Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1927

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1927 were Mary for girls (2,968 babies) and James for boys (2,971). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 74,275 babies born in North Carolina in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1927

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

Sudie: 25 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Pattie: 36 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Clyde: 22 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lessie: 48 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Mozelle: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kate: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Jannie: 38 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nannie: 66 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Janie: 104 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sallie: 91 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Worth: 21 babies, 15× the national rate
Norwood: 25 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Haywood: 41 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Baxter: 18 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Graham: 26 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Lacy: 30 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Boyce: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
June: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Wade: 91 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Vance: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	2,968	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,218	–	2
3	Margaret	946	–	5
4	Betty	887	↑4	3
5	Annie	859	↓1	36
6	Helen	797	↓1	4
7	Doris	727	–	7
8	Ruth	665	↓2	6
9	Mildred	660	↑1	11
10	Ruby	624	↓1	30
11	Frances	562	–	12
12	Virginia	557	–	8
13	Elizabeth	448	↑1	13
14	Hazel	445	↑4	53
15	Sarah	431	↑1	61
16	Edna	428	↑3	40
17	Martha	428	↓4	24
18	Louise	393	↓3	27
19	Evelyn	389	↓2	15
20	Gladys	373	–	37
21	Thelma	329	↑1	38
22	Alice	303	↑2	17
23	Edith	287	↓2	48
24	Ethel	282	↓1	47
25	Pauline	280	–	42
26	Willie	280	↑6	71
27	Lois	269	–	19
28	Lucille	255	new	45
29	Catherine	254	↑2	31
30	Lillie	249	↓1	94
31	Nancy	240	↑5	56
32	Lillian	237	↓2	32
33	Marie	234	↓7	20
34	Clara	229	↓1	63
35	Emma	227	↓7	64
36	Nellie	226	↑11	>100
37	Bessie	214	↓2	88
38	Minnie	214	↑4	>100
39	Ella	209	↑5	98
40	Myrtle	208	–	>100
41	Mattie	205	new	>100
42	Juanita	203	↑8	55
43	Irene	202	↓6	21
44	Bertha	199	↑2	80
45	Jessie	198	↑4	95
46	Rosa	198	↓7	>100
47	Jean	190	new	14
48	Grace	185	↓3	50
49	Elsie	180	↓6	72
50	Margie	179	↓12	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	James	2,971	–	3
2	William	2,236	–	4
3	John	1,686	–	2
4	Robert	1,456	–	1
5	Charles	1,043	–	5
6	George	752	–	7
7	Thomas	690	–	11
8	Joseph	571	–	9
9	Willie	564	–	27
10	David	431	–	21
11	Jack	429	↑3	16
12	Paul	417	↓1	13
13	Henry	415	↑2	19
14	Walter	413	↓1	17
15	Edward	381	↓3	10
16	Richard	366	–	6
17	Charlie	323	↑4	80
18	Roy	323	↑5	34
19	Billy	312	↑6	31
20	Harold	310	–	14
21	Ralph	307	↓3	24
22	Frank	299	↑6	12
23	Fred	293	↓4	35
24	Joe	279	↓2	30
25	Clarence	268	↓8	32
26	Carl	257	↓2	26
27	Clyde	244	↑3	68
28	Howard	237	↑1	28
29	Earl	234	↑3	33
30	Ernest	229	↓4	41
31	Albert	219	↑3	23
32	Eugene	216	↑4	20
33	Raymond	213	↓6	15
34	Samuel	209	↓3	49
35	Donald	208	↑6	8
36	Arthur	190	↓3	22
37	Marvin	183	↑1	47
38	Jesse	182	↑1	89
39	Herbert	177	new	42
40	Floyd	175	↓3	53
41	Harry	165	↓1	25
42	Herman	164	↑1	70
43	Ray	161	↓8	60
44	Kenneth	160	↑4	18
45	Johnnie	149	↓1	>100
46	Calvin	147	↓4	73
47	Leroy	135	↓2	51
48	Bobby	132	new	91
49	Hubert	130	new	>100
50	Claude	127	↓3	>100

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