North Carolina ★ 1930

Top names in North Carolina, 1930

Mary led for girls with 2,484 babies ; James for boys with 2,734. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,484
2	Betty	1,531
3	Dorothy	1,139
4	Annie	817
5	Margaret	784
6	Doris	713
7	Helen	606
8	Mildred	523
9	Ruby	508
10	Ruth	474
11	Frances	464
12	Martha	448
13	Virginia	419
14	Elizabeth	398
15	Peggy	388
16	Nancy	361
17	Sarah	352
18	Edna	348
19	Hazel	338
20	Evelyn	334
21	Louise	320
22	Gladys	318
23	Alice	286
24	Thelma	283
25	Barbara	255
26	Lois	252
27	Joyce	248
28	Clara	239
29	Marie	236
30	Ethel	228
31	Jean	223
32	Catherine	220
33	Lillie	218
34	Willie	217
35	Edith	207
36	Pauline	202
37	Emma	199
37	Lucille	199
39	Juanita	189
40	Lillian	188
41	Mattie	180
42	Rosa	179
43	Ella	178
44	Nellie	174
45	Minnie	167
45	Myrtle	167
47	Rachel	164
48	Margie	163
49	Grace	160
50	Irene	159
51	Carrie	155
51	Lucy	155
53	Bessie	154
54	Bertha	152
54	Eva	152
56	Christine	148
56	Hattie	148
58	Elsie	146
59	Carolyn	145
60	Jessie	143
61	Wilma	142
62	Anna	140
63	Hilda	137
64	Billie	136
65	Ida	133
66	Ann	132
67	Lula	131
68	Alma	130
68	Geraldine	130
68	Shirley	130
71	Bernice	128
72	Beatrice	123
72	Julia	123
74	Fannie	117
75	Maggie	112
75	Vivian	112
77	Kathleen	111
77	Mae	111
77	Mamie	111
80	Eula	109
80	Geneva	109
82	Bettie	108
83	Josephine	107
84	Rebecca	106
85	Cora	102
86	Anne	101
87	Mable	99
87	Marjorie	99
89	Laura	98
90	Lena	97
91	Daisy	96
91	Esther	96
91	Katherine	96
94	Sara	95
95	Beulah	94
95	Vera	94
97	Patricia	92
98	Georgia	91
98	Pearl	91
100	Sadie	90

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,734
2	William	1,993
3	John	1,501
4	Robert	1,445
5	Charles	1,110
6	George	704
7	Thomas	575
8	Willie	556
9	Billy	502
10	David	479
11	Joseph	459
12	Bobby	451
12	Jack	451
14	Paul	378
15	Edward	374
16	Richard	364
17	Walter	348
18	Henry	321
19	Joe	318
20	Fred	295
21	Harold	287
22	Charlie	282
22	Roy	282
24	Donald	275
25	Ralph	266
26	Frank	259
27	Clarence	245
28	Howard	239
29	Carl	235
30	Kenneth	217
31	Clyde	209
32	Herbert	207
33	Ernest	206
34	Earl	205
35	Eugene	201
35	Samuel	201
37	Raymond	192
38	Albert	178
39	Arthur	176
40	Ray	168
41	Harry	151
42	Jesse	143
43	Herman	142
44	Floyd	135
45	Hubert	134
46	Marvin	132
47	Claude	123
48	Johnnie	117
48	Leroy	117
48	Melvin	117
51	Lewis	116
52	Lee	113
53	Lawrence	112
54	Alfred	111
55	Daniel	110
56	Bill	107
57	Cecil	105
58	Jerry	104
59	Johnny	102
60	Curtis	101
61	Vernon	99
62	Luther	98
63	Jimmy	97
64	Eddie	95
64	Jessie	95
66	Andrew	91
66	Jimmie	91
68	Glenn	90
68	Harvey	90
70	Leon	87
71	Alton	86
71	Lonnie	86
71	Louis	86
71	Max	86
75	Grady	85
75	Horace	85
77	Benjamin	84
77	Norman	84
79	Calvin	83
80	Oscar	80
81	Lester	79
82	Junior	77
82	Lloyd	77
84	Gene	76
85	Leonard	75
85	Rufus	75
85	Sam	75
88	Clifton	74
89	Edgar	73
90	Allen	72
91	Archie	70
92	Edwin	68
92	Hugh	68
92	Milton	68
92	Wilbert	68
96	Wayne	67
97	Billie	65
98	Bennie	63
98	Bruce	63
98	Douglas	63