Top baby names in North Carolina, 1926
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,908 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 1,139 |
| 3 | Margaret | 1,000 |
| 4 | Annie | 863 |
| 5 | Helen | 842 |
| 6 | Ruth | 749 |
| 7 | Doris | 667 |
| 8 | Betty | 650 |
| 9 | Ruby | 605 |
| 10 | Mildred | 597 |
| 11 | Frances | 565 |
| 12 | Virginia | 563 |
| 13 | Martha | 474 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 463 |
| 15 | Louise | 438 |
| 16 | Sarah | 420 |
| 17 | Evelyn | 404 |
| 18 | Hazel | 398 |
| 19 | Edna | 386 |
| 20 | Gladys | 361 |
| 21 | Edith | 329 |
| 22 | Thelma | 324 |
| 23 | Ethel | 323 |
| 24 | Alice | 310 |
| 25 | Pauline | 308 |
| 26 | Marie | 269 |
| 27 | Lois | 258 |
| 28 | Emma | 254 |
| 29 | Lillie | 246 |
| 30 | Lillian | 244 |
| 31 | Catherine | 240 |
| 32 | Willie | 239 |
| 33 | Clara | 227 |
| 34 | Carrie | 224 |
| 35 | Bessie | 223 |
| 36 | Nancy | 221 |
| 37 | Irene | 216 |
| 38 | Margie | 210 |
| 39 | Rosa | 208 |
| 40 | Myrtle | 205 |
| 41 | Hattie | 201 |
| 41 | Minnie | 201 |
| 43 | Elsie | 198 |
| 44 | Ella | 197 |
| 45 | Grace | 196 |
| 46 | Bertha | 190 |
| 46 | Nellie | 190 |
| 48 | Rachel | 182 |
| 49 | Jessie | 178 |
| 49 | Juanita | 178 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,901 |
| 2 | William | 2,283 |
| 3 | John | 1,720 |
| 4 | Robert | 1,375 |
| 5 | Charles | 886 |
| 6 | George | 740 |
| 7 | Thomas | 619 |
| 8 | Joseph | 544 |
| 9 | Willie | 503 |
| 10 | David | 426 |
| 11 | Paul | 409 |
| 12 | Edward | 408 |
| 13 | Walter | 406 |
| 14 | Jack | 393 |
| 15 | Henry | 391 |
| 16 | Richard | 346 |
| 17 | Clarence | 325 |
| 18 | Ralph | 293 |
| 19 | Fred | 285 |
| 19 | Harold | 285 |
| 21 | Charlie | 283 |
| 22 | Joe | 278 |
| 23 | Roy | 266 |
| 24 | Carl | 257 |
| 25 | Billy | 249 |
| 26 | Ernest | 246 |
| 27 | Raymond | 245 |
| 28 | Frank | 244 |
| 29 | Howard | 236 |
| 30 | Clyde | 227 |
| 31 | Samuel | 223 |
| 32 | Earl | 212 |
| 33 | Arthur | 207 |
| 34 | Albert | 205 |
| 35 | Ray | 192 |
| 36 | Eugene | 188 |
| 37 | Floyd | 187 |
| 38 | Marvin | 186 |
| 39 | Jesse | 176 |
| 40 | Harry | 170 |
| 41 | Donald | 164 |
| 42 | Calvin | 163 |
| 43 | Herman | 158 |
| 44 | Johnnie | 148 |
| 45 | Leroy | 145 |
| 46 | Jessie | 141 |
| 47 | Claude | 139 |
| 47 | Kenneth | 139 |
| 49 | Cecil | 138 |
| 50 | Lee | 131 |