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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1918 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,220 North Carolina births in 1918 across 1,141 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.

#57Lonnie#195 nationally
#67Sallieoutside the national top 200
#67Gradyoutside the national top 200
#58Rufus#183 nationally
#37Maggie#158 nationally
#80Jasperoutside the national top 200
#81Mackoutside the national top 200
#83Addieoutside the national top 200
#84Johnieoutside the national top 200
#77Nathaniel#193 nationally
#85Garlandoutside the national top 200
#90Wadeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,344US #1
#2Annie883US #36
#3Margaret846US #4
#4Ruth715US #5
#5Ruby598US #27
#6Helen584US #2
#7Dorothy544US #3
#8Elizabeth542US #9
#9Virginia498US #7
#10Mildred481US #6
#11Frances450US #8
#12Louise430US #18
#13Hazel392US #33
#14Ethel377US #28
#15Edna370US #23
#16Sarah364US #52
#17Pauline347US #35
#18Gladys328US #22
#19Thelma323US #32
#20Martha319US #25
#21Lillie314US #89
#22Edith297US #30
#23Lillian288US #15
#24Evelyn281US #11
#25Alice272US #13
#26Nellie250US #65
#27Bessie243US #61
#28Bertha239US #51
#29Emma238US #46
#30Willie237US #70
#31Lucille230US #29
#32Minnie227US #88
#33Myrtle227US #62
#34Grace226US #31
#35Hattie219US #121
#36Lucy218US #90
#37Maggie214US #158
#38Clara213US #43
#39Rosa211US #117
#40Mattie208US #100
#41Jessie207US #75
#42Marie207US #12
#43Beatrice201US #40
#44Carrie197US #113
#45Eva197US #55
#46Catherine191US #20
#47Mabel191US #74
#48Irene190US #16
#49Fannie179US #120
#50Mamie177US #137
#51Pearl174US #56
#52Elsie171US #49
#53Alma170US #73
#54Ella168US #84
#55Lula168US #132
#56Doris165US #19
#57Beulah156US #104
#58Lois156US #42
#59Laura155US #64
#60Josephine154US #24
#61Julia153US #48
#62Anna152US #10
#63Ida150US #57
#64Cora149US #124
#65Mae148US #95
#66Geneva147US #112
#67Sallie144
#68Florence139US #14
#69Viola137US #59
#70Katherine136US #50
#71Gertrude133US #39
#72Rachel133US #148
#73Sadie132US #155
#74Nancy130US #102
#75Inez128US #115
#76Christine126US #119
#77Lena124US #93
#78Daisy123US #149
#79Kathleen121US #99
#80Mable118US #144
#81Agnes115US #47
#82Eula115US #168
#83Addie113
#84Betty112US #21
#85Blanche112US #96
#86Esther112US #38
#87Vera110US #68
#88Juanita108US #85
#89Katie107US #195
#90Rebecca103US #172
#91Eunice101US #111
#92Sara96US #109
#93Georgia95US #107
#94Lizzie95
#95Bernice94US #41
#96Ada93US #123
#97Ollie93
#98Ellen92US #92
#99Nannie92
#100Essie90US #194

Boys

#1James2,573US #3
#2William1,788US #2
#3John1,598US #1
#4Robert1,089US #4
#5George708US #6
#6Charles621US #5
#7Willie551US #29
#8Thomas545US #10
#9Joseph473US #7
#10Henry403US #16
#11Walter389US #11
#12Paul356US #14
#13Charlie355US #70
#14Edward342US #8
#15Frank333US #9
#16David332US #28
#17Fred283US #33
#18Roy248US #32
#19Clarence247US #23
#20Richard239US #12
#21Joe234US #34
#22Ralph231US #22
#23Samuel222US #43
#24Clyde209US #67
#25Carl208US #25
#26Ernest208US #37
#27Jack208US #21
#28Arthur205US #17
#29Albert201US #19
#30Howard196US #26
#31Raymond192US #15
#32Jesse183US #78
#33Harry167US #20
#34Claude164US #95
#35Herbert164US #40
#36Earl163US #31
#37Woodrow156US #58
#38Marvin144US #68
#39Eugene143US #35
#40Floyd137US #61
#41Luther133US #119
#42Sam126US #75
#43Johnnie125US #110
#44Lewis125US #74
#45Hubert124US #114
#46Daniel123US #52
#47Jessie120US #120
#48Lee120US #86
#49Leroy119US #57
#50Lawrence116US #38
#51Harold113US #13
#52Harvey113US #88
#53Benjamin112US #79
#54Herman109US #65
#55Oscar104US #87
#56Ray104US #69
#57Lonnie95US #195
#58Rufus92US #183
#59Willard91US #83
#60Clifton89US #152
#61Edgar88US #89
#62Cecil85US #82
#63Lester84US #62
#64Louis80US #24
#65Horace78US #132
#66Eddie76US #117
#67Grady76
#68Lloyd76US #51
#69Melvin76US #56
#70Archie75US #138
#71Norman74US #49
#72Theodore74US #64
#73Andrew72US #46
#74Leonard72US #41
#75Alfred71US #42
#76Earnest71US #142
#77Nathaniel70US #193
#78Glenn68US #84
#79Elmer67US #44
#80Jasper67
#81Mack67
#82Julius65US #118
#83Otis65US #151
#84Johnie64
#85Garland63
#86Grover63US #188
#87Kenneth63US #27
#88Marshall63US #156
#89Russell61US #50
#90Wade61
#91Alexander60US #104
#92Leon60US #77
#93Percy60
#94Elbert59US #191
#95Ben58US #128
#96Dewey58
#97Milton58US #76
#98Wilson58US #122
#99Wilbert57US #171
#100Allen56US #98

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑31Willard#59
↑29Louis#64
↑21Sam#42
↑20Clifton#60
↑20Grady#67
↑19Catherine#46
↑19Christine#76
↑15Josephine#60

Falling

↓27Allen#100
↓26Leon#92
↓18Esther#86
↓17Harold#51
↓17Herman#54
↓17Russell#89
↓16Lena#77
↓14Julia#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.