State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1929 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,045 North Carolina births in 1929 across 1,134 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.

#65Lonnie#190 nationally
#80Maggieoutside the national top 200
#85Wadeoutside the national top 200
#88Gradyoutside the national top 200
#57Rachel#167 nationally
#76Nathaniel#184 nationally
#95Rufusoutside the national top 200
#83Mable#188 nationally
#60Hattie#164 nationally
#97Deweyoutside the national top 200
#73Mamie#176 nationally
#98Sadieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,666US #1
#2Betty1,326US #2
#3Dorothy1,095US #3
#4Annie819US #37
#5Margaret784US #5
#6Doris728US #6
#7Helen638US #4
#8Ruth569US #8
#9Mildred534US #18
#10Frances525US #16
#11Ruby525US #36
#12Martha454US #27
#13Virginia443US #11
#14Elizabeth420US #15
#15Evelyn388US #19
#16Sarah364US #68
#17Edna344US #51
#18Louise333US #31
#19Hazel331US #64
#20Gladys323US #44
#21Alice291US #21
#22Peggy289US #70
#23Nancy277US #32
#24Thelma265US #41
#25Ethel245US #56
#26Lillie245US #103
#27Lois243US #17
#28Pauline241US #50
#29Clara231US #65
#30Barbara228US #7
#31Marie226US #22
#32Willie223US #76
#33Rosa220US #129
#34Ella216US #102
#35Jean215US #12
#36Emma210US #69
#37Edith198US #59
#38Nellie194US #113
#39Catherine190US #34
#40Lillian190US #40
#41Joyce189US #23
#42Lucille187US #57
#43Grace179US #54
#44Mattie174US #121
#45Irene173US #29
#46Bessie172US #107
#47Elsie172US #78
#48Bertha171US #93
#49Myrtle171US #117
#50Carrie164US #148
#51Juanita163US #60
#52Margie161US #108
#53Minnie160US #124
#54Geraldine159US #43
#55Bernice157US #55
#56Lucy154US #116
#57Rachel154US #167
#58Christine151US #123
#59Julia151US #88
#60Hattie149US #164
#61Beatrice147US #72
#62Jessie147US #110
#63Ida143US #96
#64Alma139US #106
#65Laura136US #90
#66Carolyn133US #77
#67Anna130US #20
#68Josephine128US #45
#69Marjorie125US #30
#70Hilda124US #157
#71Ann123US #46
#72Cora122US #153
#73Mamie118US #176
#74Beulah116US #161
#75Eva116US #83
#76Wilma116US #66
#77Lula114US #158
#78Shirley113US #9
#79Fannie112US #169
#80Maggie112
#81Vivian111US #81
#82Esther110US #71
#83Mable110US #188
#84Billie109US #79
#85Kathleen109US #89
#86Geneva105US #130
#87Mae105US #132
#88Lena104US #138
#89Audrey103US #58
#90Georgia102US #115
#91Katherine102US #84
#92Rebecca102US #181
#93Jane99US #62
#94Eleanor98US #38
#95Ellen97US #97
#96Eunice95US #145
#97Mabel95US #147
#98Sadie93
#99Maxine92US #85
#100Norma91US #25

Boys

#1James2,834US #2
#2William2,016US #4
#3John1,531US #3
#4Robert1,362US #1
#5Charles1,010US #5
#6George673US #8
#7Thomas609US #11
#8Willie546US #29
#9Joseph475US #9
#10Billy465US #23
#11David437US #17
#12Jack426US #14
#13Walter374US #19
#14Edward369US #10
#15Herbert364US #25
#16Paul352US #13
#17Henry351US #21
#18Richard337US #6
#19Bobby305US #50
#20Fred294US #34
#21Ralph290US #26
#22Joe281US #30
#23Harold279US #16
#24Roy274US #35
#25Donald263US #7
#26Charlie262US #87
#27Clarence256US #37
#28Frank254US #12
#29Carl237US #28
#30Earl236US #36
#31Clyde232US #74
#32Howard231US #31
#33Samuel221US #53
#34Ernest212US #43
#35Raymond188US #15
#36Albert187US #24
#37Eugene186US #20
#38Ray180US #57
#39Jesse178US #93
#40Kenneth177US #18
#41Harry176US #27
#42Herman156US #75
#43Leroy143US #51
#44Marvin143US #46
#45Johnnie139US #103
#46Floyd135US #58
#47Arthur130US #22
#48Lee127US #85
#49Melvin123US #49
#50Hubert122US #124
#51Curtis121US #99
#52Cecil117US #101
#53Lawrence116US #38
#54Alfred112US #41
#55Max112US #128
#56Claude110US #119
#57Harvey109US #90
#58Bill108US #63
#59Jessie106US #129
#60Lewis105US #84
#61Louis104US #32
#62Daniel100US #47
#63Glenn98US #80
#64Luther97US #145
#65Lonnie96US #190
#66Benjamin95US #107
#67Horace91US #153
#68Junior91US #120
#69Norman84US #40
#70Vernon84US #71
#71Leonard83US #42
#72Oscar81US #117
#73Jimmie80US #98
#74Lester80US #88
#75Johnny78US #113
#76Nathaniel78US #184
#77Allen77US #86
#78Gene77US #68
#79Jimmy77US #115
#80Leon76US #81
#81Lloyd76US #62
#82Clifton74US #178
#83Edgar74US #116
#84Andrew73US #59
#85Wade71
#86Earnest70US #155
#87Edwin69US #66
#88Grady69
#89Theodore69US #65
#90Eddie68US #102
#91Sam67US #105
#92Billie66US #122
#93Bruce66US #112
#94Rudolph66US #140
#95Rufus66
#96Hugh65US #139
#97Dewey64
#98Archie63US #187
#99Milton63US #94
#100Alton62US #191

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑22Max#55
↑21Geraldine#54
↑21Jimmy#79
↑20Oscar#72
↑19Barbara#30
↑19Joyce#41
↑17Peggy#22
↑16Mable#83

Falling

↓25Eva#75
↓20Mabel#97
↓16Archie#98
↓15Andrew#84
↓14Grady#88
↓12Rebecca#92
↓12Horace#67
↓11Edith#37

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.