North Carolina · 1917

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,129
#2	Annie	834
#3	Margaret	762
#4	Ruth	659
#5	Ruby	547
#6	Helen	517
#7	Elizabeth	503
#8	Dorothy	460
#9	Mildred	446
#10	Virginia	437
#11	Louise	398
#12	Ethel	383
#13	Hazel	372
#14	Frances	367
#15	Gladys	341
#16	Lillie	327
#17	Sarah	326
#18	Edna	324
#19	Pauline	309
#20	Martha	305
#21	Thelma	290
#22	Evelyn	280
#23	Bessie	263
#24	Alice	260
#25	Edith	260
#26	Myrtle	259
#27	Lucille	253
#28	Lillian	248
#29	Nellie	234
#30	Beatrice	230
#31	Bertha	221
#32	Minnie	216
#33	Grace	215
#34	Hattie	213
#35	Mattie	210
#36	Willie	210
#37	Clara	209
#38	Eva	208
#39	Marie	206
#40	Emma	205
#41	Jessie	205
#42	Lucy	204
#43	Carrie	201
#44	Rosa	195
#45	Pearl	193
#46	Maggie	183
#47	Julia	179
#48	Irene	174
#49	Mabel	170
#50	Ella	169
#51	Mamie	164
#52	Beulah	162
#53	Fannie	160
#54	Lois	159
#55	Elsie	156
#56	Laura	148
#57	Alma	148
#58	Anna	147
#59	Lula	146
#60	Lena	142
#61	Geneva	142
#62	Ida	140
#63	Florence	138
#64	Doris	138
#65	Catherine	136
#66	Viola	136
#67	Nancy	131
#68	Esther	127
#69	Mae	125
#70	Katherine	125
#71	Blanche	124
#72	Sallie	121
#73	Cora	117
#74	Inez	117
#75	Josephine	117
#76	Gertrude	115
#77	Agnes	113
#78	Rachel	112
#79	Mable	111
#80	Betty	108
#81	Eula	107
#82	Sadie	104
#83	Eunice	101
#84	Kathleen	100
#85	Bernice	99
#86	Daisy	98
#87	Vera	95
#88	Katie	94
#89	Essie	93
#90	Addie	91
#91	Juanita	91
#92	Ada	90
#93	Vivian	89
#94	Naomi	89
#95	Christine	84
#96	Rebecca	84
#97	Marjorie	83
#98	Nannie	83
#99	Ellen	83
#100	Etta	81

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
Lossie	20	6	0
Pattie	47	15	1
Sudie	24	8	1
Mozelle	48	15	2
Lessie	71	23	3
Vergie	25	8	1
Novella	23	7	1
Hettie	24	8	1
Bettie	73	23	4
Bertie	47	15	3
Sallie	121	38	7
Maggie	183	58	12

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.