Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1922

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,855
2	Margaret	1,009
3	Annie	982
4	Dorothy	979
5	Ruth	750
6	Helen	738
7	Virginia	628
8	Ruby	602
9	Mildred	600
10	Elizabeth	563
11	Frances	495
12	Louise	462
13	Martha	453
14	Hazel	447
15	Sarah	421
16	Gladys	407
17	Edna	405
18	Doris	379
19	Thelma	375
20	Evelyn	354
21	Ethel	351
22	Alice	340
23	Pauline	317
24	Edith	311
25	Lillie	295
26	Marie	281
27	Lillian	280
28	Myrtle	278
29	Minnie	273
30	Emma	263
30	Lucille	263
32	Catherine	246
33	Clara	238
33	Nellie	238
35	Irene	233
36	Willie	231
37	Grace	229
38	Mattie	228
38	Rosa	228
40	Carrie	226
40	Eva	226
42	Bessie	210
42	Jessie	210
44	Betty	209
45	Bertha	208
46	Beatrice	203
47	Hattie	200
47	Lois	200
49	Margie	193
50	Ella	192

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,018
2	William	2,127
3	John	1,809
4	Robert	1,247
5	George	870
6	Charles	777
7	Thomas	627
8	Joseph	546
9	Willie	533
10	Henry	446
11	Walter	435
12	Paul	419
13	Edward	397
14	Charlie	372
15	David	356
16	Frank	331
17	Roy	318
18	Fred	300
19	Clarence	290
20	Joe	285
21	Jack	284
22	Ralph	274
23	Richard	273
24	Carl	255
25	Samuel	249
26	Clyde	248
27	Harold	244
28	Ernest	242
29	Howard	238
30	Arthur	233
31	Raymond	210
32	Albert	209
33	Harry	199
34	Earl	198
35	Eugene	189
36	Jesse	186
37	Ray	162
38	Herbert	158
39	Johnnie	156
40	Marvin	154
41	Herman	149
42	Leroy	148
43	Claude	144
44	Jessie	137
44	Lewis	137
46	Lee	135
47	Kenneth	130
48	Luther	127
49	Daniel	126
50	Donald	123