Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1916

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1916 were Mary for girls (2,056 babies) and James for boys (2,083). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,676 babies born in North Carolina in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1916

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: 27 babies, 28× the national rate
Lossie: 22 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Pattie: 35 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Vertie: 16 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Sudie: 30 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Macie: 22 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Mozelle: 50 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lina: 24 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Nannie: 102 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Madie: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Baxter: 15 babies, 13× the national rate
Worth: 18 babies, 11× the national rate
Haywood: 29 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Graham: 31 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Junius: 39 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Norwood: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Lacy: 23 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dock: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Avery: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Wade: 60 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	2,056	–	1
2	Annie	770	–	36
3	Margaret	726	↑1	4
4	Ruth	692	↓1	5
5	Ruby	545	–	23
6	Elizabeth	499	–	8
7	Helen	487	↑4	2
8	Mildred	427	↑1	6
9	Dorothy	398	↑5	3
10	Virginia	393	↓2	10
11	Louise	378	↓4	18
12	Hazel	357	↑1	31
13	Edna	351	↓1	19
14	Gladys	326	↑1	22
15	Pauline	322	↑3	33
16	Ethel	319	↓6	25
17	Frances	304	↓1	9
18	Sarah	304	↑1	52
19	Martha	292	↓2	24
20	Evelyn	283	↑4	11
21	Thelma	281	↑2	29
22	Lillian	265	↓2	16
23	Bessie	261	↓1	56
24	Lillie	251	↑1	88
25	Alice	250	↓4	13
26	Edith	245	↑3	28
27	Grace	239	↑4	26
28	Mattie	233	↑6	93
29	Nellie	223	↓1	61
30	Minnie	220	–	71
31	Irene	213	↑7	17
32	Emma	204	↑3	41
33	Myrtle	203	↓1	58
34	Lucille	202	↓7	30
35	Lucy	202	↑8	84
36	Beatrice	201	↑10	38
37	Bertha	195	↓11	49
38	Carrie	194	↑3	>100
39	Clara	194	↑1	39
40	Eva	188	↓3	55
41	Jessie	184	↓8	68
42	Pearl	183	↑2	57
43	Lula	177	new	>100
44	Hattie	176	↓2	>100
45	Rosa	175	↑4	>100
46	Julia	173	new	46
47	Lois	168	new	43
48	Alma	166	–	70
49	Fannie	165	↓10	>100
50	Marie	164	↓14	12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	James	2,083	–	3
2	William	1,613	–	2
3	John	1,373	–	1
4	Robert	874	–	4
5	George	619	–	7
6	Charles	539	–	6
7	Thomas	504	↑1	10
8	Willie	458	↓1	30
9	Joseph	396	–	5
10	Henry	382	–	14
11	Charlie	356	↑2	68
12	Walter	335	–	11
13	Paul	316	↓2	12
14	Edward	295	↑3	8
15	David	277	↑1	28
16	Frank	272	↓1	9
17	Clarence	214	↑1	24
18	Fred	214	↓4	29
19	Richard	206	↑2	15
20	Ralph	205	–	21
21	Clyde	200	↑5	62
22	Roy	195	↓3	33
23	Albert	185	↓1	17
24	Joe	183	↑6	35
25	Samuel	180	↑3	41
26	Carl	179	↓2	23
27	Arthur	174	↑2	18
28	Woodrow	170	↑5	64
29	Howard	169	↓2	25
30	Raymond	166	↓5	16
31	Jack	158	↑1	26
32	Earl	150	↑6	32
33	Ernest	149	↓10	36
34	Jesse	147	–	77
35	Harry	143	↓4	19
36	Marvin	132	↑1	66
37	Hubert	129	↑9	>100
38	Leroy	127	new	63
39	Herbert	125	–	40
40	Claude	124	↑4	93
41	Herman	123	–	56
42	Eugene	122	↑5	39
43	Harold	115	↑2	13
44	Luther	112	↓8	>100
45	Ray	112	↑5	73
46	Daniel	110	new	55
47	Jessie	109	↓12	>100
48	Edgar	108	new	88
49	Lee	106	↓6	83
50	Sam	100	new	74

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