Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1913

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,180
2	Annie	521
3	Ruth	355
4	Margaret	354
5	Elizabeth	306
6	Ruby	304
7	Ethel	248
7	Mildred	248
9	Louise	237
10	Helen	226
11	Bessie	206
12	Sarah	201
13	Virginia	192
14	Dorothy	186
14	Gladys	186
16	Lillian	179
17	Edna	178
18	Hazel	170
19	Martha	168
20	Hattie	167
21	Lillie	166
22	Frances	164
23	Thelma	161
24	Nellie	159
25	Alice	158
26	Grace	156
27	Myrtle	149
28	Bertha	147
29	Pauline	146
30	Evelyn	145
31	Pearl	144
32	Viola	139
33	Eva	138
33	Lucille	138
35	Beatrice	134
36	Lucy	132
36	Minnie	132
38	Rosa	130
39	Carrie	125
40	Mamie	124
40	Willie	124
42	Jessie	122
43	Irene	121
44	Emma	120
45	Mattie	119
46	Clara	118
46	Maggie	118
48	Mabel	116
49	Lena	111
50	Fannie	109

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,252
2	William	974
3	John	854
4	Robert	476
5	George	390
6	Willie	296
7	Charles	292
8	Thomas	269
9	Joseph	259
10	Henry	252
11	Walter	208
12	Paul	199
13	Charlie	181
14	Frank	175
15	Edward	169
16	David	163
17	Woodrow	147
18	Clarence	137
19	Fred	135
20	Roy	129
21	Joe	125
22	Ernest	122
23	Samuel	112
24	Ralph	107
25	Carl	106
26	Howard	105
26	Richard	105
28	Albert	104
29	Clyde	103
29	Raymond	103
31	Arthur	98
32	Jack	93
33	Herbert	81
34	Earl	80
35	Eugene	78
36	Harry	75
36	Jesse	75
38	Claude	70
39	Johnnie	67
40	Herman	66
41	Hubert	64
42	Floyd	62
43	Jessie	61
44	Oscar	60
45	Lee	57
45	Ray	57
47	Marvin	56
48	Harold	55
48	Leroy	55
48	Luther	55