North Carolina · 1919

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1919, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,578
#2	Margaret	927
#3	Annie	883
#4	Ruth	731
#5	Ruby	622
#6	Helen	619
#7	Dorothy	565
#8	Mildred	530
#9	Elizabeth	529
#10	Virginia	478
#11	Frances	453
#12	Louise	449
#13	Edna	425
#14	Hazel	383
#15	Gladys	383
#16	Sarah	363
#17	Ethel	355
#18	Thelma	352
#19	Lillie	346
#20	Martha	341
#21	Pauline	332
#22	Edith	329
#23	Evelyn	325
#24	Alice	299
#25	Lucille	293
#26	Bessie	291
#27	Emma	264
#28	Marie	261
#29	Lillian	260
#30	Mattie	250
#31	Minnie	247
#32	Willie	245
#33	Rosa	241
#34	Grace	239
#35	Clara	235
#36	Eva	231
#37	Myrtle	231
#38	Nellie	225
#39	Bertha	224
#40	Irene	215
#41	Hattie	215
#42	Lucy	210
#43	Elsie	208
#44	Carrie	205
#45	Jessie	195
#46	Catherine	192
#47	Maggie	191
#48	Beatrice	190
#49	Ella	186
#50	Doris	185
#51	Mamie	185
#52	Cora	183
#53	Lois	182
#54	Alma	180
#55	Julia	177
#56	Mabel	177
#57	Laura	171
#58	Viola	171
#59	Pearl	169
#60	Anna	167
#61	Lula	164
#62	Fannie	164
#63	Beulah	162
#64	Geneva	158
#65	Gertrude	153
#66	Josephine	152
#67	Ida	146
#68	Christine	145
#69	Nancy	145
#70	Katie	143
#71	Betty	141
#72	Inez	141
#73	Mae	141
#74	Esther	137
#75	Florence	134
#76	Rachel	133
#77	Agnes	130
#78	Sadie	129
#79	Bernice	128
#80	Eula	127
#81	Mable	126
#82	Sallie	125
#83	Blanche	122
#84	Kathleen	120
#85	Lena	120
#86	Daisy	117
#87	Katherine	115
#88	Addie	110
#89	Vivian	110
#90	Juanita	108
#91	Rebecca	107
#92	Estelle	105
#93	Sara	101
#94	Susie	101
#95	Eunice	99
#96	Marjorie	94
#97	Nannie	94
#98	Nora	93
#99	Vera	93
#100	Wilma	93

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	28	8	0
Pattie	48	13	1
Sudie	30	8	1
Lina	25	7	1
Doretha	20	6	1
Mozelle	42	12	2
Queen	40	11	2
Novella	24	7	1
Odell	24	7	1
Lettie	26	7	2
Nannie	94	26	5
Lessie	54	15	3

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.