North Carolina ★ 1920

Top names in North Carolina, 1920

Mary led for girls with 2,674 babies ; James for boys with 2,964. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,674
2	Annie	939
3	Margaret	925
4	Ruth	828
5	Dorothy	751
6	Helen	667
7	Mildred	637
8	Virginia	568
9	Elizabeth	567
10	Ruby	543
11	Frances	535
12	Louise	471
13	Hazel	414
14	Edna	400
15	Ethel	398
15	Martha	398
17	Sarah	393
18	Gladys	384
19	Thelma	374
20	Pauline	348
21	Evelyn	334
22	Edith	333
23	Alice	322
24	Lillie	310
25	Marie	295
26	Bessie	287
27	Doris	283
28	Lillian	279
29	Lucille	276
30	Nellie	262
31	Minnie	253
32	Myrtle	248
33	Carrie	239
34	Willie	238
35	Mattie	235
36	Clara	234
37	Grace	231
38	Lucy	224
39	Bertha	223
39	Rosa	223
41	Catherine	221
42	Emma	218
43	Eva	215
44	Hattie	199
44	Jessie	199
44	Julia	199
47	Irene	198
48	Anna	193
48	Beatrice	193
50	Lois	188
50	Mabel	188
52	Maggie	185
53	Elsie	182
54	Alma	180
55	Geneva	179
56	Ella	176
57	Mamie	171
58	Pearl	169
59	Mae	166
60	Nancy	165
61	Fannie	162
62	Laura	161
63	Lula	158
64	Christine	157
65	Beulah	155
65	Josephine	155
67	Viola	154
68	Betty	153
69	Katherine	151
70	Rachel	149
71	Ida	145
72	Esther	144
73	Florence	143
74	Juanita	140
75	Kathleen	138
76	Inez	134
76	Katie	134
78	Sadie	133
79	Mable	132
80	Lena	131
81	Ada	130
82	Daisy	128
83	Gertrude	119
84	Eula	118
85	Vera	116
86	Cora	115
86	Marjorie	115
88	Rebecca	113
89	Addie	111
89	Nannie	111
91	Sara	109
92	Bernice	108
93	Agnes	106
93	Blanche	106
95	Georgia	105
96	Sallie	104
97	Naomi	102
97	Wilma	102
99	Eunice	100
99	Vivian	100

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,964
2	William	2,081
3	John	1,783
4	Robert	1,251
5	George	786
6	Charles	717
7	Willie	622
8	Thomas	574
9	Joseph	528
10	Walter	470
11	Henry	442
12	Paul	424
13	David	421
14	Charlie	392
15	Edward	391
16	Clarence	322
17	Frank	321
18	Fred	299
19	Richard	282
19	Roy	282
21	Joe	269
22	Ralph	267
23	Howard	248
24	Jack	240
25	Albert	227
26	Raymond	225
27	Ernest	224
28	Samuel	222
29	Clyde	214
30	Carl	207
31	Harry	193
32	Harold	190
33	Arthur	181
34	Jesse	179
35	Earl	167
35	Warren	167
37	Marvin	158
38	Leroy	151
39	Eugene	150
40	Herbert	147
41	Floyd	142
42	Johnnie	141
43	Claude	140
44	Ray	139
45	Hubert	138
46	Lee	137
47	Jessie	136
48	Herman	130
49	Harvey	127
49	Lewis	127
49	Luther	127
52	Lawrence	121
53	Leonard	117
54	Oscar	112
55	Daniel	110
56	Lester	106
56	Louis	106
58	Lonnie	105
59	Edgar	103
60	Andrew	100
61	Eddie	97
62	Melvin	96
63	Grady	95
64	Cecil	94
65	Sam	92
66	Alfred	91
66	Benjamin	91
68	Earnest	90
69	Lloyd	86
69	Vernon	86
71	Willard	85
72	Horace	84
72	Russell	84
74	Grover	83
75	Wade	82
76	Rufus	81
77	Hugh	80
78	Glenn	78
79	Allen	76
79	Julius	76
81	Elmer	74
82	Leon	73
83	Edwin	72
83	Elbert	72
83	Norman	72
86	Clifton	71
86	Kenneth	71
86	Nathaniel	71
89	Milton	68
90	Curtis	67
91	Johnie	66
92	Archie	65
92	Otis	65
94	Alvin	63
94	Bill	63
94	Homer	63
97	Calvin	61
97	Donald	61
97	Mack	61
100	Woodrow	60