State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1914 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,768 North Carolina births in 1914 across 913 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.

#59Lonnie#186 nationally
#78Gradyoutside the national top 200
#79Jasperoutside the national top 200
#65Rufus#179 nationally
#87Wadeoutside the national top 200
#88Grover#200 nationally
#67Sallie#178 nationally
#58Katie#167 nationally
#92Nannieoutside the national top 200
#94Johnieoutside the national top 200
#82Addie#188 nationally
#86Maude#192 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,581US #1
#2Annie586US #33
#3Margaret485US #4
#4Ruth474US #5
#5Elizabeth385US #8
#6Ruby375US #24
#7Helen330US #2
#8Mildred329US #7
#9Virginia298US #14
#10Ethel287US #21
#11Louise285US #17
#12Thelma274US #26
#13Edna272US #19
#14Dorothy266US #3
#15Martha244US #27
#16Sarah232US #47
#17Frances224US #9
#18Hazel223US #29
#19Bessie222US #55
#20Lillie217US #74
#21Lillian214US #16
#22Alice213US #12
#23Pauline211US #34
#24Gladys206US #20
#25Grace197US #25
#26Minnie185US #67
#27Pearl184US #56
#28Lucille182US #30
#29Nellie180US #61
#30Bertha178US #41
#31Hattie173US #97
#32Edith172US #31
#33Carrie171US #91
#34Myrtle169US #60
#35Willie168US #66
#36Clara166US #37
#37Evelyn166US #11
#38Eva165US #52
#39Emma164US #39
#40Lucy164US #73
#41Mattie162US #78
#42Jessie157US #64
#43Mamie152US #115
#44Beatrice143US #38
#45Ida143US #49
#46Rosa140US #104
#47Irene139US #22
#48Mabel138US #58
#49Fannie133US #99
#50Julia132US #42
#51Maggie132US #141
#52Alma130US #69
#53Viola129US #57
#54Beulah127US #96
#55Ella126US #72
#56Lois126US #51
#57Marie125US #10
#58Katie120US #167
#59Catherine118US #18
#60Laura118US #59
#61Sadie117US #124
#62Geneva116US #118
#63Josephine115US #23
#64Lula114US #120
#65Elsie108US #46
#66Gertrude107US #32
#67Sallie105US #178
#68Katherine104US #48
#69Florence101US #13
#70Nancy100US #102
#71Anna99US #6
#72Esther98US #35
#73Mae96US #85
#74Cora91US #105
#75Daisy90US #126
#76Lena89US #75
#77Inez87US #101
#78Eunice86US #109
#79Rachel85US #151
#80Ada83US #106
#81Estelle81US #112
#82Addie79US #188
#83Susie78US #130
#84Kathleen76US #110
#85Mable76US #137
#86Maude76US #192
#87Eula75US #157
#88Betty73US #62
#89Doris73US #36
#90Essie72US #181
#91Lottie72US #142
#92Nannie71
#93Christine70US #117
#94Vera70US #68
#95Agnes69US #44
#96Dora69US #121
#97Blanche68US #80
#98Georgia68US #107
#99Bernice67US #43
#100Bonnie65US #174

Boys

#1James1,678US #3
#2William1,241US #2
#3John1,147US #1
#4Robert654US #4
#5George459US #6
#6Charles366US #7
#7Willie365US #25
#8Thomas359US #11
#9Joseph339US #5
#10Walter293US #10
#11Henry289US #12
#12Charlie260US #65
#13Paul260US #13
#14Edward210US #8
#15Clarence206US #22
#16Fred189US #28
#17Frank187US #9
#18David185US #29
#19Richard169US #17
#20Joe157US #34
#21Roy156US #32
#22Arthur151US #18
#23Jack147US #27
#24Ralph145US #21
#25Woodrow144US #71
#26Carl140US #24
#27Howard140US #26
#28Samuel138US #36
#29Clyde127US #63
#30Ernest125US #38
#31Albert124US #15
#32Jesse120US #82
#33Harry113US #19
#34Earl111US #33
#35Herman109US #51
#36Raymond109US #16
#37Leroy98US #60
#38Luther94US #114
#39Eugene92US #43
#40Marvin92US #75
#41Floyd90US #58
#42Daniel87US #55
#43Jessie87US #117
#44Lee87US #84
#45Herbert86US #42
#46Louis83US #20
#47Oscar83US #77
#48Johnnie82US #119
#49Benjamin79US #70
#50Harold79US #14
#51Lester73US #57
#52Lewis73US #72
#53Hubert71US #118
#54Sam71US #67
#55Harvey66US #95
#56Ray66US #74
#57Lawrence64US #35
#58Claude63US #93
#59Lonnie63US #186
#60Andrew61US #44
#61Edgar61US #87
#62Norman61US #54
#63Cecil58US #79
#64Leonard56US #45
#65Rufus56US #179
#66Elmer53US #46
#67Eddie52US #109
#68Hugh52US #116
#69Alfred51US #41
#70Horace51US #125
#71Leon47US #85
#72Clifton46US #150
#73Marion46US #115
#74Otis45US #140
#75Russell45US #49
#76Willard45US #92
#77Allen44US #105
#78Grady44
#79Jasper42
#80Ira41US #152
#81Melvin41US #59
#82Archie40US #145
#83Glenn40US #91
#84Isaac40US #177
#85Kenneth40US #30
#86Vernon40US #83
#87Wade40
#88Grover39US #200
#89Wilbur39US #96
#90Curtis38US #120
#91Earnest38US #147
#92Edwin38US #53
#93Elbert38US #188
#94Johnie38
#95Ben37US #110
#96Sidney37US #89
#97Wilson37US #153
#98Alexander36US #98
#99Everett36US #90
#100Mack36

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑27Alfred#69
↑25Rufus#65
↑23Norman#62
↑22Geneva#62
↑22Russell#75
↑21Lois#56
↑19Edith#32
↑19Benjamin#49

Falling

↓30Earnest#91
↓29Blanche#97
↓28Melvin#81
↓27Lena#76
↓23Jasper#79
↓21Viola#53
↓20Claude#58
↓19Cora#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.