North Carolina ★ 1927

Top names in North Carolina, 1927

Mary led for girls with 2,968 babies ; James for boys with 2,971. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,968
2	Dorothy	1,218
3	Margaret	946
4	Betty	887
5	Annie	859
6	Helen	797
7	Doris	727
8	Ruth	665
9	Mildred	660
10	Ruby	624
11	Frances	562
12	Virginia	557
13	Elizabeth	448
14	Hazel	445
15	Sarah	431
16	Edna	428
16	Martha	428
18	Louise	393
19	Evelyn	389
20	Gladys	373
21	Thelma	329
22	Alice	303
23	Edith	287
24	Ethel	282
25	Pauline	280
25	Willie	280
27	Lois	269
28	Lucille	255
29	Catherine	254
30	Lillie	249
31	Nancy	240
32	Lillian	237
33	Marie	234
34	Clara	229
35	Emma	227
36	Nellie	226
37	Bessie	214
37	Minnie	214
39	Ella	209
40	Myrtle	208
41	Mattie	205
42	Juanita	203
43	Irene	202
44	Bertha	199
45	Jessie	198
45	Rosa	198
47	Jean	190
48	Grace	185
49	Elsie	180
50	Margie	179
51	Christine	178
51	Eva	178
53	Beatrice	174
54	Alma	173
54	Lucy	173
56	Hattie	172
57	Julia	168
57	Rachel	168
59	Marjorie	167
60	Peggy	161
61	Carrie	160
62	Laura	155
63	Rebecca	154
64	Hilda	152
65	Geneva	151
66	Ida	150
67	Josephine	149
68	Barbara	145
68	Mamie	145
68	Wilma	145
71	Bernice	143
72	Fannie	140
72	Geraldine	140
74	Anna	138
74	Katherine	138
74	Pearl	138
77	Vivian	133
78	Joyce	131
79	Eula	128
79	Maggie	128
81	Mabel	126
82	Kathleen	125
83	Beulah	123
83	Esther	123
85	Inez	121
86	Cora	119
87	Ellen	118
87	Lula	118
89	Vera	117
90	Sadie	116
91	Mable	114
92	Audrey	113
93	Carolyn	112
94	Florence	111
94	Mae	111
96	Eleanor	109
97	Sara	105
98	Agnes	104
98	Janie	104
100	Eunice	103

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,971
2	William	2,236
3	John	1,686
4	Robert	1,456
5	Charles	1,043
6	George	752
7	Thomas	690
8	Joseph	571
9	Willie	564
10	David	431
11	Jack	429
12	Paul	417
13	Henry	415
14	Walter	413
15	Edward	381
16	Richard	366
17	Charlie	323
17	Roy	323
19	Billy	312
20	Harold	310
21	Ralph	307
22	Frank	299
23	Fred	293
24	Joe	279
25	Clarence	268
26	Carl	257
27	Clyde	244
28	Howard	237
29	Earl	234
30	Ernest	229
31	Albert	219
32	Eugene	216
33	Raymond	213
34	Samuel	209
35	Donald	208
36	Arthur	190
37	Marvin	183
38	Jesse	182
39	Herbert	177
40	Floyd	175
41	Harry	165
42	Herman	164
43	Ray	161
44	Kenneth	160
45	Johnnie	149
46	Calvin	147
47	Leroy	135
48	Bobby	132
49	Hubert	130
50	Claude	127
51	Lewis	125
52	Jessie	121
53	Cecil	120
54	Lee	116
55	Lawrence	115
56	Daniel	114
56	Luther	114
58	Horace	112
59	Harvey	110
59	Norman	110
61	Glenn	109
62	Melvin	107
63	Clifton	106
64	Leonard	103
65	Louis	101
66	Elmer	98
67	Alfred	95
68	Hugh	94
69	Benjamin	93
70	Vernon	91
70	Wade	91
72	Andrew	89
73	Lloyd	88
74	Dewey	87
74	Eddie	87
74	Oscar	87
77	Bill	86
78	Lester	85
79	Alton	84
80	Alvin	83
80	Lonnie	83
80	Nathaniel	83
80	Theodore	83
84	Curtis	81
85	Russell	79
86	Johnny	78
87	Milton	77
87	Wilbert	77
87	Willard	77
90	Edwin	76
91	Junior	74
92	Billie	73
92	Edgar	73
94	Mack	72
95	Leon	71
95	Wallace	71
97	Bruce	70
97	Grady	70
99	Allen	69
99	Rufus	69