Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1920

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1920 were Mary for girls (2,674 babies) and James for boys (2,964). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 70,172 babies born in North Carolina in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1920

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: 33 babies, 27.2× the national rate
Pattie: 27 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Sudie: 24 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Macie: 22 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Novella: 29 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Madie: 21 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Hettie: 28 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lessie: 64 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Mozelle: 49 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Magnolia: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Boys

Worth: 31 babies, 17× the national rate
Baxter: 17 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Haywood: 43 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Lacy: 33 babies, 10× the national rate
Linwood: 44 babies, 8.9× the national rate
June: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Graham: 29 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Cameron: 20 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Wade: 82 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Bernice: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	2,674	–	1
2	Annie	939	↑1	35
3	Margaret	925	↓1	4
4	Ruth	828	–	5
5	Dorothy	751	↑2	2
6	Helen	667	–	3
7	Mildred	637	↑1	6
8	Virginia	568	↑2	7
9	Elizabeth	567	–	8
10	Ruby	543	↓5	26
11	Frances	535	–	9
12	Louise	471	–	19
13	Hazel	414	↑2	34
14	Edna	400	↓1	27
15	Ethel	398	↑2	30
16	Martha	398	↑4	23
17	Sarah	393	↓1	50
18	Gladys	384	↓4	22
19	Thelma	374	↓1	31
20	Pauline	348	↑1	36
21	Evelyn	334	↑2	12
22	Edith	333	–	32
23	Alice	322	↑1	15
24	Lillie	310	↓5	90
25	Marie	295	↑3	13
26	Bessie	287	–	71
27	Doris	283	↑23	14
28	Lillian	279	↑1	18
29	Lucille	276	↓4	29
30	Nellie	262	↑8	76
31	Minnie	253	–	87
32	Myrtle	248	↑5	68
33	Carrie	239	↑11	>100
34	Willie	238	↓2	74
35	Mattie	235	↓5	96
36	Clara	234	↓1	44
37	Grace	231	↓3	37
38	Lucy	224	↑4	94
39	Bertha	223	–	57
40	Rosa	223	↓7	>100
41	Catherine	221	↑5	21
42	Emma	218	↓15	46
43	Eva	215	↓7	58
44	Hattie	199	↓4	>100
45	Jessie	199	–	84
46	Julia	199	new	55
47	Irene	198	↓6	17
48	Anna	193	new	10
49	Beatrice	193	↓1	41
50	Lois	188	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	James	2,964	–	4
2	William	2,081	–	2
3	John	1,783	–	1
4	Robert	1,251	–	3
5	George	786	–	6
6	Charles	717	–	5
7	Willie	622	↑2	29
8	Thomas	574	↓1	11
9	Joseph	528	↓1	7
10	Walter	470	↑2	13
11	Henry	442	↓1	17
12	Paul	424	↑2	14
13	David	421	–	25
14	Charlie	392	↓3	70
15	Edward	391	–	8
16	Clarence	322	↑3	26
17	Frank	321	–	9
18	Fred	299	↓2	33
19	Richard	282	↑2	10
20	Roy	282	↓2	32
21	Joe	269	↑2	35
22	Ralph	267	↓2	22
23	Howard	248	↓1	24
24	Jack	240	↑1	20
25	Albert	227	↑4	19
26	Raymond	225	↑5	15
27	Ernest	224	↓1	37
28	Samuel	222	↓1	44
29	Clyde	214	↓1	68
30	Carl	207	↓6	27
31	Harry	193	↑1	21
32	Harold	190	↑3	12
33	Arthur	181	↓3	18
34	Jesse	179	–	79
35	Earl	167	↓2	31
36	Warren	167	new	39
37	Marvin	158	↑1	62
38	Leroy	151	↓2	56
39	Eugene	150	↑3	30
40	Herbert	147	↓1	41
41	Floyd	142	↑9	61
42	Johnnie	141	↓5	99
43	Claude	140	↑2	92
44	Ray	139	↑3	67
45	Hubert	138	↓2	>100
46	Lee	137	↓6	82
47	Jessie	136	↓1	>100
48	Herman	130	↓7	66
49	Harvey	127	new	87
50	Lewis	127	↓6	72

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