North Carolina ★ 1916

Top names in North Carolina, 1916

Mary led for girls with 2,056 babies ; James for boys with 2,083. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,056
2	Annie	770
3	Margaret	726
4	Ruth	692
5	Ruby	545
6	Elizabeth	499
7	Helen	487
8	Mildred	427
9	Dorothy	398
10	Virginia	393
11	Louise	378
12	Hazel	357
13	Edna	351
14	Gladys	326
15	Pauline	322
16	Ethel	319
17	Frances	304
17	Sarah	304
19	Martha	292
20	Evelyn	283
21	Thelma	281
22	Lillian	265
23	Bessie	261
24	Lillie	251
25	Alice	250
26	Edith	245
27	Grace	239
28	Mattie	233
29	Nellie	223
30	Minnie	220
31	Irene	213
32	Emma	204
33	Myrtle	203
34	Lucille	202
34	Lucy	202
36	Beatrice	201
37	Bertha	195
38	Carrie	194
38	Clara	194
40	Eva	188
41	Jessie	184
42	Pearl	183
43	Lula	177
44	Hattie	176
45	Rosa	175
46	Julia	173
47	Lois	168
48	Alma	166
49	Fannie	165
50	Marie	164
50	Willie	164
52	Ella	163
53	Maggie	162
54	Beulah	156
54	Viola	156
56	Mabel	153
57	Laura	152
58	Esther	151
58	Mamie	151
60	Catherine	149
60	Ida	149
62	Elsie	148
63	Sadie	143
64	Anna	139
65	Mae	137
66	Sallie	129
67	Blanche	128
68	Florence	127
69	Geneva	125
70	Mable	124
71	Cora	123
72	Daisy	121
73	Gertrude	119
73	Inez	119
75	Lena	118
76	Josephine	117
77	Doris	116
77	Eula	116
79	Nancy	107
80	Katherine	104
81	Eunice	102
81	Nannie	102
83	Katie	101
84	Ada	99
85	Betty	98
85	Christine	98
85	Rachel	98
88	Kathleen	95
89	Bernice	92
90	Lizzie	90
91	Addie	89
92	Georgia	85
93	Estelle	84
94	Agnes	81
95	Janie	80
96	Marjorie	79
96	Maude	79
96	Ollie	79
96	Rebecca	79
96	Vera	79

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,083
2	William	1,613
3	John	1,373
4	Robert	874
5	George	619
6	Charles	539
7	Thomas	504
8	Willie	458
9	Joseph	396
10	Henry	382
11	Charlie	356
12	Walter	335
13	Paul	316
14	Edward	295
15	David	277
16	Frank	272
17	Clarence	214
17	Fred	214
19	Richard	206
20	Ralph	205
21	Clyde	200
22	Roy	195
23	Albert	185
24	Joe	183
25	Samuel	180
26	Carl	179
27	Arthur	174
28	Woodrow	170
29	Howard	169
30	Raymond	166
31	Jack	158
32	Earl	150
33	Ernest	149
34	Jesse	147
35	Harry	143
36	Marvin	132
37	Hubert	129
38	Leroy	127
39	Herbert	125
40	Claude	124
41	Herman	123
42	Eugene	122
43	Harold	115
44	Luther	112
44	Ray	112
46	Daniel	110
47	Jessie	109
48	Edgar	108
49	Lee	106
50	Sam	100
51	Johnnie	99
52	Willard	98
53	Oscar	97
54	Cecil	92
55	Hugh	91
56	Lewis	90
57	Floyd	89
58	Andrew	88
59	Louis	87
60	Eddie	86
61	Lester	82
62	Harvey	81
63	Benjamin	78
64	Grover	75
64	Lawrence	75
66	Alfred	69
67	Norman	68
67	Rufus	68
69	Russell	67
70	Earnest	65
71	Leonard	64
71	Lonnie	64
73	Glenn	63
73	Grady	63
73	Horace	63
76	Kenneth	61
77	Wade	60
78	Alexander	59
78	Clifton	59
80	Francis	57
80	Lloyd	57
82	Elbert	56
82	Theodore	56
84	Edwin	55
84	Elmer	55
84	Mack	55
84	Vernon	55
88	Ben	53
88	Nathaniel	53
90	Jasper	52
90	Leo	52
92	Otis	51
93	Sidney	50
94	Allen	49
94	Bruce	49
96	Archie	48
96	Milton	48
96	Roland	48
99	Isaac	47
99	Marion	47