Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1928

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1928 were Mary for girls (2,898 babies) and James for boys (2,967). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 72,559 babies born in North Carolina in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1928

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: 21 babies, 24.4× the national rate
Sudie: 20 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Pattie: 31 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Mozelle: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lessie: 48 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Vergie: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Nannie: 80 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Betsy: 53 babies, 5× the national rate
Hallie: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Blanch: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Haywood: 29 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Lacy: 27 babies, 9× the national rate
Norwood: 21 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Linwood: 49 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Avery: 22 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Graham: 26 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Wade: 73 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Odell: 52 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Garland: 69 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Hoover: 45 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	2,898	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,148	–	3
3	Betty	1,109	↑1	2
4	Margaret	872	↓1	5
5	Annie	863	–	37
6	Helen	735	–	4
7	Doris	705	–	7
8	Ruth	644	–	6
9	Mildred	630	–	15
10	Frances	609	↑1	13
11	Ruby	561	↓1	34
12	Virginia	493	–	9
13	Elizabeth	478	–	14
14	Martha	453	↑3	22
15	Hazel	420	↓1	59
16	Louise	388	↑2	31
17	Sarah	388	↓2	64
18	Evelyn	383	↑1	17
19	Edna	373	↓3	45
20	Gladys	368	–	41
21	Thelma	335	–	40
22	Alice	302	–	19
23	Ethel	276	↑1	55
24	Lois	265	↑3	18
25	Lillie	262	↑5	>100
26	Edith	259	↓3	56
27	Willie	254	↓1	74
28	Pauline	250	↓3	48
29	Nancy	242	↑2	43
30	Marie	237	↑3	21
31	Lucille	234	↓3	51
32	Emma	233	↑3	67
33	Clara	230	↑1	65
34	Catherine	228	↓5	33
35	Jean	216	↑12	12
36	Lillian	214	↓4	35
37	Bertha	213	↑7	81
38	Nellie	208	↓2	>100
39	Peggy	206	new	76
40	Grace	204	↑8	52
41	Bessie	198	↓4	>100
42	Juanita	195	–	58
43	Minnie	195	↓5	>100
44	Rosa	194	↑2	>100
45	Margie	192	↑5	>100
46	Myrtle	191	↓6	>100
47	Ella	189	↓8	100
48	Irene	179	↓5	28
49	Barbara	178	new	8
50	Eva	178	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	James	2,967	–	3
2	William	2,114	–	4
3	John	1,560	–	2
4	Robert	1,507	–	1
5	Charles	1,057	–	5
6	George	750	–	8
7	Thomas	602	–	11
8	Willie	599	↑1	29
9	Joseph	460	↓1	9
10	Jack	458	↑1	15
11	Henry	412	↑2	21
12	Edward	404	↑3	10
13	David	401	↓3	19
14	Herbert	398	↑25	25
15	Paul	396	↓3	13
16	Walter	369	↓2	18
17	Billy	349	↑2	27
18	Richard	346	↓2	6
19	Harold	313	↑1	14
20	Clarence	307	↑5	35
21	Charlie	299	↓4	80
22	Fred	288	↑1	36
23	Ralph	279	↓2	24
24	Roy	273	↓6	34
25	Carl	255	↑1	28
26	Earl	255	↑3	37
27	Frank	255	↓5	12
28	Joe	254	↓4	30
29	Howard	252	↓1	31
30	Donald	250	↑5	7
31	Samuel	233	↑3	52
32	Clyde	225	↓5	74
33	Raymond	208	–	16
34	Bobby	207	↑14	65
35	Eugene	206	↓3	20
36	Jesse	205	↑2	91
37	Ernest	204	↓7	43
38	Albert	193	↓7	23
39	Arthur	188	↓3	22
40	Harry	186	↑1	26
41	Marvin	183	↓4	46
42	Floyd	172	↓2	54
43	Ray	165	–	57
44	Johnnie	150	↑1	>100
45	Kenneth	147	↓1	17
46	Leroy	147	↑1	51
47	Herman	145	↓5	78
48	Claude	132	↑2	>100
49	Hubert	132	–	>100
50	Alfred	128	new	33

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