North Carolina ★ 1926

Top names in North Carolina, 1926

Mary led for girls with 2,908 babies ; James for boys with 2,901. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,908
2	Dorothy	1,139
3	Margaret	1,000
4	Annie	863
5	Helen	842
6	Ruth	749
7	Doris	667
8	Betty	650
9	Ruby	605
10	Mildred	597
11	Frances	565
12	Virginia	563
13	Martha	474
14	Elizabeth	463
15	Louise	438
16	Sarah	420
17	Evelyn	404
18	Hazel	398
19	Edna	386
20	Gladys	361
21	Edith	329
22	Thelma	324
23	Ethel	323
24	Alice	310
25	Pauline	308
26	Marie	269
27	Lois	258
28	Emma	254
29	Lillie	246
30	Lillian	244
31	Catherine	240
32	Willie	239
33	Clara	227
34	Carrie	224
35	Bessie	223
36	Nancy	221
37	Irene	216
38	Margie	210
39	Rosa	208
40	Myrtle	205
41	Hattie	201
41	Minnie	201
43	Elsie	198
44	Ella	197
45	Grace	196
46	Bertha	190
46	Nellie	190
48	Rachel	182
49	Jessie	178
49	Juanita	178
49	Mattie	178
52	Lucille	177
53	Josephine	175
54	Eva	174
55	Beatrice	171
56	Jean	163
57	Christine	162
57	Hilda	162
59	Alma	161
59	Mable	161
61	Laura	159
62	Lucy	157
63	Bernice	152
63	Mamie	152
65	Fannie	151
66	Anna	149
66	Geneva	149
68	Ida	146
68	Marjorie	146
70	Julia	143
70	Kathleen	143
72	Katherine	140
73	Peggy	132
74	Mabel	128
74	Maggie	128
76	Daisy	127
76	Esther	127
78	Beulah	126
78	Geraldine	126
78	Wilma	126
81	Agnes	123
82	Pearl	122
83	Cora	119
84	Eunice	118
84	Mae	118
86	Georgia	115
86	Vivian	115
88	Barbara	114
88	Joyce	114
88	Lula	114
88	Sara	114
92	Vera	113
93	Eula	111
94	Viola	109
95	Rebecca	108
96	Katie	104
97	Lena	102
98	Florence	101
99	Inez	99
99	Nannie	99

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,901
2	William	2,283
3	John	1,720
4	Robert	1,375
5	Charles	886
6	George	740
7	Thomas	619
8	Joseph	544
9	Willie	503
10	David	426
11	Paul	409
12	Edward	408
13	Walter	406
14	Jack	393
15	Henry	391
16	Richard	346
17	Clarence	325
18	Ralph	293
19	Fred	285
19	Harold	285
21	Charlie	283
22	Joe	278
23	Roy	266
24	Carl	257
25	Billy	249
26	Ernest	246
27	Raymond	245
28	Frank	244
29	Howard	236
30	Clyde	227
31	Samuel	223
32	Earl	212
33	Arthur	207
34	Albert	205
35	Ray	192
36	Eugene	188
37	Floyd	187
38	Marvin	186
39	Jesse	176
40	Harry	170
41	Donald	164
42	Calvin	163
43	Herman	158
44	Johnnie	148
45	Leroy	145
46	Jessie	141
47	Claude	139
47	Kenneth	139
49	Cecil	138
50	Lee	131
51	Herbert	127
52	Daniel	120
53	Lewis	118
53	Luther	118
55	Hubert	116
56	Melvin	113
57	Harvey	112
58	Glenn	108
59	Lawrence	102
60	Andrew	101
61	Lonnie	98
62	Horace	97
63	Alfred	96
63	Benjamin	96
65	Louis	95
66	Edgar	94
67	Lloyd	93
68	Theodore	92
69	Leonard	91
69	Lester	91
71	Norman	90
72	Bobby	87
72	Earnest	87
74	Oscar	86
75	Junior	85
75	Sam	85
77	Grady	84
77	Wade	84
79	Nathaniel	83
80	Clifton	82
81	Curtis	81
81	Homer	81
83	Bill	80
83	Leon	80
85	Johnny	79
86	Archie	77
86	Milton	77
88	Alvin	76
88	Willard	76
90	Mack	75
90	Vernon	75
92	Dewey	74
92	Eddie	74
94	Alton	73
95	Edwin	72
96	Hugh	71
96	Rudolph	71
98	Billie	69
99	Allen	68
99	Russell	68