State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1910 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,074 North Carolina births in 1910 across 563 distinct names.

Distinctively North Carolina

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say North Carolina more than they say America.

#78Gradyoutside the national top 200
#80Moses#197 nationally
#84Odelloutside the national top 200
#86Garlandoutside the national top 200
#96Lessieoutside the national top 200
#82Wilbert#186 nationally
#93Nannie#197 nationally
#47Lonnie#148 nationally
#94Roscoe#194 nationally
#62Percy#160 nationally
#72Elbert#166 nationally
#88Janie#182 nationally

Girls

#1Mary837US #1
#2Annie401US #19
#3Ruth235US #5
#4Ethel199US #13
#5Elizabeth191US #7
#6Margaret171US #3
#7Lillie167US #54
#8Bessie163US #37
#9Ruby139US #27
#10Sarah139US #40
#11Louise137US #20
#12Minnie131US #50
#13Helen129US #2
#14Mattie128US #60
#15Eva126US #45
#16Martha126US #28
#17Lillian125US #14
#18Bertha124US #33
#19Carrie123US #70
#20Edna123US #18
#21Myrtle123US #43
#22Alice118US #10
#23Gladys116US #15
#24Mildred116US #8
#25Thelma116US #25
#26Pearl114US #39
#27Virginia113US #29
#28Hattie107US #73
#29Maggie106US #95
#30Emma104US #34
#31Lucy102US #75
#32Nellie98US #51
#33Clara95US #32
#34Hazel95US #24
#35Mamie95US #86
#36Dorothy94US #4
#37Frances94US #11
#38Rosa94US #83
#39Grace93US #23
#40Marie92US #9
#41Lucille90US #31
#42Ida89US #47
#43Lula88US #93
#44Irene87US #21
#45Willie87US #56
#46Beatrice85US #36
#47Jessie85US #63
#48Pauline84US #42
#49Beulah83US #82
#50Cora83US #85
#51Ella79US #62
#52Josephine78US #30
#53Mae76US #65
#54Viola76US #48
#55Fannie75US #78
#56Evelyn74US #17
#57Sallie73US #144
#58Laura71US #53
#59Julia70US #49
#60Gertrude69US #26
#61Katie69US #122
#62Lena68US #66
#63Sadie68US #100
#64Edith65US #35
#65Esther64US #38
#66Ada63US #94
#67Mabel62US #46
#68Anna61US #6
#69Catherine60US #22
#70Daisy59US #101
#71Alma58US #61
#72Eula58US #135
#73Blanche57US #74
#74Elsie57US #44
#75Essie57US #134
#76Maude57US #141
#77Lizzie56US #155
#78Addie55US #157
#79Florence53US #12
#80Geneva53US #117
#81Estelle51US #112
#82Georgia51US #91
#83Inez50US #97
#84Nancy50US #105
#85Flossie49US #178
#86Flora48US #108
#87Susie47US #102
#88Janie43US #182
#89Betty42US #69
#90Effie42US #143
#91Mable42US #121
#92Dora41US #103
#93Nannie41US #197
#94Ollie41US #150
#95Lottie40US #127
#96Lessie39
#97Lois39US #76
#98Agnes38US #41
#99Nora37US #111
#100Lola35US #120

Boys

#1James612US #2
#2William452US #3
#3John413US #1
#4Robert240US #4
#5George215US #5
#6Willie210US #11
#7Henry140US #10
#8Thomas130US #12
#9Charles127US #7
#10Charlie121US #34
#11Joseph118US #6
#12Walter98US #13
#13Frank87US #8
#14David78US #30
#15Joe72US #25
#16Edward71US #9
#17Paul61US #15
#18Fred60US #22
#19Raymond59US #19
#20Arthur57US #17
#21Ernest56US #31
#22Clarence54US #20
#23Roy53US #29
#24Samuel49US #32
#25Herbert47US #41
#26Howard46US #27
#27Jesse46US #60
#28Richard45US #21
#29Sam45US #40
#30Carl44US #26
#31Johnnie42US #74
#32Albert41US #14
#33Leroy39US #50
#34Jack37US #23
#35Luther36US #87
#36Jessie35US #72
#37Daniel34US #53
#38Floyd33US #55
#39Lee33US #49
#40Clyde32US #57
#41Eugene32US #39
#42Ralph32US #28
#43Theodore32US #54
#44Andrew31US #42
#45Earl31US #33
#46Harvey31US #89
#47Lonnie31US #148
#48Harry30US #16
#49Herman30US #52
#50Earnest27US #128
#51Marvin27US #84
#52Claude26US #78
#53Louis25US #24
#54Will25US #113
#55Eddie24US #59
#56Curtis22US #114
#57Harold22US #18
#58Hubert22US #106
#59Leonard22US #46
#60Lester22US #64
#61Mack22US #150
#62Percy21US #160
#63Allen20US #92
#64Benjamin20US #70
#65Norman20US #63
#66Tom20US #82
#67Lewis19US #65
#68Oscar19US #73
#69Ben18US #79
#70Calvin18US #153
#71Edgar18US #80
#72Elbert18US #166
#73Elmer18US #48
#74Isaac18US #130
#75Leon18US #81
#76Otis18US #109
#77Ray18US #68
#78Grady17
#79Johnie17US #157
#80Moses17US #197
#81Rufus17US #145
#82Wilbert17US #186
#83Lawrence16US #35
#84Odell16
#85Clifton15US #168
#86Garland15
#87Jim15US #100
#88Nathan15US #135
#89Nathaniel15US #139
#90Chester14US #61
#91Lloyd14US #67
#92Melvin14US #75
#93Roosevelt14US #144
#94Roscoe14US #194
#95Russell14US #58
#96Sidney14US #93
#97Alfred13US #38
#98Bennie13US #146
#99Jake13US #184
#100Leslie13US #102

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.