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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1931 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,387 North Carolina births in 1931 across 1,078 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.

#46Rachel#161 nationally
#86Sadieoutside the national top 200
#69Lonnie#183 nationally
#77Mamie#191 nationally
#87Maggieoutside the national top 200
#89Gradyoutside the national top 200
#66Hattie#175 nationally
#92Katieoutside the national top 200
#93Deweyoutside the national top 200
#94Rufusoutside the national top 200
#95Wadeoutside the national top 200
#67Hilda#167 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,443US #1
#2Betty1,608US #2
#3Dorothy961US #3
#4Margaret741US #7
#5Annie676US #41
#6Doris594US #10
#7Helen585US #6
#8Peggy551US #42
#9Frances478US #18
#10Ruth438US #11
#11Mildred435US #26
#12Barbara433US #4
#13Ruby430US #39
#14Martha413US #28
#15Virginia403US #12
#16Nancy387US #17
#17Elizabeth369US #16
#18Sarah354US #71
#19Evelyn349US #24
#20Hazel308US #74
#21Edna302US #52
#22Louise270US #33
#23Joyce265US #15
#24Alice261US #21
#25Gladys254US #55
#26Clara230US #61
#27Ethel228US #67
#28Lillie228US #112
#29Thelma228US #53
#30Jean225US #13
#31Emma219US #76
#32Edith201US #65
#33Lois197US #20
#34Willie191US #93
#35Marie182US #27
#36Nellie180US #119
#37Catherine179US #36
#38Pauline175US #56
#39Margie174US #107
#40Mattie172US #130
#41Shirley169US #9
#42Juanita164US #57
#43Geraldine163US #38
#44Lucille159US #62
#45Rosa159US #138
#46Rachel156US #161
#47Minnie155US #129
#48Lillian154US #47
#49Bertha152US #102
#50Carolyn150US #60
#51Ella145US #110
#52Bessie144US #113
#53Marjorie142US #34
#54Ann141US #35
#55Elsie141US #86
#56Myrtle140US #134
#57Grace139US #70
#58Christine137US #125
#59Bernice135US #63
#60Alma134US #114
#61Norma134US #22
#62Irene132US #37
#63Patricia131US #8
#64Eva130US #94
#65Ida127US #100
#66Hattie126US #175
#67Hilda126US #167
#68Julia126US #91
#69Laura126US #89
#70Joan124US #5
#71Anna123US #25
#72Jessie123US #122
#73Lucy123US #126
#74Rebecca123US #170
#75Carrie122US #148
#76Wilma119US #69
#77Mamie118US #191
#78Beatrice117US #85
#79Patsy114US #83
#80Vivian114US #82
#81Fannie113US #169
#82Josephine111US #51
#83Lula110US #162
#84Sara110US #135
#85Billie102US #81
#86Sadie100
#87Maggie99
#88Cora98US #160
#89Bobbie97US #124
#90Esther93US #79
#91Geneva93US #136
#92Katie93
#93Mae91US #141
#94Bettie89US #177
#95Daisy87US #178
#96Jane87US #50
#97Anne86US #80
#98Georgia86US #120
#99Eleanor85US #40
#100Eunice85US #147

Boys

#1James2,637US #2
#2William1,800US #4
#3Robert1,428US #1
#4John1,307US #3
#5Charles996US #6
#6George682US #8
#7Bobby591US #32
#8Billy575US #19
#9Thomas560US #10
#10Willie461US #31
#11Jack401US #15
#12Joseph397US #9
#13David380US #13
#14Richard380US #5
#15Edward357US #11
#16Walter347US #20
#17Paul338US #12
#18Henry327US #22
#19Donald324US #7
#20Harold302US #18
#21Ralph274US #25
#22Fred272US #33
#23Joe265US #29
#24Roy263US #35
#25Frank248US #16
#26Charlie247US #94
#27Clarence220US #39
#28Kenneth220US #14
#29Carl211US #28
#30Howard205US #34
#31Earl201US #40
#32Ernest198US #47
#33Raymond195US #17
#34Samuel192US #56
#35Herbert189US #41
#36Clyde179US #77
#37Eugene173US #21
#38Arthur163US #23
#39Ray161US #60
#40Harry156US #30
#41Albert155US #24
#42Jesse154US #97
#43Marvin146US #45
#44Floyd130US #66
#45Melvin125US #51
#46Jerry120US #43
#47Leroy120US #52
#48Herman119US #83
#49Cecil115US #102
#50Johnnie114US #110
#51Lawrence112US #38
#52Norman112US #36
#53Claude109US #134
#54Jimmy109US #89
#55Daniel106US #44
#56Bill105US #57
#57Lewis102US #87
#58Harvey101US #93
#59Curtis99US #108
#60Hubert97US #137
#61Alfred96US #50
#62Johnny95US #105
#63Glenn94US #72
#64Lee93US #90
#65Jimmie89US #81
#66Jessie88US #135
#67Luther86US #156
#68Billie85US #128
#69Lonnie85US #183
#70Calvin84US #119
#71Eddie84US #95
#72Horace82US #160
#73Louis82US #37
#74Leonard80US #48
#75Vernon80US #74
#76Russell77US #63
#77Oscar76US #129
#78Max75US #140
#79Tommy75US #115
#80Edgar74US #122
#81Leon74US #84
#82Lester72US #96
#83Andrew71US #65
#84Wayne71US #58
#85Douglas70US #85
#86Gene70US #64
#87Marion70US #133
#88Archie68US #177
#89Grady67
#90Sam67US #118
#91Benjamin66US #113
#92Theodore66US #70
#93Dewey65
#94Rufus65
#95Wade64
#96Alvin63US #80
#97Junior63US #150
#98Roger63US #53
#99Gerald62US #26
#100Allen61US #79

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑35Marjorie#53
↑34Patricia#63
↑29Shirley#41
↑29Billie#68
↑26Geraldine#43
↑26Norman#52
↑20Laura#69
↑15Douglas#85

Falling

↓24Carrie#75
↓21Lucy#73
↓21Billie#85
↓17Andrew#83
↓16Lula#83
↓15Wilma#76
↓15Mae#93
↓15Hubert#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.