State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1934 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,978 North Carolina births in 1934 across 1,098 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.

#54Hattie#176 nationally
#80Gradyoutside the national top 200
#75Hilda#192 nationally
#49Rachel#163 nationally
#89Mamieoutside the national top 200
#93Wadeoutside the national top 200
#95Elbertoutside the national top 200
#93Bettie#196 nationally
#64Rebecca#165 nationally
#36Rosa#136 nationally
#58Carrie#158 nationally
#86Alton#184 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,443US #1
#2Betty1,824US #2
#3Dorothy875US #5
#4Barbara862US #3
#5Doris744US #11
#6Peggy706US #36
#7Annie697US #38
#8Shirley694US #4
#9Margaret671US #8
#10Helen560US #9
#11Frances495US #19
#12Nancy450US #10
#13Ruby415US #39
#14Martha408US #27
#15Mildred395US #35
#16Elizabeth391US #18
#17Joyce380US #12
#18Virginia367US #15
#19Ruth350US #13
#20Sarah346US #67
#21Evelyn305US #29
#22Edna300US #55
#23Jean288US #16
#24Alice287US #25
#25Carolyn263US #33
#26Patricia260US #6
#27Hazel243US #87
#28Lois243US #20
#29Louise238US #40
#30Thelma231US #65
#31Gladys222US #66
#32Clara216US #76
#33Lillie206US #116
#34Joan203US #7
#35Emma197US #85
#36Rosa195US #136
#37Ann192US #32
#38Ethel192US #78
#39Catherine189US #42
#40Ella189US #113
#41Geraldine188US #43
#42Edith177US #81
#43Willie177US #102
#44Patsy176US #59
#45Nellie173US #126
#46Minnie169US #133
#47Bessie164US #128
#48Marie163US #34
#49Rachel162US #163
#50Lillian160US #52
#51Norma159US #24
#52Juanita158US #64
#53Margie155US #103
#54Hattie153US #176
#55Pauline147US #71
#56Christine145US #121
#57Elsie142US #107
#58Carrie139US #158
#59Bobbie138US #110
#60Phyllis136US #28
#61Lucy135US #134
#62Mattie135US #132
#63Josephine134US #60
#64Rebecca133US #165
#65Alma132US #123
#66Billie132US #92
#67Myrtle132US #141
#68Bernice131US #82
#69Jessie129US #129
#70Julia129US #105
#71Eva128US #100
#72Bertha127US #112
#73Sylvia126US #70
#74Lucille124US #84
#75Hilda122US #192
#76Laura122US #96
#77Sara122US #125
#78Faye121US #146
#79Jane121US #48
#80Vivian121US #98
#81Marjorie120US #41
#82Jo119US #75
#83Anna116US #31
#84Ida113US #118
#85Irene108US #49
#86Carol104US #14
#87Fannie104US #185
#88Grace103US #79
#89Mamie103
#90Wilma101US #73
#91Lula100US #166
#92Mae100US #147
#93Bettie98US #196
#94Janet98US #21
#95Beatrice97US #99
#96Rose97US #37
#97Bonnie95US #58
#98Geneva93US #139
#99Anne91US #88
#100Cora90US #168

Boys

#1James2,926US #2
#2William1,855US #4
#3Robert1,514US #1
#4John1,324US #3
#5Charles1,150US #7
#6Bobby886US #23
#7Billy626US #20
#8Thomas596US #9
#9George590US #8
#10Willie545US #30
#11Donald510US #6
#12David494US #12
#13Joseph446US #10
#14Richard402US #5
#15Edward390US #13
#16Harold381US #18
#17Paul360US #14
#18Walter359US #21
#19Jack335US #17
#20Kenneth331US #15
#21Joe319US #26
#22Jimmy305US #56
#23Henry293US #27
#24Jerry269US #25
#25Frank268US #16
#26Charlie248US #100
#27Franklin244US #46
#28Ralph244US #31
#29Roy241US #35
#30Carl237US #28
#31Earl221US #41
#32Clarence218US #45
#33Fred207US #33
#34Samuel206US #66
#35Eugene204US #24
#36Johnny191US #83
#37Howard186US #37
#38Albert173US #32
#39Ernest171US #51
#40Clyde170US #84
#41Jimmie170US #68
#42Raymond169US #19
#43Ray165US #63
#44Jesse150US #102
#45Marvin149US #44
#46Larry144US #43
#47Leroy144US #54
#48Arthur141US #29
#49Ronald132US #11
#50Daniel126US #42
#51Melvin126US #55
#52Claude122US #130
#53Johnnie122US #116
#54Curtis121US #103
#55Floyd121US #73
#56Harry119US #36
#57Cecil118US #111
#58Herman117US #97
#59Herbert111US #57
#60Tommy110US #98
#61Bill106US #59
#62Glenn106US #81
#63Wayne106US #48
#64Douglas105US #72
#65Lee104US #79
#66Roosevelt101US #149
#67Benjamin100US #117
#68Eddie99US #92
#69Hubert99US #150
#70Lewis98US #94
#71Gene97US #67
#72Lawrence96US #34
#73Jessie95US #144
#74Louis95US #40
#75Harvey94US #99
#76Gerald90US #22
#77Andrew88US #76
#78Luther88US #167
#79Norman87US #38
#80Grady82
#81Horace81US #170
#82Theodore81US #74
#83Allen77US #88
#84Calvin77US #128
#85Leon75US #87
#86Alton74US #184
#87Ted74US #146
#88Leonard73US #53
#89Bruce72US #78
#90Alvin71US #93
#91Vernon71US #89
#92Lonnie70US #180
#93Wade70
#94Alfred69US #64
#95Elbert69
#96Lloyd69US #82
#97Max69US #126
#98Roger69US #39
#99Lester68US #110
#100Earnest66US #161

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑39Phyllis#60
↑30Bobbie#59
↑24Claude#52
↑23Glenn#62
↑22Faye#78
↑20Jimmie#41
↑20Wayne#63
↑16Larry#46

Falling

↓30Grace#88
↓28Roger#98
↓23Norman#79
↓19Lucille#74
↓19Laura#76
↓19Alfred#94
↓18Pauline#55
↓18Ida#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.