Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1924

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1924 were Mary for girls (3,124 babies) and James for boys (3,102). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 76,205 babies born in North Carolina in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1924

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: 24 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Pattie: 37 babies, 12× the national rate
Sudie: 27 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Novella: 37 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Mozelle: 46 babies, 7× the national rate
Donnie: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Queen: 43 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Nannie: 94 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sallie: 124 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Pansy: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Zeb: 23 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Worth: 26 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Lacy: 45 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Haywood: 33 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Graham: 31 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Dock: 25 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Crawford: 22 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Wade: 89 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Coy: 52 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Wilton: 41 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	3,124	–	1
2	Margaret	1,108	–	5
3	Dorothy	1,038	–	2
4	Annie	958	–	32
5	Ruth	878	–	6
6	Helen	848	–	3
7	Mildred	712	↑1	8
8	Ruby	685	↓1	26
9	Virginia	640	–	7
10	Frances	600	–	10
11	Elizabeth	545	–	11
12	Doris	508	↑3	9
13	Martha	455	–	21
14	Louise	450	↓2	24
15	Edna	444	↑2	31
16	Sarah	440	↓2	54
17	Hazel	432	↓1	42
18	Betty	430	↑4	4
19	Gladys	413	↓1	30
20	Evelyn	412	–	12
21	Edith	374	–	36
22	Thelma	364	↓3	33
23	Pauline	356	↑2	38
24	Alice	315	–	15
25	Ethel	311	↓2	39
26	Lillian	306	↑1	23
27	Lois	305	↑4	22
28	Lucille	295	↑1	37
29	Marie	288	↓1	14
30	Lillie	273	↓4	97
31	Willie	263	↓1	68
32	Clara	255	↑4	56
33	Catherine	253	↑2	27
34	Emma	251	↓2	57
35	Jessie	240	↑7	91
36	Nellie	239	↑4	92
37	Bessie	235	↓4	86
38	Myrtle	235	↑6	89
39	Beatrice	234	↓1	50
40	Carrie	227	↑3	>100
41	Grace	221	–	43
42	Lucy	220	↓3	98
43	Rosa	218	new	>100
44	Mattie	213	↓7	>100
45	Minnie	212	–	100
46	Irene	207	↓12	18
47	Bertha	204	↓1	65
48	Nancy	204	–	69
49	Rachel	201	new	>100
50	Margie	200	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	James	3,102	–	4
2	William	2,190	–	3
3	John	1,820	–	2
4	Robert	1,393	–	1
5	Charles	864	–	5
6	George	777	–	6
7	Thomas	634	–	11
8	Willie	616	–	30
9	Joseph	557	–	7
10	Edward	458	↑3	9
11	Henry	432	↓1	18
12	Walter	417	↓1	16
13	Paul	407	↓1	14
14	Jack	372	↑3	17
15	David	371	↓1	24
16	Charlie	333	↓1	80
17	Ralph	319	↑5	23
18	Frank	311	↓2	12
19	Fred	305	↑1	32
20	Harold	301	↑5	13
21	Richard	293	–	8
22	Roy	290	↓4	31
23	Clarence	289	↓4	29
24	Samuel	263	↑6	45
25	Calvin	250	↑20	44
26	Joe	247	↓3	35
27	Albert	244	↑5	21
28	Ernest	239	↓1	37
29	Carl	238	↑2	27
30	Howard	231	↓4	26
31	Arthur	224	↓7	20
32	Clyde	224	↓3	69
33	Earl	220	–	33
34	Raymond	209	↓6	15
35	Harry	204	↑2	22
36	Ray	197	↑8	60
37	Eugene	186	↓3	25
38	Jesse	182	↓3	86
39	Leroy	168	–	53
40	Marvin	163	↓4	50
41	Herman	147	↑2	70
42	Billy	145	new	63
43	Johnnie	145	↓2	>100
44	Floyd	141	↑2	66
45	Lee	141	↑2	83
46	Claude	137	↑3	>100
47	Donald	135	new	10
48	Herbert	135	↓10	41
49	Jessie	129	↓9	>100
50	Hubert	128	↓2	>100

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