North Carolina · 1935

Top 100 names in North Carolina, 1935, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,412
#2	Shirley	1,844
#3	Betty	1,683
#4	Barbara	1,021
#5	Dorothy	807
#6	Annie	689
#7	Margaret	679
#8	Doris	662
#9	Peggy	660
#10	Nancy	574
#11	Helen	485
#12	Martha	475
#13	Frances	467
#14	Joyce	402
#15	Ruth	376
#16	Mildred	368
#17	Elizabeth	367
#18	Ruby	362
#19	Virginia	359
#20	Carolyn	327
#21	Sarah	303
#22	Patricia	299
#23	Evelyn	291
#24	Alice	284
#25	Jean	265
#26	Edna	265
#27	Clara	238
#28	Hazel	233
#29	Lois	212
#30	Louise	210
#31	Patsy	201
#32	Emma	200
#33	Thelma	193
#34	Catherine	188
#35	Rosa	187
#36	Lillie	186
#37	Ann	181
#38	Gladys	179
#39	Edith	175
#40	Sylvia	174
#41	Willie	174
#42	Margie	169
#43	Geraldine	169
#44	Ethel	168
#45	Bessie	163
#46	Norma	162
#47	Marie	160
#48	Ella	160
#49	Mattie	159
#50	Rachel	158
#51	Lillian	157
#52	Joan	157
#53	Jo	156
#54	Nellie	155
#55	Phyllis	144
#56	Rebecca	141
#57	Julia	141
#58	Minnie	139
#59	Juanita	136
#60	Christine	136
#61	Pauline	132
#62	Jessie	132
#63	Janice	130
#64	Carrie	130
#65	Lucille	128
#66	Elsie	126
#67	Anna	125
#68	Lucy	124
#69	Myrtle	123
#70	Bobbie	122
#71	Bertha	121
#72	Hilda	121
#73	Hattie	120
#74	Grace	119
#75	Laura	116
#76	Wilma	113
#77	Bernice	113
#78	Sara	113
#79	Irene	111
#80	Eva	110
#81	Gloria	109
#82	Marjorie	107
#83	Alma	106
#84	Katie	103
#85	Jane	102
#86	Billie	101
#87	Carol	100
#88	Josephine	100
#89	Janet	99
#90	Maggie	98
#91	Anne	97
#92	Bettie	96
#93	Lula	96
#94	Ida	96
#95	Esther	95
#96	Mamie	94
#97	Bonnie	93
#98	Mae	92
#99	Beatrice	92
#100	Geneva	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	21	6	0
Pattie	34	9	1
Nannie	53	14	3
Pansy	33	9	2
Peggie	27	7	2
Doretha	24	7	1
Betsy	59	16	4
Maude	25	7	2
Maggie	98	27	7
Annie	689	188	46
Katie	103	28	7
Hilda	121	33	8

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.