Top baby names in North Carolina, 1927
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,968 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 1,218 |
| 3 | Margaret | 946 |
| 4 | Betty | 887 |
| 5 | Annie | 859 |
| 6 | Helen | 797 |
| 7 | Doris | 727 |
| 8 | Ruth | 665 |
| 9 | Mildred | 660 |
| 10 | Ruby | 624 |
| 11 | Frances | 562 |
| 12 | Virginia | 557 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 448 |
| 14 | Hazel | 445 |
| 15 | Sarah | 431 |
| 16 | Edna | 428 |
| 16 | Martha | 428 |
| 18 | Louise | 393 |
| 19 | Evelyn | 389 |
| 20 | Gladys | 373 |
| 21 | Thelma | 329 |
| 22 | Alice | 303 |
| 23 | Edith | 287 |
| 24 | Ethel | 282 |
| 25 | Pauline | 280 |
| 25 | Willie | 280 |
| 27 | Lois | 269 |
| 28 | Lucille | 255 |
| 29 | Catherine | 254 |
| 30 | Lillie | 249 |
| 31 | Nancy | 240 |
| 32 | Lillian | 237 |
| 33 | Marie | 234 |
| 34 | Clara | 229 |
| 35 | Emma | 227 |
| 36 | Nellie | 226 |
| 37 | Bessie | 214 |
| 37 | Minnie | 214 |
| 39 | Ella | 209 |
| 40 | Myrtle | 208 |
| 41 | Mattie | 205 |
| 42 | Juanita | 203 |
| 43 | Irene | 202 |
| 44 | Bertha | 199 |
| 45 | Jessie | 198 |
| 45 | Rosa | 198 |
| 47 | Jean | 190 |
| 48 | Grace | 185 |
| 49 | Elsie | 180 |
| 50 | Margie | 179 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,971 |
| 2 | William | 2,236 |
| 3 | John | 1,686 |
| 4 | Robert | 1,456 |
| 5 | Charles | 1,043 |
| 6 | George | 752 |
| 7 | Thomas | 690 |
| 8 | Joseph | 571 |
| 9 | Willie | 564 |
| 10 | David | 431 |
| 11 | Jack | 429 |
| 12 | Paul | 417 |
| 13 | Henry | 415 |
| 14 | Walter | 413 |
| 15 | Edward | 381 |
| 16 | Richard | 366 |
| 17 | Charlie | 323 |
| 17 | Roy | 323 |
| 19 | Billy | 312 |
| 20 | Harold | 310 |
| 21 | Ralph | 307 |
| 22 | Frank | 299 |
| 23 | Fred | 293 |
| 24 | Joe | 279 |
| 25 | Clarence | 268 |
| 26 | Carl | 257 |
| 27 | Clyde | 244 |
| 28 | Howard | 237 |
| 29 | Earl | 234 |
| 30 | Ernest | 229 |
| 31 | Albert | 219 |
| 32 | Eugene | 216 |
| 33 | Raymond | 213 |
| 34 | Samuel | 209 |
| 35 | Donald | 208 |
| 36 | Arthur | 190 |
| 37 | Marvin | 183 |
| 38 | Jesse | 182 |
| 39 | Herbert | 177 |
| 40 | Floyd | 175 |
| 41 | Harry | 165 |
| 42 | Herman | 164 |
| 43 | Ray | 161 |
| 44 | Kenneth | 160 |
| 45 | Johnnie | 149 |
| 46 | Calvin | 147 |
| 47 | Leroy | 135 |
| 48 | Bobby | 132 |
| 49 | Hubert | 130 |
| 50 | Claude | 127 |