North Carolina · 1912

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1912, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,086
#2	Annie	455
#3	Ruth	313
#4	Margaret	297
#5	Elizabeth	278
#6	Ruby	258
#7	Ethel	227
#8	Mildred	204
#9	Louise	201
#10	Helen	195
#11	Virginia	184
#12	Gladys	181
#13	Bessie	180
#14	Edna	173
#15	Hazel	173
#16	Lillie	172
#17	Thelma	169
#18	Sarah	168
#19	Alice	163
#20	Martha	155
#21	Lillian	153
#22	Dorothy	152
#23	Maggie	146
#24	Minnie	142
#25	Myrtle	140
#26	Emma	138
#27	Hattie	136
#28	Carrie	135
#29	Mattie	134
#30	Clara	132
#31	Bertha	131
#32	Pearl	129
#33	Pauline	128
#34	Grace	128
#35	Frances	124
#36	Lucille	123
#37	Beatrice	123
#38	Nellie	121
#39	Fannie	119
#40	Viola	117
#41	Lucy	117
#42	Eva	114
#43	Alma	114
#44	Irene	113
#45	Beulah	112
#46	Rosa	112
#47	Ella	109
#48	Cora	107
#49	Mamie	107
#50	Jessie	105
#51	Willie	105
#52	Evelyn	102
#53	Edith	100
#54	Laura	97
#55	Ida	92
#56	Gertrude	92
#57	Mabel	90
#58	Elsie	90
#59	Inez	89
#60	Anna	89
#61	Julia	88
#62	Mae	87
#63	Sallie	82
#64	Lula	81
#65	Sadie	81
#66	Marie	80
#67	Lois	80
#68	Blanche	79
#69	Addie	77
#70	Catherine	76
#71	Florence	76
#72	Ada	75
#73	Josephine	74
#74	Esther	73
#75	Lena	73
#76	Katie	72
#77	Daisy	72
#78	Flora	66
#79	Geneva	65
#80	Mable	65
#81	Essie	65
#82	Nannie	64
#83	Kathleen	60
#84	Nancy	58
#85	Eula	58
#86	Maude	57
#87	Susie	57
#88	Etta	56
#89	Lizzie	56
#90	Eunice	56
#91	Vera	55
#92	Estelle	54
#93	Lottie	53
#94	Nettie	53
#95	Dora	52
#96	Effie	51
#97	Betty	50
#98	Rebecca	49
#99	Della	49
#100	Rachel	49

Uniquely popular in North Carolina

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Pattie	30	18	1
Sudie	24	14	1
Bettie	42	25	3
Nannie	64	38	8
Maggie	146	86	18
Addie	77	45	10
Sallie	82	48	11
Callie	32	19	5
Lessie	28	16	4
Annie	455	267	73
Etta	56	33	9
Janie	45	26	7

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.