State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1916 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,676 North Carolina births in 1916 across 1,062 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.

#66Sallie#196 nationally
#64Grover#193 nationally
#68Rufus#197 nationally
#72Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#74Gradyoutside the national top 200
#77Wadeoutside the national top 200
#82Nannieoutside the national top 200
#86Mackoutside the national top 200
#90Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#90Jasperoutside the national top 200
#91Addieoutside the national top 200
#83Katie#191 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,056US #1
#2Annie770US #36
#3Margaret726US #4
#4Ruth692US #5
#5Ruby545US #23
#6Elizabeth499US #8
#7Helen487US #2
#8Mildred427US #6
#9Dorothy398US #3
#10Virginia393US #10
#11Louise378US #18
#12Hazel357US #31
#13Edna351US #19
#14Gladys326US #22
#15Pauline322US #33
#16Ethel319US #25
#17Frances304US #9
#18Sarah304US #52
#19Martha292US #24
#20Evelyn283US #11
#21Thelma281US #29
#22Lillian265US #16
#23Bessie261US #56
#24Lillie251US #88
#25Alice250US #13
#26Edith245US #28
#27Grace239US #26
#28Mattie233US #93
#29Nellie223US #61
#30Minnie220US #71
#31Irene213US #17
#32Emma204US #41
#33Myrtle203US #58
#34Lucille202US #30
#35Lucy202US #84
#36Beatrice201US #38
#37Bertha195US #49
#38Carrie194US #103
#39Clara194US #39
#40Eva188US #55
#41Jessie184US #68
#42Pearl183US #57
#43Lula177US #127
#44Hattie176US #115
#45Rosa175US #120
#46Julia173US #46
#47Lois168US #43
#48Alma166US #70
#49Fannie165US #116
#50Marie164US #12
#51Willie164US #73
#52Ella163US #81
#53Maggie162US #157
#54Beulah156US #97
#55Viola156US #59
#56Mabel153US #65
#57Laura152US #64
#58Esther151US #34
#59Mamie151US #129
#60Catherine149US #20
#61Ida149US #54
#62Elsie148US #48
#63Sadie143US #133
#64Anna139US #7
#65Mae137US #92
#66Sallie129US #196
#67Blanche128US #89
#68Florence127US #14
#69Geneva125US #112
#70Mable124US #136
#71Cora123US #114
#72Daisy121US #137
#73Gertrude119US #35
#74Inez119US #107
#75Lena118US #85
#76Josephine117US #21
#77Doris116US #32
#78Eula116US #164
#79Nancy107US #102
#80Katherine104US #51
#81Eunice102US #110
#82Nannie102
#83Katie101US #191
#84Ada99US #117
#85Betty98US #44
#86Christine98US #121
#87Rachel98US #153
#88Kathleen95US #104
#89Bernice92US #42
#90Lizzie90
#91Addie89
#92Georgia85US #108
#93Estelle84US #122
#94Agnes81US #50
#95Janie80
#96Marjorie79US #37
#97Maude79
#98Ollie79US #193
#99Rebecca79US #169
#100Vera79US #66

Boys

#1James2,083US #3
#2William1,613US #2
#3John1,373US #1
#4Robert874US #4
#5George619US #7
#6Charles539US #6
#7Thomas504US #10
#8Willie458US #30
#9Joseph396US #5
#10Henry382US #14
#11Charlie356US #68
#12Walter335US #11
#13Paul316US #12
#14Edward295US #8
#15David277US #28
#16Frank272US #9
#17Clarence214US #24
#18Fred214US #29
#19Richard206US #15
#20Ralph205US #21
#21Clyde200US #62
#22Roy195US #33
#23Albert185US #17
#24Joe183US #35
#25Samuel180US #41
#26Carl179US #23
#27Arthur174US #18
#28Woodrow170US #64
#29Howard169US #25
#30Raymond166US #16
#31Jack158US #26
#32Earl150US #32
#33Ernest149US #36
#34Jesse147US #77
#35Harry143US #19
#36Marvin132US #66
#37Hubert129US #113
#38Leroy127US #63
#39Herbert125US #40
#40Claude124US #93
#41Herman123US #56
#42Eugene122US #39
#43Harold115US #13
#44Luther112US #116
#45Ray112US #73
#46Daniel110US #55
#47Jessie109US #117
#48Edgar108US #88
#49Lee106US #83
#50Sam100US #74
#51Johnnie99US #115
#52Willard98US #69
#53Oscar97US #86
#54Cecil92US #80
#55Hugh91US #96
#56Lewis90US #71
#57Floyd89US #60
#58Andrew88US #46
#59Louis87US #22
#60Eddie86US #114
#61Lester82US #59
#62Harvey81US #92
#63Benjamin78US #79
#64Grover75US #193
#65Lawrence75US #38
#66Alfred69US #43
#67Norman68US #48
#68Rufus68US #197
#69Russell67US #51
#70Earnest65US #155
#71Leonard64US #42
#72Lonnie64
#73Glenn63US #84
#74Grady63
#75Horace63US #126
#76Kenneth61US #27
#77Wade60
#78Alexander59US #99
#79Clifton59US #156
#80Francis57US #31
#81Lloyd57US #58
#82Elbert56US #181
#83Theodore56US #65
#84Edwin55US #53
#85Elmer55US #45
#86Mack55
#87Vernon55US #75
#88Ben53US #119
#89Nathaniel53US #194
#90Jasper52
#91Leo52US #47
#92Otis51US #142
#93Sidney50US #95
#94Allen49US #101
#95Bruce49US #162
#96Archie48US #152
#97Milton48US #72
#98Roland48US #118
#99Isaac47US #186
#100Marion47US #110

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑29Grover#64
↑22Lula#43
↑20Wade#77
↑17Leroy#38
↑17Alexander#78
↑15Hugh#55
↑15Kenneth#76
↑14Eddie#60

Falling

↓24Theodore#83
↓18Addie#91
↓17Floyd#57
↓15Vera#100
↓14Marie#50
↓14Harvey#62
↓13Georgia#92
↓13Elmer#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.