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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1919 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,668 North Carolina births in 1919 across 1,166 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.

#55Gradyoutside the national top 200
#66Rufus#190 nationally
#81Wadeoutside the national top 200
#82Sallieoutside the national top 200
#85Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#70Katie#183 nationally
#88Addieoutside the national top 200
#88Jasperoutside the national top 200
#90Deweyoutside the national top 200
#47Maggie#155 nationally
#97Nannieoutside the national top 200
#78Nathaniel#175 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,578US #1
#2Margaret927US #4
#3Annie883US #35
#4Ruth731US #5
#5Ruby622US #24
#6Helen619US #2
#7Dorothy565US #3
#8Mildred530US #6
#9Elizabeth529US #8
#10Virginia478US #7
#11Frances453US #9
#12Louise449US #20
#13Edna425US #22
#14Gladys383US #21
#15Hazel383US #32
#16Sarah363US #46
#17Ethel355US #28
#18Thelma352US #31
#19Lillie346US #81
#20Martha341US #25
#21Pauline332US #36
#22Edith329US #29
#23Evelyn325US #11
#24Alice299US #13
#25Lucille293US #27
#26Bessie291US #59
#27Emma264US #45
#28Marie261US #12
#29Lillian260US #17
#30Mattie250US #95
#31Minnie247US #80
#32Willie245US #61
#33Rosa241US #110
#34Grace239US #34
#35Clara235US #43
#36Eva231US #55
#37Myrtle231US #67
#38Nellie225US #69
#39Bertha224US #52
#40Hattie215US #125
#41Irene215US #16
#42Lucy210US #91
#43Elsie208US #47
#44Carrie205US #111
#45Jessie195US #75
#46Catherine192US #23
#47Maggie191US #155
#48Beatrice190US #41
#49Ella186US #87
#50Doris185US #18
#51Mamie185US #132
#52Cora183US #122
#53Lois182US #40
#54Alma180US #76
#55Julia177US #48
#56Mabel177US #78
#57Laura171US #71
#58Viola171US #58
#59Pearl169US #56
#60Anna167US #10
#61Fannie164US #121
#62Lula164US #134
#63Beulah162US #108
#64Geneva158US #107
#65Gertrude153US #39
#66Josephine152US #26
#67Ida146US #57
#68Christine145US #116
#69Nancy145US #100
#70Katie143US #183
#71Betty141US #15
#72Inez141US #117
#73Mae141US #99
#74Esther137US #38
#75Florence134US #14
#76Rachel133US #150
#77Agnes130US #50
#78Sadie129US #157
#79Bernice128US #42
#80Eula127US #159
#81Mable126US #143
#82Sallie125
#83Blanche122US #97
#84Kathleen120US #101
#85Lena120US #94
#86Daisy117US #148
#87Katherine115US #51
#88Addie110
#89Vivian110US #72
#90Juanita108US #73
#91Rebecca107US #170
#92Estelle105US #141
#93Sara101US #112
#94Susie101US #151
#95Eunice99US #119
#96Marjorie94US #33
#97Nannie94
#98Nora93US #161
#99Vera93US #65
#100Wilma93US #86

Boys

#1James2,703US #3
#2William1,879US #2
#3John1,770US #1
#4Robert1,100US #4
#5George738US #6
#6Charles655US #5
#7Thomas552US #10
#8Joseph536US #7
#9Willie514US #23
#10Henry445US #16
#11Charlie413US #66
#12Walter392US #11
#13David351US #27
#14Paul347US #15
#15Edward346US #8
#16Fred313US #30
#17Frank304US #9
#18Roy264US #32
#19Clarence250US #25
#20Ralph242US #22
#21Richard235US #12
#22Howard224US #24
#23Joe222US #35
#24Carl221US #29
#25Jack219US #21
#26Ernest211US #36
#27Samuel209US #43
#28Clyde205US #67
#29Albert197US #18
#30Arthur197US #19
#31Raymond197US #14
#32Harry182US #20
#33Earl179US #31
#34Jesse178US #77
#35Harold175US #13
#36Leroy157US #55
#37Johnnie154US #95
#38Marvin154US #63
#39Herbert150US #40
#40Lee147US #82
#41Herman143US #61
#42Eugene137US #33
#43Hubert129US #115
#44Lewis127US #74
#45Claude125US #92
#46Jessie124US #109
#47Ray121US #69
#48Daniel113US #51
#49Luther112US #117
#50Floyd110US #59
#51Edgar106US #89
#52Woodrow105US #91
#53Andrew103US #47
#54Benjamin101US #79
#55Grady100
#56Cecil99US #78
#57Harvey97US #85
#58Lester97US #62
#59Sam97US #75
#60Willard96US #87
#61Louis95US #28
#62Horace93US #127
#63Lawrence87US #38
#64Leonard86US #39
#65Norman85US #48
#66Rufus81US #190
#67Russell81US #50
#68Lloyd80US #58
#69Oscar80US #88
#70Clifton79US #150
#71Earnest78US #139
#72Alfred76US #42
#73Otis76US #146
#74Theodore76US #54
#75Curtis74US #120
#76Eddie74US #99
#77Hugh74US #114
#78Nathaniel74US #175
#79Homer73US #104
#80Melvin73US #56
#81Wade73
#82Allen72US #101
#83Edwin72US #52
#84Kenneth72US #26
#85Lonnie72
#86Alexander71US #113
#87Archie71US #142
#88Jasper71
#89Vernon70US #65
#90Dewey69
#91Milton68US #73
#92Glenn67US #84
#93Wilbert65US #168
#94Donald60US #17
#95Sidney60US #96
#96Elmer59US #44
#97Ben58US #126
#98Isaac57US #178
#99Grover55US #189
#100Johnie55US #196

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑22Russell#67
↑20Andrew#53
↑19Katie#70
↑18Allen#82
↑16Bernice#79
↑16Harold#35
↑14Marie#28
↑13Betty#71

Falling

↓28Lonnie#85
↓17Katherine#87
↓17Sam#59
↓17Archie#87
↓17Elmer#96
↓16Johnie#100
↓15Sallie#82
↓15Woodrow#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.