Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1925

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1925 were Mary for girls (2,916 babies) and James for boys (2,991). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 73,827 babies born in North Carolina in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1925

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: 27 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Pattie: 30 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Sudie: 26 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Mozelle: 37 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Hettie: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Sallie: 124 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maggie: 181 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Pansy: 36 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Nannie: 76 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Retha: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Zeb: 20 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Worth: 29 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Lacy: 36 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Haywood: 34 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Norwood: 18 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Graham: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Linwood: 40 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Wade: 73 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Wilton: 36 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Bernice: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	2,916	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,089	↑1	2
3	Margaret	992	↓1	5
4	Annie	986	–	32
5	Helen	784	↑1	4
6	Ruth	759	↓1	6
7	Mildred	647	–	9
8	Ruby	632	–	30
9	Frances	605	↑1	11
10	Virginia	590	↓1	7
11	Doris	544	↑1	8
12	Betty	536	↑6	3
13	Elizabeth	531	↓2	10
14	Martha	443	↓1	23
15	Sarah	435	↑1	58
16	Louise	431	↓2	27
17	Hazel	420	–	45
18	Evelyn	403	↑2	12
19	Edna	385	↓4	37
20	Gladys	346	↓1	33
21	Ethel	341	↑4	43
22	Edith	337	↓1	42
23	Thelma	327	↓1	35
24	Alice	324	–	15
25	Lillie	316	↑5	91
26	Marie	289	↑3	16
27	Willie	287	↑4	68
28	Lillian	276	↓2	25
29	Clara	259	↑3	55
30	Pauline	256	↓7	38
31	Lois	247	↓4	18
32	Rosa	245	↑11	>100
33	Mattie	239	↑11	100
34	Emma	238	–	57
35	Catherine	233	↓2	29
36	Lucille	233	↓8	41
37	Nellie	232	↓1	98
38	Ella	224	new	93
39	Myrtle	221	↓1	95
40	Minnie	218	↑5	>100
41	Bessie	216	↓4	87
42	Irene	216	↑4	19
43	Marjorie	209	new	21
44	Nancy	202	↑4	60
45	Margie	200	↑5	99
46	Jessie	198	↓11	97
47	Lucy	198	↓5	>100
48	Beatrice	194	↓9	50
49	Rachel	193	–	>100
50	Hattie	192	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	James	2,991	–	4
2	William	2,227	–	3
3	John	1,684	–	2
4	Robert	1,374	–	1
5	Charles	852	–	5
6	George	792	–	6
7	Thomas	617	–	11
8	Willie	571	–	27
9	Joseph	534	–	7
10	Paul	441	↑3	13
11	Walter	428	↑1	16
12	Henry	420	↓1	18
13	David	411	↑2	22
14	Edward	389	↓4	9
15	Jack	345	↓1	17
16	Charlie	330	–	78
17	Fred	310	↑2	33
18	Frank	308	–	12
19	Richard	293	↑2	8
20	Clarence	281	↑3	30
21	Harold	275	↓1	14
22	Joe	268	↑4	34
23	Ralph	263	↓6	25
24	Samuel	262	–	46
25	Howard	259	↑5	26
26	Clyde	256	↑6	68
27	Arthur	250	↑4	20
28	Roy	247	↓6	32
29	Albert	239	↓2	21
30	Ernest	220	↓2	37
31	Carl	215	↓2	28
32	Billy	210	↑10	49
33	Raymond	208	↑1	15
34	Calvin	205	↓9	47
35	Earl	195	↓2	31
36	Jesse	181	↑2	85
37	Marvin	178	↑3	51
38	Eugene	173	↓1	24
39	Harry	172	↓4	23
40	Leroy	169	↓1	52
41	Floyd	164	↑3	58
42	Herman	160	↓1	69
43	Donald	154	↑4	10
44	Ray	154	↓8	64
45	Johnnie	141	↓2	100
46	Herbert	140	↑2	42
47	Hubert	139	↑3	>100
48	Claude	138	↓2	>100
49	Lee	138	↓4	82
50	Kenneth	136	new	19

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