North Carolina · 1923

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1923, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,891
#2	Margaret	1,049
#3	Dorothy	1,012
#4	Annie	974
#5	Ruth	872
#6	Helen	760
#7	Ruby	660
#8	Mildred	656
#9	Virginia	577
#10	Frances	572
#11	Elizabeth	508
#12	Louise	504
#13	Martha	447
#14	Sarah	441
#15	Doris	440
#16	Hazel	437
#17	Edna	431
#18	Gladys	390
#19	Thelma	368
#20	Evelyn	354
#21	Edith	333
#22	Betty	319
#23	Ethel	319
#24	Alice	318
#25	Pauline	305
#26	Lillie	292
#27	Marie	291
#28	Lillian	291
#29	Lucille	286
#30	Willie	280
#31	Lois	275
#32	Emma	268
#33	Bessie	254
#34	Irene	253
#35	Catherine	249
#36	Clara	245
#37	Mattie	234
#38	Beatrice	232
#39	Lucy	225
#40	Nellie	225
#41	Grace	223
#42	Jessie	217
#43	Carrie	215
#44	Myrtle	214
#45	Minnie	211
#46	Bertha	209
#47	Marjorie	206
#48	Nancy	203
#49	Ella	202
#50	Eva	197
#51	Rosa	194
#52	Elsie	192
#53	Josephine	192
#54	Kathleen	186
#55	Rachel	183
#56	Juanita	182
#57	Ida	172
#58	Mamie	171
#59	Maggie	170
#60	Julia	168
#61	Margie	166
#62	Mabel	166
#63	Lula	165
#64	Katherine	164
#65	Alma	164
#66	Hattie	162
#67	Esther	159
#68	Anna	159
#69	Bernice	158
#70	Geneva	156
#71	Mae	153
#72	Pearl	150
#73	Laura	147
#74	Fannie	144
#75	Christine	144
#76	Cora	143
#77	Mable	139
#78	Lena	139
#79	Blanche	135
#80	Georgia	133
#81	Sadie	133
#82	Eunice	129
#83	Eula	124
#84	Vivian	122
#85	Inez	120
#86	Sara	118
#87	Florence	118
#88	Beulah	117
#89	Hilda	117
#90	Daisy	116
#91	Viola	113
#92	Wilma	113
#93	Sallie	107
#94	Agnes	107
#95	Essie	105
#96	Naomi	103
#97	Vera	101
#98	Katie	99
#99	Ada	96
#100	Janie	95

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	23	6	0
Pattie	45	11	1
Sudie	30	8	1
Macie	22	6	1
Hettie	30	8	1
Lessie	70	18	3
Mozelle	40	10	2
Donnie	20	5	1
Queen	41	10	2
Nannie	87	22	5
Magnolia	20	5	1
Hallie	32	8	2

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.