State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1920 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,172 North Carolina births in 1920 across 1,199 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.

#63Gradyoutside the national top 200
#58Lonnie#186 nationally
#75Wadeoutside the national top 200
#74Grover#196 nationally
#52Maggie#172 nationally
#76Rufus#188 nationally
#89Addieoutside the national top 200
#90Nannieoutside the national top 200
#77Katie#184 nationally
#96Sallieoutside the national top 200
#99Mackoutside the national top 200
#91Johnie#192 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,674US #1
#2Annie939US #35
#3Margaret925US #4
#4Ruth828US #5
#5Dorothy751US #2
#6Helen667US #3
#7Mildred637US #6
#8Virginia568US #7
#9Elizabeth567US #8
#10Ruby543US #26
#11Frances535US #9
#12Louise471US #19
#13Hazel414US #34
#14Edna400US #27
#15Ethel398US #30
#16Martha398US #23
#17Sarah393US #50
#18Gladys384US #22
#19Thelma374US #31
#20Pauline348US #36
#21Evelyn334US #12
#22Edith333US #32
#23Alice322US #15
#24Lillie310US #90
#25Marie295US #13
#26Bessie287US #71
#27Doris283US #14
#28Lillian279US #18
#29Lucille276US #29
#30Nellie262US #76
#31Minnie253US #87
#32Myrtle248US #68
#33Carrie239US #121
#34Willie238US #74
#35Mattie235US #96
#36Clara234US #44
#37Grace231US #37
#38Lucy224US #94
#39Bertha223US #57
#40Rosa223US #116
#41Catherine221US #21
#42Emma218US #46
#43Eva215US #58
#44Hattie199US #132
#45Jessie199US #84
#46Julia199US #55
#47Irene198US #17
#48Anna193US #10
#49Beatrice193US #41
#50Lois188US #38
#51Mabel188US #83
#52Maggie185US #172
#53Elsie182US #51
#54Alma180US #80
#55Geneva179US #106
#56Ella176US #88
#57Mamie171US #142
#58Pearl169US #62
#59Mae166US #99
#60Nancy165US #95
#61Fannie162US #127
#62Laura161US #63
#63Lula158US #139
#64Christine157US #118
#65Beulah155US #109
#66Josephine155US #28
#67Viola154US #59
#68Betty153US #11
#69Katherine151US #45
#70Rachel149US #156
#71Ida145US #66
#72Esther144US #39
#73Florence143US #16
#74Juanita140US #61
#75Kathleen138US #91
#76Inez134US #122
#77Katie134US #184
#78Sadie133US #174
#79Mable132US #148
#80Lena131US #98
#81Ada130US #136
#82Daisy128US #155
#83Gertrude119US #42
#84Eula118US #169
#85Vera116US #75
#86Cora115US #137
#87Marjorie115US #24
#88Rebecca113US #175
#89Addie111
#90Nannie111
#91Sara109US #111
#92Bernice108US #40
#93Agnes106US #54
#94Blanche106US #102
#95Georgia105US #113
#96Sallie104
#97Naomi102US #134
#98Wilma102US #78
#99Eunice100US #115
#100Vivian100US #64

Boys

#1James2,964US #4
#2William2,081US #2
#3John1,783US #1
#4Robert1,251US #3
#5George786US #6
#6Charles717US #5
#7Willie622US #29
#8Thomas574US #11
#9Joseph528US #7
#10Walter470US #13
#11Henry442US #17
#12Paul424US #14
#13David421US #25
#14Charlie392US #70
#15Edward391US #8
#16Clarence322US #26
#17Frank321US #9
#18Fred299US #33
#19Richard282US #10
#20Roy282US #32
#21Joe269US #35
#22Ralph267US #22
#23Howard248US #24
#24Jack240US #20
#25Albert227US #19
#26Raymond225US #15
#27Ernest224US #37
#28Samuel222US #44
#29Clyde214US #68
#30Carl207US #27
#31Harry193US #21
#32Harold190US #12
#33Arthur181US #18
#34Jesse179US #79
#35Earl167US #31
#36Warren167US #39
#37Marvin158US #62
#38Leroy151US #56
#39Eugene150US #30
#40Herbert147US #41
#41Floyd142US #61
#42Johnnie141US #99
#43Claude140US #92
#44Ray139US #67
#45Hubert138US #113
#46Lee137US #82
#47Jessie136US #111
#48Herman130US #66
#49Harvey127US #87
#50Lewis127US #72
#51Luther127US #123
#52Lawrence121US #36
#53Leonard117US #38
#54Oscar112US #90
#55Daniel110US #52
#56Lester106US #69
#57Louis106US #28
#58Lonnie105US #186
#59Edgar103US #89
#60Andrew100US #49
#61Eddie97US #104
#62Melvin96US #54
#63Grady95
#64Cecil94US #77
#65Sam92US #84
#66Alfred91US #42
#67Benjamin91US #83
#68Earnest90US #140
#69Lloyd86US #58
#70Vernon86US #65
#71Willard85US #88
#72Horace84US #128
#73Russell84US #51
#74Grover83US #196
#75Wade82
#76Rufus81US #188
#77Hugh80US #115
#78Glenn78US #80
#79Allen76US #94
#80Julius76US #125
#81Elmer74US #45
#82Leon73US #75
#83Edwin72US #53
#84Elbert72US #181
#85Norman72US #47
#86Clifton71US #157
#87Kenneth71US #23
#88Nathaniel71US #166
#89Milton68US #74
#90Curtis67US #120
#91Johnie66US #192
#92Archie65US #145
#93Otis65US #146
#94Alvin63US #76
#95Bill63US #121
#96Homer63US #100
#97Calvin61US #139
#98Donald61US #16
#99Mack61
#100Woodrow60US #183

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑27Lonnie#58
↑25Grover#74
↑23Doris#27
↑19Vernon#70
↑18Katherine#69
↑18Melvin#62
↑16Juanita#74
↑15Oscar#54

Falling

↓48Woodrow#100
↓34Cora#86
↓20Norman#85
↓20Otis#93
↓18Gertrude#83
↓17Homer#96
↓16Agnes#93
↓16Clifton#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.