Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1918

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1918 were Mary for girls (2,344 babies) and James for boys (2,573). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 63,220 babies born in North Carolina in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1918

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: 34 babies, 27.6× the national rate
Pattie: 34 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Sudie: 25 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Novella: 26 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Mozelle: 47 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Doretha: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Hettie: 29 babies, 6× the national rate
Sallie: 144 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Mittie: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Maggie: 214 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Zeb: 23 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Worth: 35 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Haywood: 42 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Ivey: 15 babies, 14× the national rate
Foy: 17 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Lacy: 35 babies, 11× the national rate
June: 24 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Graham: 25 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Wade: 61 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Junius: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	2,344	–	1
2	Annie	883	–	36
3	Margaret	846	–	4
4	Ruth	715	–	5
5	Ruby	598	–	27
6	Helen	584	–	2
7	Dorothy	544	↑1	3
8	Elizabeth	542	↓1	9
9	Virginia	498	↑1	7
10	Mildred	481	↓1	6
11	Frances	450	↑3	8
12	Louise	430	↓1	18
13	Hazel	392	–	33
14	Ethel	377	↓2	28
15	Edna	370	↑3	23
16	Sarah	364	↑1	52
17	Pauline	347	↑2	35
18	Gladys	328	↓3	22
19	Thelma	323	↑2	32
20	Martha	319	–	25
21	Lillie	314	↓5	89
22	Edith	297	↑3	30
23	Lillian	288	↑5	15
24	Evelyn	281	↓2	11
25	Alice	272	↓1	13
26	Nellie	250	↑3	65
27	Bessie	243	↓4	61
28	Bertha	239	↑3	51
29	Emma	238	↑11	46
30	Willie	237	↑6	70
31	Lucille	230	↓4	29
32	Minnie	227	–	88
33	Myrtle	227	↓7	62
34	Grace	226	↓1	31
35	Hattie	219	↓1	>100
36	Lucy	218	↑6	90
37	Maggie	214	↑9	>100
38	Clara	213	↓1	43
39	Rosa	211	↑5	>100
40	Mattie	208	↓5	100
41	Jessie	207	–	75
42	Marie	207	↓3	12
43	Beatrice	201	↓13	40
44	Carrie	197	↓1	>100
45	Eva	197	↓7	55
46	Catherine	191	new	20
47	Mabel	191	↑2	74
48	Irene	190	–	16
49	Fannie	179	new	>100
50	Mamie	177	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	James	2,573	–	3
2	William	1,788	–	2
3	John	1,598	–	1
4	Robert	1,089	–	4
5	George	708	–	6
6	Charles	621	–	5
7	Willie	551	↑2	29
8	Thomas	545	↓1	10
9	Joseph	473	↓1	7
10	Henry	403	–	16
11	Walter	389	–	11
12	Paul	356	↑2	14
13	Charlie	355	↓1	70
14	Edward	342	↓1	8
15	Frank	333	–	9
16	David	332	–	28
17	Fred	283	–	33
18	Roy	248	↑1	32
19	Clarence	247	↓1	23
20	Richard	239	↑2	12
21	Joe	234	↑4	34
22	Ralph	231	↓1	22
23	Samuel	222	↑3	43
24	Clyde	209	↓4	67
25	Carl	208	↑2	25
26	Ernest	208	↓3	37
27	Jack	208	↑4	21
28	Arthur	205	↑1	17
29	Albert	201	↓1	19
30	Howard	196	↓6	26
31	Raymond	192	↓1	15
32	Jesse	183	–	78
33	Harry	167	–	20
34	Claude	164	↑13	95
35	Herbert	164	–	40
36	Earl	163	–	31
37	Woodrow	156	↑2	58
38	Marvin	144	↑2	68
39	Eugene	143	↑2	35
40	Floyd	137	↑8	61
41	Luther	133	↑3	>100
42	Sam	126	new	75
43	Johnnie	125	–	>100
44	Lewis	125	↑6	74
45	Hubert	124	new	>100
46	Daniel	123	new	52
47	Jessie	120	↓5	>100
48	Lee	120	↓10	86
49	Leroy	119	–	57
50	Lawrence	116	new	38

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