State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1927 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,274 North Carolina births in 1927 across 1,171 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.

#71Wadeoutside the national top 200
#74Dewey#197 nationally
#81Lonnie#199 nationally
#79Alton#191 nationally
#58Rachel#169 nationally
#90Sadieoutside the national top 200
#80Maggie#188 nationally
#63Rebecca#170 nationally
#94Mackoutside the national top 200
#82Nathaniel#187 nationally
#98Gradyoutside the national top 200
#99Janieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,968US #1
#2Dorothy1,218US #2
#3Margaret946US #5
#4Betty887US #3
#5Annie859US #36
#6Helen797US #4
#7Doris727US #7
#8Ruth665US #6
#9Mildred660US #11
#10Ruby624US #30
#11Frances562US #12
#12Virginia556US #8
#13Elizabeth448US #13
#14Hazel445US #53
#15Sarah431US #61
#16Edna428US #40
#17Martha428US #24
#18Louise393US #27
#19Evelyn389US #15
#20Gladys373US #37
#21Thelma329US #38
#22Alice303US #17
#23Edith287US #48
#24Ethel282US #47
#25Pauline280US #42
#26Willie280US #71
#27Lois269US #19
#28Lucille255US #45
#29Catherine254US #31
#30Lillie249US #94
#31Nancy240US #56
#32Lillian237US #32
#33Marie234US #20
#34Clara229US #63
#35Emma227US #64
#36Nellie226US #105
#37Bessie214US #88
#38Minnie214US #114
#39Ella209US #98
#40Myrtle208US #110
#41Mattie205US #113
#42Juanita203US #55
#43Irene202US #21
#44Bertha199US #80
#45Jessie198US #95
#46Rosa198US #124
#47Jean190US #14
#48Grace185US #50
#49Elsie180US #72
#50Margie179US #104
#51Christine178US #117
#52Eva178US #79
#53Beatrice174US #67
#54Alma173US #97
#55Lucy173US #112
#56Hattie172US #156
#57Julia168US #76
#58Rachel168US #169
#59Marjorie167US #25
#60Peggy161US #96
#61Carrie160US #139
#62Laura155US #82
#63Rebecca154US #170
#64Hilda152US #144
#65Geneva151US #119
#66Ida150US #84
#67Josephine149US #39
#68Barbara145US #10
#69Mamie145US #164
#70Wilma145US #68
#71Bernice143US #49
#72Fannie140US #160
#73Geraldine140US #58
#74Anna138US #16
#75Katherine138US #73
#76Pearl138US #102
#77Vivian133US #77
#78Joyce131US #35
#79Eula128US #176
#80Maggie128US #188
#81Mabel126US #133
#82Kathleen125US #83
#83Beulah123US #145
#84Esther123US #65
#85Inez121US #149
#86Cora119US #158
#87Ellen118US #93
#88Lula118US #150
#89Vera117US #89
#90Sadie116
#91Mable114US #171
#92Audrey113US #62
#93Carolyn112US #99
#94Florence111US #28
#95Mae111US #125
#96Eleanor109US #33
#97Sara105US #129
#98Agnes104US #81
#99Janie104
#100Eunice103US #134

Boys

#1James2,971US #3
#2William2,236US #4
#3John1,686US #2
#4Robert1,456US #1
#5Charles1,043US #5
#6George752US #7
#7Thomas690US #11
#8Joseph571US #9
#9Willie564US #27
#10David430US #21
#11Jack429US #16
#12Paul417US #13
#13Henry415US #19
#14Walter413US #17
#15Edward381US #10
#16Richard366US #6
#17Charlie323US #80
#18Roy323US #34
#19Billy312US #31
#20Harold310US #14
#21Ralph307US #24
#22Frank299US #12
#23Fred293US #35
#24Joe279US #30
#25Clarence268US #32
#26Carl257US #26
#27Clyde244US #68
#28Howard237US #28
#29Earl234US #33
#30Ernest229US #41
#31Albert219US #23
#32Eugene216US #20
#33Raymond213US #15
#34Samuel209US #49
#35Donald208US #8
#36Arthur190US #22
#37Marvin183US #47
#38Jesse182US #89
#39Herbert177US #42
#40Floyd175US #53
#41Harry165US #25
#42Herman164US #70
#43Ray161US #60
#44Kenneth160US #18
#45Johnnie149US #105
#46Calvin147US #73
#47Leroy135US #51
#48Bobby132US #91
#49Hubert130US #128
#50Claude127US #114
#51Lewis125US #82
#52Jessie121US #124
#53Cecil120US #92
#54Lee116US #86
#55Lawrence115US #37
#56Daniel114US #46
#57Luther114US #139
#58Horace112US #145
#59Harvey110US #94
#60Norman110US #39
#61Glenn109US #76
#62Melvin107US #48
#63Clifton106US #164
#64Leonard104US #40
#65Louis101US #29
#66Elmer98US #61
#67Alfred95US #45
#68Hugh94US #131
#69Benjamin93US #101
#70Vernon91US #71
#71Wade91
#72Andrew89US #56
#73Lloyd88US #58
#74Dewey87US #197
#75Eddie87US #103
#76Oscar87US #113
#77Bill86US #69
#78Lester85US #83
#79Alton84US #191
#80Alvin83US #66
#81Lonnie83US #199
#82Nathaniel83US #187
#83Theodore83US #62
#84Curtis81US #118
#85Russell79US #54
#86Johnny78US #132
#87Milton77US #88
#88Wilbert77US #185
#89Willard77US #106
#90Edwin76US #57
#91Junior74US #119
#92Billie73US #135
#93Edgar73US #107
#94Mack72
#95Leon71US #78
#96Wallace71US #96
#97Bruce70US #123
#98Grady70
#99Allen69US #95
#100Rufus69

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑32Rebecca#63
↑28Hugh#68
↑24Lucille#28
↑24Bobby#48
↑21Vernon#70
↑20Barbara#68
↑18Dewey#74
↑18Eddie#75

Falling

↓31Mable#91
↓27Carrie#61
↓27Edgar#93
↓21Grady#98
↓20Lonnie#81
↓17Agnes#98
↓16Eunice#100
↓16Junior#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.