Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,129
2	Annie	834
3	Margaret	762
4	Ruth	659
5	Ruby	547
6	Helen	517
7	Elizabeth	503
8	Dorothy	460
9	Mildred	446
10	Virginia	437
11	Louise	398
12	Ethel	383
13	Hazel	372
14	Frances	367
15	Gladys	341
16	Lillie	327
17	Sarah	326
18	Edna	324
19	Pauline	309
20	Martha	305
21	Thelma	290
22	Evelyn	280
23	Bessie	263
24	Alice	260
24	Edith	260
26	Myrtle	259
27	Lucille	253
28	Lillian	248
29	Nellie	234
30	Beatrice	230
31	Bertha	221
32	Minnie	216
33	Grace	215
34	Hattie	213
35	Mattie	210
35	Willie	210
37	Clara	209
38	Eva	208
39	Marie	206
40	Emma	205
40	Jessie	205
42	Lucy	204
43	Carrie	201
44	Rosa	195
45	Pearl	193
46	Maggie	183
47	Julia	179
48	Irene	174
49	Mabel	170
50	Ella	169

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,237
2	William	1,602
3	John	1,498
4	Robert	980
5	George	647
6	Charles	559
7	Thomas	500
8	Joseph	446
9	Willie	406
10	Henry	385
11	Walter	375
12	Charlie	334
13	Edward	309
14	Paul	304
15	Frank	284
16	David	282
17	Fred	275
18	Clarence	245
19	Roy	232
20	Clyde	229
21	Ralph	226
22	Richard	209
23	Ernest	201
24	Howard	193
25	Joe	191
26	Samuel	189
27	Carl	188
28	Albert	187
29	Arthur	184
30	Raymond	176
31	Jack	160
32	Jesse	154
33	Harry	151
34	Harold	146
35	Herbert	142
36	Earl	137
37	Herman	134
38	Lee	126
38	Woodrow	126
40	Marvin	122
41	Eugene	119
42	Jessie	118
42	Johnnie	118
44	Luther	117
45	Ray	114
46	Oscar	112
47	Claude	111
48	Floyd	109
48	Leroy	109
48	Lewis	109