Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1932

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1932 were Mary for girls (2,674 babies) and James for boys (2,736). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 70,696 babies born in North Carolina in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1932

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: 26 babies, 24.4× the national rate
Pattie: 40 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Mozelle: 23 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Daphne: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Queen: 48 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Peggie: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Doretha: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Betsy: 58 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Nannie: 50 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Callie: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 65 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Haywood: 26 babies, 9× the national rate
Bernice: 24 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lacy: 27 babies, 8× the national rate
Boyce: 28 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Wade: 68 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Vance: 28 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Everette: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Graham: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Kelly: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	2,674	–	1
2	Betty	1,776	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,044	–	4
4	Annie	778	↑1	41
5	Doris	722	↑1	10
6	Margaret	701	↓2	7
7	Barbara	608	↑5	3
8	Peggy	593	–	40
9	Helen	586	↓2	8
10	Nancy	484	↑6	13
11	Ruby	474	↑2	38
12	Mildred	462	↓1	26
13	Frances	437	↓4	19
14	Ruth	432	↓4	11
15	Virginia	425	–	14
16	Elizabeth	411	↑1	17
17	Martha	394	↓3	27
18	Joyce	345	↑5	12
19	Evelyn	333	–	23
20	Sarah	331	↓2	67
21	Louise	308	↑1	36
22	Alice	305	↑2	21
23	Jean	305	↑7	15
24	Hazel	286	↓4	75
25	Edna	271	↓4	50
26	Thelma	269	↑3	51
27	Shirley	260	↑14	9
28	Lois	239	↑5	20
29	Gladys	238	↓4	54
30	Clara	233	↓4	70
31	Emma	227	–	76
32	Edith	218	–	69
33	Willie	196	↑1	91
34	Lillie	193	↓6	>100
35	Carolyn	186	↑15	46
36	Geraldine	186	↑7	42
37	Catherine	184	–	39
38	Ann	177	new	34
39	Margie	175	–	>100
40	Marie	175	↓5	31
41	Minnie	171	↑6	>100
42	Mattie	170	↓2	>100
43	Rosa	170	↑2	>100
44	Pauline	168	↓6	59
45	Bessie	167	new	>100
46	Joan	165	new	5
47	Ethel	163	↓20	66
48	Patricia	162	new	6
49	Rachel	161	↓3	>100
50	Lucille	160	↓6	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	James	2,736	–	2
2	William	1,854	–	4
3	Robert	1,514	–	1
4	John	1,506	–	3
5	Charles	1,201	–	6
6	George	657	–	8
7	Bobby	656	–	30
8	Thomas	608	↑1	10
9	Billy	598	↓1	20
10	Willie	553	–	31
11	David	491	↑2	12
12	Joseph	423	–	9
13	Richard	421	↑1	5
14	Donald	400	↑5	7
15	Edward	371	–	11
16	Jack	368	↓5	17
17	Paul	368	–	13
18	Henry	338	–	23
19	Walter	319	↓3	21
20	Harold	304	–	18
21	Joe	302	↑2	29
22	Roy	273	↑2	38
23	Fred	266	↓1	33
24	Carl	260	↑5	28
25	Frank	256	–	15
26	Charlie	255	–	90
27	Clarence	252	–	40
28	Ralph	251	↓7	27
29	Kenneth	236	↓1	14
30	Raymond	224	↑3	19
31	Samuel	214	↑3	56
32	Earl	207	↓1	41
33	Ernest	201	↓1	47
34	Howard	198	↓4	36
35	Eugene	192	↑2	22
36	Albert	184	↑5	26
37	Franklin	180	new	66
38	Arthur	177	–	25
39	Ray	172	–	59
40	Clyde	168	↓4	82
41	Jerry	165	↑5	34
42	Jesse	165	–	99
43	Herbert	155	↓8	44
44	Johnny	150	new	96
45	Melvin	150	–	51
46	Harry	148	↓6	32
47	Jimmy	143	new	76
48	Leroy	142	↓1	53
49	Marvin	135	↓6	46
50	Johnnie	128	–	>100

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