North Carolina ★ 1929

Top names in North Carolina, 1929

Mary led for girls with 2,666 babies ; James for boys with 2,833. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,666
2	Betty	1,325
3	Dorothy	1,095
4	Annie	819
5	Margaret	784
6	Doris	728
7	Helen	638
8	Ruth	569
9	Mildred	534
10	Frances	525
10	Ruby	525
12	Martha	454
13	Virginia	443
14	Elizabeth	420
15	Evelyn	388
16	Sarah	364
17	Edna	344
18	Louise	333
19	Hazel	331
20	Gladys	323
21	Alice	291
22	Peggy	289
23	Nancy	277
24	Thelma	265
25	Ethel	245
25	Lillie	245
27	Lois	243
28	Pauline	241
29	Clara	231
30	Barbara	228
31	Marie	226
32	Willie	223
33	Rosa	220
34	Ella	216
35	Jean	215
36	Emma	210
37	Edith	198
38	Nellie	194
39	Catherine	190
39	Lillian	190
41	Joyce	189
42	Lucille	187
43	Grace	179
44	Mattie	174
45	Irene	173
46	Bessie	172
46	Elsie	172
48	Bertha	171
48	Myrtle	171
50	Carrie	164
51	Juanita	163
52	Margie	161
53	Minnie	160
54	Geraldine	159
55	Bernice	157
56	Lucy	154
56	Rachel	154
58	Christine	151
58	Julia	151
60	Hattie	149
61	Beatrice	147
61	Jessie	147
63	Ida	143
64	Alma	139
65	Laura	136
66	Carolyn	133
67	Anna	130
68	Josephine	128
69	Marjorie	125
70	Hilda	124
71	Ann	123
72	Cora	122
73	Mamie	118
74	Beulah	116
74	Eva	116
74	Wilma	116
77	Lula	114
78	Shirley	113
79	Fannie	112
79	Maggie	112
81	Vivian	111
82	Esther	110
82	Mable	110
84	Billie	109
84	Kathleen	109
86	Geneva	105
86	Mae	105
88	Lena	104
89	Audrey	103
90	Georgia	102
90	Katherine	102
90	Rebecca	102
93	Jane	99
94	Eleanor	98
95	Ellen	97
96	Eunice	95
96	Mabel	95
98	Sadie	93
99	Maxine	92
100	Norma	91

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,833
2	William	2,016
3	John	1,531
4	Robert	1,362
5	Charles	1,010
6	George	673
7	Thomas	609
8	Willie	546
9	Joseph	475
10	Billy	465
11	David	437
12	Jack	426
13	Walter	374
14	Edward	369
15	Herbert	364
16	Paul	352
17	Henry	351
18	Richard	337
19	Bobby	305
20	Fred	294
21	Ralph	290
22	Joe	281
23	Harold	279
24	Roy	274
25	Donald	263
26	Charlie	262
27	Clarence	256
28	Frank	254
29	Carl	237
30	Earl	236
31	Clyde	232
32	Howard	231
33	Samuel	221
34	Ernest	212
35	Raymond	188
36	Albert	187
37	Eugene	186
38	Ray	180
39	Jesse	178
40	Kenneth	177
41	Harry	176
42	Herman	156
43	Leroy	143
43	Marvin	143
45	Johnnie	139
46	Floyd	135
47	Arthur	130
48	Lee	127
49	Melvin	123
50	Hubert	122
51	Curtis	121
52	Cecil	117
53	Lawrence	116
54	Alfred	112
54	Max	112
56	Claude	110
57	Harvey	109
58	Bill	108
59	Jessie	106
60	Lewis	105
61	Louis	104
62	Daniel	100
63	Glenn	98
64	Luther	97
65	Lonnie	96
66	Benjamin	95
67	Horace	91
67	Junior	91
69	Norman	84
69	Vernon	84
71	Leonard	83
72	Oscar	81
73	Jimmie	80
73	Lester	80
75	Johnny	78
75	Nathaniel	78
77	Allen	77
77	Gene	77
77	Jimmy	77
80	Leon	76
80	Lloyd	76
82	Clifton	74
82	Edgar	74
84	Andrew	73
85	Wade	71
86	Earnest	70
87	Edwin	69
87	Grady	69
87	Theodore	69
90	Eddie	68
91	Sam	67
92	Billie	66
92	Bruce	66
92	Rudolph	66
92	Rufus	66
96	Hugh	65
97	Dewey	64
98	Archie	63
98	Milton	63
100	Alton	62