Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1926

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1926 were Mary for girls (2,908 babies) and James for boys (2,901). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 72,385 babies born in North Carolina in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1926

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, 26.5× the national rate
Pattie: 39 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Sudie: 20 babies, 8× the national rate
Mozelle: 33 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Nannie: 99 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Betsy: 45 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Queen: 39 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Hallie: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Doretha: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sallie: 98 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Hoyle: 17 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Worth: 18 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Lacy: 36 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Haywood: 27 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Linwood: 45 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Norwood: 17 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Graham: 25 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Wade: 84 babies, 8× the national rate
Bernice: 23 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Dock: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	2,908	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,139	–	2
3	Margaret	1,000	–	5
4	Annie	863	–	34
5	Helen	842	–	4
6	Ruth	749	–	6
7	Doris	667	↑4	7
8	Betty	650	↑4	3
9	Ruby	605	↓1	30
10	Mildred	597	↓3	9
11	Frances	565	↓2	10
12	Virginia	563	↓2	8
13	Martha	474	↑1	24
14	Elizabeth	463	↓1	11
15	Louise	438	↑1	27
16	Sarah	420	↓1	63
17	Evelyn	404	↑1	13
18	Hazel	398	↓1	48
19	Edna	386	–	38
20	Gladys	361	–	35
21	Edith	329	↑1	42
22	Thelma	324	↑1	36
23	Ethel	323	↓2	41
24	Alice	310	–	17
25	Pauline	308	↑5	39
26	Marie	269	–	18
27	Lois	258	↑4	19
28	Emma	254	↑6	59
29	Lillie	246	↓4	99
30	Lillian	244	↓2	28
31	Catherine	240	↑4	31
32	Willie	239	↓5	73
33	Clara	227	↓4	61
34	Carrie	224	new	>100
35	Bessie	223	↑6	89
36	Nancy	221	↑8	57
37	Irene	216	↑5	21
38	Margie	210	↑7	>100
39	Rosa	208	↓7	>100
40	Myrtle	205	↓1	>100
41	Hattie	201	↑9	>100
42	Minnie	201	↓2	>100
43	Elsie	198	new	69
44	Ella	197	↓6	98
45	Grace	196	new	46
46	Bertha	190	new	76
47	Nellie	190	↓10	>100
48	Rachel	182	↑1	>100
49	Jessie	178	↓3	93
50	Juanita	178	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	James	2,901	–	3
2	William	2,283	–	4
3	John	1,720	–	2
4	Robert	1,375	–	1
5	Charles	886	–	5
6	George	740	–	6
7	Thomas	619	–	11
8	Joseph	544	↑1	8
9	Willie	503	↓1	28
10	David	426	↑3	22
11	Paul	409	↓1	13
12	Edward	408	↑2	10
13	Walter	406	↓2	17
14	Jack	393	↑1	16
15	Henry	391	↓3	19
16	Richard	346	↑3	7
17	Clarence	325	↑3	29
18	Ralph	293	↑5	24
19	Fred	285	↓2	31
20	Harold	285	↑1	14
21	Charlie	283	↓5	81
22	Joe	278	–	33
23	Roy	266	↑5	34
24	Carl	257	↑7	26
25	Billy	249	↑7	40
26	Ernest	246	↑4	37
27	Raymond	245	↑6	15
28	Frank	244	↓10	12
29	Howard	236	↓4	27
30	Clyde	227	↓4	67
31	Samuel	223	↓7	48
32	Earl	212	↑3	32
33	Arthur	207	↓6	20
34	Albert	205	↓5	21
35	Ray	192	↑9	57
36	Eugene	188	↑2	23
37	Floyd	187	↑4	53
38	Marvin	186	↓1	50
39	Jesse	176	↓3	87
40	Harry	170	↓1	25
41	Donald	164	↑2	9
42	Calvin	163	↓8	65
43	Herman	158	↓1	69
44	Johnnie	148	↑1	>100
45	Leroy	145	↓5	51
46	Jessie	141	new	>100
47	Claude	139	↑1	>100
48	Kenneth	139	↑2	18
49	Cecil	138	new	86
50	Lee	131	↓1	85

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