Top 100 North Carolina Girl Baby Names in 1937

// These were the most popular girl baby names in North Carolina, in 1937.

The Most Popular North Carolina Girl Baby Names in 1937


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in North Carolina was Mary. In total there were 36,506 girls born sharing 569 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1937 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby girl that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of girl baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1Mary1 in 16 (6.3%)2,308
2Betty1 in 24 (4.1%)1,493
3Shirley1 in 27 (3.7%)1,363
4Barbara1 in 35 (2.9%)1,057
5Dorothy1 in 49 (2%)744
6Margaret1 in 54 (1.8%)671
7Doris1 in 59 (1.7%)620
8Nancy1 in 59 (1.7%)616
9Annie1 in 60 (1.7%)608
10Peggy1 in 61 (1.7%)603
11Martha1 in 74 (1.3%)491
12Helen1 in 80 (1.3%)459
13Frances1 in 80 (1.2%)455
14Patricia1 in 83 (1.2%)438
15Carolyn1 in 87 (1.1%)419
16Joyce1 in 90 (1.1%)406
17Shelby1 in 95 (1.1%)386
18Ruby1 in 97 (1%)376
19Virginia1 in 101 (1%)363
20Elizabeth1 in 108 (0.9%)338
21Alice1 in 110 (0.9%)332
22Sarah1 in 114 (0.9%)320
23Mildred1 in 117 (0.9%)312
24Ruth1 in 125 (0.8%)293
25Jean1 in 125 (0.8%)292
26Evelyn1 in 141 (0.7%)259
27Sylvia1 in 143 (0.7%)255
28Ann1 in 159 (0.6%)229
29Edna1 in 160 (0.6%)228
30Louise1 in 167 (0.6%)219
31Patsy1 in 167 (0.6%)219
32Hazel1 in 173 (0.6%)211
33Lois1 in 183 (0.5%)200
34Janice1 in 183 (0.5%)199
35Thelma1 in 187 (0.5%)195
36Emma1 in 194 (0.5%)188
37Geraldine1 in 197 (0.5%)185
38Margie1 in 198 (0.5%)184
39Norma1 in 212 (0.5%)172
40Ethel1 in 216 (0.5%)169
41Carol1 in 219 (0.5%)167
42Linda1 in 220 (0.5%)166
43Rachel1 in 230 (0.4%)159
44Gladys1 in 230 (0.4%)159
45Clara1 in 230 (0.4%)159
46Bessie1 in 231 (0.4%)158
47Rebecca1 in 234 (0.4%)156
48Edith1 in 240 (0.4%)152
49Phyllis1 in 245 (0.4%)149
50Willie1 in 245 (0.4%)149
51Jo1 in 248 (0.4%)147
52Nellie1 in 250 (0.4%)146
53Marie1 in 252 (0.4%)145
54Lillie1 in 252 (0.4%)145
55Jane1 in 254 (0.4%)144
56Joan1 in 254 (0.4%)144
57Rosa1 in 257 (0.4%)142
58Juanita1 in 259 (0.4%)141
59Gloria1 in 261 (0.4%)140
60Ella1 in 268 (0.4%)136
61Mattie1 in 279 (0.4%)131
62Catherine1 in 281 (0.4%)130
63Christine1 in 283 (0.4%)129
64Wilma1 in 283 (0.4%)129
65Lillian1 in 285 (0.4%)128
66Julia1 in 287 (0.3%)127
67Bertha1 in 290 (0.3%)126
68Minnie1 in 292 (0.3%)125
69Alma1 in 299 (0.3%)122
70Myrtle1 in 302 (0.3%)121
71Elsie1 in 304 (0.3%)120
72Carrie1 in 307 (0.3%)119
73Josephine1 in 307 (0.3%)119
74Sara1 in 307 (0.3%)119
75Kay1 in 323 (0.3%)113
76Ellen1 in 329 (0.3%)111
77Faye1 in 329 (0.3%)111
78Pauline1 in 329 (0.3%)111
79Hattie1 in 332 (0.3%)110
80Hilda1 in 338 (0.3%)108
81Eva1 in 338 (0.3%)108
82Bettie1 in 338 (0.3%)108
83Janet1 in 344 (0.3%)106
84Joann1 in 351 (0.3%)104
85Laura1 in 351 (0.3%)104
86Billie1 in 354 (0.3%)103
87Bobbie1 in 354 (0.3%)103
88Vivian1 in 354 (0.3%)103
89Lucille1 in 358 (0.3%)102
90Grace1 in 358 (0.3%)102
91Anna1 in 365 (0.3%)100
92Anne1 in 365 (0.3%)100
93Ida1 in 365 (0.3%)100
94Irene1 in 369 (0.3%)99
95Jessie1 in 376 (0.3%)97
96Lula1 in 380 (0.3%)96
97Marjorie1 in 384 (0.3%)95
98Lucy1 in 384 (0.3%)95
99Bernice1 in 388 (0.3%)94
100Eleanor1 in 397 (0.3%)92


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