Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1930

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1930 were Mary for girls (2,484 babies) and James for boys (2,734). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 68,789 babies born in North Carolina in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1930

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: 20 babies, 26.5× the national rate
Sudie: 20 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Mozelle: 31 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Pattie: 26 babies, 7× the national rate
Pansy: 50 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Nannie: 70 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Betsy: 69 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Sallie: 83 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lettie: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Annie: 817 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Raeford: 17 babies, 28× the national rate
Zeb: 19 babies, 21.6× the national rate
Worth: 19 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Lenwood: 28 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Lacy: 37 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Haywood: 32 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Norwood: 18 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Linwood: 51 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Dock: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Wade: 54 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	2,484	–	1
2	Betty	1,531	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,139	–	3
4	Annie	817	–	40
5	Margaret	784	–	5
6	Doris	713	–	9
7	Helen	606	–	4
8	Mildred	523	↑1	21
9	Ruby	508	↑2	36
10	Ruth	474	↓2	10
11	Frances	464	↓1	16
12	Martha	448	–	27
13	Virginia	419	–	12
14	Elizabeth	398	–	15
15	Peggy	388	↑7	67
16	Nancy	361	↑7	24
17	Sarah	352	↓1	70
18	Edna	348	↓1	51
19	Hazel	338	–	71
20	Evelyn	334	↓5	19
21	Louise	320	↓3	31
22	Gladys	318	↓2	48
23	Alice	286	↓2	20
24	Thelma	283	–	45
25	Barbara	255	↑5	6
26	Lois	252	↑1	17
27	Joyce	248	↑14	18
28	Clara	239	↑1	64
29	Marie	236	↑2	26
30	Ethel	228	↓5	65
31	Jean	223	↑4	14
32	Catherine	220	↑7	35
33	Lillie	218	↓7	>100
34	Willie	217	↓2	87
35	Edith	207	↑2	61
36	Pauline	202	↓8	52
37	Emma	199	↓1	73
38	Lucille	199	↑4	59
39	Juanita	189	new	57
40	Lillian	188	–	44
41	Mattie	180	↑3	>100
42	Rosa	179	↓9	>100
43	Ella	178	↓9	>100
44	Nellie	174	↓6	>100
45	Minnie	167	new	>100
46	Myrtle	167	↑3	>100
47	Rachel	164	new	>100
48	Margie	163	new	>100
49	Grace	160	↓6	62
50	Irene	159	↓5	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	James	2,734	–	2
2	William	1,993	–	4
3	John	1,501	–	3
4	Robert	1,445	–	1
5	Charles	1,110	–	6
6	George	704	–	8
7	Thomas	575	–	11
8	Willie	556	–	29
9	Billy	502	↑1	20
10	David	479	↑1	15
11	Joseph	459	↓2	9
12	Bobby	451	↑7	41
13	Jack	451	↓1	14
14	Paul	378	↑2	12
15	Edward	374	↓1	10
16	Richard	364	↑2	5
17	Walter	348	↓4	19
18	Henry	321	↓1	22
19	Joe	318	↑3	27
20	Fred	295	–	32
21	Harold	287	↑2	18
22	Charlie	282	↑4	91
23	Roy	282	↑1	33
24	Donald	275	↑1	7
25	Ralph	266	↓4	25
26	Frank	259	↑2	13
27	Clarence	245	–	39
28	Howard	239	↑4	31
29	Carl	235	–	26
30	Kenneth	217	↑10	17
31	Clyde	209	–	76
32	Herbert	207	↓17	35
33	Ernest	206	↑1	43
34	Earl	205	↓4	38
35	Eugene	201	↑2	21
36	Samuel	201	↓3	55
37	Raymond	192	↓2	16
38	Albert	178	↓2	24
39	Arthur	176	↑8	23
40	Ray	168	↓2	57
41	Harry	151	–	28
42	Jesse	143	↓3	94
43	Herman	142	↓1	78
44	Floyd	135	↑2	61
45	Hubert	134	↑5	>100
46	Marvin	132	↓2	48
47	Claude	123	new	>100
48	Johnnie	117	↓3	>100
49	Leroy	117	↓6	53
50	Melvin	117	↓1	50

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