State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1912 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,246 North Carolina births in 1912 across 739 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.

#63Gradyoutside the national top 200
#46Lonnie#179 nationally
#74Jasperoutside the national top 200
#75Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#82Nannieoutside the national top 200
#70Johnie#186 nationally
#89Wadeoutside the national top 200
#92Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#96Groveroutside the national top 200
#88Etta#192 nationally
#69Addie#171 nationally
#63Sallie#164 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,086US #1
#2Annie455US #27
#3Ruth313US #5
#4Margaret297US #4
#5Elizabeth278US #8
#6Ruby258US #23
#7Ethel227US #18
#8Mildred204US #6
#9Louise201US #17
#10Helen195US #2
#11Virginia184US #20
#12Gladys181US #19
#13Bessie180US #43
#14Edna173US #16
#15Hazel173US #25
#16Lillie172US #67
#17Thelma169US #26
#18Sarah168US #41
#19Alice163US #11
#20Martha155US #29
#21Lillian153US #14
#22Dorothy152US #3
#23Maggie146US #115
#24Minnie142US #60
#25Myrtle140US #50
#26Emma138US #35
#27Hattie136US #90
#28Carrie135US #82
#29Mattie134US #70
#30Clara132US #34
#31Bertha131US #36
#32Pearl129US #54
#33Grace128US #24
#34Pauline128US #38
#35Frances124US #9
#36Beatrice123US #37
#37Lucille123US #32
#38Nellie121US #59
#39Fannie119US #87
#40Lucy117US #78
#41Viola117US #52
#42Alma114US #62
#43Eva114US #49
#44Irene113US #22
#45Beulah112US #80
#46Rosa112US #94
#47Ella109US #69
#48Cora107US #98
#49Mamie107US #95
#50Jessie105US #65
#51Willie105US #61
#52Evelyn102US #13
#53Edith100US #31
#54Laura97US #57
#55Gertrude92US #30
#56Ida92US #45
#57Elsie90US #42
#58Mabel90US #46
#59Anna89US #7
#60Inez89US #100
#61Julia88US #44
#62Mae87US #74
#63Sallie82US #164
#64Lula81US #107
#65Sadie81US #114
#66Lois80US #63
#67Marie80US #10
#68Blanche79US #75
#69Addie77US #171
#70Catherine76US #21
#71Florence76US #12
#72Ada75US #96
#73Josephine74US #28
#74Esther73US #33
#75Lena73US #72
#76Daisy72US #112
#77Katie72US #149
#78Flora66US #128
#79Essie65US #155
#80Geneva65US #116
#81Mable65US #125
#82Nannie64
#83Kathleen60US #118
#84Eula58US #147
#85Nancy58US #108
#86Maude57US #169
#87Susie57US #120
#88Etta56US #192
#89Eunice56US #109
#90Lizzie56US #180
#91Vera55US #68
#92Estelle54US #111
#93Lottie53US #142
#94Nettie53US #143
#95Dora52US #110
#96Effie51US #161
#97Betty50US #66
#98Della49US #148
#99Rachel49US #151
#100Rebecca49US #144

Boys

#1James1,092US #3
#2William801US #2
#3John747US #1
#4Robert418US #4
#5George339US #6
#6Thomas268US #10
#7Willie259US #22
#8Henry223US #12
#9Charles210US #7
#10Joseph196US #5
#11Charlie181US #57
#12Walter177US #11
#13Woodrow172US #46
#14Edward142US #8
#15Frank141US #9
#16Paul126US #14
#17Fred124US #26
#18David122US #29
#19Clarence121US #21
#20Roy115US #31
#21Arthur104US #15
#22Samuel104US #30
#23Ernest103US #32
#24Howard101US #25
#25Richard96US #19
#26Ralph94US #23
#27Raymond92US #18
#28Joe89US #36
#29Clyde88US #65
#30Jack78US #28
#31Albert75US #17
#32Carl75US #24
#33Jesse70US #74
#34Leroy69US #66
#35Earl63US #34
#36Jessie63US #109
#37Floyd60US #59
#38Harry59US #16
#39Claude58US #89
#40Louis58US #20
#41Oscar57US #73
#42Herman56US #50
#43Lester56US #58
#44Luther56US #114
#45Herbert54US #39
#46Lonnie53US #179
#47Benjamin52US #67
#48Lewis52US #68
#49Johnnie51US #106
#50Theodore51US #52
#51Daniel49US #53
#52Lee49US #78
#53Andrew48US #44
#54Harold48US #13
#55Horace47US #119
#56Sam47US #63
#57Lawrence45US #38
#58Eugene43US #41
#59Marvin43US #83
#60Edgar41US #85
#61Harvey41US #91
#62Eddie40US #104
#63Grady39
#64Hubert39US #122
#65Otis39US #126
#66Archie37US #130
#67Alfred35US #40
#68Cecil34US #76
#69Earnest34US #132
#70Johnie34US #186
#71Julius34US #100
#72Nathaniel34US #164
#73Hugh32US #116
#74Jasper32
#75Roosevelt32
#76Rufus32US #175
#77Curtis31US #121
#78Homer31US #98
#79Vernon31US #90
#80Alexander30US #97
#81Sidney30US #80
#82Norman29US #61
#83Oliver29US #117
#84Milton28US #64
#85Allen27US #103
#86Ben27US #102
#87Edwin27US #54
#88Lloyd27US #70
#89Wade27
#90Clifton26US #148
#91Elmer26US #47
#92Roscoe26
#93Wilson26US #131
#94Elbert25US #172
#95Glenn25US #84
#96Grover25
#97Leonard25US #45
#98Melvin25US #71
#99Mack24US #195
#100Marshall24US #151

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑45Horace#55
↑40Harold#54
↑36Inez#60
↑26Otis#65
↑22Benjamin#47
↑20Curtis#77
↑19Marvin#59
↑18Alma#42

Falling

↓33Leonard#97
↓26Blanche#68
↓26Mack#99
↓25Glenn#95
↓23Rufus#76
↓19Dora#95
↓18Earnest#69
↓18Allen#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.