State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1951 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 103,414 North Carolina births in 1951 across 1,240 distinct names.

Distinctively North Carolina

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say North Carolina more than they say America.

#92Lillieoutside the national top 200
#96Ellaoutside the national top 200
#46Donnie#150 nationally
#97Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#99Cliftonoutside the national top 200
#100Racheloutside the national top 200
#98Margie#198 nationally
#67Johnnie#162 nationally
#64Charlie#153 nationally
#87Edna#170 nationally
#32Annie#113 nationally
#60Tony#141 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,163US #1
#2Mary2,118US #2
#3Brenda1,599US #14
#4Patricia1,520US #3
#5Deborah1,362US #4
#6Barbara1,116US #5
#7Carolyn939US #22
#8Sandra927US #9
#9Betty817US #29
#10Judy765US #26
#11Nancy691US #7
#12Shirley672US #27
#13Susan654US #6
#14Wanda642US #52
#15Joyce604US #28
#16Janice593US #21
#17Donna576US #12
#18Margaret530US #17
#19Gloria518US #31
#20Elizabeth497US #23
#21Martha483US #38
#22Sharon474US #13
#23Cynthia445US #20
#24Pamela432US #16
#25Kathy428US #35
#26Rebecca426US #32
#27Peggy423US #40
#28Dorothy405US #42
#29Phyllis390US #57
#30Karen376US #8
#31Debra366US #18
#32Annie360US #113
#33Doris343US #80
#34Carol342US #11
#35Janet342US #19
#36Alice310US #62
#37Frances304US #59
#38Vickie300US #87
#39Beverly292US #33
#40Sylvia276US #97
#41Sarah273US #91
#42Teresa273US #63
#43Helen270US #54
#44Diane265US #15
#45Glenda260US #89
#46Cathy249US #71
#47Bonnie247US #37
#48Virginia241US #47
#49Patsy235US #121
#50Catherine232US #34
#51Jacqueline227US #56
#52Gwendolyn225US #112
#53Connie222US #44
#54Jo222US #67
#55Sheila222US #69
#56Jane221US #43
#57Evelyn218US #88
#58Joan202US #39
#59Rita190US #61
#60Judith188US #25
#61Gail183US #36
#62Ann182US #46
#63Ruth181US #53
#64Katherine180US #55
#65Ruby172US #140
#66Marilyn171US #41
#67Sherry169US #70
#68Laura166US #60
#69Vicki166US #58
#70Jean164US #49
#71Kathryn158US #45
#72Dianne151US #90
#73Rose151US #65
#74Vivian150US #138
#75Geraldine144US #108
#76Paula143US #51
#77Christine137US #24
#78Cheryl136US #30
#79Rosa135US #160
#80Ellen133US #68
#81Lois132US #85
#82Marsha132US #76
#83Julia130US #127
#84Mildred127US #146
#85Yvonne126US #101
#86Delores120US #141
#87Edna118US #170
#88Edith117US #165
#89Kathleen117US #10
#90Rhonda114US #111
#91Kay113US #120
#92Lillie113
#93Emma112US #174
#94Belinda110US #171
#95Norma109US #107
#96Ella108
#97Shelia106
#98Margie105US #198
#99Elaine101US #66
#100Rachel101

Boys

#1James3,383US #1
#2William2,252US #6
#3Robert1,926US #2
#4John1,793US #3
#5David1,499US #5
#6Charles1,485US #9
#7Larry1,452US #11
#8Michael1,394US #4
#9Thomas994US #8
#10Jerry920US #24
#11Donald897US #15
#12Richard869US #7
#13Ronald849US #12
#14Kenneth777US #16
#15Gary742US #10
#16George688US #22
#17Joseph655US #14
#18Johnny523US #50
#19Willie515US #45
#20Danny506US #41
#21Bobby477US #77
#22Roger447US #29
#23Edward435US #23
#24Steven431US #13
#25Ronnie417US #82
#26Terry410US #30
#27Jimmy406US #62
#28Billy401US #64
#29Dennis390US #17
#30Stephen388US #19
#31Paul378US #18
#32Walter351US #42
#33Harold337US #46
#34Douglas320US #27
#35Henry318US #47
#36Samuel317US #67
#37Daniel297US #21
#38Roy266US #52
#39Carl265US #43
#40Wayne255US #37
#41Phillip253US #79
#42Timothy242US #28
#43Tommy237US #94
#44Raymond229US #32
#45Harry221US #70
#46Donnie220US #150
#47Eddie218US #89
#48Melvin214US #88
#49Frank213US #31
#50Randy212US #56
#51Ernest210US #83
#52Gerald205US #36
#53Howard204US #74
#54Joe203US #57
#55Ralph202US #51
#56Clarence194US #98
#57Steve194US #86
#58Gregory188US #25
#59Ricky186US #102
#60Tony186US #141
#61Calvin181US #106
#62Earl181US #95
#63Bruce179US #26
#64Charlie174US #153
#65Curtis170US #91
#66Jack168US #48
#67Johnnie168US #162
#68Anthony167US #34
#69Barry164US #71
#70Lawrence164US #33
#71Arthur163US #44
#72Fred159US #87
#73Jesse159US #115
#74Marvin158US #96
#75Eugene157US #65
#76Glenn156US #58
#77Allen155US #72
#78Albert149US #60
#79Jackie142US #133
#80Mark140US #20
#81Clyde132US #132
#82Leonard128US #80
#83Lonnie126US #139
#84Benjamin124US #123
#85Micheal122US #97
#86Lee119US #92
#87Dwight117US #134
#88Philip117US #55
#89Ray116US #114
#90Alvin115US #121
#91Andrew115US #69
#92Herbert114US #112
#93Lewis112US #135
#94Milton112US #169
#95Stanley112US #54
#96Alan111US #40
#97Keith111US #59
#98Randall109US #66
#99Clifton108
#100Leon108US #122

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑50Debra#31
↑33Ricky#59
↑21Rose#73
↑17Gregory#58
↑15Vicki#69
↑13Diane#44
↑12Randy#50
↑12Leonard#82

Falling

↓20Edna#87
↓18Julia#83
↓17Albert#78
↓16Eugene#75
↓14Emma#93
↓13Milton#94
↓12Lois#81
↓12Mildred#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.