Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Carolina, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,898
2	Dorothy	1,148
3	Betty	1,109
4	Margaret	872
5	Annie	863
6	Helen	735
7	Doris	705
8	Ruth	644
9	Mildred	630
10	Frances	609
11	Ruby	561
12	Virginia	493
13	Elizabeth	478
14	Martha	453
15	Hazel	420
16	Louise	388
16	Sarah	388
18	Evelyn	383
19	Edna	373
20	Gladys	368
21	Thelma	335
22	Alice	302
23	Ethel	276
24	Lois	265
25	Lillie	262
26	Edith	259
27	Willie	254
28	Pauline	250
29	Nancy	242
30	Marie	237
31	Lucille	234
32	Emma	233
33	Clara	230
34	Catherine	228
35	Jean	216
36	Lillian	214
37	Bertha	213
38	Nellie	208
39	Peggy	206
40	Grace	204
41	Bessie	198
42	Juanita	195
42	Minnie	195
44	Rosa	194
45	Margie	192
46	Myrtle	191
47	Ella	189
48	Irene	179
49	Barbara	178
49	Eva	178

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,967
2	William	2,114
3	John	1,560
4	Robert	1,507
5	Charles	1,057
6	George	750
7	Thomas	602
8	Willie	599
9	Joseph	460
10	Jack	458
11	Henry	412
12	Edward	404
13	David	401
14	Herbert	398
15	Paul	396
16	Walter	369
17	Billy	349
18	Richard	346
19	Harold	313
20	Clarence	307
21	Charlie	299
22	Fred	288
23	Ralph	279
24	Roy	273
25	Carl	255
25	Earl	255
25	Frank	255
28	Joe	254
29	Howard	252
30	Donald	250
31	Samuel	233
32	Clyde	225
33	Raymond	208
34	Bobby	207
35	Eugene	206
36	Jesse	205
37	Ernest	204
38	Albert	193
39	Arthur	188
40	Harry	186
41	Marvin	183
42	Floyd	172
43	Ray	165
44	Johnnie	150
45	Kenneth	147
45	Leroy	147
47	Herman	145
48	Claude	132
48	Hubert	132
50	Alfred	128