Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1934

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1934 were Mary for girls (2,443 babies) and James for boys (2,926). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 70,978 babies born in North Carolina in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1934

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, 24.8× the national rate
Pattie: 37 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Mozelle: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Nannie: 54 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Peggie: 31 babies, 5× the national rate
Doretha: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Pansy: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lessie: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hattie: 153 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Queen: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Haywood: 30 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Linwood: 55 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Lacy: 28 babies, 9× the national rate
Graham: 32 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Boyce: 34 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Shelton: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Wade: 70 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Thurman: 50 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Grady: 82 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Everette: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	2,443	–	1
2	Betty	1,824	–	2
3	Dorothy	875	–	5
4	Barbara	862	–	3
5	Doris	744	↑1	11
6	Peggy	706	↑2	36
7	Annie	697	↓2	38
8	Shirley	694	↑14	4
9	Margaret	671	↓2	8
10	Helen	560	↓1	9
11	Frances	494	–	19
12	Nancy	450	↓2	10
13	Ruby	415	↑1	39
14	Martha	408	↓1	27
15	Mildred	395	–	35
16	Elizabeth	391	–	18
17	Joyce	380	–	12
18	Virginia	367	–	15
19	Ruth	350	↓7	13
20	Sarah	346	↓1	67
21	Evelyn	305	↓1	29
22	Edna	300	↓1	55
23	Jean	288	↑1	16
24	Alice	287	↓1	25
25	Carolyn	262	–	33
26	Patricia	260	↑7	6
27	Hazel	243	–	87
28	Lois	243	–	20
29	Louise	238	↑3	40
30	Thelma	231	↓4	65
31	Gladys	222	↓2	66
32	Clara	216	↓1	76
33	Lillie	206	↑6	>100
34	Joan	203	↑10	7
35	Emma	197	↓5	85
36	Rosa	195	↓2	>100
37	Ann	192	↑13	32
38	Ethel	192	↓3	78
39	Catherine	189	new	42
40	Ella	189	new	>100
41	Geraldine	188	↑8	43
42	Edith	177	↓6	81
43	Willie	177	↓3	>100
44	Patsy	176	↑2	59
45	Nellie	173	↓7	>100
46	Minnie	169	↓1	>100
47	Bessie	164	↓4	>100
48	Marie	163	↓1	34
49	Rachel	162	new	>100
50	Lillian	160	↓9	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	James	2,926	–	2
2	William	1,855	–	4
3	Robert	1,514	–	1
4	John	1,324	–	3
5	Charles	1,150	–	7
6	Bobby	886	–	23
7	Billy	626	–	20
8	Thomas	596	↑1	9
9	George	590	↓1	8
10	Willie	545	–	30
11	Donald	510	↑1	6
12	David	494	↓1	12
13	Joseph	446	↑1	10
14	Richard	402	↓1	5
15	Edward	390	↑3	13
16	Harold	381	↓1	18
17	Paul	360	↑5	14
18	Walter	359	↑2	21
19	Jack	335	↓3	17
20	Kenneth	331	↑3	15
21	Joe	319	–	26
22	Jimmy	305	↑8	56
23	Henry	293	↓6	27
24	Jerry	269	↑8	25
25	Frank	268	↓1	16
26	Charlie	248	–	100
27	Franklin	244	↓8	46
28	Ralph	244	↑1	31
29	Roy	241	↓2	35
30	Carl	237	↓2	28
31	Earl	221	↑3	41
32	Clarence	218	↓1	45
33	Fred	207	↓8	33
34	Samuel	206	↑2	66
35	Eugene	204	↑2	24
36	Johnny	191	↑6	83
37	Howard	186	↓4	37
38	Albert	173	↑2	32
39	Ernest	171	↓4	51
40	Clyde	170	↑1	84
41	Jimmie	170	new	68
42	Raymond	169	↓4	19
43	Ray	165	↓4	63
44	Jesse	150	↓1	>100
45	Marvin	149	↑2	44
46	Larry	144	new	43
47	Leroy	144	↓3	54
48	Arthur	141	↓3	29
49	Ronald	132	new	11
50	Daniel	126	new	42

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