North Carolina · 1918

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,344
#2	Annie	883
#3	Margaret	846
#4	Ruth	715
#5	Ruby	598
#6	Helen	584
#7	Dorothy	544
#8	Elizabeth	542
#9	Virginia	498
#10	Mildred	481
#11	Frances	450
#12	Louise	430
#13	Hazel	392
#14	Ethel	377
#15	Edna	370
#16	Sarah	364
#17	Pauline	347
#18	Gladys	328
#19	Thelma	323
#20	Martha	319
#21	Lillie	314
#22	Edith	297
#23	Lillian	288
#24	Evelyn	281
#25	Alice	272
#26	Nellie	250
#27	Bessie	243
#28	Bertha	239
#29	Emma	238
#30	Willie	237
#31	Lucille	230
#32	Myrtle	227
#33	Minnie	227
#34	Grace	226
#35	Hattie	219
#36	Lucy	218
#37	Maggie	214
#38	Clara	213
#39	Rosa	211
#40	Mattie	208
#41	Jessie	207
#42	Marie	207
#43	Beatrice	201
#44	Eva	197
#45	Carrie	197
#46	Mabel	191
#47	Catherine	191
#48	Irene	190
#49	Fannie	179
#50	Mamie	177
#51	Pearl	174
#52	Elsie	171
#53	Alma	170
#54	Lula	168
#55	Ella	168
#56	Doris	165
#57	Lois	156
#58	Beulah	156
#59	Laura	155
#60	Josephine	154
#61	Julia	153
#62	Anna	152
#63	Ida	150
#64	Cora	149
#65	Mae	148
#66	Geneva	147
#67	Sallie	144
#68	Florence	139
#69	Viola	137
#70	Katherine	136
#71	Gertrude	133
#72	Rachel	133
#73	Sadie	132
#74	Nancy	130
#75	Inez	128
#76	Christine	126
#77	Lena	124
#78	Daisy	123
#79	Kathleen	121
#80	Mable	118
#81	Agnes	115
#82	Eula	115
#83	Addie	113
#84	Esther	112
#85	Blanche	112
#86	Betty	112
#87	Vera	110
#88	Juanita	108
#89	Katie	107
#90	Rebecca	103
#91	Eunice	101
#92	Sara	96
#93	Lizzie	95
#94	Georgia	95
#95	Bernice	94
#96	Ada	93
#97	Ollie	93
#98	Ellen	92
#99	Nannie	92
#100	Essie	90

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	34	10	0
Pattie	34	10	1
Sudie	25	7	1
Novella	26	8	1
Mozelle	47	14	2
Hettie	29	9	1
Mittie	20	6	1
Sallie	144	42	7
Maggie	214	63	12
Odell	20	6	1
Queen	32	9	2
Nannie	92	27	5

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.