State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1926 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,385 North Carolina births in 1926 across 1,129 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.

#61Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#77Gradyoutside the national top 200
#78Wadeoutside the national top 200
#48Rachel#165 nationally
#75Maggie#189 nationally
#90Mackoutside the national top 200
#41Hattie#151 nationally
#96Katieoutside the national top 200
#34Carrie#138 nationally
#60Mable#164 nationally
#64Mamie#167 nationally
#100Nannieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,908US #1
#2Dorothy1,139US #2
#3Margaret1,000US #5
#4Annie863US #34
#5Helen842US #4
#6Ruth749US #6
#7Doris667US #7
#8Betty650US #3
#9Ruby605US #30
#10Mildred597US #9
#11Frances565US #10
#12Virginia563US #8
#13Martha474US #24
#14Elizabeth463US #11
#15Louise438US #27
#16Sarah420US #63
#17Evelyn404US #13
#18Hazel398US #48
#19Edna386US #38
#20Gladys361US #35
#21Edith329US #42
#22Thelma324US #36
#23Ethel323US #41
#24Alice310US #17
#25Pauline308US #39
#26Marie269US #18
#27Lois258US #19
#28Emma254US #59
#29Lillie246US #99
#30Lillian244US #28
#31Catherine240US #31
#32Willie239US #73
#33Clara227US #61
#34Carrie224US #138
#35Bessie223US #89
#36Nancy221US #57
#37Irene216US #21
#38Margie210US #103
#39Rosa208US #125
#40Myrtle205US #101
#41Hattie201US #151
#42Minnie201US #111
#43Elsie198US #69
#44Ella197US #98
#45Grace196US #46
#46Bertha190US #76
#47Nellie190US #102
#48Rachel182US #165
#49Jessie178US #93
#50Juanita178US #52
#51Mattie178US #109
#52Lucille177US #43
#53Josephine175US #37
#54Eva174US #79
#55Beatrice171US #58
#56Jean163US #12
#57Christine162US #120
#58Hilda162US #139
#59Alma161US #91
#60Mable161US #164
#61Laura159US #81
#62Lucy157US #106
#63Bernice152US #45
#64Mamie152US #167
#65Fannie151US #153
#66Anna149US #15
#67Geneva149US #117
#68Ida146US #82
#69Marjorie146US #22
#70Julia143US #75
#71Kathleen143US #83
#72Katherine140US #72
#73Peggy132US #104
#74Mabel128US #127
#75Maggie128US #189
#76Daisy127US #171
#77Esther127US #62
#78Beulah126US #148
#79Geraldine126US #54
#80Wilma126US #67
#81Agnes123US #77
#82Pearl122US #96
#83Cora119US #158
#84Eunice118US #134
#85Mae118US #118
#86Georgia115US #116
#87Vivian115US #80
#88Barbara114US #16
#89Joyce114US #44
#90Lula114US #154
#91Sara114US #131
#92Vera113US #84
#93Eula111US #179
#94Viola109US #97
#95Rebecca108US #185
#96Katie104
#97Lena102US #123
#98Florence101US #26
#99Inez99US #149
#100Nannie99

Boys

#1James2,901US #3
#2William2,283US #4
#3John1,720US #2
#4Robert1,375US #1
#5Charles886US #5
#6George740US #6
#7Thomas619US #11
#8Joseph544US #8
#9Willie503US #28
#10David426US #22
#11Paul409US #13
#12Edward408US #10
#13Walter406US #17
#14Jack393US #16
#15Henry391US #19
#16Richard346US #7
#17Clarence325US #29
#18Ralph293US #24
#19Fred285US #31
#20Harold285US #14
#21Charlie283US #81
#22Joe278US #33
#23Roy266US #34
#24Carl257US #26
#25Billy249US #40
#26Ernest246US #37
#27Raymond245US #15
#28Frank244US #12
#29Howard236US #27
#30Clyde227US #67
#31Samuel223US #48
#32Earl212US #32
#33Arthur207US #20
#34Albert205US #21
#35Ray192US #57
#36Eugene188US #23
#37Floyd187US #53
#38Marvin186US #50
#39Jesse176US #87
#40Harry170US #25
#41Donald164US #9
#42Calvin163US #65
#43Herman158US #69
#44Johnnie148US #104
#45Leroy145US #51
#46Jessie141US #124
#47Claude139US #106
#48Kenneth139US #18
#49Cecil138US #86
#50Lee131US #85
#51Herbert127US #44
#52Daniel120US #46
#53Lewis118US #82
#54Luther118US #135
#55Hubert116US #131
#56Melvin113US #47
#57Harvey112US #90
#58Glenn108US #75
#59Lawrence102US #36
#60Andrew101US #59
#61Lonnie98
#62Horace97US #149
#63Alfred96US #45
#64Benjamin96US #98
#65Louis95US #30
#66Edgar94US #109
#67Lloyd93US #60
#68Theodore92US #63
#69Leonard91US #38
#70Lester91US #78
#71Norman90US #39
#72Bobby87US #116
#73Earnest87US #147
#74Oscar86US #105
#75Junior85US #117
#76Sam85US #92
#77Grady84
#78Wade84
#79Nathaniel83US #176
#80Clifton82US #165
#81Curtis81US #112
#82Homer81US #123
#83Bill80US #74
#84Leon80US #73
#85Johnny79US #136
#86Archie77US #162
#87Milton77US #83
#88Alvin76US #72
#89Willard76US #100
#90Mack75
#91Vernon75US #66
#92Dewey74US #188
#93Eddie74US #108
#94Alton73US #183
#95Edwin72US #55
#96Hugh71US #128
#97Rudolph71US #111
#98Billie69US #145
#99Allen68US #93
#100Russell68US #52

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑29Theodore#68
↑28Mable#60
↑25Carrie#34
↑17Earnest#73
↑16Fannie#65
↑15Edgar#66
↑14Bertha#46
↑14Jean#56

Falling

↓28Lena#97
↓26Marjorie#69
↓23Eddie#93
↓19Julia#70
↓18Mattie#51
↓18Maggie#75
↓18Florence#98
↓17Bill#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.