State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1933 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,313 North Carolina births in 1933 across 1,064 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.

#83Mamieoutside the national top 200
#63Hilda#179 nationally
#52Rachel#161 nationally
#59Hattie#167 nationally
#93Mableoutside the national top 200
#94Katieoutside the national top 200
#94Gradyoutside the national top 200
#95Maggieoutside the national top 200
#64Rebecca#169 nationally
#66Horace#165 nationally
#34Rosa#132 nationally
#78Lonnie#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,388US #1
#2Betty1,618US #2
#3Dorothy883US #4
#4Barbara729US #3
#5Annie726US #37
#6Doris717US #10
#7Margaret621US #7
#8Peggy598US #36
#9Helen528US #8
#10Nancy480US #11
#11Frances478US #18
#12Ruth441US #13
#13Martha426US #27
#14Ruby412US #43
#15Mildred407US #32
#16Elizabeth393US #17
#17Joyce381US #12
#18Virginia334US #15
#19Sarah330US #58
#20Evelyn313US #30
#21Edna280US #55
#22Shirley275US #9
#23Alice270US #22
#24Jean261US #14
#25Carolyn245US #40
#26Thelma242US #57
#27Hazel238US #82
#28Lois233US #19
#29Gladys230US #60
#30Emma221US #75
#31Clara217US #67
#32Louise215US #39
#33Patricia207US #6
#34Rosa181US #132
#35Ethel180US #71
#36Edith178US #80
#37Pauline175US #64
#38Nellie172US #120
#39Lillie171US #111
#40Willie169US #93
#41Lillian167US #51
#42Margie165US #95
#43Bessie164US #117
#44Joan164US #5
#45Minnie163US #135
#46Patsy158US #65
#47Marie156US #33
#48Norma156US #23
#49Geraldine155US #42
#50Ann154US #34
#51Juanita148US #63
#52Rachel147US #161
#53Ella145US #113
#54Catherine144US #44
#55Lucille140US #78
#56Mattie140US #130
#57Laura139US #91
#58Grace135US #69
#59Hattie135US #167
#60Carrie133US #150
#61Julia133US #97
#62Eva131US #101
#63Hilda127US #179
#64Rebecca126US #169
#65Bertha124US #106
#66Ida124US #109
#67Sara124US #123
#68Elsie123US #99
#69Lucy123US #129
#70Marjorie122US #41
#71Christine121US #128
#72Billie120US #92
#73Myrtle120US #142
#74Josephine119US #62
#75Alma118US #124
#76Bernice114US #83
#77Anna112US #29
#78Lula112US #166
#79Fannie109US #174
#80Eleanor107US #38
#81Beatrice106US #94
#82Wilma106US #66
#83Mamie105
#84Jessie104US #127
#85Janet103US #25
#86Sylvia103US #84
#87Geneva102US #141
#88Jane102US #47
#89Bobbie101US #114
#90Irene101US #46
#91Esther99US #88
#92Anne98US #85
#93Mable98
#94Katie97
#95Maggie97
#96Janice92US #81
#97Bonnie91US #68
#98Mae91US #148
#99Phyllis91US #28
#100Faye90US #153

Boys

#1James2,614US #2
#2William1,835US #4
#3Robert1,450US #1
#4John1,373US #3
#5Charles1,155US #6
#6Bobby705US #26
#7Billy616US #20
#8George607US #8
#9Thomas552US #10
#10Willie511US #32
#11David462US #13
#12Donald439US #7
#13Richard423US #5
#14Joseph385US #9
#15Harold366US #18
#16Jack355US #17
#17Henry337US #24
#18Edward323US #11
#19Franklin309US #33
#20Walter298US #21
#21Joe297US #27
#22Paul291US #14
#23Kenneth286US #15
#24Frank274US #16
#25Fred247US #34
#26Charlie243US #95
#27Roy242US #39
#28Carl231US #28
#29Ralph225US #29
#30Jimmy224US #64
#31Clarence220US #43
#32Jerry212US #31
#33Howard204US #36
#34Earl193US #41
#35Ernest184US #50
#36Samuel181US #61
#37Eugene180US #23
#38Raymond179US #19
#39Ray174US #62
#40Albert172US #30
#41Clyde168US #87
#42Johnny161US #90
#43Jesse148US #100
#44Leroy148US #56
#45Arthur145US #25
#46Herbert142US #49
#47Marvin142US #44
#48Melvin142US #51
#49Harry135US #35
#50Johnnie134US #115
#51Herman126US #96
#52Floyd125US #69
#53Lewis125US #92
#54Daniel108US #42
#55Roosevelt108US #132
#56Norman106US #37
#57Curtis103US #107
#58Harvey102US #97
#59Lee101US #79
#60Ronald100US #12
#61Jimmie99US #72
#62Larry99US #58
#63Cecil97US #111
#64Eddie97US #93
#65Douglas96US #81
#66Horace95US #165
#67Bill94US #59
#68Jessie94US #143
#69Gerald91US #22
#70Roger90US #48
#71Tommy90US #109
#72Hubert89US #155
#73Lawrence88US #38
#74Louis88US #40
#75Alfred86US #57
#76Claude86US #131
#77Allen85US #84
#78Lonnie85US #176
#79Luther85US #162
#80Benjamin84US #118
#81Gene84US #66
#82Vernon82US #83
#83Wayne81US #52
#84Leonard80US #47
#85Glenn79US #74
#86Theodore75US #68
#87Clifton74US #177
#88Earnest70US #166
#89Max70US #140
#90Alton68US #184
#91Hugh66US #141
#92Ted66US #145
#93Calvin65US #112
#94Grady65
#95Willard65US #130
#96Billie64US #146
#97Ben63US #163
#98Leon62US #85
#99Otis62US #175
#100Alvin61US #88

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑39Roosevelt#55
↑30Sara#67
↑24Tommy#71
↑23Roger#70
↑20Eleanor#80
↑18Franklin#19
↑17Patsy#46
↑17Billie#72

Falling

↓23Faye#100
↓22Luther#79
↓20Leon#98
↓19Christine#71
↓18Claude#76
↓17Catherine#54
↓17Myrtle#73
↓17Bernice#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.