North Carolina ★ 1917

Top names in North Carolina, 1917

Mary led for girls with 2,129 babies ; James for boys with 2,237. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,129
2	Annie	834
3	Margaret	762
4	Ruth	659
5	Ruby	547
6	Helen	517
7	Elizabeth	503
8	Dorothy	460
9	Mildred	446
10	Virginia	437
11	Louise	398
12	Ethel	383
13	Hazel	372
14	Frances	367
15	Gladys	341
16	Lillie	327
17	Sarah	326
18	Edna	324
19	Pauline	309
20	Martha	305
21	Thelma	290
22	Evelyn	280
23	Bessie	263
24	Alice	260
24	Edith	260
26	Myrtle	259
27	Lucille	253
28	Lillian	248
29	Nellie	234
30	Beatrice	230
31	Bertha	221
32	Minnie	216
33	Grace	215
34	Hattie	213
35	Mattie	210
35	Willie	210
37	Clara	209
38	Eva	208
39	Marie	206
40	Emma	205
40	Jessie	205
42	Lucy	204
43	Carrie	201
44	Rosa	195
45	Pearl	193
46	Maggie	183
47	Julia	179
48	Irene	174
49	Mabel	170
50	Ella	169
51	Mamie	164
52	Beulah	162
53	Fannie	160
54	Lois	159
55	Elsie	156
56	Alma	148
56	Laura	148
58	Anna	147
59	Lula	146
60	Geneva	142
60	Lena	142
62	Ida	140
63	Doris	138
63	Florence	138
65	Catherine	136
65	Viola	136
67	Nancy	131
68	Esther	127
69	Katherine	125
69	Mae	125
71	Blanche	124
72	Sallie	121
73	Cora	117
73	Inez	117
73	Josephine	117
76	Gertrude	115
77	Agnes	113
78	Rachel	112
79	Mable	111
80	Betty	108
81	Eula	107
82	Sadie	104
83	Eunice	101
84	Kathleen	100
85	Bernice	99
86	Daisy	98
87	Vera	95
88	Katie	94
89	Essie	93
90	Addie	91
90	Juanita	91
92	Ada	90
93	Naomi	89
93	Vivian	89
95	Christine	84
95	Rebecca	84
97	Ellen	83
97	Marjorie	83
97	Nannie	83
100	Etta	81

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,237
2	William	1,602
3	John	1,498
4	Robert	980
5	George	647
6	Charles	559
7	Thomas	500
8	Joseph	446
9	Willie	406
10	Henry	385
11	Walter	375
12	Charlie	334
13	Edward	309
14	Paul	304
15	Frank	284
16	David	282
17	Fred	275
18	Clarence	245
19	Roy	232
20	Clyde	229
21	Ralph	226
22	Richard	209
23	Ernest	201
24	Howard	193
25	Joe	191
26	Samuel	189
27	Carl	188
28	Albert	187
29	Arthur	184
30	Raymond	176
31	Jack	160
32	Jesse	154
33	Harry	151
34	Harold	146
35	Herbert	142
36	Earl	137
37	Herman	134
38	Lee	126
38	Woodrow	126
40	Marvin	122
41	Eugene	119
42	Jessie	118
42	Johnnie	118
44	Luther	117
45	Ray	114
46	Oscar	112
47	Claude	111
48	Floyd	109
48	Leroy	109
48	Lewis	109
51	Hubert	106
52	Lonnie	94
53	Benjamin	93
53	Rufus	93
55	Lawrence	91
56	Daniel	89
56	Edgar	89
56	Harvey	89
56	Norman	89
60	Horace	88
61	Melvin	86
62	Cecil	81
62	Sam	81
64	Lester	77
65	Andrew	75
65	Leon	75
67	Hugh	73
68	Leonard	72
69	Julius	71
70	Lloyd	70
71	Nathaniel	67
72	Russell	66
73	Allen	65
73	Eddie	65
73	Glenn	65
73	Theodore	65
77	Alfred	64
77	Earnest	64
77	Elmer	64
80	Clifton	63
81	Vernon	62
82	Curtis	61
82	Garland	61
84	Archie	60
84	Mack	60
86	Otis	59
87	Grady	57
87	Jasper	57
87	Johnie	57
87	Willard	57
91	Wilbur	55
92	Edwin	53
92	Louis	53
92	Sidney	53
92	Wade	53
96	Elbert	52
97	Dewey	50
97	Wilbert	50
99	Kenneth	49
99	Thurman	49