Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1918

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,344
2	Annie	883
3	Margaret	846
4	Ruth	715
5	Ruby	598
6	Helen	584
7	Dorothy	544
8	Elizabeth	542
9	Virginia	498
10	Mildred	481
11	Frances	450
12	Louise	430
13	Hazel	392
14	Ethel	377
15	Edna	370
16	Sarah	364
17	Pauline	347
18	Gladys	328
19	Thelma	323
20	Martha	319
21	Lillie	314
22	Edith	297
23	Lillian	288
24	Evelyn	281
25	Alice	272
26	Nellie	250
27	Bessie	243
28	Bertha	239
29	Emma	238
30	Willie	237
31	Lucille	230
32	Minnie	227
32	Myrtle	227
34	Grace	226
35	Hattie	219
36	Lucy	218
37	Maggie	214
38	Clara	213
39	Rosa	211
40	Mattie	208
41	Jessie	207
41	Marie	207
43	Beatrice	201
44	Carrie	197
44	Eva	197
46	Catherine	191
46	Mabel	191
48	Irene	190
49	Fannie	179
50	Mamie	177

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,573
2	William	1,788
3	John	1,598
4	Robert	1,089
5	George	708
6	Charles	621
7	Willie	551
8	Thomas	545
9	Joseph	473
10	Henry	403
11	Walter	389
12	Paul	356
13	Charlie	355
14	Edward	342
15	Frank	333
16	David	332
17	Fred	283
18	Roy	248
19	Clarence	247
20	Richard	239
21	Joe	234
22	Ralph	231
23	Samuel	222
24	Clyde	209
25	Carl	208
25	Ernest	208
25	Jack	208
28	Arthur	205
29	Albert	201
30	Howard	196
31	Raymond	192
32	Jesse	183
33	Harry	167
34	Claude	164
34	Herbert	164
36	Earl	163
37	Woodrow	156
38	Marvin	144
39	Eugene	143
40	Floyd	137
41	Luther	133
42	Sam	126
43	Johnnie	125
43	Lewis	125
45	Hubert	124
46	Daniel	123
47	Jessie	120
47	Lee	120
49	Leroy	119
50	Lawrence	116