State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1928 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,560 North Carolina births in 1928 across 1,130 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.

#69Maggie#198 nationally
#74Gradyoutside the national top 200
#72Lonnie#197 nationally
#59Rachel#177 nationally
#88Wadeoutside the national top 200
#93Garlandoutside the national top 200
#94Rufusoutside the national top 200
#83Eula#189 nationally
#73Mamie#178 nationally
#80Rebecca#183 nationally
#100Sadieoutside the national top 200
#61Hattie#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,898US #1
#2Dorothy1,148US #3
#3Betty1,109US #2
#4Margaret872US #5
#5Annie863US #37
#6Helen735US #4
#7Doris705US #7
#8Ruth644US #6
#9Mildred630US #15
#10Frances609US #13
#11Ruby561US #34
#12Virginia493US #9
#13Elizabeth478US #14
#14Martha453US #22
#15Hazel420US #59
#16Louise388US #31
#17Sarah388US #64
#18Evelyn383US #17
#19Edna373US #45
#20Gladys368US #41
#21Thelma335US #40
#22Alice302US #19
#23Ethel276US #55
#24Lois265US #18
#25Lillie262US #104
#26Edith259US #56
#27Willie254US #74
#28Pauline250US #48
#29Nancy242US #43
#30Marie237US #21
#31Lucille234US #51
#32Emma233US #67
#33Clara230US #65
#34Catherine228US #33
#35Jean216US #12
#36Lillian214US #35
#37Bertha213US #81
#38Nellie208US #111
#39Peggy206US #76
#40Grace204US #52
#41Bessie198US #101
#42Juanita195US #58
#43Minnie195US #118
#44Rosa194US #125
#45Margie192US #108
#46Myrtle191US #116
#47Ella189US #100
#48Irene179US #28
#49Barbara178US #8
#50Eva178US #79
#51Jessie178US #109
#52Lucy176US #112
#53Carrie175US #140
#54Christine170US #120
#55Mattie170US #121
#56Alma169US #107
#57Ida169US #87
#58Elsie166US #73
#59Rachel164US #177
#60Joyce163US #30
#61Hattie162US #159
#62Josephine162US #42
#63Marjorie159US #29
#64Bernice153US #53
#65Anna152US #16
#66Hilda150US #148
#67Beatrice141US #70
#68Wilma141US #69
#69Maggie140US #198
#70Julia138US #80
#71Fannie134US #161
#72Carolyn128US #91
#73Mamie125US #178
#74Ann123US #54
#75Geraldine123US #50
#76Geneva122US #124
#77Mabel122US #135
#78Laura120US #83
#79Lula118US #158
#80Rebecca118US #183
#81Katherine117US #75
#82Beulah116US #154
#83Eula115US #189
#84Kathleen115US #82
#85Georgia114US #115
#86Esther113US #66
#87Cora111US #155
#88Eunice111US #138
#89Pearl111US #110
#90Inez110US #160
#91Shirley110US #10
#92Vivian110US #78
#93Daisy107US #169
#94Mae105US #130
#95Florence102US #32
#96Sara102US #129
#97Agnes100US #85
#98Audrey100US #60
#99Mable99US #180
#100Sadie97

Boys

#1James2,967US #3
#2William2,114US #4
#3John1,560US #2
#4Robert1,507US #1
#5Charles1,057US #5
#6George750US #8
#7Thomas602US #11
#8Willie599US #29
#9Joseph460US #9
#10Jack458US #15
#11Henry412US #21
#12Edward404US #10
#13David402US #19
#14Herbert398US #25
#15Paul396US #13
#16Walter369US #18
#17Billy349US #27
#18Richard346US #6
#19Harold313US #14
#20Clarence307US #35
#21Charlie299US #80
#22Fred288US #36
#23Ralph279US #24
#24Roy273US #34
#25Carl255US #28
#26Earl255US #37
#27Frank255US #12
#28Joe254US #30
#29Howard252US #31
#30Donald250US #7
#31Samuel233US #52
#32Clyde225US #74
#33Raymond208US #16
#34Bobby207US #65
#35Eugene206US #20
#36Jesse205US #91
#37Ernest204US #43
#38Albert193US #23
#39Arthur188US #22
#40Harry186US #26
#41Marvin183US #46
#42Floyd172US #54
#43Ray165US #57
#44Johnnie150US #103
#45Kenneth147US #17
#46Leroy147US #51
#47Herman145US #78
#48Claude132US #116
#49Hubert132US #121
#50Alfred128US #33
#51Daniel125US #47
#52Melvin123US #48
#53Lewis120US #86
#54Calvin118US #94
#55Horace118US #147
#56Lawrence116US #38
#57Cecil112US #97
#58Curtis112US #101
#59Lee112US #87
#60Jessie108US #124
#61Harvey106US #90
#62Vernon103US #70
#63Leonard102US #42
#64Louis99US #32
#65Luther99US #145
#66Norman99US #39
#67Bill95US #64
#68Glenn95US #76
#69Andrew94US #60
#70Benjamin92US #106
#71Allen90US #93
#72Lonnie89US #197
#73Johnny88US #117
#74Grady86
#75Junior86US #120
#76Jimmie80US #100
#77Max80US #125
#78Gene78US #62
#79Lester78US #89
#80Alvin77US #72
#81Edgar77US #114
#82Archie76US #169
#83Eddie75US #105
#84Willard74US #113
#85Clifton73US #183
#86Earnest73US #153
#87Lloyd73US #59
#88Wade73
#89Hugh72US #129
#90Alton70US #176
#91Leon70US #81
#92Oscar70US #122
#93Garland69
#94Rufus68
#95Edwin67US #58
#96Bruce66US #112
#97Milton66US #92
#98Wilbert66US #192
#99Elmer65US #63
#100Jimmy65US #138

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑28Allen#71
↑26Curtis#58
↑25Herbert#14
↑24Grady#74
↑21Peggy#39
↑21Carolyn#72
↑19Barbara#49
↑18Joyce#60

Falling

↓33Elmer#99
↓22Clifton#85
↓21Hugh#89
↓17Rebecca#80
↓17Wade#88
↓16Laura#78
↓16Oscar#92
↓15Vivian#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.