Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1922

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1922 were Mary for girls (2,855 babies) and James for boys (3,018). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 72,608 babies born in North Carolina in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1922

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: 26 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Pattie: 47 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Sudie: 32 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Novella: 31 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lessie: 62 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Clyde: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Mozelle: 40 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Nannie: 104 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Mozell: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Doretha: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Zeb: 33 babies, 22× the national rate
Colon: 20 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Worth: 31 babies, 18× the national rate
Haywood: 39 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Lacy: 40 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Graham: 31 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Junius: 28 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Linwood: 39 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Vance: 38 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bernice: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	2,855	–	1
2	Margaret	1,009	–	4
3	Annie	982	–	30
4	Dorothy	979	–	2
5	Ruth	750	–	5
6	Helen	738	–	3
7	Virginia	628	↑3	7
8	Ruby	602	–	26
9	Mildred	600	↓2	8
10	Elizabeth	563	↓1	9
11	Frances	495	–	10
12	Louise	462	↑1	22
13	Martha	453	↑2	21
14	Hazel	447	↓2	37
15	Sarah	421	↑1	51
16	Gladys	407	↑1	25
17	Edna	405	↓3	29
18	Doris	379	↑5	11
19	Thelma	375	–	31
20	Evelyn	354	–	13
21	Ethel	351	↑1	32
22	Alice	340	↑2	15
23	Pauline	317	↓5	36
24	Edith	311	↓3	34
25	Lillie	295	↑2	85
26	Marie	281	↑3	14
27	Lillian	280	↓2	19
28	Myrtle	278	–	75
29	Minnie	273	↑8	91
30	Emma	263	↑2	50
31	Lucille	263	↓5	33
32	Catherine	246	↑4	24
33	Clara	238	↑8	47
34	Nellie	238	↑4	83
35	Irene	233	↓1	17
36	Willie	231	↓6	70
37	Grace	229	↓2	38
38	Mattie	228	↓7	>100
39	Rosa	228	–	>100
40	Carrie	226	–	>100
41	Eva	226	↑2	64
42	Bessie	210	↓9	81
43	Jessie	210	new	87
44	Betty	209	↑6	6
45	Bertha	208	new	63
46	Beatrice	203	↑1	43
47	Hattie	200	↓1	>100
48	Lois	200	↓6	35
49	Margie	193	new	100
50	Ella	192	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	James	3,018	–	4
2	William	2,127	–	3
3	John	1,809	–	1
4	Robert	1,247	–	2
5	George	870	–	6
6	Charles	777	–	5
7	Thomas	627	↑2	11
8	Joseph	546	↓1	7
9	Willie	533	↓1	28
10	Henry	446	↑3	17
11	Walter	435	–	15
12	Paul	419	–	14
13	Edward	397	↓3	8
14	Charlie	372	↑1	72
15	David	356	↓1	24
16	Frank	331	↑4	10
17	Roy	318	↑2	32
18	Fred	300	↓2	33
19	Clarence	290	↓1	29
20	Joe	285	↑1	35
21	Jack	284	↑4	18
22	Ralph	274	–	23
23	Richard	273	↓6	9
24	Carl	255	↑7	30
25	Samuel	249	↑1	43
26	Clyde	248	↑7	67
27	Harold	244	↑5	13
28	Ernest	242	↓4	37
29	Howard	238	↓6	26
30	Arthur	233	↓3	19
31	Raymond	210	↑5	16
32	Albert	209	↓2	20
33	Harry	199	↓4	22
34	Earl	198	–	31
35	Eugene	189	–	25
36	Jesse	186	↑1	81
37	Ray	162	↑9	65
38	Herbert	158	↑4	40
39	Johnnie	156	–	>100
40	Marvin	154	↓2	56
41	Herman	149	↑2	66
42	Leroy	148	↑6	55
43	Claude	144	↓3	97
44	Jessie	137	↑1	>100
45	Lewis	137	new	75
46	Lee	135	↑1	83
47	Kenneth	130	new	21
48	Luther	127	↓7	>100
49	Daniel	126	new	47
50	Donald	123	new	12

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