North Carolina · 1928

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1928, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,898
#2	Dorothy	1,148
#3	Betty	1,109
#4	Margaret	872
#5	Annie	863
#6	Helen	735
#7	Doris	705
#8	Ruth	644
#9	Mildred	630
#10	Frances	609
#11	Ruby	561
#12	Virginia	493
#13	Elizabeth	478
#14	Martha	453
#15	Hazel	420
#16	Sarah	388
#17	Louise	388
#18	Evelyn	383
#19	Edna	373
#20	Gladys	368
#21	Thelma	335
#22	Alice	302
#23	Ethel	276
#24	Lois	265
#25	Lillie	262
#26	Edith	259
#27	Willie	254
#28	Pauline	250
#29	Nancy	242
#30	Marie	237
#31	Lucille	234
#32	Emma	233
#33	Clara	230
#34	Catherine	228
#35	Jean	216
#36	Lillian	214
#37	Bertha	213
#38	Nellie	208
#39	Peggy	206
#40	Grace	204
#41	Bessie	198
#42	Minnie	195
#43	Juanita	195
#44	Rosa	194
#45	Margie	192
#46	Myrtle	191
#47	Ella	189
#48	Irene	179
#49	Eva	178
#50	Barbara	178
#51	Jessie	178
#52	Lucy	176
#53	Carrie	175
#54	Christine	170
#55	Mattie	170
#56	Ida	169
#57	Alma	169
#58	Elsie	166
#59	Rachel	164
#60	Joyce	163
#61	Josephine	162
#62	Hattie	162
#63	Marjorie	159
#64	Bernice	153
#65	Anna	152
#66	Hilda	150
#67	Wilma	141
#68	Beatrice	141
#69	Maggie	140
#70	Julia	138
#71	Fannie	134
#72	Carolyn	128
#73	Mamie	125
#74	Ann	123
#75	Geraldine	123
#76	Geneva	122
#77	Mabel	122
#78	Laura	120
#79	Rebecca	118
#80	Lula	118
#81	Katherine	117
#82	Beulah	116
#83	Eula	115
#84	Kathleen	115
#85	Georgia	114
#86	Esther	113
#87	Pearl	111
#88	Eunice	111
#89	Cora	111
#90	Inez	110
#91	Shirley	110
#92	Vivian	110
#93	Daisy	107
#94	Mae	105
#95	Florence	102
#96	Sara	102
#97	Agnes	100
#98	Audrey	100
#99	Mable	99
#100	Sadie	97

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	21	5	0
Sudie	20	5	0
Pattie	31	8	1
Mozelle	27	7	1
Lessie	48	13	2
Vergie	20	5	1
Nannie	80	21	4
Betsy	53	14	3
Blanch	20	5	1
Hallie	26	7	1
Pansy	36	9	2
Doretha	25	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.