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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1913 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,788 North Carolina births in 1913 across 774 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.

#56Jasperoutside the national top 200
#73Wadeoutside the national top 200
#65Lonnie#191 nationally
#70Grady#190 nationally
#85Nannieoutside the national top 200
#86Groveroutside the national top 200
#87Johnieoutside the national top 200
#89Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#92Garlandoutside the national top 200
#74Sallie#178 nationally
#83Addie#187 nationally
#69Isaac#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,180US #1
#2Annie521US #30
#3Ruth355US #5
#4Margaret354US #4
#5Elizabeth306US #8
#6Ruby304US #23
#7Ethel248US #20
#8Mildred248US #6
#9Louise237US #17
#10Helen226US #2
#11Bessie206US #47
#12Sarah201US #43
#13Virginia192US #15
#14Dorothy186US #3
#15Gladys186US #19
#16Lillian179US #16
#17Edna178US #18
#18Hazel170US #27
#19Martha168US #28
#20Hattie167US #96
#21Lillie166US #71
#22Frances164US #9
#23Thelma161US #26
#24Nellie159US #58
#25Alice158US #11
#26Grace156US #25
#27Myrtle149US #53
#28Bertha147US #39
#29Pauline146US #35
#30Evelyn145US #12
#31Pearl144US #55
#32Viola139US #52
#33Eva138US #50
#34Lucille138US #31
#35Beatrice134US #37
#36Lucy132US #77
#37Minnie132US #63
#38Rosa130US #101
#39Carrie125US #90
#40Mamie124US #106
#41Willie124US #65
#42Jessie122US #61
#43Irene121US #21
#44Emma120US #38
#45Mattie119US #75
#46Clara118US #36
#47Maggie118US #127
#48Mabel116US #56
#49Lena111US #73
#50Fannie109US #91
#51Edith108US #29
#52Marie108US #10
#53Ella105US #70
#54Beulah103US #85
#55Cora97US #103
#56Gertrude96US #33
#57Mae96US #79
#58Alma95US #64
#59Elsie95US #40
#60Josephine94US #24
#61Julia94US #42
#62Ida93US #49
#63Sadie92US #115
#64Daisy91US #123
#65Lula91US #111
#66Nancy90US #102
#67Anna89US #7
#68Blanche85US #76
#69Laura85US #62
#70Mable83US #134
#71Catherine80US #22
#72Kathleen78US #110
#73Esther77US #32
#74Sallie77US #178
#75Florence73US #13
#76Katie72US #171
#77Lois71US #59
#78Rachel71US #145
#79Inez69US #98
#80Katherine69US #54
#81Dora68US #109
#82Eula67US #153
#83Addie66US #187
#84Geneva66US #120
#85Nannie66
#86Ada65US #104
#87Eunice64US #107
#88Stella63US #69
#89Lizzie60
#90Maude59US #179
#91Lola57US #130
#92Susie57US #131
#93Flora56US #132
#94Vera56US #68
#95Essie55US #175
#96Georgia55US #100
#97Bernice54US #45
#98Juanita53US #95
#99Lottie53US #143
#100Agnes52US #41

Boys

#1James1,252US #3
#2William974US #2
#3John854US #1
#4Robert476US #4
#5George390US #6
#6Willie296US #24
#7Charles292US #7
#8Thomas269US #10
#9Joseph259US #5
#10Henry252US #12
#11Walter208US #11
#12Paul199US #14
#13Charlie181US #62
#14Frank175US #9
#15Edward169US #8
#16David163US #29
#17Woodrow147US #44
#18Clarence137US #21
#19Fred135US #27
#20Roy129US #32
#21Joe125US #37
#22Ernest122US #34
#23Samuel112US #36
#24Ralph107US #22
#25Carl106US #23
#26Howard105US #26
#27Richard105US #19
#28Albert104US #16
#29Clyde103US #64
#30Raymond103US #18
#31Arthur98US #17
#32Jack93US #28
#33Herbert81US #39
#34Earl80US #31
#35Eugene78US #43
#36Harry75US #15
#37Jesse75US #79
#38Claude70US #88
#39Johnnie67US #118
#40Herman66US #53
#41Hubert64US #112
#42Floyd62US #58
#43Jessie61US #114
#44Oscar60US #76
#45Lee57US #78
#46Ray57US #73
#47Marvin56US #77
#48Harold55US #13
#49Leroy55US #63
#50Luther55US #116
#51Daniel54US #54
#52Lewis54US #72
#53Melvin52US #61
#54Sam50US #65
#55Eddie49US #102
#56Jasper49
#57Lester48US #59
#58Louis48US #20
#59Cecil46US #74
#60Harvey45US #93
#61Earnest44US #144
#62Edgar44US #87
#63Lawrence44US #35
#64Clifton43US #149
#65Lonnie43US #191
#66Otis40US #140
#67Andrew39US #47
#68Benjamin39US #70
#69Isaac39US #172
#70Grady37US #190
#71Horace37US #123
#72Lloyd37US #67
#73Wade37
#74Francis36US #30
#75Hugh36US #115
#76Theodore36US #60
#77Allen35US #100
#78Vernon35US #83
#79Archie34US #134
#80Elmer34US #45
#81Leonard34US #46
#82Wilson33US #122
#83Glenn32US #85
#84Milton32US #71
#85Norman32US #57
#86Grover31
#87Johnie31
#88Curtis30US #119
#89Marshall29US #164
#90Rufus29US #169
#91Bennie28US #159
#92Garland28
#93Homer28US #96
#94Jimmie28US #158
#95Willard28US #99
#96Alfred27US #42
#97Russell27US #50
#98Alexander26US #98
#99Bruce26US #175
#100Dewey26

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑45Melvin#53
↑26Lena#49
↑26Clifton#64
↑23Eugene#35
↑23Hubert#41
↑22Evelyn#30
↑21Rachel#78
↑19Nancy#66

Falling

↓29Alfred#96
↓26Theodore#76
↓24Maggie#47
↓21Benjamin#68
↓19Inez#79
↓19Lonnie#65
↓18Emma#44
↓18Louis#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.