Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1958

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,355
2	Linda	1,119
3	Deborah	1,081
4	Cynthia	1,004
5	Teresa	962
6	Patricia	929
7	Susan	887
8	Kathy	877
9	Debra	853
10	Brenda	787
11	Pamela	765
12	Donna	756
13	Barbara	746
14	Karen	743
15	Sharon	723
16	Sandra	714
17	Wanda	561
18	Debbie	542
19	Elizabeth	531
20	Carolyn	520
21	Cheryl	509
22	Betty	486
23	Nancy	437
24	Cathy	417
25	Janet	405
26	Janice	401
27	Robin	397
28	Lisa	390
29	Judy	383
30	Joyce	381
31	Shirley	376
32	Tammy	358
33	Vickie	346
34	Beverly	345
35	Phyllis	339
36	Sheila	335
37	Cindy	333
38	Rebecca	317
38	Sherry	317
40	Peggy	315
41	Martha	312
42	Carol	307
43	Angela	298
44	Rhonda	291
45	Kimberly	282
46	Gloria	280
47	Margaret	272
48	Connie	264
49	Julie	229
50	Laura	226

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,509
2	Michael	1,959
3	William	1,804
4	Robert	1,710
5	David	1,690
6	John	1,405
7	Charles	1,154
8	Richard	933
9	Ricky	865
10	Timothy	860
11	Kenneth	831
12	Thomas	804
13	Larry	801
14	Mark	748
15	Donald	718
16	Ronald	686
17	Jerry	644
18	Randy	601
19	Terry	590
20	Gary	585
21	Joseph	579
22	Tony	513
23	Ronnie	506
24	Jeffrey	493
25	Dennis	465
26	Bobby	464
26	Danny	464
28	Anthony	445
29	George	436
30	Gregory	434
31	Steven	409
32	Edward	401
33	Johnny	386
34	Billy	383
35	Jimmy	364
36	Willie	361
37	Paul	340
38	Roger	319
39	Douglas	315
40	Stephen	309
41	Keith	270
42	Samuel	263
43	Daniel	256
44	Eddie	255
45	Wayne	252
46	Carl	239
47	Steve	226
48	Curtis	223
48	Walter	223
50	Tommy	222