State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1930 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,786 North Carolina births in 1930 across 1,096 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.

#75Maggieoutside the national top 200
#75Gradyoutside the national top 200
#72Lonnie#193 nationally
#47Rachel#164 nationally
#86Rufusoutside the national top 200
#71Alton#183 nationally
#87Mable#198 nationally
#82Bettie#191 nationally
#79Mamie#187 nationally
#57Hattie#160 nationally
#80Eula#182 nationally
#100Sadieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,484US #1
#2Betty1,530US #2
#3Dorothy1,139US #3
#4Annie817US #40
#5Margaret784US #5
#6Doris713US #9
#7Helen606US #4
#8Mildred523US #21
#9Ruby508US #36
#10Ruth474US #10
#11Frances464US #16
#12Martha448US #27
#13Virginia419US #12
#14Elizabeth398US #15
#15Peggy388US #67
#16Nancy361US #24
#17Sarah352US #70
#18Edna348US #51
#19Hazel338US #71
#20Evelyn334US #19
#21Louise320US #31
#22Gladys318US #48
#23Alice286US #20
#24Thelma283US #45
#25Barbara255US #6
#26Lois252US #17
#27Joyce248US #18
#28Clara239US #64
#29Marie236US #26
#30Ethel228US #65
#31Jean223US #14
#32Catherine220US #35
#33Lillie218US #111
#34Willie217US #87
#35Edith207US #61
#36Pauline202US #52
#37Emma199US #73
#38Lucille199US #59
#39Juanita189US #57
#40Lillian188US #44
#41Mattie180US #128
#42Rosa179US #129
#43Ella178US #107
#44Nellie174US #113
#45Minnie167US #122
#46Myrtle167US #123
#47Rachel164US #164
#48Margie163US #112
#49Grace160US #62
#50Irene159US #33
#51Carrie155US #145
#52Lucy155US #119
#53Bessie154US #108
#54Bertha152US #95
#55Eva152US #86
#56Christine148US #124
#57Hattie148US #160
#58Elsie146US #88
#59Carolyn145US #72
#60Jessie143US #114
#61Wilma142US #68
#62Anna140US #23
#63Hilda137US #158
#64Billie136US #79
#65Ida133US #94
#66Ann132US #41
#67Lula131US #157
#68Alma130US #109
#69Geraldine130US #43
#70Shirley130US #11
#71Bernice128US #58
#72Beatrice123US #76
#73Julia123US #90
#74Fannie117US #166
#75Maggie112
#76Vivian112US #91
#77Kathleen111US #84
#78Mae111US #137
#79Mamie111US #187
#80Eula109US #182
#81Geneva109US #133
#82Bettie108US #191
#83Josephine107US #49
#84Rebecca106US #176
#85Cora102US #161
#86Anne101US #83
#87Mable99US #198
#88Marjorie99US #32
#89Laura98US #89
#90Lena97US #144
#91Daisy96US #181
#92Esther96US #77
#93Katherine96US #85
#94Sara95US #134
#95Beulah94US #168
#96Vera94US #104
#97Patricia92US #7
#98Georgia91US #117
#99Pearl91US #121
#100Sadie90

Boys

#1James2,733US #2
#2William1,993US #4
#3John1,501US #3
#4Robert1,445US #1
#5Charles1,110US #6
#6George704US #8
#7Thomas575US #11
#8Willie556US #29
#9Billy502US #20
#10David479US #15
#11Joseph459US #9
#12Bobby451US #41
#13Jack451US #14
#14Paul378US #12
#15Edward374US #10
#16Richard364US #5
#17Walter348US #19
#18Henry321US #22
#19Joe318US #27
#20Fred295US #32
#21Harold287US #18
#22Charlie282US #91
#23Roy282US #33
#24Donald275US #7
#25Ralph266US #25
#26Frank259US #13
#27Clarence245US #39
#28Howard239US #31
#29Carl235US #26
#30Kenneth217US #17
#31Clyde209US #76
#32Herbert207US #35
#33Ernest206US #43
#34Earl205US #38
#35Eugene201US #21
#36Samuel201US #55
#37Raymond192US #16
#38Albert178US #24
#39Arthur176US #23
#40Ray167US #57
#41Harry151US #28
#42Jesse143US #94
#43Herman142US #78
#44Floyd135US #61
#45Hubert134US #137
#46Marvin132US #48
#47Claude123US #122
#48Johnnie117US #104
#49Leroy117US #53
#50Melvin117US #50
#51Lewis116US #87
#52Lee113US #82
#53Lawrence112US #36
#54Alfred111US #46
#55Daniel110US #47
#56Bill107US #59
#57Cecil105US #99
#58Jerry104US #51
#59Johnny102US #101
#60Curtis101US #106
#61Vernon99US #72
#62Luther98US #148
#63Jimmy97US #102
#64Eddie95US #97
#65Jessie95US #133
#66Andrew91US #62
#67Jimmie91US #86
#68Glenn90US #71
#69Harvey90US #92
#70Leon87US #81
#71Alton86US #183
#72Lonnie86US #193
#73Louis86US #34
#74Max86US #143
#75Grady85
#76Horace85US #158
#77Benjamin84US #115
#78Norman84US #40
#79Calvin83US #111
#80Oscar80US #124
#81Lester79US #95
#82Junior77US #135
#83Lloyd77US #69
#84Gene76US #70
#85Leonard75US #45
#86Rufus75
#87Sam75US #110
#88Clifton74US #184
#89Edgar73US #119
#90Allen72US #85
#91Archie70US #179
#92Edwin68US #66
#93Hugh68US #131
#94Milton68US #93
#95Wilbert68US #192
#96Wayne67US #65
#97Billie65US #123
#98Bennie63US #162
#99Bruce63US #109
#100Douglas63US #89

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑29Alton#71
↑26Eddie#64
↑20Eva#55
↑20Billie#64
↑18Andrew#66
↑16Johnny#59
↑16Jimmy#63
↑15Wilma#61

Falling

↓24Laura#89
↓21Beulah#95
↓19Marjorie#88
↓19Max#74
↓17Herbert#32
↓16Bernice#71
↓15Geraldine#69
↓15Josephine#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.