State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1923 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,649 North Carolina births in 1923 across 1,161 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.

#64Gradyoutside the national top 200
#72Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#59Maggie#176 nationally
#76Nathaniel#193 nationally
#68Elbert#183 nationally
#92Rufus#199 nationally
#94Sallieoutside the national top 200
#94Mackoutside the national top 200
#95Essieoutside the national top 200
#55Rachel#160 nationally
#61Clifton#166 nationally
#81Sadie#185 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,891US #1
#2Margaret1,049US #4
#3Dorothy1,012US #2
#4Annie974US #34
#5Ruth872US #6
#6Helen760US #3
#7Ruby660US #25
#8Mildred656US #8
#9Virginia578US #7
#10Frances572US #10
#11Elizabeth508US #9
#12Louise504US #22
#13Martha447US #21
#14Sarah441US #54
#15Doris440US #11
#16Hazel437US #40
#17Edna431US #32
#18Gladys390US #29
#19Thelma368US #31
#20Evelyn354US #12
#21Edith333US #36
#22Betty319US #5
#23Ethel319US #38
#24Alice318US #15
#25Pauline305US #37
#26Lillie292US #91
#27Lillian291US #20
#28Marie291US #14
#29Lucille286US #35
#30Willie280US #67
#31Lois275US #27
#32Emma268US #53
#33Bessie254US #81
#34Irene253US #17
#35Catherine249US #24
#36Clara245US #49
#37Mattie234US #106
#38Beatrice232US #46
#39Lucy225US #92
#40Nellie225US #88
#41Grace223US #39
#42Jessie217US #94
#43Carrie215US #134
#44Myrtle214US #84
#45Minnie211US #99
#46Bertha209US #64
#47Marjorie206US #16
#48Nancy203US #75
#49Ella202US #93
#50Eva197US #66
#51Rosa194US #130
#52Elsie192US #61
#53Josephine192US #30
#54Kathleen186US #70
#55Rachel183US #160
#56Juanita182US #51
#57Ida172US #68
#58Mamie171US #154
#59Maggie170US #176
#60Julia168US #62
#61Mabel166US #102
#62Margie166US #101
#63Lula165US #151
#64Alma164US #89
#65Katherine164US #60
#66Hattie162US #147
#67Anna159US #13
#68Esther159US #47
#69Bernice158US #43
#70Geneva156US #111
#71Mae153US #109
#72Pearl150US #78
#73Laura147US #73
#74Christine144US #120
#75Fannie144US #142
#76Cora143US #149
#77Lena139US #108
#78Mable139US #162
#79Blanche135US #119
#80Georgia133US #112
#81Sadie133US #185
#82Eunice129US #125
#83Eula124US #171
#84Vivian122US #69
#85Inez120US #141
#86Florence118US #18
#87Sara118US #123
#88Beulah117US #129
#89Hilda117US #140
#90Daisy116US #163
#91Viola113US #79
#92Wilma113US #74
#93Agnes107US #63
#94Sallie107
#95Essie105
#96Naomi103US #137
#97Vera101US #82
#98Katie99
#99Ada96US #153
#100Janie95

Boys

#1James3,059US #4
#2William2,197US #3
#3John1,705US #1
#4Robert1,249US #2
#5Charles781US #5
#6George777US #6
#7Thomas623US #12
#8Willie587US #30
#9Joseph561US #7
#10Henry481US #18
#11Walter415US #16
#12Paul405US #14
#13Edward402US #8
#14David390US #24
#15Charlie355US #79
#16Frank324US #11
#17Jack312US #17
#18Roy304US #32
#19Clarence294US #29
#20Fred294US #33
#21Richard276US #9
#22Ralph273US #23
#23Joe241US #35
#24Arthur236US #19
#25Harold235US #13
#26Howard235US #26
#27Ernest233US #38
#28Raymond233US #15
#29Clyde228US #68
#30Samuel227US #45
#31Carl219US #28
#32Albert206US #20
#33Earl190US #31
#34Eugene182US #25
#35Jesse176US #83
#36Marvin172US #51
#37Harry168US #22
#38Herbert165US #40
#39Leroy162US #55
#40Jessie154US #119
#41Johnnie151US #107
#42Kenneth148US #21
#43Herman143US #66
#44Ray143US #61
#45Calvin140US #82
#46Floyd139US #64
#47Lee135US #85
#48Hubert131US #117
#49Claude129US #103
#50Luther128US #126
#51Lawrence119US #36
#52Warren118US #43
#53Donald115US #10
#54Horace115US #134
#55Melvin115US #48
#56Lewis114US #74
#57Benjamin113US #86
#58Harvey112US #91
#59Cecil108US #87
#60Daniel106US #47
#61Clifton105US #166
#62Louis101US #27
#63Alfred97US #42
#64Grady96
#65Lloyd94US #59
#66Norman93US #44
#67Billy88US #78
#68Elbert88US #183
#69Oscar88US #96
#70Andrew87US #53
#71Leonard86US #37
#72Lonnie85
#73Lester82US #71
#74Alvin79US #73
#75Curtis79US #116
#76Nathaniel79US #193
#77Vernon79US #67
#78Edgar78US #94
#79Eddie77US #110
#80Russell77US #52
#81Willard77US #92
#82Sam76US #89
#83Bill75US #98
#84Earnest75US #146
#85Leon75US #77
#86Wilbert75US #169
#87Archie73US #162
#88Glenn72US #84
#89Theodore72US #62
#90Bruce70US #135
#91Hugh70US #123
#92Rufus69US #199
#93Elmer68US #57
#94Mack68
#95Wallace68US #69
#96Julius67US #137
#97Allen64US #97
#98Dewey63US #185
#99Francis63US #34
#100Garland63

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑33Grady#64
↑30Calvin#45
↑28Elbert#68
↑22Betty#22
↑18Marjorie#47
↑18Melvin#55
↑17Lois#31
↑14Josephine#53

Falling

↓19Hattie#66
↓19Hugh#91
↓18Mack#94
↓17Viola#91
↓17Andrew#70
↓17Lester#73
↓17Vernon#77
↓16Myrtle#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.