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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1915 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,635 North Carolina births in 1915 across 1,056 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.

#68Sallieoutside the national top 200
#71Lonnie#199 nationally
#73Addieoutside the national top 200
#75Gradyoutside the national top 200
#85Johnieoutside the national top 200
#87Maudeoutside the national top 200
#78Rufus#188 nationally
#93Groveroutside the national top 200
#90Isaac#196 nationally
#95Nannieoutside the national top 200
#97Wadeoutside the national top 200
#98Jasperoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,946US #1
#2Annie766US #36
#3Ruth677US #5
#4Margaret599US #4
#5Ruby505US #24
#6Elizabeth468US #8
#7Louise387US #18
#8Virginia375US #12
#9Mildred370US #6
#10Ethel369US #23
#11Helen363US #2
#12Edna344US #20
#13Hazel339US #26
#14Dorothy329US #3
#15Gladys324US #21
#16Frances316US #9
#17Martha294US #25
#18Pauline289US #32
#19Sarah283US #51
#20Lillian267US #15
#21Alice245US #13
#22Bessie243US #57
#23Thelma243US #30
#24Evelyn240US #10
#25Lillie236US #84
#26Bertha235US #46
#27Lucille232US #29
#28Nellie226US #63
#29Edith225US #31
#30Minnie220US #68
#31Grace215US #27
#32Myrtle205US #58
#33Jessie194US #66
#34Mattie193US #91
#35Emma192US #40
#36Marie191US #11
#37Eva187US #55
#38Irene184US #17
#39Fannie181US #105
#40Clara179US #38
#41Carrie176US #103
#42Hattie173US #113
#43Lucy173US #79
#44Pearl172US #56
#45Willie170US #72
#46Beatrice169US #37
#47Mamie167US #124
#48Alma165US #70
#49Rosa165US #116
#50Mabel164US #62
#51Elsie163US #41
#52Beulah161US #95
#53Julia161US #44
#54Catherine158US #19
#55Maggie157US #150
#56Ida147US #54
#57Lois147US #47
#58Geneva146US #110
#59Ella145US #75
#60Anna142US #7
#61Viola137US #59
#62Daisy130US #131
#63Laura129US #61
#64Sadie129US #133
#65Lula122US #129
#66Mae119US #89
#67Gertrude118US #35
#68Sallie117
#69Florence115US #14
#70Lena115US #77
#71Esther113US #33
#72Inez110US #101
#73Addie109
#74Blanche109US #87
#75Cora107US #119
#76Nancy107US #102
#77Josephine106US #22
#78Doris104US #34
#79Georgia102US #111
#80Katherine102US #49
#81Christine100US #125
#82Katie99US #181
#83Mable99US #145
#84Ada98US #114
#85Vera95US #65
#86Eunice92US #109
#87Maude91
#88Rachel91US #156
#89Eula88US #160
#90Juanita87US #92
#91Kathleen85US #104
#92Estelle84US #117
#93Rebecca84US #159
#94Lola83US #136
#95Nannie82
#96Vivian82US #78
#97Betty81US #53
#98Sara80US #106
#99Bernice79US #42
#100Bonnie75US #180

Boys

#1James2,069US #3
#2William1,481US #2
#3John1,271US #1
#4Robert836US #4
#5George561US #6
#6Charles494US #7
#7Willie434US #30
#8Thomas431US #10
#9Joseph398US #5
#10Henry334US #14
#11Paul321US #13
#12Walter315US #11
#13Charlie288US #75
#14Fred263US #26
#15Frank259US #9
#16David253US #31
#17Edward249US #8
#18Clarence222US #24
#19Roy216US #32
#20Ralph189US #21
#21Richard188US #15
#22Albert181US #17
#23Ernest178US #35
#24Carl177US #22
#25Raymond176US #16
#26Clyde175US #63
#27Howard172US #25
#28Samuel170US #39
#29Arthur164US #18
#30Joe160US #38
#31Harry154US #19
#32Jack149US #27
#33Woodrow146US #83
#34Jesse140US #77
#35Jessie124US #114
#36Luther117US #115
#37Marvin116US #72
#38Earl115US #33
#39Herbert114US #40
#40Floyd112US #59
#41Herman111US #56
#42Johnnie108US #117
#43Lee106US #84
#44Claude103US #96
#45Harold102US #12
#46Hubert97US #116
#47Eugene96US #41
#48Harvey94US #95
#49Lewis89US #70
#50Ray89US #67
#51Andrew88US #46
#52Willard87US #58
#53Lawrence86US #37
#54Daniel85US #55
#55Leroy85US #66
#56Norman84US #50
#57Louis83US #23
#58Lester80US #57
#59Theodore77US #64
#60Edgar75US #85
#61Cecil73US #76
#62Melvin73US #60
#63Sam73US #68
#64Oscar72US #88
#65Benjamin71US #71
#66Alfred67US #42
#67Earnest64US #143
#68Glenn64US #87
#69Clifton63US #144
#70Hugh63US #111
#71Lonnie63US #199
#72Elmer62US #45
#73Lloyd62US #62
#74Eddie61US #120
#75Grady61
#76Julius60US #109
#77Russell60US #51
#78Rufus56US #188
#79Leonard55US #44
#80Clifford53US #61
#81Allen52US #99
#82Otis52US #141
#83Edwin51US #53
#84Horace51US #122
#85Johnie51
#86Leon51US #82
#87Vernon50US #80
#88Archie49US #151
#89Milton48US #73
#90Isaac47US #196
#91Kenneth47US #28
#92Elbert46US #169
#93Grover46
#94Leslie46US #106
#95Alexander45US #103
#96Sidney45US #94
#97Wade45
#98Jasper44
#99Marshall44US #161
#100Nathan44US #139

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑24Willard#52
↑24Earnest#67
↑23Blanche#74
↑21Marie#36
↑19Georgia#79
↑19Melvin#62
↑15Glenn#68
↑14Elsie#51

Falling

↓24Katie#82
↓19Jasper#98
↓18Leroy#55
↓17Pearl#44
↓17Oscar#64
↓16Benjamin#65
↓15Leonard#79
↓15Leon#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.