Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1915

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1915 were Mary for girls (1,946 babies) and James for boys (2,069). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,635 babies born in North Carolina in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1915

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: 24 babies, 24.7× the national rate
Lossie: 16 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Flonnie: 16 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Sudie: 32 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Pattie: 30 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Novella: 29 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Lessie: 62 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lettie: 34 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bettie: 60 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Vergie: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Zeb: 17 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Worth: 19 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Haywood: 31 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Lacy: 26 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Graham: 27 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Junius: 26 babies, 8× the national rate
Vance: 27 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Everette: 29 babies, 7× the national rate
Coy: 33 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wade: 45 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	1,946	–	1
2	Annie	766	–	36
3	Ruth	677	↑1	5
4	Margaret	599	↓1	4
5	Ruby	505	↑1	24
6	Elizabeth	468	↓1	8
7	Louise	387	↑4	18
8	Virginia	375	↑1	12
9	Mildred	370	↓1	6
10	Ethel	369	–	23
11	Helen	363	↓4	2
12	Edna	344	↑1	20
13	Hazel	339	↑5	26
14	Dorothy	329	–	3
15	Gladys	324	↑9	21
16	Frances	316	↑1	9
17	Martha	294	↓2	25
18	Pauline	289	↑5	32
19	Sarah	283	↓3	51
20	Lillian	267	↑1	15
21	Alice	245	↑1	13
22	Bessie	243	↓3	57
23	Thelma	243	↓11	30
24	Evelyn	240	↑13	10
25	Lillie	236	↓5	84
26	Bertha	235	↑4	46
27	Lucille	232	↑1	29
28	Nellie	226	↑1	63
29	Edith	225	↑3	31
30	Minnie	220	↓4	68
31	Grace	215	↓6	27
32	Myrtle	205	↑2	58
33	Jessie	194	↑9	66
34	Mattie	193	↑7	91
35	Emma	192	↑4	40
36	Marie	191	new	11
37	Eva	187	↑1	55
38	Irene	184	↑9	17
39	Fannie	181	↑10	>100
40	Clara	179	↓4	38
41	Carrie	176	↓8	>100
42	Hattie	173	↓11	>100
43	Lucy	173	↓3	79
44	Pearl	172	↓17	56
45	Willie	170	↓10	72
46	Beatrice	169	↓2	37
47	Mamie	167	↓4	>100
48	Alma	165	new	70
49	Rosa	165	↓3	>100
50	Mabel	164	↓2	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	James	2,069	–	3
2	William	1,481	–	2
3	John	1,271	–	1
4	Robert	836	–	4
5	George	561	–	6
6	Charles	494	–	7
7	Willie	434	–	30
8	Thomas	431	–	10
9	Joseph	398	–	5
10	Henry	334	↑1	14
11	Paul	321	↑2	13
12	Walter	315	↓2	11
13	Charlie	288	↓1	75
14	Fred	263	↑2	26
15	Frank	259	↑2	9
16	David	253	↑2	31
17	Edward	249	↓3	8
18	Clarence	222	↓3	24
19	Roy	216	↑2	32
20	Ralph	189	↑4	21
21	Richard	188	↓2	15
22	Albert	181	↑9	17
23	Ernest	178	↑7	35
24	Carl	177	↑2	22
25	Raymond	176	↑11	16
26	Clyde	175	↑3	63
27	Howard	172	–	25
28	Samuel	170	–	39
29	Arthur	164	↓7	18
30	Joe	160	↓10	38
31	Harry	154	↑2	19
32	Jack	149	↓9	27
33	Woodrow	146	↓8	83
34	Jesse	140	↓2	77
35	Jessie	124	↑8	>100
36	Luther	117	↑2	>100
37	Marvin	116	↑3	72
38	Earl	115	↓4	33
39	Herbert	114	↑6	40
40	Floyd	112	↑1	59
41	Herman	111	↓6	56
42	Johnnie	108	↑6	>100
43	Lee	106	↑1	84
44	Claude	103	new	96
45	Harold	102	↑5	12
46	Hubert	97	new	>100
47	Eugene	96	↓8	41
48	Harvey	94	new	95
49	Lewis	89	new	70
50	Ray	89	new	67

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