State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1924 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,206 North Carolina births in 1924 across 1,224 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#196 nationally
#72Rufus#197 nationally
#76Wadeoutside the national top 200
#88Katieoutside the national top 200
#89Sallieoutside the national top 200
#89Mackoutside the national top 200
#84Sadie#193 nationally
#92Gradyoutside the national top 200
#49Rachel#157 nationally
#74Maggie#181 nationally
#85Dewey#186 nationally
#99Isaac#199 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,124US #1
#2Margaret1,108US #5
#3Dorothy1,038US #2
#4Annie958US #32
#5Ruth878US #6
#6Helen848US #3
#7Mildred712US #8
#8Ruby685US #26
#9Virginia640US #7
#10Frances600US #10
#11Elizabeth545US #11
#12Doris508US #9
#13Martha455US #21
#14Louise450US #24
#15Edna444US #31
#16Sarah440US #54
#17Hazel432US #42
#18Betty430US #4
#19Gladys413US #30
#20Evelyn412US #12
#21Edith374US #36
#22Thelma364US #33
#23Pauline356US #38
#24Alice315US #15
#25Ethel311US #39
#26Lillian306US #23
#27Lois305US #22
#28Lucille295US #37
#29Marie288US #14
#30Lillie273US #97
#31Willie263US #68
#32Clara255US #56
#33Catherine253US #27
#34Emma251US #57
#35Jessie240US #91
#36Nellie239US #92
#37Bessie235US #86
#38Myrtle235US #89
#39Beatrice234US #50
#40Carrie227US #135
#41Grace221US #43
#42Lucy220US #98
#43Rosa218US #129
#44Mattie213US #109
#45Minnie212US #100
#46Irene207US #18
#47Bertha204US #65
#48Nancy204US #69
#49Rachel201US #157
#50Margie200US #102
#51Hattie199US #149
#52Elsie198US #61
#53Juanita195US #48
#54Eva191US #66
#55Josephine191US #34
#56Ella190US #94
#57Julia188US #62
#58Marjorie188US #17
#59Alma187US #87
#60Lula187US #146
#61Mamie184US #156
#62Christine183US #115
#63Anna182US #13
#64Katherine180US #59
#65Bernice177US #47
#66Ida174US #70
#67Esther169US #51
#68Geneva169US #110
#69Mabel164US #108
#70Mable163US #162
#71Fannie161US #152
#72Kathleen161US #76
#73Laura161US #72
#74Maggie156US #181
#75Beulah148US #138
#76Pearl146US #78
#77Mae145US #114
#78Sara145US #116
#79Viola145US #82
#80Florence138US #20
#81Inez136US #144
#82Rebecca136US #171
#83Cora135US #155
#84Sadie135US #193
#85Daisy133US #166
#86Vera125US #85
#87Gertrude124US #60
#88Katie124
#89Sallie124
#90Hilda118US #141
#91Naomi118US #140
#92Eunice116US #130
#93Vivian116US #71
#94Wilma114US #67
#95Agnes112US #63
#96Jean112US #16
#97Eula109US #177
#98Blanche106US #137
#99Ellen106US #99
#100Dora105US #139

Boys

#1James3,102US #4
#2William2,190US #3
#3John1,821US #2
#4Robert1,393US #1
#5Charles864US #5
#6George777US #6
#7Thomas634US #11
#8Willie616US #30
#9Joseph557US #7
#10Edward458US #9
#11Henry432US #18
#12Walter417US #16
#13Paul407US #14
#14Jack372US #17
#15David371US #24
#16Charlie333US #80
#17Ralph319US #23
#18Frank311US #12
#19Fred305US #32
#20Harold301US #13
#21Richard293US #8
#22Roy290US #31
#23Clarence289US #29
#24Samuel263US #45
#25Calvin250US #44
#26Joe247US #35
#27Albert244US #21
#28Ernest239US #37
#29Carl238US #27
#30Howard231US #26
#31Arthur224US #20
#32Clyde224US #69
#33Earl220US #33
#34Raymond209US #15
#35Harry204US #22
#36Ray197US #60
#37Eugene186US #25
#38Jesse182US #86
#39Leroy168US #53
#40Marvin163US #50
#41Herman147US #70
#42Billy145US #63
#43Johnnie145US #101
#44Floyd141US #66
#45Lee141US #83
#46Claude137US #103
#47Donald135US #10
#48Herbert135US #41
#49Jessie129US #124
#50Hubert128US #115
#51Luther127US #127
#52Melvin121US #48
#53Kenneth119US #19
#54Cecil118US #85
#55Lawrence117US #36
#56Leonard115US #38
#57Daniel114US #47
#58Lonnie112US #196
#59Lester109US #72
#60Lewis108US #77
#61Benjamin107US #89
#62Harvey107US #88
#63Norman106US #42
#64Horace104US #143
#65Glenn101US #79
#66Oscar100US #99
#67Hugh99US #116
#68Vernon99US #68
#69Andrew98US #56
#70Elmer96US #57
#71Curtis94US #117
#72Rufus94US #197
#73Earnest92US #145
#74Alfred89US #43
#75Louis89US #28
#76Wade89
#77Wallace89US #87
#78Edwin86US #55
#79Allen85US #94
#80Edgar82US #96
#81Bill80US #92
#82Russell80US #52
#83Archie78US #154
#84Milton78US #81
#85Dewey77US #186
#86Leon76US #76
#87Eddie75US #113
#88Lloyd74US #61
#89Mack74
#90Sam74US #91
#91Willard74US #97
#92Grady72
#93Clifton71US #172
#94Wayne71US #74
#95Wilbert70US #177
#96Ben69US #141
#97Alvin68US #73
#98Otis68US #158
#99Isaac67US #199
#100Marion67US #112

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑25Billy#42
↑24Hugh#67
↑23Glenn#65
↑23Elmer#70
↑20Calvin#25
↑20Rufus#72
↑18Wallace#77
↑18Allen#79

Falling

↓32Clifton#93
↓28Grady#92
↓23Lloyd#88
↓23Alvin#97
↓19Blanche#98
↓18Kathleen#72
↓15Maggie#74
↓14Eula#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.