North Carolina ★ 1921

Top names in North Carolina, 1921

Mary led for girls with 2,811 babies ; James for boys with 2,926. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,811
2	Margaret	1,061
3	Annie	935
4	Dorothy	911
5	Ruth	893
6	Helen	792
7	Mildred	685
8	Ruby	637
9	Elizabeth	609
10	Virginia	603
11	Frances	512
12	Hazel	488
13	Louise	472
14	Edna	438
15	Martha	428
16	Sarah	408
17	Gladys	386
18	Pauline	385
19	Thelma	379
20	Evelyn	376
21	Edith	370
22	Ethel	364
23	Doris	349
24	Alice	323
25	Lillian	297
26	Lucille	287
27	Lillie	285
28	Myrtle	279
29	Marie	269
30	Willie	256
31	Mattie	255
32	Emma	252
33	Bessie	241
34	Irene	239
35	Grace	230
36	Catherine	228
37	Minnie	224
38	Nellie	220
39	Rosa	218
40	Carrie	215
41	Clara	209
42	Lois	206
43	Eva	202
43	Mabel	202
45	Lucy	200
46	Hattie	198
47	Beatrice	196
48	Elsie	194
49	Alma	192
50	Betty	191
50	Ella	191
52	Jessie	188
53	Bertha	187
54	Julia	185
55	Maggie	184
56	Nancy	177
57	Ida	174
58	Anna	168
58	Rachel	168
60	Laura	167
60	Viola	167
62	Juanita	164
62	Katherine	164
64	Inez	163
64	Lula	163
66	Christine	162
67	Josephine	160
68	Beulah	159
69	Marjorie	157
70	Fannie	156
71	Florence	155
72	Mamie	154
73	Pearl	153
74	Geneva	149
75	Esther	143
75	Mae	143
77	Cora	141
77	Margie	141
79	Kathleen	140
80	Mable	135
81	Bernice	130
82	Sadie	129
83	Eula	125
84	Gertrude	123
85	Lena	122
86	Sallie	120
87	Agnes	118
87	Naomi	118
87	Wilma	118
90	Sara	117
91	Rebecca	116
92	Eunice	115
93	Daisy	112
94	Dora	108
95	Ada	107
95	Blanche	107
95	Katie	107
98	Vivian	103
99	Nannie	102
99	Vera	102

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,926
2	William	2,198
3	John	1,699
4	Robert	1,193
5	George	833
6	Charles	791
7	Joseph	567
8	Willie	563
9	Thomas	552
10	Edward	450
11	Walter	438
12	Paul	421
13	Henry	418
14	David	384
15	Charlie	364
16	Fred	336
17	Richard	315
18	Clarence	295
19	Roy	287
20	Frank	275
21	Joe	268
22	Ralph	264
23	Howard	260
24	Ernest	253
25	Jack	251
26	Samuel	247
27	Arthur	243
28	Warren	239
29	Harry	230
30	Albert	228
30	Carl	228
32	Harold	222
33	Clyde	220
34	Earl	201
35	Eugene	190
36	Raymond	185
37	Jesse	162
38	Marvin	160
39	Johnnie	154
40	Claude	152
41	Luther	145
42	Herbert	144
43	Herman	141
43	Hubert	141
45	Jessie	140
45	Ray	140
47	Lee	126
48	Leroy	125
49	Lawrence	123
50	Benjamin	117
51	Kenneth	114
52	Lewis	113
52	Oscar	113
54	Floyd	112
54	Harvey	112
56	Cecil	110
57	Donald	109
58	Leonard	106
59	Edgar	103
60	Daniel	101
61	Horace	100
61	Hugh	100
63	Louis	99
64	Andrew	95
65	Elmer	94
65	Lester	94
67	Alfred	92
67	Norman	92
69	Lonnie	90
70	Earnest	89
70	Grady	89
72	Wade	86
73	Clifton	85
73	Melvin	85
73	Russell	85
73	Vernon	85
77	Willard	80
78	Rufus	77
78	Sam	77
80	Archie	72
80	Lloyd	72
80	Nathaniel	72
83	Theodore	71
83	Wilbert	71
85	Calvin	70
85	Milton	70
87	Eddie	69
87	Julius	69
89	Chester	68
89	Leon	68
91	Allen	66
91	Bill	66
93	Curtis	65
94	Elbert	64
94	Glenn	64
96	Dewey	63
96	Marion	63
98	Bruce	62
98	Homer	62
100	Ben	61