State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1952 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 104,295 North Carolina births in 1952 across 1,230 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.

#80Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#49Donnie#156 nationally
#96Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#78Edna#177 nationally
#82Emma#180 nationally
#66Charlie#161 nationally
#97Jackie#190 nationally
#82Johnnie#173 nationally
#93Edith#183 nationally
#38Annie#127 nationally
#85Belinda#172 nationally
#48Tony#133 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,998US #1
#2Mary1,955US #2
#3Deborah1,602US #4
#4Brenda1,514US #15
#5Patricia1,495US #3
#6Barbara1,094US #6
#7Sandra917US #10
#8Carolyn880US #24
#9Betty747US #32
#10Susan727US #5
#11Judy692US #26
#12Nancy692US #7
#13Wanda683US #54
#14Kathy617US #29
#15Joyce595US #27
#16Donna594US #13
#17Shirley591US #28
#18Elizabeth579US #22
#19Debra577US #9
#20Janice562US #23
#21Cynthia561US #18
#22Pamela543US #17
#23Sharon520US #14
#24Gloria479US #36
#25Rebecca478US #30
#26Martha465US #40
#27Margaret462US #21
#28Karen447US #8
#29Janet408US #19
#30Peggy397US #43
#31Doris384US #83
#32Teresa382US #52
#33Dorothy359US #46
#34Phyllis357US #65
#35Vickie354US #76
#36Carol353US #12
#37Cathy334US #56
#38Annie318US #127
#39Beverly317US #35
#40Frances306US #67
#41Virginia289US #49
#42Alice277US #69
#43Jo273US #55
#44Catherine268US #34
#45Diane261US #16
#46Helen261US #63
#47Bonnie249US #41
#48Glenda247US #97
#49Sarah244US #93
#50Sylvia242US #99
#51Patsy235US #128
#52Sherry231US #68
#53Evelyn219US #90
#54Sheila212US #64
#55Jane209US #42
#56Gwendolyn205US #114
#57Laura204US #53
#58Connie201US #44
#59Ann198US #45
#60Jacqueline197US #58
#61Joan196US #37
#62Marilyn191US #38
#63Ruth183US #57
#64Kathryn179US #48
#65Rita176US #66
#66Judith173US #25
#67Gail172US #39
#68Paula164US #47
#69Katherine163US #59
#70Ruby163US #145
#71Jean160US #50
#72Vivian157US #142
#73Vicki156US #61
#74Christine155US #20
#75Marsha149US #75
#76Dianne146US #96
#77Rhonda146US #95
#78Edna143US #177
#79Cheryl142US #31
#80Shelia124
#81Angela123US #134
#82Emma119US #180
#83Mildred119US #159
#84Ellen118US #70
#85Belinda117US #172
#86Lois117US #86
#87Rose117US #62
#88Delores115US #152
#89Jennifer115US #107
#90Julia115US #131
#91Geraldine113US #119
#92Theresa110US #60
#93Edith108US #183
#94Norma108US #112
#95Marie107US #82
#96Denise106US #33
#97Jackie106US #190
#98Anita102US #91
#99Yvonne102US #103
#100Kathleen100US #11

Boys

#1James3,336US #1
#2William2,223US #6
#3Robert1,873US #2
#4John1,755US #3
#5David1,562US #5
#6Michael1,541US #4
#7Charles1,462US #9
#8Larry1,361US #14
#9Thomas1,043US #8
#10Richard969US #7
#11Donald870US #13
#12Jerry869US #26
#13Gary868US #10
#14Ronald816US #15
#15Kenneth813US #16
#16Joseph656US #12
#17George646US #22
#18Danny538US #40
#19Johnny513US #53
#20Edward475US #23
#21Willie471US #48
#22Bobby456US #77
#23Stephen440US #21
#24Steven433US #11
#25Roger431US #30
#26Ronnie428US #82
#27Terry402US #29
#28Dennis401US #18
#29Billy389US #65
#30Jimmy382US #72
#31Paul369US #19
#32Walter352US #44
#33Douglas316US #28
#34Samuel315US #67
#35Daniel313US #20
#36Timothy312US #27
#37Harold303US #51
#38Roy303US #55
#39Randy287US #41
#40Henry284US #50
#41Carl275US #45
#42Raymond257US #33
#43Wayne248US #38
#44Phillip242US #74
#45Ricky237US #81
#46Anthony232US #34
#47Eddie232US #93
#48Tony225US #133
#49Donnie216US #156
#50Melvin215US #91
#51Curtis214US #86
#52Frank212US #32
#53Steve202US #85
#54Mark201US #17
#55Bruce200US #25
#56Clarence195US #102
#57Tommy194US #97
#58Barry189US #69
#59Jack188US #52
#60Joe188US #62
#61Gregory187US #24
#62Ernest181US #87
#63Allen180US #78
#64Howard180US #73
#65Ralph180US #56
#66Charlie179US #161
#67Arthur174US #47
#68Earl173US #98
#69Marvin170US #95
#70Gerald169US #39
#71Keith169US #49
#72Albert167US #66
#73Harry166US #75
#74Calvin164US #108
#75Jesse159US #112
#76Glenn155US #61
#77Lawrence152US #35
#78Dwight144US #123
#79Micheal143US #94
#80Clyde142US #143
#81Eugene140US #71
#82Johnnie129US #173
#83Andrew128US #68
#84Ray128US #113
#85Alvin127US #128
#86Jackie126US #144
#87Alan125US #42
#88Stanley125US #58
#89Fred123US #90
#90Benjamin122US #122
#91Herbert121US #115
#92Jeffrey121US #31
#93Leonard121US #83
#94Franklin119US #159
#95Lewis113US #145
#96Linwood112
#97Philip112US #60
#98Lee108US #92
#99Leon108US #124
#100Randall107US #63

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑26Mark#54
↑26Keith#71
↑22Anthony#46
↑17Shelia#80
↑15Sherry#52
↑14Ricky#45
↑14Curtis#51
↑14Allen#63

Falling

↓28Harry#73
↓18Gerald#70
↓17Fred#89
↓16Geraldine#91
↓15Johnnie#82
↓14Rose#87
↓14Yvonne#99
↓14Tommy#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.