North Carolina · 1920

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1920, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,674
#2	Annie	939
#3	Margaret	925
#4	Ruth	828
#5	Dorothy	751
#6	Helen	667
#7	Mildred	637
#8	Virginia	568
#9	Elizabeth	567
#10	Ruby	543
#11	Frances	535
#12	Louise	471
#13	Hazel	414
#14	Edna	400
#15	Ethel	398
#16	Martha	398
#17	Sarah	393
#18	Gladys	384
#19	Thelma	374
#20	Pauline	348
#21	Evelyn	334
#22	Edith	333
#23	Alice	322
#24	Lillie	310
#25	Marie	295
#26	Bessie	287
#27	Doris	283
#28	Lillian	279
#29	Lucille	276
#30	Nellie	262
#31	Minnie	253
#32	Myrtle	248
#33	Carrie	239
#34	Willie	238
#35	Mattie	235
#36	Clara	234
#37	Grace	231
#38	Lucy	224
#39	Bertha	223
#40	Rosa	223
#41	Catherine	221
#42	Emma	218
#43	Eva	215
#44	Hattie	199
#45	Jessie	199
#46	Julia	199
#47	Irene	198
#48	Anna	193
#49	Beatrice	193
#50	Mabel	188
#51	Lois	188
#52	Maggie	185
#53	Elsie	182
#54	Alma	180
#55	Geneva	179
#56	Ella	176
#57	Mamie	171
#58	Pearl	169
#59	Mae	166
#60	Nancy	165
#61	Fannie	162
#62	Laura	161
#63	Lula	158
#64	Christine	157
#65	Beulah	155
#66	Josephine	155
#67	Viola	154
#68	Betty	153
#69	Katherine	151
#70	Rachel	149
#71	Ida	145
#72	Esther	144
#73	Florence	143
#74	Juanita	140
#75	Kathleen	138
#76	Katie	134
#77	Inez	134
#78	Sadie	133
#79	Mable	132
#80	Lena	131
#81	Ada	130
#82	Daisy	128
#83	Gertrude	119
#84	Eula	118
#85	Vera	116
#86	Marjorie	115
#87	Cora	115
#88	Rebecca	113
#89	Nannie	111
#90	Addie	111
#91	Sara	109
#92	Bernice	108
#93	Agnes	106
#94	Blanche	106
#95	Georgia	105
#96	Sallie	104
#97	Naomi	102
#98	Wilma	102
#99	Eunice	100
#100	Vivian	100

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	33	9	0
Pattie	27	7	1
Sudie	24	6	1
Macie	22	6	1
Novella	29	8	1
Madie	21	6	1
Hettie	28	7	1
Lessie	64	17	3
Mozelle	49	13	2
Magnolia	24	6	1
Lina	20	5	1
Mittie	27	7	1

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.