Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1919

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1919 were Mary for girls (2,578 babies) and James for boys (2,703). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 66,668 babies born in North Carolina in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1919

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: 28 babies, 25.8× the national rate
Pattie: 48 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Sudie: 30 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Lina: 25 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Doretha: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Mozelle: 42 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Queen: 40 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Novella: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Odell: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Lettie: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Zeb: 17 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Worth: 35 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Roby: 16 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Lacy: 34 babies, 12× the national rate
Haywood: 40 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Graham: 26 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Jennings: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
June: 19 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Linwood: 40 babies, 8× the national rate
Norwood: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	2,578	–	1
2	Margaret	927	↑1	4
3	Annie	883	↓1	35
4	Ruth	731	–	5
5	Ruby	622	–	24
6	Helen	619	–	2
7	Dorothy	565	–	3
8	Mildred	530	↑2	6
9	Elizabeth	529	↓1	8
10	Virginia	478	↓1	7
11	Frances	453	–	9
12	Louise	449	–	20
13	Edna	425	↑2	22
14	Gladys	383	↑4	21
15	Hazel	383	↓2	32
16	Sarah	363	–	46
17	Ethel	355	↓3	28
18	Thelma	352	↑1	31
19	Lillie	346	↑2	81
20	Martha	341	–	25
21	Pauline	332	↓4	36
22	Edith	329	–	29
23	Evelyn	325	↑1	11
24	Alice	299	↑1	13
25	Lucille	293	↑6	27
26	Bessie	291	↑1	59
27	Emma	264	↑2	45
28	Marie	261	↑14	12
29	Lillian	260	↓6	17
30	Mattie	250	↑10	95
31	Minnie	247	↑1	80
32	Willie	245	↓2	61
33	Rosa	241	↑6	>100
34	Grace	239	–	34
35	Clara	235	↑3	43
36	Eva	231	↑9	55
37	Myrtle	231	↓4	67
38	Nellie	225	↓12	69
39	Bertha	224	↓11	52
40	Hattie	215	↓5	>100
41	Irene	215	↑7	16
42	Lucy	210	↓6	91
43	Elsie	208	new	47
44	Carrie	205	–	>100
45	Jessie	195	↓4	75
46	Catherine	192	–	23
47	Maggie	191	↓10	>100
48	Beatrice	190	↓5	41
49	Ella	186	new	87
50	Doris	185	new	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	James	2,703	–	3
2	William	1,879	–	2
3	John	1,770	–	1
4	Robert	1,100	–	4
5	George	738	–	6
6	Charles	655	–	5
7	Thomas	552	↑1	10
8	Joseph	536	↑1	7
9	Willie	514	↓2	23
10	Henry	445	–	16
11	Charlie	413	↑2	66
12	Walter	392	↓1	11
13	David	351	↑3	27
14	Paul	347	↓2	15
15	Edward	346	↓1	8
16	Fred	313	↑1	30
17	Frank	304	↓2	9
18	Roy	264	–	32
19	Clarence	250	–	25
20	Ralph	242	↑2	22
21	Richard	235	↓1	12
22	Howard	224	↑8	24
23	Joe	222	↓2	35
24	Carl	221	↑1	29
25	Jack	219	↑2	21
26	Ernest	211	–	36
27	Samuel	209	↓4	43
28	Clyde	205	↓4	67
29	Albert	197	–	18
30	Arthur	197	↓2	19
31	Raymond	197	–	14
32	Harry	182	↑1	20
33	Earl	179	↑3	31
34	Jesse	178	↓2	77
35	Harold	175	new	13
36	Leroy	157	↑13	55
37	Johnnie	154	↑6	95
38	Marvin	154	–	63
39	Herbert	150	↓4	40
40	Lee	147	↑8	82
41	Herman	143	new	61
42	Eugene	137	↓3	33
43	Hubert	129	↑2	>100
44	Lewis	127	–	74
45	Claude	125	↓11	92
46	Jessie	124	↑1	>100
47	Ray	121	new	69
48	Daniel	113	↓2	51
49	Luther	112	↓8	>100
50	Floyd	110	↓10	59

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