Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1914

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,581
2	Annie	586
3	Margaret	485
4	Ruth	474
5	Elizabeth	385
6	Ruby	375
7	Helen	330
8	Mildred	329
9	Virginia	298
10	Ethel	287
11	Louise	285
12	Thelma	274
13	Edna	272
14	Dorothy	266
15	Martha	244
16	Sarah	232
17	Frances	224
18	Hazel	223
19	Bessie	222
20	Lillie	217
21	Lillian	214
22	Alice	213
23	Pauline	211
24	Gladys	206
25	Grace	197
26	Minnie	185
27	Pearl	184
28	Lucille	182
29	Nellie	180
30	Bertha	178
31	Hattie	173
32	Edith	172
33	Carrie	171
34	Myrtle	169
35	Willie	168
36	Clara	166
36	Evelyn	166
38	Eva	165
39	Emma	164
39	Lucy	164
41	Mattie	162
42	Jessie	157
43	Mamie	152
44	Beatrice	143
44	Ida	143
46	Rosa	140
47	Irene	139
48	Mabel	138
49	Fannie	133
50	Julia	132

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,678
2	William	1,241
3	John	1,147
4	Robert	654
5	George	459
6	Charles	366
7	Willie	365
8	Thomas	359
9	Joseph	339
10	Walter	293
11	Henry	289
12	Charlie	260
12	Paul	260
14	Edward	210
15	Clarence	206
16	Fred	189
17	Frank	187
18	David	185
19	Richard	169
20	Joe	157
21	Roy	156
22	Arthur	151
23	Jack	147
24	Ralph	145
25	Woodrow	144
26	Carl	140
26	Howard	140
28	Samuel	138
29	Clyde	127
30	Ernest	125
31	Albert	124
32	Jesse	120
33	Harry	113
34	Earl	111
35	Herman	109
35	Raymond	109
37	Leroy	98
38	Luther	94
39	Eugene	92
39	Marvin	92
41	Floyd	90
42	Daniel	87
42	Jessie	87
42	Lee	87
45	Herbert	86
46	Louis	83
46	Oscar	83
48	Johnnie	82
49	Benjamin	79
49	Harold	79