Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,086
2	Annie	455
3	Ruth	313
4	Margaret	297
5	Elizabeth	278
6	Ruby	258
7	Ethel	227
8	Mildred	204
9	Louise	201
10	Helen	195
11	Virginia	184
12	Gladys	181
13	Bessie	180
14	Edna	173
14	Hazel	173
16	Lillie	172
17	Thelma	169
18	Sarah	168
19	Alice	163
20	Martha	155
21	Lillian	153
22	Dorothy	152
23	Maggie	146
24	Minnie	142
25	Myrtle	140
26	Emma	138
27	Hattie	136
28	Carrie	135
29	Mattie	134
30	Clara	132
31	Bertha	131
32	Pearl	129
33	Grace	128
33	Pauline	128
35	Frances	124
36	Beatrice	123
36	Lucille	123
38	Nellie	121
39	Fannie	119
40	Lucy	117
40	Viola	117
42	Alma	114
42	Eva	114
44	Irene	113
45	Beulah	112
45	Rosa	112
47	Ella	109
48	Cora	107
48	Mamie	107
50	Jessie	105

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,092
2	William	801
3	John	747
4	Robert	418
5	George	339
6	Thomas	268
7	Willie	259
8	Henry	223
9	Charles	210
10	Joseph	196
11	Charlie	181
12	Walter	177
13	Woodrow	172
14	Edward	142
15	Frank	141
16	Paul	126
17	Fred	124
18	David	122
19	Clarence	121
20	Roy	115
21	Arthur	104
21	Samuel	104
23	Ernest	103
24	Howard	101
25	Richard	96
26	Ralph	94
27	Raymond	92
28	Joe	89
29	Clyde	88
30	Jack	78
31	Albert	75
31	Carl	75
33	Jesse	70
34	Leroy	69
35	Earl	63
35	Jessie	63
37	Floyd	60
38	Harry	59
39	Claude	58
39	Louis	58
41	Oscar	57
42	Herman	56
42	Lester	56
42	Luther	56
45	Herbert	54
46	Lonnie	53
47	Benjamin	52
47	Lewis	52
49	Johnnie	51
49	Theodore	51