Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1923

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1923 were Mary for girls (2,891 babies) and James for boys (3,059). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 72,648 babies born in North Carolina in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1923

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: 23 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Pattie: 45 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Sudie: 30 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Macie: 22 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Hettie: 30 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lessie: 70 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Mozelle: 40 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Donnie: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Queen: 41 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Nannie: 87 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Hoyle: 19 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Worth: 24 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Haywood: 46 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Lacy: 32 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Hazel: 20 babies, 10× the national rate
Boyce: 27 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Norwood: 22 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Graham: 33 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Bernice: 23 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Linwood: 35 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	2,891	–	1
2	Margaret	1,049	–	4
3	Dorothy	1,012	↑1	2
4	Annie	974	↓1	34
5	Ruth	872	–	6
6	Helen	760	–	3
7	Ruby	660	↑1	25
8	Mildred	656	↑1	8
9	Virginia	577	↓2	7
10	Frances	572	↑1	10
11	Elizabeth	508	↓1	9
12	Louise	504	–	22
13	Martha	447	–	21
14	Sarah	441	↑1	54
15	Doris	440	↑3	11
16	Hazel	437	↓2	40
17	Edna	431	–	32
18	Gladys	390	↓2	29
19	Thelma	368	–	31
20	Evelyn	354	–	12
21	Edith	333	↑3	36
22	Betty	319	↑22	5
23	Ethel	319	↓2	38
24	Alice	318	↓2	15
25	Pauline	305	↓2	37
26	Lillie	292	↓1	91
27	Lillian	291	–	20
28	Marie	291	↓2	14
29	Lucille	286	↑2	35
30	Willie	280	↑6	67
31	Lois	275	↑17	27
32	Emma	268	↓2	53
33	Bessie	254	↑9	81
34	Irene	253	↑1	17
35	Catherine	249	↓3	24
36	Clara	245	↓3	49
37	Mattie	234	↑1	>100
38	Beatrice	232	↑8	46
39	Lucy	225	new	92
40	Nellie	225	↓6	88
41	Grace	223	↓4	39
42	Jessie	217	↑1	94
43	Carrie	215	↓3	>100
44	Myrtle	214	↓16	84
45	Minnie	211	↓16	99
46	Bertha	209	↓1	64
47	Marjorie	206	new	16
48	Nancy	203	new	75
49	Ella	202	↑1	93
50	Eva	197	↓9	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	James	3,059	–	4
2	William	2,197	–	3
3	John	1,705	–	1
4	Robert	1,249	–	2
5	Charles	781	↑1	5
6	George	777	↓1	6
7	Thomas	623	–	12
8	Willie	587	↑1	30
9	Joseph	561	↓1	7
10	Henry	481	–	18
11	Walter	415	–	16
12	Paul	405	–	14
13	Edward	402	–	8
14	David	390	↑1	24
15	Charlie	355	↓1	79
16	Frank	324	–	11
17	Jack	312	↑4	17
18	Roy	304	↓1	32
19	Clarence	294	–	29
20	Fred	294	↓2	33
21	Richard	276	↑2	9
22	Ralph	273	–	23
23	Joe	241	↓3	35
24	Arthur	236	↑6	19
25	Harold	235	↑2	13
26	Howard	235	↑3	26
27	Ernest	233	↑1	38
28	Raymond	233	↑3	15
29	Clyde	228	↓3	68
30	Samuel	227	↓5	45
31	Carl	219	↓7	28
32	Albert	206	–	20
33	Earl	190	↑1	31
34	Eugene	182	↑1	25
35	Jesse	176	↑1	83
36	Marvin	172	↑4	51
37	Harry	168	↓4	22
38	Herbert	165	–	40
39	Leroy	162	↑3	55
40	Jessie	154	↑4	>100
41	Johnnie	151	↓2	>100
42	Kenneth	148	↑5	21
43	Herman	143	↓2	66
44	Ray	143	↓7	61
45	Calvin	140	new	82
46	Floyd	139	new	64
47	Lee	135	↓1	85
48	Hubert	131	new	>100
49	Claude	129	↓6	>100
50	Luther	128	↓2	>100

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