State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1922 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,609 North Carolina births in 1922 across 1,215 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.

#58Lonnie#195 nationally
#76Mackoutside the national top 200
#54Maggie#170 nationally
#77Rufus#188 nationally
#93Janieoutside the national top 200
#94Nannieoutside the national top 200
#89Katie#194 nationally
#97Gradyoutside the national top 200
#98Groveroutside the national top 200
#66Clifton#168 nationally
#86Alton#187 nationally
#81Sadie#177 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,855US #1
#2Margaret1,009US #4
#3Annie982US #30
#4Dorothy979US #2
#5Ruth750US #5
#6Helen738US #3
#7Virginia628US #7
#8Ruby602US #26
#9Mildred600US #8
#10Elizabeth563US #9
#11Frances495US #10
#12Louise462US #22
#13Martha453US #21
#14Hazel447US #37
#15Sarah421US #51
#16Gladys407US #25
#17Edna405US #29
#18Doris379US #11
#19Thelma375US #31
#20Evelyn354US #13
#21Ethel351US #32
#22Alice340US #15
#23Pauline317US #36
#24Edith311US #34
#25Lillie295US #85
#26Marie281US #14
#27Lillian280US #19
#28Myrtle278US #75
#29Minnie273US #91
#30Emma263US #50
#31Lucille263US #33
#32Catherine246US #24
#33Clara238US #47
#34Nellie238US #83
#35Irene233US #17
#36Willie231US #70
#37Grace229US #38
#38Mattie228US #103
#39Rosa228US #123
#40Carrie226US #122
#41Eva226US #64
#42Bessie210US #81
#43Jessie210US #87
#44Betty209US #6
#45Bertha208US #63
#46Beatrice203US #43
#47Hattie200US #139
#48Lois200US #35
#49Margie193US #100
#50Ella192US #90
#51Lucy191US #93
#52Alma184US #84
#53Mamie184US #147
#54Maggie180US #170
#55Elsie176US #59
#56Juanita175US #57
#57Julia175US #60
#58Nancy175US #78
#59Rachel174US #154
#60Mabel173US #99
#61Geneva172US #110
#62Fannie170US #135
#63Laura170US #68
#64Ida168US #65
#65Marjorie167US #16
#66Kathleen164US #80
#67Josephine157US #27
#68Katherine157US #54
#69Mable156US #152
#70Christine154US #116
#71Lena150US #107
#72Gertrude149US #48
#73Lula148US #142
#74Viola148US #72
#75Pearl147US #71
#76Beulah146US #124
#77Bernice140US #41
#78Cora139US #140
#79Esther139US #44
#80Anna138US #12
#81Sadie135US #177
#82Daisy131US #157
#83Inez126US #130
#84Florence124US #18
#85Mae123US #111
#86Eula118US #174
#87Sara115US #118
#88Eunice114US #119
#89Katie114US #194
#90Blanche110US #115
#91Vera108US #79
#92Rebecca107US #173
#93Janie104
#94Nannie104
#95Vivian103US #74
#96Wilma103US #77
#97Eleanor102US #28
#98Jean102US #20
#99Hilda101US #131
#100Agnes99US #62

Boys

#1James3,018US #4
#2William2,127US #3
#3John1,809US #1
#4Robert1,247US #2
#5George870US #6
#6Charles777US #5
#7Thomas627US #11
#8Joseph546US #7
#9Willie533US #28
#10Henry446US #17
#11Walter435US #15
#12Paul419US #14
#13Edward397US #8
#14Charlie372US #72
#15David356US #24
#16Frank331US #10
#17Roy318US #32
#18Fred300US #33
#19Clarence290US #29
#20Joe285US #35
#21Jack284US #18
#22Ralph274US #23
#23Richard273US #9
#24Carl255US #30
#25Samuel249US #43
#26Clyde248US #67
#27Harold244US #13
#28Ernest242US #37
#29Howard238US #26
#30Arthur233US #19
#31Raymond210US #16
#32Albert209US #20
#33Harry199US #22
#34Earl198US #31
#35Eugene189US #25
#36Jesse186US #81
#37Ray162US #65
#38Herbert158US #40
#39Johnnie156US #105
#40Marvin154US #56
#41Herman149US #66
#42Leroy148US #55
#43Claude144US #97
#44Jessie137US #111
#45Lewis137US #75
#46Lee135US #83
#47Kenneth130US #21
#48Luther127US #118
#49Daniel126US #47
#50Donald123US #12
#51Hubert121US #116
#52Benjamin120US #82
#53Andrew115US #53
#54Floyd115US #61
#55Warren112US #45
#56Lester111US #69
#57Cecil109US #85
#58Lonnie109US #195
#59Horace107US #132
#60Vernon106US #68
#61Alfred103US #42
#62Harvey101US #88
#63Lawrence101US #36
#64Oscar101US #92
#65Louis100US #27
#66Clifton99US #168
#67Edgar96US #93
#68Sam96US #84
#69Leonard90US #38
#70Norman90US #44
#71Eddie89US #112
#72Hugh87US #120
#73Melvin87US #50
#74Lloyd86US #59
#75Calvin85US #128
#76Mack85
#77Rufus84US #188
#78Wilbert80US #167
#79Billy79US #90
#80Glenn77US #79
#81Leon76US #77
#82Allen75US #95
#83Milton75US #74
#84Willard75US #91
#85Curtis73US #113
#86Alton72US #187
#87Elmer72US #54
#88Nathaniel71US #175
#89Russell71US #49
#90Ben70US #139
#91Julius70US #129
#92Edwin69US #52
#93Theodore69US #62
#94Roland68US #115
#95Wallace68US #87
#96Elbert67US #184
#97Grady66
#98Grover65
#99Dewey64US #193
#100Archie63US #150

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑29Margie#49
↑19Mamie#53
↑16Vernon#60
↑16Eddie#71
↑15Glenn#80
↑14Lena#71
↑13Geneva#61
↑13Kathleen#66

Falling

↓27Warren#55
↓26Grady#97
↓22Anna#80
↓22Elmer#87
↓20Archie#100
↓19Inez#83
↓16Mabel#60
↓14Lawrence#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.