donald | 943 |
| 12 | Kenneth | 856 |
| 13 | Gary | 828 |
| 14 | Jerry | 824 |
| 15 | Ronald | 740 |
| 16 | Joseph | 679 |
| 17 | George | 593 |
| 17 | Terry | 593 |
| 19 | Ricky | 565 |
| 20 | Danny | 553 |
| 21 | Dennis | 546 |
| 22 | Randy | 526 |
| 23 | Bobby | 502 |
| 24 | Johnny | 495 |
| 25 | Steven | 472 |
| 26 | Willie | 464 |
| 27 | Ronnie | 458 |
| 27 | Timothy | 458 |
| 29 | Edward | 453 |
| 30 | Billy | 430 |
| 31 | Stephen | 423 |
| 32 | Roger | 422 |
| 33 | Paul | 374 |
| 34 | Tony | 367 |
| 35 | Jimmy | 359 |
| 36 | Douglas | 341 |
| 37 | Mark | 333 |
| 38 | Walter | 330 |
| 39 | Daniel | 316 |
| 40 | Anthony | 305 |
| 41 | Gregory | 296 |
| 42 | Samuel | 276 |
| 43 | Carl | 266 |
| 44 | Phillip | 262 |
| 45 | Henry | 259 |
| 46 | Harold | 256 |
| 47 | Jeffrey | 249 |
| 48 | Roy | 241 |
| 49 | Raymond | 228 |
| 50 | Ernest | 209 |