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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1917 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,945 North Carolina births in 1917 across 1,071 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.

#52Lonnie#196 nationally
#54Rufus#187 nationally
#72Sallieoutside the national top 200
#71Nathaniel#189 nationally
#83Garlandoutside the national top 200
#85Mackoutside the national top 200
#46Maggie#161 nationally
#87Gradyoutside the national top 200
#88Jasperoutside the national top 200
#89Johnieoutside the national top 200
#88Katie#199 nationally
#90Addieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,129US #1
#2Annie834US #35
#3Margaret762US #4
#4Ruth659US #5
#5Ruby547US #27
#6Helen517US #2
#7Elizabeth503US #8
#8Dorothy460US #3
#9Mildred446US #6
#10Virginia437US #10
#11Louise398US #19
#12Ethel383US #24
#13Hazel372US #31
#14Frances367US #9
#15Gladys341US #23
#16Lillie327US #86
#17Sarah326US #52
#18Edna324US #20
#19Pauline309US #33
#20Martha305US #22
#21Thelma290US #32
#22Evelyn280US #11
#23Bessie263US #61
#24Alice260US #13
#25Edith260US #28
#26Myrtle259US #58
#27Lucille253US #29
#28Lillian248US #15
#29Nellie234US #64
#30Beatrice230US #39
#31Bertha221US #51
#32Minnie216US #75
#33Grace215US #30
#34Hattie213US #118
#35Mattie210US #94
#36Willie210US #72
#37Clara209US #41
#38Eva208US #54
#39Marie206US #12
#40Emma205US #46
#41Jessie205US #70
#42Lucy204US #88
#43Carrie201US #109
#44Rosa195US #121
#45Pearl193US #57
#46Maggie183US #161
#47Julia179US #47
#48Irene174US #17
#49Mabel170US #68
#50Ella169US #83
#51Mamie164US #130
#52Beulah162US #102
#53Fannie160US #115
#54Lois159US #43
#55Elsie156US #50
#56Alma148US #71
#57Laura148US #65
#58Anna147US #7
#59Lula146US #135
#60Geneva142US #113
#61Lena142US #85
#62Ida140US #56
#63Doris138US #25
#64Florence138US #14
#65Catherine136US #18
#66Viola136US #59
#67Nancy131US #98
#68Esther127US #38
#69Katherine125US #49
#70Mae125US #96
#71Blanche124US #91
#72Sallie121
#73Cora117US #126
#74Inez117US #110
#75Josephine117US #21
#76Gertrude115US #37
#77Agnes113US #48
#78Rachel112US #157
#79Mable111US #144
#80Betty108US #34
#81Eula107US #172
#82Sadie104US #151
#83Eunice101US #111
#84Kathleen100US #101
#85Bernice99US #42
#86Daisy98US #150
#87Vera95US #66
#88Katie94US #199
#89Essie93US #194
#90Addie91
#91Juanita91US #87
#92Ada90US #119
#93Naomi89US #133
#94Vivian89US #79
#95Christine84US #120
#96Rebecca84US #165
#97Ellen83US #90
#98Marjorie83US #36
#99Nannie83
#100Etta81

Boys

#1James2,237US #3
#2William1,602US #2
#3John1,498US #1
#4Robert980US #4
#5George647US #6
#6Charles559US #7
#7Thomas500US #10
#8Joseph446US #5
#9Willie406US #31
#10Henry385US #15
#11Walter375US #11
#12Charlie334US #67
#13Edward309US #8
#14Paul304US #13
#15Frank284US #9
#16David282US #28
#17Fred275US #29
#18Clarence245US #25
#19Roy232US #33
#20Clyde229US #64
#21Ralph226US #21
#22Richard209US #14
#23Ernest201US #37
#24Howard193US #26
#25Joe191US #35
#26Samuel189US #42
#27Carl188US #24
#28Albert187US #18
#29Arthur184US #17
#30Raymond176US #16
#31Jack160US #22
#32Jesse154US #79
#33Harry151US #19
#34Harold146US #12
#35Herbert142US #40
#36Earl137US #32
#37Herman134US #58
#38Lee126US #85
#39Woodrow126US #73
#40Marvin122US #68
#41Eugene119US #39
#42Jessie118US #114
#43Johnnie118US #111
#44Luther117US #116
#45Ray114US #74
#46Oscar112US #87
#47Claude111US #98
#48Floyd109US #62
#49Leroy109US #60
#50Lewis109US #70
#51Hubert106US #115
#52Lonnie94US #196
#53Benjamin93US #76
#54Rufus93US #187
#55Lawrence91US #36
#56Daniel89US #54
#57Edgar89US #88
#58Harvey89US #90
#59Norman89US #46
#60Horace88US #125
#61Melvin86US #57
#62Cecil81US #83
#63Sam81US #72
#64Lester77US #61
#65Andrew75US #48
#66Leon75US #82
#67Hugh73US #110
#68Leonard72US #41
#69Julius71US #113
#70Lloyd70US #53
#71Nathaniel67US #189
#72Russell66US #52
#73Allen65US #100
#74Eddie65US #118
#75Glenn65US #86
#76Theodore65US #63
#77Alfred64US #43
#78Earnest64US #143
#79Elmer64US #45
#80Clifton63US #159
#81Vernon62US #71
#82Curtis61US #121
#83Garland61
#84Archie60US #142
#85Mack60
#86Otis59US #145
#87Grady57
#88Jasper57
#89Johnie57
#90Willard57US #80
#91Wilbur55US #92
#92Edwin53US #55
#93Louis53US #23
#94Sidney53US #95
#95Wade53
#96Elbert52US #179
#97Dewey50
#98Wilbert50US #169
#99Kenneth49US #27
#100Thurman49

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑21Allen#73
↑20Lonnie#52
↑18Nathaniel#71
↑17Agnes#77
↑15Willie#36
↑15Horace#60
↑14Lena#61
↑14Doris#63

Falling

↓38Willard#90
↓34Louis#93
↓23Kenneth#99
↓19Sadie#82
↓18Wade#95
↓17Irene#48
↓17Nannie#99
↓16Lula#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.