Top baby names in North Carolina, 1916
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,056 |
| 2 | Annie | 770 |
| 3 | Margaret | 726 |
| 4 | Ruth | 692 |
| 5 | Ruby | 545 |
| 6 | Elizabeth | 499 |
| 7 | Helen | 487 |
| 8 | Mildred | 427 |
| 9 | Dorothy | 398 |
| 10 | Virginia | 393 |
| 11 | Louise | 378 |
| 12 | Hazel | 357 |
| 13 | Edna | 351 |
| 14 | Gladys | 326 |
| 15 | Pauline | 322 |
| 16 | Ethel | 319 |
| 17 | Frances | 304 |
| 17 | Sarah | 304 |
| 19 | Martha | 292 |
| 20 | Evelyn | 283 |
| 21 | Thelma | 281 |
| 22 | Lillian | 265 |
| 23 | Bessie | 261 |
| 24 | Lillie | 251 |
| 25 | Alice | 250 |
| 26 | Edith | 245 |
| 27 | Grace | 239 |
| 28 | Mattie | 233 |
| 29 | Nellie | 223 |
| 30 | Minnie | 220 |
| 31 | Irene | 213 |
| 32 | Emma | 204 |
| 33 | Myrtle | 203 |
| 34 | Lucille | 202 |
| 34 | Lucy | 202 |
| 36 | Beatrice | 201 |
| 37 | Bertha | 195 |
| 38 | Carrie | 194 |
| 38 | Clara | 194 |
| 40 | Eva | 188 |
| 41 | Jessie | 184 |
| 42 | Pearl | 183 |
| 43 | Lula | 177 |
| 44 | Hattie | 176 |
| 45 | Rosa | 175 |
| 46 | Julia | 173 |
| 47 | Lois | 168 |
| 48 | Alma | 166 |
| 49 | Fannie | 165 |
| 50 | Marie | 164 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,083 |
| 2 | William | 1,613 |
| 3 | John | 1,373 |
| 4 | Robert | 874 |
| 5 | George | 619 |
| 6 | Charles | 539 |
| 7 | Thomas | 504 |
| 8 | Willie | 458 |
| 9 | Joseph | 396 |
| 10 | Henry | 382 |
| 11 | Charlie | 356 |
| 12 | Walter | 335 |
| 13 | Paul | 316 |
| 14 | Edward | 295 |
| 15 | David | 277 |
| 16 | Frank | 272 |
| 17 | Clarence | 214 |
| 17 | Fred | 214 |
| 19 | Richard | 206 |
| 20 | Ralph | 205 |
| 21 | Clyde | 200 |
| 22 | Roy | 195 |
| 23 | Albert | 185 |
| 24 | Joe | 183 |
| 25 | Samuel | 180 |
| 26 | Carl | 179 |
| 27 | Arthur | 174 |
| 28 | Woodrow | 170 |
| 29 | Howard | 169 |
| 30 | Raymond | 166 |
| 31 | Jack | 158 |
| 32 | Earl | 150 |
| 33 | Ernest | 149 |
| 34 | Jesse | 147 |
| 35 | Harry | 143 |
| 36 | Marvin | 132 |
| 37 | Hubert | 129 |
| 38 | Leroy | 127 |
| 39 | Herbert | 125 |
| 40 | Claude | 124 |
| 41 | Herman | 123 |
| 42 | Eugene | 122 |
| 43 | Harold | 115 |
| 44 | Luther | 112 |
| 44 | Ray | 112 |
| 46 | Daniel | 110 |
| 47 | Jessie | 109 |
| 48 | Edgar | 108 |
| 49 | Lee | 106 |
| 50 | Sam | 100 |