North Carolina ★ 1928

Top names in North Carolina, 1928

Mary led for girls with 2,898 babies ; James for boys with 2,967. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,898
2	Dorothy	1,148
3	Betty	1,109
4	Margaret	872
5	Annie	863
6	Helen	735
7	Doris	705
8	Ruth	644
9	Mildred	630
10	Frances	609
11	Ruby	561
12	Virginia	493
13	Elizabeth	478
14	Martha	453
15	Hazel	420
16	Louise	388
16	Sarah	388
18	Evelyn	383
19	Edna	373
20	Gladys	368
21	Thelma	335
22	Alice	302
23	Ethel	276
24	Lois	265
25	Lillie	262
26	Edith	259
27	Willie	254
28	Pauline	250
29	Nancy	242
30	Marie	237
31	Lucille	234
32	Emma	233
33	Clara	230
34	Catherine	228
35	Jean	216
36	Lillian	214
37	Bertha	213
38	Nellie	208
39	Peggy	206
40	Grace	204
41	Bessie	198
42	Juanita	195
42	Minnie	195
44	Rosa	194
45	Margie	192
46	Myrtle	191
47	Ella	189
48	Irene	179
49	Barbara	178
49	Eva	178
49	Jessie	178
52	Lucy	176
53	Carrie	175
54	Christine	170
54	Mattie	170
56	Alma	169
56	Ida	169
58	Elsie	166
59	Rachel	164
60	Joyce	163
61	Hattie	162
61	Josephine	162
63	Marjorie	159
64	Bernice	153
65	Anna	152
66	Hilda	150
67	Beatrice	141
67	Wilma	141
69	Maggie	140
70	Julia	138
71	Fannie	134
72	Carolyn	128
73	Mamie	125
74	Ann	123
74	Geraldine	123
76	Geneva	122
76	Mabel	122
78	Laura	120
79	Lula	118
79	Rebecca	118
81	Katherine	117
82	Beulah	116
83	Eula	115
83	Kathleen	115
85	Georgia	114
86	Esther	113
87	Cora	111
87	Eunice	111
87	Pearl	111
90	Inez	110
90	Shirley	110
90	Vivian	110
93	Daisy	107
94	Mae	105
95	Florence	102
95	Sara	102
97	Agnes	100
97	Audrey	100
99	Mable	99
100	Sadie	97

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,967
2	William	2,114
3	John	1,560
4	Robert	1,507
5	Charles	1,057
6	George	750
7	Thomas	602
8	Willie	599
9	Joseph	460
10	Jack	458
11	Henry	412
12	Edward	404
13	David	401
14	Herbert	398
15	Paul	396
16	Walter	369
17	Billy	349
18	Richard	346
19	Harold	313
20	Clarence	307
21	Charlie	299
22	Fred	288
23	Ralph	279
24	Roy	273
25	Carl	255
25	Earl	255
25	Frank	255
28	Joe	254
29	Howard	252
30	Donald	250
31	Samuel	233
32	Clyde	225
33	Raymond	208
34	Bobby	207
35	Eugene	206
36	Jesse	205
37	Ernest	204
38	Albert	193
39	Arthur	188
40	Harry	186
41	Marvin	183
42	Floyd	172
43	Ray	165
44	Johnnie	150
45	Kenneth	147
45	Leroy	147
47	Herman	145
48	Claude	132
48	Hubert	132
50	Alfred	128
51	Daniel	125
52	Melvin	123
53	Lewis	120
54	Calvin	118
54	Horace	118
56	Lawrence	116
57	Cecil	112
57	Curtis	112
57	Lee	112
60	Jessie	108
61	Harvey	106
62	Leonard	103
62	Vernon	103
64	Louis	99
64	Luther	99
64	Norman	99
67	Bill	95
67	Glenn	95
69	Andrew	94
70	Benjamin	92
71	Allen	90
72	Lonnie	89
73	Johnny	88
74	Grady	86
74	Junior	86
76	Jimmie	80
76	Max	80
78	Gene	78
78	Lester	78
80	Alvin	77
80	Edgar	77
82	Archie	76
83	Eddie	75
84	Willard	74
85	Clifton	73
85	Earnest	73
85	Lloyd	73
85	Wade	73
89	Hugh	72
90	Alton	70
90	Leon	70
90	Oscar	70
93	Garland	69
94	Rufus	68
95	Edwin	67
96	Bruce	66
96	Milton	66
96	Wilbert	66
99	Elmer	65
99	Jimmy	65