Top baby names in North Carolina, 1930
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,484 |
| 2 | Betty | 1,531 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,139 |
| 4 | Annie | 817 |
| 5 | Margaret | 784 |
| 6 | Doris | 713 |
| 7 | Helen | 606 |
| 8 | Mildred | 523 |
| 9 | Ruby | 508 |
| 10 | Ruth | 474 |
| 11 | Frances | 464 |
| 12 | Martha | 448 |
| 13 | Virginia | 419 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 398 |
| 15 | Peggy | 388 |
| 16 | Nancy | 361 |
| 17 | Sarah | 352 |
| 18 | Edna | 348 |
| 19 | Hazel | 338 |
| 20 | Evelyn | 334 |
| 21 | Louise | 320 |
| 22 | Gladys | 318 |
| 23 | Alice | 286 |
| 24 | Thelma | 283 |
| 25 | Barbara | 255 |
| 26 | Lois | 252 |
| 27 | Joyce | 248 |
| 28 | Clara | 239 |
| 29 | Marie | 236 |
| 30 | Ethel | 228 |
| 31 | Jean | 223 |
| 32 | Catherine | 220 |
| 33 | Lillie | 218 |
| 34 | Willie | 217 |
| 35 | Edith | 207 |
| 36 | Pauline | 202 |
| 37 | Emma | 199 |
| 37 | Lucille | 199 |
| 39 | Juanita | 189 |
| 40 | Lillian | 188 |
| 41 | Mattie | 180 |
| 42 | Rosa | 179 |
| 43 | Ella | 178 |
| 44 | Nellie | 174 |
| 45 | Minnie | 167 |
| 45 | Myrtle | 167 |
| 47 | Rachel | 164 |
| 48 | Margie | 163 |
| 49 | Grace | 160 |
| 50 | Irene | 159 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,734 |
| 2 | William | 1,993 |
| 3 | John | 1,501 |
| 4 | Robert | 1,445 |
| 5 | Charles | 1,110 |
| 6 | George | 704 |
| 7 | Thomas | 575 |
| 8 | Willie | 556 |
| 9 | Billy | 502 |
| 10 | David | 479 |
| 11 | Joseph | 459 |
| 12 | Bobby | 451 |
| 12 | Jack | 451 |
| 14 | Paul | 378 |
| 15 | Edward | 374 |
| 16 | Richard | 364 |
| 17 | Walter | 348 |
| 18 | Henry | 321 |
| 19 | Joe | 318 |
| 20 | Fred | 295 |
| 21 | Harold | 287 |
| 22 | Charlie | 282 |
| 22 | Roy | 282 |
| 24 | Donald | 275 |
| 25 | Ralph | 266 |
| 26 | Frank | 259 |
| 27 | Clarence | 245 |
| 28 | Howard | 239 |
| 29 | Carl | 235 |
| 30 | Kenneth | 217 |
| 31 | Clyde | 209 |
| 32 | Herbert | 207 |
| 33 | Ernest | 206 |
| 34 | Earl | 205 |
| 35 | Eugene | 201 |
| 35 | Samuel | 201 |
| 37 | Raymond | 192 |
| 38 | Albert | 178 |
| 39 | Arthur | 176 |
| 40 | Ray | 168 |
| 41 | Harry | 151 |
| 42 | Jesse | 143 |
| 43 | Herman | 142 |
| 44 | Floyd | 135 |
| 45 | Hubert | 134 |
| 46 | Marvin | 132 |
| 47 | Claude | 123 |
| 48 | Johnnie | 117 |
| 48 | Leroy | 117 |
| 48 | Melvin | 117 |