Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1915

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,946
2	Annie	766
3	Ruth	677
4	Margaret	599
5	Ruby	505
6	Elizabeth	468
7	Louise	387
8	Virginia	375
9	Mildred	370
10	Ethel	369
11	Helen	363
12	Edna	344
13	Hazel	339
14	Dorothy	329
15	Gladys	324
16	Frances	316
17	Martha	294
18	Pauline	289
19	Sarah	283
20	Lillian	267
21	Alice	245
22	Bessie	243
22	Thelma	243
24	Evelyn	240
25	Lillie	236
26	Bertha	235
27	Lucille	232
28	Nellie	226
29	Edith	225
30	Minnie	220
31	Grace	215
32	Myrtle	205
33	Jessie	194
34	Mattie	193
35	Emma	192
36	Marie	191
37	Eva	187
38	Irene	184
39	Fannie	181
40	Clara	179
41	Carrie	176
42	Hattie	173
42	Lucy	173
44	Pearl	172
45	Willie	170
46	Beatrice	169
47	Mamie	167
48	Alma	165
48	Rosa	165
50	Mabel	164

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,069
2	William	1,481
3	John	1,271
4	Robert	836
5	George	561
6	Charles	494
7	Willie	434
8	Thomas	431
9	Joseph	398
10	Henry	334
11	Paul	321
12	Walter	315
13	Charlie	288
14	Fred	263
15	Frank	259
16	David	253
17	Edward	249
18	Clarence	222
19	Roy	216
20	Ralph	189
21	Richard	188
22	Albert	181
23	Ernest	178
24	Carl	177
25	Raymond	176
26	Clyde	175
27	Howard	172
28	Samuel	170
29	Arthur	164
30	Joe	160
31	Harry	154
32	Jack	149
33	Woodrow	146
34	Jesse	140
35	Jessie	124
36	Luther	117
37	Marvin	116
38	Earl	115
39	Herbert	114
40	Floyd	112
41	Herman	111
42	Johnnie	108
43	Lee	106
44	Claude	103
45	Harold	102
46	Hubert	97
47	Eugene	96
48	Harvey	94
49	Lewis	89
49	Ray	89