Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1914

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1914 were Mary for girls (1,581 babies) and James for boys (1,678). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,768 babies born in North Carolina in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1914

Names given at least 15 times in North Carolina that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Johnsie: 20 babies, 29.3× the national rate
Pattie: 27 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Sudie: 21 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Mozelle: 38 babies, 8× the national rate
Bettie: 58 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Novella: 20 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Clyde: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lessie: 62 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Blanch: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Retha: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Worth: 18 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Zeb: 16 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Haywood: 22 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Hazel: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Linwood: 29 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lacy: 19 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Junius: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Hal: 22 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Odell: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Coy: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	1,581	–	1
2	Annie	586	–	33
3	Margaret	485	↑1	4
4	Ruth	474	↓1	5
5	Elizabeth	385	–	8
6	Ruby	375	–	24
7	Helen	330	↑3	2
8	Mildred	329	–	7
9	Virginia	298	↑4	14
10	Ethel	287	↓3	21
11	Louise	285	↓2	17
12	Thelma	274	↑11	26
13	Edna	272	↑4	19
14	Dorothy	266	–	3
15	Martha	244	↑4	27
16	Sarah	232	↓4	47
17	Frances	224	↑5	9
18	Hazel	223	–	29
19	Bessie	222	↓8	55
20	Lillie	217	↑1	74
21	Lillian	214	↓5	16
22	Alice	213	↑3	12
23	Pauline	211	↑6	34
24	Gladys	206	↓9	20
25	Grace	197	↑1	25
26	Minnie	185	↑11	67
27	Pearl	184	↑4	56
28	Lucille	182	↑6	30
29	Nellie	180	↓5	61
30	Bertha	178	↓2	41
31	Hattie	173	↓11	97
32	Edith	172	new	31
33	Carrie	171	↑6	91
34	Myrtle	169	↓7	60
35	Willie	168	↑6	66
36	Clara	166	↑10	37
37	Evelyn	166	↓7	11
38	Eva	165	↓5	52
39	Emma	164	↑5	39
40	Lucy	164	↓4	73
41	Mattie	162	↑4	78
42	Jessie	157	–	64
43	Mamie	152	↓3	>100
44	Beatrice	143	↓9	38
45	Ida	143	new	49
46	Rosa	140	↓8	>100
47	Irene	139	↓4	22
48	Mabel	138	–	58
49	Fannie	133	↑1	99
50	Julia	132	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	James	1,678	–	3
2	William	1,241	–	2
3	John	1,147	–	1
4	Robert	654	–	4
5	George	459	–	6
6	Charles	366	↑1	7
7	Willie	365	↓1	25
8	Thomas	359	–	11
9	Joseph	339	–	5
10	Walter	293	↑1	10
11	Henry	289	↓1	12
12	Charlie	260	↑1	65
13	Paul	260	↓1	13
14	Edward	210	↑1	8
15	Clarence	206	↑3	22
16	Fred	189	↑3	28
17	Frank	187	↓3	9
18	David	185	↓2	29
19	Richard	169	↑8	17
20	Joe	157	↑1	34
21	Roy	156	↓1	32
22	Arthur	151	↑9	18
23	Jack	147	↑9	27
24	Ralph	145	–	21
25	Woodrow	144	↓8	71
26	Carl	140	↓1	24
27	Howard	140	↓1	26
28	Samuel	138	↓5	36
29	Clyde	127	–	63
30	Ernest	125	↓8	38
31	Albert	124	↓3	15
32	Jesse	120	↑5	82
33	Harry	113	↑3	19
34	Earl	111	–	33
35	Herman	109	↑5	51
36	Raymond	109	↓6	16
37	Leroy	98	↑12	60
38	Luther	94	↑12	>100
39	Eugene	92	↓4	43
40	Marvin	92	↑7	75
41	Floyd	90	↑1	58
42	Daniel	87	new	55
43	Jessie	87	–	>100
44	Lee	87	↑1	84
45	Herbert	86	↓12	42
46	Louis	83	new	20
47	Oscar	83	↓3	77
48	Johnnie	82	↓9	>100
49	Benjamin	79	new	70
50	Harold	79	↓2	14

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