Top baby names in North Carolina, 1923
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,891 |
| 2 | Margaret | 1,049 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,012 |
| 4 | Annie | 974 |
| 5 | Ruth | 872 |
| 6 | Helen | 760 |
| 7 | Ruby | 660 |
| 8 | Mildred | 656 |
| 9 | Virginia | 577 |
| 10 | Frances | 572 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 508 |
| 12 | Louise | 504 |
| 13 | Martha | 447 |
| 14 | Sarah | 441 |
| 15 | Doris | 440 |
| 16 | Hazel | 437 |
| 17 | Edna | 431 |
| 18 | Gladys | 390 |
| 19 | Thelma | 368 |
| 20 | Evelyn | 354 |
| 21 | Edith | 333 |
| 22 | Betty | 319 |
| 22 | Ethel | 319 |
| 24 | Alice | 318 |
| 25 | Pauline | 305 |
| 26 | Lillie | 292 |
| 27 | Lillian | 291 |
| 27 | Marie | 291 |
| 29 | Lucille | 286 |
| 30 | Willie | 280 |
| 31 | Lois | 275 |
| 32 | Emma | 268 |
| 33 | Bessie | 254 |
| 34 | Irene | 253 |
| 35 | Catherine | 249 |
| 36 | Clara | 245 |
| 37 | Mattie | 234 |
| 38 | Beatrice | 232 |
| 39 | Lucy | 225 |
| 39 | Nellie | 225 |
| 41 | Grace | 223 |
| 42 | Jessie | 217 |
| 43 | Carrie | 215 |
| 44 | Myrtle | 214 |
| 45 | Minnie | 211 |
| 46 | Bertha | 209 |
| 47 | Marjorie | 206 |
| 48 | Nancy | 203 |
| 49 | Ella | 202 |
| 50 | Eva | 197 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 3,059 |
| 2 | William | 2,197 |
| 3 | John | 1,705 |
| 4 | Robert | 1,249 |
| 5 | Charles | 781 |
| 6 | George | 777 |
| 7 | Thomas | 623 |
| 8 | Willie | 587 |
| 9 | Joseph | 561 |
| 10 | Henry | 481 |
| 11 | Walter | 415 |
| 12 | Paul | 405 |
| 13 | Edward | 402 |
| 14 | David | 390 |
| 15 | Charlie | 355 |
| 16 | Frank | 324 |
| 17 | Jack | 312 |
| 18 | Roy | 304 |
| 19 | Clarence | 294 |
| 19 | Fred | 294 |
| 21 | Richard | 276 |
| 22 | Ralph | 273 |
| 23 | Joe | 241 |
| 24 | Arthur | 236 |
| 25 | Harold | 235 |
| 25 | Howard | 235 |
| 27 | Ernest | 233 |
| 27 | Raymond | 233 |
| 29 | Clyde | 228 |
| 30 | Samuel | 227 |
| 31 | Carl | 219 |
| 32 | Albert | 206 |
| 33 | Earl | 190 |
| 34 | Eugene | 182 |
| 35 | Jesse | 176 |
| 36 | Marvin | 172 |
| 37 | Harry | 168 |
| 38 | Herbert | 165 |
| 39 | Leroy | 162 |
| 40 | Jessie | 154 |
| 41 | Johnnie | 151 |
| 42 | Kenneth | 148 |
| 43 | Herman | 143 |
| 43 | Ray | 143 |
| 45 | Calvin | 140 |
| 46 | Floyd | 139 |
| 47 | Lee | 135 |
| 48 | Hubert | 131 |
| 49 | Claude | 129 |
| 50 | Luther | 128 |