North Carolina · 1915

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1915, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,946
#2	Annie	766
#3	Ruth	677
#4	Margaret	599
#5	Ruby	505
#6	Elizabeth	468
#7	Louise	387
#8	Virginia	375
#9	Mildred	370
#10	Ethel	369
#11	Helen	363
#12	Edna	344
#13	Hazel	339
#14	Dorothy	329
#15	Gladys	324
#16	Frances	316
#17	Martha	294
#18	Pauline	289
#19	Sarah	283
#20	Lillian	267
#21	Alice	245
#22	Bessie	243
#23	Thelma	243
#24	Evelyn	240
#25	Lillie	236
#26	Bertha	235
#27	Lucille	232
#28	Nellie	226
#29	Edith	225
#30	Minnie	220
#31	Grace	215
#32	Myrtle	205
#33	Jessie	194
#34	Mattie	193
#35	Emma	192
#36	Marie	191
#37	Eva	187
#38	Irene	184
#39	Fannie	181
#40	Clara	179
#41	Carrie	176
#42	Hattie	173
#43	Lucy	173
#44	Pearl	172
#45	Willie	170
#46	Beatrice	169
#47	Mamie	167
#48	Rosa	165
#49	Alma	165
#50	Mabel	164
#51	Elsie	163
#52	Beulah	161
#53	Julia	161
#54	Catherine	158
#55	Maggie	157
#56	Lois	147
#57	Ida	147
#58	Geneva	146
#59	Ella	145
#60	Anna	142
#61	Viola	137
#62	Daisy	130
#63	Laura	129
#64	Sadie	129
#65	Lula	122
#66	Mae	119
#67	Gertrude	118
#68	Sallie	117
#69	Florence	115
#70	Lena	115
#71	Esther	113
#72	Inez	110
#73	Blanche	109
#74	Addie	109
#75	Cora	107
#76	Nancy	107
#77	Josephine	106
#78	Doris	104
#79	Georgia	102
#80	Katherine	102
#81	Christine	100
#82	Katie	99
#83	Mable	99
#84	Ada	98
#85	Vera	95
#86	Eunice	92
#87	Maude	91
#88	Rachel	91
#89	Eula	88
#90	Juanita	87
#91	Kathleen	85
#92	Rebecca	84
#93	Estelle	84
#94	Lola	83
#95	Nannie	82
#96	Vivian	82
#97	Betty	81
#98	Sara	80
#99	Bernice	79
#100	Ellen	75

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
Johnsie	24	8	0
Sudie	32	11	1
Pattie	30	10	1
Novella	29	10	1
Lessie	62	21	3
Lettie	34	12	2
Bettie	60	21	4
Vergie	23	8	1
Hettie	24	8	2
Sallie	117	40	8
Nannie	82	28	6
Addie	109	38	8

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.