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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1935 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,908 North Carolina births in 1935 across 1,086 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.

#72Hilda#199 nationally
#77Gradyoutside the national top 200
#84Katieoutside the national top 200
#81Clifton#196 nationally
#50Rachel#164 nationally
#90Maggieoutside the national top 200
#73Hattie#182 nationally
#92Bettieoutside the national top 200
#57Rebecca#163 nationally
#96Mamieoutside the national top 200
#35Rosa#137 nationally
#76Lonnie#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,411US #1
#2Shirley1,844US #2
#3Betty1,683US #4
#4Barbara1,021US #3
#5Dorothy807US #6
#6Annie689US #38
#7Margaret679US #8
#8Doris662US #13
#9Peggy660US #36
#10Nancy574US #9
#11Helen485US #10
#12Martha475US #24
#13Frances467US #19
#14Joyce402US #12
#15Ruth376US #15
#16Mildred368US #35
#17Elizabeth367US #17
#18Ruby362US #41
#19Virginia359US #16
#20Carolyn327US #28
#21Sarah303US #61
#22Patricia299US #5
#23Evelyn291US #31
#24Alice284US #25
#25Edna265US #67
#26Jean265US #18
#27Clara238US #81
#28Hazel233US #92
#29Lois212US #21
#30Louise210US #45
#31Patsy201US #56
#32Emma200US #89
#33Thelma193US #76
#34Catherine188US #42
#35Rosa187US #137
#36Lillie186US #118
#37Ann181US #30
#38Gladys179US #78
#39Edith175US #87
#40Sylvia174US #60
#41Willie174US #99
#42Geraldine169US #40
#43Margie169US #100
#44Ethel168US #82
#45Bessie163US #129
#46Norma162US #29
#47Ella160US #122
#48Marie160US #33
#49Mattie160US #136
#50Rachel158US #164
#51Joan157US #7
#52Lillian157US #66
#53Jo156US #73
#54Nellie155US #131
#55Phyllis144US #27
#56Julia141US #102
#57Rebecca141US #163
#58Minnie139US #139
#59Christine136US #130
#60Juanita136US #72
#61Jessie132US #135
#62Pauline132US #80
#63Carrie130US #158
#64Janice130US #47
#65Lucille128US #85
#66Elsie126US #113
#67Anna125US #34
#68Lucy124US #141
#69Myrtle123US #153
#70Bobbie122US #116
#71Bertha121US #114
#72Hilda121US #199
#73Hattie120US #182
#74Grace119US #83
#75Laura116US #101
#76Bernice113US #90
#77Sara113US #128
#78Wilma113US #70
#79Irene111US #52
#80Eva110US #110
#81Gloria109US #32
#82Marjorie107US #46
#83Alma106US #132
#84Katie103
#85Jane102US #43
#86Billie101US #106
#87Carol100US #11
#88Josephine100US #75
#89Janet99US #22
#90Maggie98
#91Anne97US #84
#92Bettie96
#93Ida96US #121
#94Lula96US #174
#95Esther95US #94
#96Mamie94
#97Bonnie93US #62
#98Beatrice92US #107
#99Mae92US #160
#100Faye90US #161

Boys

#1James2,848US #2
#2William1,813US #4
#3Robert1,575US #1
#4John1,321US #3
#5Charles1,143US #6
#6Bobby928US #24
#7George641US #8
#8Billy615US #19
#9Thomas586US #9
#10David584US #11
#11Donald520US #7
#12Willie513US #30
#13Richard470US #5
#14Joseph461US #10
#15Joe427US #25
#16Harold377US #20
#17Jerry361US #22
#18Edward343US #13
#19Jimmy335US #47
#20Paul333US #14
#21Henry327US #27
#22Walter309US #23
#23Kenneth307US #15
#24Jack305US #18
#25Roy285US #40
#26Ralph262US #32
#27Frank248US #16
#28Charlie235US #100
#29Carl227US #28
#30Fred222US #34
#31Larry211US #33
#32Clarence205US #48
#33Raymond195US #17
#34Howard194US #39
#35Jimmie187US #69
#36Clyde184US #82
#37Ray184US #64
#38Samuel184US #62
#39Johnny182US #74
#40Earl172US #46
#41Ernest168US #55
#42Eugene166US #26
#43Marvin162US #45
#44Albert161US #31
#45Leroy150US #50
#46Johnnie148US #118
#47Arthur147US #29
#48Harry147US #37
#49Franklin143US #71
#50Ronald140US #12
#51Floyd135US #76
#52Melvin134US #57
#53Tommy134US #95
#54Jesse133US #104
#55Curtis124US #108
#56Herbert122US #58
#57Cecil121US #109
#58Gene117US #66
#59Daniel113US #43
#60Harvey113US #99
#61Herman111US #101
#62Eddie109US #87
#63Glenn109US #78
#64Lawrence108US #35
#65Lewis105US #98
#66Louis105US #42
#67Wayne103US #49
#68Lee102US #80
#69Douglas100US #75
#70Norman98US #38
#71Benjamin97US #123
#72Bill95US #60
#73Jessie92US #140
#74Gerald91US #21
#75Hubert91US #160
#76Lonnie89US #178
#77Grady88
#78Roger86US #36
#79Leonard85US #54
#80Lloyd85US #84
#81Clifton84US #196
#82Claude83US #129
#83Hugh82US #139
#84Luther81US #169
#85Ted80US #144
#86Vernon80US #94
#87Allen77US #83
#88Alton77US #188
#89Alvin77US #91
#90Milton77US #117
#91Oscar77US #143
#92Arnold76US #103
#93Horace76US #174
#94Calvin75US #127
#95Leon75US #86
#96Alfred71US #63
#97Bruce71US #77
#98Max71US #128
#99Earnest70US #163
#100Jackie70US #102

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑33Sylvia#40
↑29Jo#53
↑20Roger#78
↑16Anna#67
↑16Lonnie#76
↑16Lloyd#80
↑15Larry#31
↑15Harvey#60

Falling

↓30Claude#82
↓25Josephine#88
↓22Faye#100
↓22Franklin#49
↓20Billie#86
↓19Hattie#73
↓18Alma#83
↓17Joan#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.