State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1932 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,699 North Carolina births in 1932 across 1,095 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.

#81Gradyoutside the national top 200
#84Mable#200 nationally
#90Eulaoutside the national top 200
#49Rachel#156 nationally
#77Clifton#183 nationally
#73Hattie#178 nationally
#83Mamie#188 nationally
#96Sadieoutside the national top 200
#70Hilda#172 nationally
#57Luther#157 nationally
#70Horace#168 nationally
#78Daisy#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,674US #1
#2Betty1,776US #2
#3Dorothy1,045US #4
#4Annie778US #41
#5Doris722US #10
#6Margaret701US #7
#7Barbara608US #3
#8Peggy593US #40
#9Helen586US #8
#10Nancy484US #13
#11Ruby474US #38
#12Mildred462US #26
#13Frances437US #19
#14Ruth432US #11
#15Virginia425US #14
#16Elizabeth411US #17
#17Martha394US #27
#18Joyce345US #12
#19Evelyn333US #23
#20Sarah331US #67
#21Louise308US #36
#22Alice305US #21
#23Jean305US #15
#24Hazel286US #75
#25Edna271US #50
#26Thelma269US #51
#27Shirley260US #9
#28Lois239US #20
#29Gladys238US #54
#30Clara233US #70
#31Emma227US #76
#32Edith218US #69
#33Willie196US #91
#34Lillie193US #111
#35Carolyn186US #46
#36Geraldine186US #42
#37Catherine184US #39
#38Ann177US #34
#39Margie175US #102
#40Marie175US #31
#41Minnie171US #129
#42Mattie170US #125
#43Rosa170US #131
#44Pauline168US #59
#45Bessie167US #117
#46Joan165US #5
#47Ethel163US #66
#48Patricia162US #6
#49Rachel161US #156
#50Lucille160US #63
#51Lillian159US #48
#52Christine158US #127
#53Bertha156US #101
#54Nellie156US #123
#55Norma156US #22
#56Myrtle155US #135
#57Elsie154US #97
#58Laura149US #88
#59Bernice148US #71
#60Ella148US #108
#61Carrie144US #145
#62Juanita143US #58
#63Patsy143US #77
#64Grace140US #72
#65Josephine139US #57
#66Alma138US #119
#67Julia138US #92
#68Lucy138US #128
#69Eva137US #98
#70Hilda136US #172
#71Marjorie134US #37
#72Wilma134US #65
#73Hattie133US #178
#74Anna128US #24
#75Rebecca126US #162
#76Jessie125US #126
#77Faye124US #159
#78Daisy121US #176
#79Irene120US #43
#80Ida117US #105
#81Fannie116US #164
#82Bobbie112US #113
#83Mamie112US #188
#84Mable111US #200
#85Anne109US #81
#86Vivian109US #90
#87Lula107US #157
#88Beatrice104US #87
#89Billie102US #93
#90Eula101
#91Bettie100US #183
#92Cora99US #169
#93Jane99US #49
#94Katherine98US #95
#95Mae98US #141
#96Sadie96
#97Sara96US #130
#98Geneva95US #137
#99Gloria94US #25
#100Eleanor93US #45

Boys

#1James2,736US #2
#2William1,855US #4
#3Robert1,514US #1
#4John1,506US #3
#5Charles1,201US #6
#6George657US #8
#7Bobby656US #30
#8Thomas608US #10
#9Billy598US #20
#10Willie553US #31
#11David491US #12
#12Joseph423US #9
#13Richard421US #5
#14Donald400US #7
#15Edward371US #11
#16Jack368US #17
#17Paul368US #13
#18Henry338US #23
#19Walter319US #21
#20Harold304US #18
#21Joe302US #29
#22Roy273US #38
#23Fred266US #33
#24Carl260US #28
#25Frank256US #15
#26Charlie255US #90
#27Clarence252US #40
#28Ralph251US #27
#29Kenneth236US #14
#30Raymond224US #19
#31Samuel214US #56
#32Earl207US #41
#33Ernest201US #47
#34Howard198US #36
#35Eugene192US #22
#36Albert184US #26
#37Franklin180US #66
#38Arthur177US #25
#39Ray173US #59
#40Clyde168US #82
#41Jerry165US #34
#42Jesse165US #99
#43Herbert155US #44
#44Johnny150US #96
#45Melvin150US #51
#46Harry148US #32
#47Jimmy143US #76
#48Leroy142US #53
#49Marvin135US #46
#50Johnnie128US #113
#51Herman126US #89
#52Lewis122US #92
#53Floyd121US #68
#54Harvey114US #95
#55Hubert112US #146
#56Jimmie109US #75
#57Luther108US #157
#58Claude107US #126
#59Jessie106US #137
#60Larry106US #65
#61Lawrence106US #35
#62Cecil103US #108
#63Douglas103US #85
#64Bill102US #58
#65Curtis102US #103
#66Vernon100US #78
#67Lee99US #86
#68Daniel98US #42
#69Gene97US #64
#70Horace93US #168
#71Norman92US #37
#72Ronald91US #16
#73Louis89US #39
#74Milton89US #106
#75Allen88US #80
#76Benjamin87US #115
#77Clifton87US #183
#78Leon87US #83
#79Max86US #143
#80Eddie85US #91
#81Grady83
#82Lester82US #101
#83Elmer81US #94
#84Glenn81US #77
#85Leonard81US #48
#86Alfred80US #49
#87Alton80US #184
#88Lonnie80US #179
#89Alvin77US #87
#90Oscar77US #138
#91Wayne77US #57
#92Calvin75US #119
#93Roger75US #50
#94Roosevelt75US #171
#95Tommy74US #109
#96Junior73US #145
#97Ben72US #156
#98Bruce69US #98
#99Andrew68US #69
#100Billie68US #141

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑25Allen#75
↑24Joan#46
↑22Douglas#63
↑18Johnny#44
↑17Josephine#65
↑17Daisy#78
↑17Gene#69
↑16Ann#38

Falling

↓32Billie#100
↓25Alfred#86
↓22Calvin#92
↓21Glenn#84
↓20Ethel#47
↓20Juanita#62
↓19Norman#71
↓19Lonnie#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.