North Carolina ★ 1931

Top names in North Carolina, 1931

Mary led for girls with 2,443 babies ; James for boys with 2,637. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,443
2	Betty	1,608
3	Dorothy	962
4	Margaret	741
5	Annie	676
6	Doris	594
7	Helen	585
8	Peggy	551
9	Frances	478
10	Ruth	438
11	Mildred	435
12	Barbara	433
13	Ruby	430
14	Martha	413
15	Virginia	403
16	Nancy	387
17	Elizabeth	369
18	Sarah	354
19	Evelyn	349
20	Hazel	308
21	Edna	302
22	Louise	270
23	Joyce	265
24	Alice	261
25	Gladys	254
26	Clara	230
27	Ethel	228
27	Lillie	228
27	Thelma	228
30	Jean	225
31	Emma	219
32	Edith	201
33	Lois	197
34	Willie	191
35	Marie	182
36	Nellie	180
37	Catherine	179
38	Pauline	175
39	Margie	174
40	Mattie	172
41	Shirley	169
42	Juanita	164
43	Geraldine	163
44	Lucille	159
44	Rosa	159
46	Rachel	156
47	Minnie	155
48	Lillian	154
49	Bertha	152
50	Carolyn	150
51	Ella	145
52	Bessie	144
53	Marjorie	142
54	Ann	141
54	Elsie	141
56	Myrtle	140
57	Grace	139
58	Christine	137
59	Bernice	135
60	Alma	134
60	Norma	134
62	Irene	132
63	Patricia	131
64	Eva	130
65	Ida	127
66	Hattie	126
66	Hilda	126
66	Julia	126
66	Laura	126
70	Joan	124
71	Anna	123
71	Jessie	123
71	Lucy	123
71	Rebecca	123
75	Carrie	122
76	Wilma	119
77	Mamie	118
78	Beatrice	117
79	Patsy	114
79	Vivian	114
81	Fannie	113
82	Josephine	111
83	Lula	110
83	Sara	110
85	Billie	102
86	Sadie	100
87	Maggie	99
88	Cora	98
89	Bobbie	97
90	Esther	93
90	Geneva	93
90	Katie	93
93	Mae	91
94	Bettie	89
95	Daisy	87
95	Jane	87
97	Anne	86
97	Georgia	86
99	Eleanor	85
99	Eunice	85

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,637
2	William	1,800
3	Robert	1,428
4	John	1,307
5	Charles	996
6	George	682
7	Bobby	591
8	Billy	575
9	Thomas	560
10	Willie	461
11	Jack	401
12	Joseph	397
13	David	380
13	Richard	380
15	Edward	357
16	Walter	347
17	Paul	338
18	Henry	327
19	Donald	324
20	Harold	302
21	Ralph	274
22	Fred	272
23	Joe	265
24	Roy	263
25	Frank	248
26	Charlie	247
27	Clarence	220
27	Kenneth	220
29	Carl	211
30	Howard	205
31	Earl	201
32	Ernest	198
33	Raymond	195
34	Samuel	192
35	Herbert	189
36	Clyde	179
37	Eugene	173
38	Arthur	163
39	Ray	161
40	Harry	156
41	Albert	155
42	Jesse	154
43	Marvin	146
44	Floyd	130
45	Melvin	125
46	Jerry	120
46	Leroy	120
48	Herman	119
49	Cecil	115
50	Johnnie	114
51	Lawrence	112
51	Norman	112
53	Claude	109
53	Jimmy	109
55	Daniel	106
56	Bill	105
57	Lewis	102
58	Harvey	101
59	Curtis	99
60	Hubert	97
61	Alfred	96
62	Johnny	95
63	Glenn	94
64	Lee	93
65	Jimmie	89
66	Jessie	88
67	Luther	86
68	Billie	85
68	Lonnie	85
70	Calvin	84
70	Eddie	84
72	Horace	82
72	Louis	82
74	Leonard	80
74	Vernon	80
76	Russell	77
77	Oscar	76
78	Max	75
78	Tommy	75
80	Edgar	74
80	Leon	74
82	Lester	72
83	Andrew	71
83	Wayne	71
85	Douglas	70
85	Gene	70
85	Marion	70
88	Archie	68
89	Grady	67
89	Sam	67
91	Benjamin	66
91	Theodore	66
93	Dewey	65
93	Rufus	65
95	Wade	64
96	Alvin	63
96	Junior	63
96	Roger	63
99	Gerald	62
100	Allen	61