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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1911 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,864 North Carolina births in 1911 across 572 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.

#62Jasperoutside the national top 200
#79Claudoutside the national top 200
#60Grady#180 nationally
#82Nannieoutside the national top 200
#83Odelloutside the national top 200
#88Garlandoutside the national top 200
#92Wileyoutside the national top 200
#50Lonnie#158 nationally
#93Bruce#197 nationally
#97Lessieoutside the national top 200
#100Flossieoutside the national top 200
#74Lizzie#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary838US #1
#2Annie373US #24
#3Ruth227US #5
#4Elizabeth208US #7
#5Ruby188US #22
#6Margaret185US #3
#7Ethel182US #15
#8Louise170US #19
#9Lillie156US #60
#10Bessie147US #40
#11Edna134US #17
#12Helen132US #2
#13Gladys131US #18
#14Sarah130US #42
#15Bertha129US #36
#16Lillian129US #13
#17Martha128US #28
#18Hazel123US #25
#19Mattie123US #65
#20Thelma122US #27
#21Mildred120US #8
#22Hattie119US #86
#23Virginia114US #26
#24Carrie113US #78
#25Maggie113US #111
#26Nellie113US #54
#27Alice112US #11
#28Pauline112US #38
#29Rosa109US #92
#30Myrtle107US #50
#31Dorothy106US #4
#32Pearl103US #48
#33Minnie102US #52
#34Frances100US #10
#35Lucy98US #77
#36Grace96US #23
#37Mamie96US #89
#38Viola96US #47
#39Eva94US #46
#40Clara92US #33
#41Emma89US #35
#42Blanche87US #75
#43Beatrice85US #37
#44Anna83US #6
#45Willie83US #61
#46Ella80US #63
#47Fannie80US #88
#48Lucille80US #32
#49Ida78US #45
#50Jessie78US #66
#51Mabel78US #43
#52Beulah77US #79
#53Lula77US #94
#54Edith76US #31
#55Irene76US #21
#56Cora75US #91
#57Evelyn75US #16
#58Marie74US #9
#59Lena73US #70
#60Alma68US #62
#61Catherine67US #20
#62Daisy67US #108
#63Sadie67US #113
#64Sallie67US #159
#65Laura65US #57
#66Julia64US #44
#67Mae64US #71
#68Katie63US #139
#69Maude63US #145
#70Josephine60US #29
#71Gertrude58US #30
#72Lois57US #68
#73Florence56US #12
#74Lizzie55US #170
#75Elsie53US #41
#76Dora52US #104
#77Lottie52US #135
#78Estelle51US #106
#79Esther50US #34
#80Geneva50US #122
#81Addie48US #161
#82Nannie48
#83Ada47US #97
#84Nettie47US #136
#85Nora47US #116
#86Flora46US #117
#87Jennie46US #85
#88Betty43US #69
#89Effie43US #147
#90Essie43US #156
#91Mable43US #127
#92Nancy43US #110
#93Susie43US #112
#94Georgia41US #96
#95Ollie41US #157
#96Inez40US #99
#97Lessie40
#98Rose39US #14
#99Eunice38US #109
#100Flossie37

Boys

#1James690US #3
#2John477US #1
#3William470US #2
#4Robert275US #5
#5George214US #4
#6Willie209US #14
#7Charles140US #7
#8Henry133US #11
#9Thomas127US #10
#10Charlie113US #45
#11Joseph111US #6
#12Walter110US #12
#13Frank98US #8
#14Fred77US #22
#15Joe75US #29
#16Samuel64US #30
#17Clarence62US #23
#18Paul62US #17
#19Edward61US #9
#20Jack60US #25
#21Roy58US #31
#22David57US #27
#23Ernest56US #32
#24Raymond56US #19
#25Albert55US #15
#26Harry55US #13
#27Clyde54US #61
#28Arthur51US #18
#29Howard50US #28
#30Leroy50US #59
#31Jesse49US #72
#32Jessie49US #79
#33Richard46US #20
#34Herbert44US #41
#35Lee42US #67
#36Luther42US #100
#37Johnnie40US #90
#38Herman39US #49
#39Ralph38US #24
#40Carl35US #26
#41Daniel34US #53
#42Louis34US #21
#43Sam34US #47
#44Claude33US #87
#45Eugene33US #43
#46Earl32US #34
#47Floyd31US #57
#48Hubert31US #119
#49Eddie30US #78
#50Lonnie30US #158
#51Earnest29US #125
#52Lewis28US #66
#53Rufus28US #148
#54Theodore28US #56
#55Andrew27US #42
#56Archie27US #127
#57Harvey27US #91
#58Lester26US #65
#59Oscar26US #68
#60Grady25US #180
#61Edgar23US #83
#62Jasper23
#63Lawrence22US #37
#64Leonard22US #46
#65Norman22US #63
#66Russell22US #55
#67Allen20US #98
#68Ben20US #86
#69Benjamin20US #64
#70Glenn20US #111
#71Ira20US #141
#72Isaac20US #143
#73Mack20US #167
#74Ray20US #71
#75Elmer19US #48
#76Johnie19US #172
#77Leon19US #77
#78Marvin19US #82
#79Claud18
#80Hugh18US #121
#81Melvin18US #73
#82Nathan18US #109
#83Odell18
#84Alexander17US #94
#85Cecil17US #76
#86Clifton17US #163
#87Donald17US #36
#88Garland17
#89Guy17US #136
#90Elbert16US #169
#91Otis16US #122
#92Wiley16
#93Bruce15US #197
#94Harold15US #16
#95Tom15US #105
#96Chester14US #58
#97Curtis14US #118
#98Dennis14US #189
#99Edwin14US #60
#100Horace14US #123

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑31Blanche#42
↑29Russell#66
↑28Rufus#53
↑25Lois#72
↑24Anna#44
↑22Harry#26
↑20Pauline#28
↑20Lawrence#63

Falling

↓41Curtis#97
↓37Harold#94
↓29Tom#95
↓27Marvin#78
↓24Eva#39
↓21Minnie#33
↓18Marie#58
↓18Josephine#70

Every state

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