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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1925 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,826 North Carolina births in 1925 across 1,182 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.

#63Lonnie#200 nationally
#57Maggie#179 nationally
#82Sallieoutside the national top 200
#49Rachel#165 nationally
#86Rufusoutside the national top 200
#87Katieoutside the national top 200
#87Wadeoutside the national top 200
#91Gradyoutside the national top 200
#89Sadie#194 nationally
#68Clifton#171 nationally
#99Addieoutside the national top 200
#50Hattie#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,916US #1
#2Dorothy1,089US #2
#3Margaret992US #5
#4Annie986US #32
#5Helen784US #4
#6Ruth759US #6
#7Mildred647US #9
#8Ruby632US #30
#9Frances605US #11
#10Virginia590US #7
#11Doris544US #8
#12Betty536US #3
#13Elizabeth531US #10
#14Martha443US #23
#15Sarah435US #58
#16Louise431US #27
#17Hazel420US #45
#18Evelyn403US #12
#19Edna385US #37
#20Gladys346US #33
#21Ethel341US #43
#22Edith337US #42
#23Thelma327US #35
#24Alice324US #15
#25Lillie316US #91
#26Marie289US #16
#27Willie287US #68
#28Lillian276US #25
#29Clara259US #55
#30Pauline256US #38
#31Lois247US #18
#32Rosa245US #125
#33Mattie239US #100
#34Emma238US #57
#35Catherine233US #29
#36Lucille233US #41
#37Nellie232US #98
#38Ella224US #93
#39Myrtle221US #95
#40Minnie218US #104
#41Bessie216US #87
#42Irene216US #19
#43Marjorie209US #21
#44Nancy202US #60
#45Margie200US #99
#46Jessie198US #97
#47Lucy198US #102
#48Beatrice194US #50
#49Rachel193US #165
#50Hattie192US #148
#51Julia192US #65
#52Grace191US #44
#53Juanita189US #49
#54Elsie184US #63
#55Eva184US #71
#56Laura181US #75
#57Maggie181US #179
#58Ida180US #82
#59Carrie179US #134
#60Bertha177US #74
#61Christine176US #123
#62Josephine172US #36
#63Alma167US #94
#64Anna167US #13
#65Mamie165US #160
#66Bernice164US #46
#67Geneva156US #109
#68Pearl155US #90
#69Lena151US #124
#70Jean149US #14
#71Katherine148US #61
#72Hilda145US #142
#73Kathleen145US #81
#74Lula142US #149
#75Beulah141US #143
#76Esther138US #56
#77Mabel136US #118
#78Mae135US #116
#79Cora134US #150
#80Florence125US #24
#81Fannie124US #151
#82Sallie124
#83Daisy123US #169
#84Eunice120US #130
#85Inez117US #139
#86Wilma117US #62
#87Katie116
#88Mable116US #166
#89Sadie115US #194
#90Vivian115US #76
#91Sara113US #133
#92Geraldine106US #54
#93Blanche104US #138
#94Agnes100US #69
#95Ellen100US #101
#96Rebecca98US #183
#97Vera98US #86
#98Viola97US #84
#99Addie94
#100Eloise93US #180

Boys

#1James2,991US #4
#2William2,227US #3
#3John1,683US #2
#4Robert1,374US #1
#5Charles852US #5
#6George792US #6
#7Thomas617US #11
#8Willie571US #27
#9Joseph534US #7
#10Paul441US #13
#11Walter428US #16
#12Henry420US #18
#13David411US #22
#14Edward389US #9
#15Jack345US #17
#16Charlie330US #78
#17Fred310US #33
#18Frank308US #12
#19Richard293US #8
#20Clarence281US #30
#21Harold275US #14
#22Joe268US #34
#23Ralph263US #25
#24Samuel262US #46
#25Howard259US #26
#26Clyde256US #68
#27Arthur250US #20
#28Roy247US #32
#29Albert239US #21
#30Ernest220US #37
#31Carl215US #28
#32Billy210US #49
#33Raymond208US #15
#34Calvin205US #47
#35Earl195US #31
#36Jesse181US #85
#37Marvin178US #51
#38Eugene173US #24
#39Harry172US #23
#40Leroy169US #52
#41Floyd164US #58
#42Herman160US #69
#43Donald154US #10
#44Ray154US #64
#45Johnnie141US #100
#46Herbert140US #42
#47Hubert139US #124
#48Claude138US #102
#49Lee138US #82
#50Kenneth136US #19
#51Luther136US #132
#52Jessie135US #123
#53Cecil127US #87
#54Lewis119US #79
#55Melvin119US #50
#56Benjamin117US #93
#57Andrew114US #56
#58Horace114US #145
#59Harvey112US #88
#60Louis106US #29
#61Daniel103US #44
#62Lester102US #81
#63Lonnie101US #200
#64Lawrence100US #36
#65Oscar98US #99
#66Bill96US #84
#67Alfred95US #43
#68Clifton95US #171
#69Norman94US #41
#70Eddie91US #101
#71Glenn88US #77
#72Leonard88US #38
#73Lloyd88US #62
#74Leon86US #76
#75Curtis83US #118
#76Junior81US #115
#77Vernon77US #67
#78Alvin76US #70
#79Otis76US #159
#80Edwin75US #57
#81Edgar74US #96
#82Milton74US #80
#83Sam74US #91
#84Dewey73US #181
#85Elmer73US #61
#86Rufus73
#87Wade73
#88Nathaniel71US #178
#89Wilbert71US #180
#90Earnest70US #148
#91Grady70
#92Ben69US #153
#93Marion67US #109
#94Hugh66US #127
#95Archie65US #163
#96Willard64US #97
#97Theodore63US #63
#98Allen62US #94
#99Alton62US #197
#100Chester62US #73

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑26Jean#70
↑25Clifton#68
↑19Alvin#78
↑19Otis#79
↑18Ella#38
↑18Hilda#72
↑17Laura#56
↑17Maggie#57

Falling

↓27Hugh#94
↓19Carrie#59
↓19Viola#98
↓19Allen#98
↓18Mable#88
↓17Earnest#90
↓16Leonard#72
↓15Elmer#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.