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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1954 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 106,778 North Carolina births in 1954 across 1,244 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.

#76Shelia#190 nationally
#79Charlie#181 nationally
#49Annie#150 nationally
#61Donnie#162 nationally
#91Edna#189 nationally
#98Belinda#188 nationally
#95Johnnie#183 nationally
#68Patsy#155 nationally
#91Milton#175 nationally
#97Mildred#180 nationally
#75Vivian#156 nationally
#67Vanessa#142 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah1,735US #3
#2Mary1,699US #1
#3Linda1,510US #2
#4Patricia1,332US #4
#5Brenda1,095US #18
#6Barbara1,047US #7
#7Debra994US #6
#8Susan902US #5
#9Sandra871US #13
#10Pamela850US #12
#11Cynthia818US #10
#12Carolyn750US #27
#13Kathy734US #23
#14Donna719US #11
#15Betty660US #36
#16Wanda645US #58
#17Sharon630US #16
#18Nancy619US #9
#19Karen569US #8
#20Shirley565US #33
#21Teresa562US #34
#22Judy540US #29
#23Elizabeth535US #20
#24Janet529US #19
#25Janice503US #25
#26Joyce492US #28
#27Martha473US #46
#28Rebecca445US #26
#29Margaret440US #21
#30Gloria389US #42
#31Vickie386US #69
#32Phyllis380US #75
#33Beverly377US #31
#34Cathy368US #59
#35Carol364US #15
#36Doris321US #93
#37Peggy314US #48
#38Sheila313US #60
#39Dorothy311US #55
#40Marilyn304US #35
#41Diane277US #17
#42Connie265US #39
#43Sylvia259US #101
#44Alice256US #81
#45Jo254US #53
#46Sarah248US #103
#47Catherine247US #32
#48Sherry244US #62
#49Annie242US #150
#50Helen239US #72
#51Glenda234US #114
#52Frances231US #83
#53Rhonda229US #71
#54Bonnie225US #52
#55Virginia224US #61
#56Jacqueline217US #68
#57Rita217US #67
#58Gwendolyn207US #122
#59Cheryl205US #22
#60Evelyn198US #109
#61Jane198US #49
#62Robin192US #41
#63Joan191US #40
#64Vicki189US #50
#65Laura184US #45
#66Gail182US #37
#67Vanessa182US #142
#68Patsy178US #155
#69Paula176US #38
#70Rose174US #54
#71Denise170US #24
#72Marsha170US #86
#73Katherine165US #64
#74Ann163US #44
#75Vivian162US #156
#76Shelia160US #190
#77Dianne158US #116
#78Angela157US #118
#79Kathryn151US #51
#80Ruth150US #66
#81Theresa150US #47
#82Anita143US #96
#83Terry140US #88
#84Jean135US #56
#85Julia130US #127
#86Debbie129US #92
#87Audrey127US #149
#88Geraldine125US #143
#89Ruby124US #162
#90Rosa123US #165
#91Edna118US #189
#92Yvonne118US #117
#93Christine116US #43
#94Jennifer113US #108
#95Elaine110US #74
#96Judith109US #30
#97Mildred109US #180
#98Belinda108US #188
#99Kay108US #146
#100Ellen103US #77

Boys

#1James3,070US #3
#2William2,113US #6
#3Robert1,879US #2
#4David1,835US #5
#5Michael1,819US #1
#6John1,792US #4
#7Charles1,405US #10
#8Larry1,161US #19
#9Richard1,037US #7
#10Thomas951US #8
#11Donald943US #14
#12Kenneth856US #17
#13Gary828US #9
#14Jerry824US #31
#15Ronald740US #15
#16Joseph679US #13
#17George593US #24
#18Terry593US #27
#19Ricky565US #46
#20Danny553US #42
#21Dennis546US #21
#22Randy526US #33
#23Bobby502US #72
#24Johnny495US #54
#25Steven472US #11
#26Willie464US #53
#27Ronnie458US #78
#28Timothy458US #26
#29Edward453US #22
#30Billy430US #65
#31Stephen423US #20
#32Roger422US #34
#33Paul374US #16
#34Tony367US #105
#35Jimmy359US #74
#36Douglas341US #29
#37Mark333US #12
#38Walter330US #49
#39Daniel316US #18
#40Anthony305US #32
#41Gregory296US #25
#42Samuel276US #71
#43Carl266US #47
#44Phillip262US #75
#45Henry259US #59
#46Harold255US #60
#47Jeffrey249US #23
#48Roy241US #56
#49Raymond228US #35
#50Ernest209US #87
#51Tommy209US #100
#52Calvin207US #117
#53Curtis205US #84
#54Joe203US #67
#55Wayne202US #41
#56Eddie200US #91
#57Bruce196US #30
#58Melvin196US #92
#59Ralph195US #61
#60Steve194US #76
#61Donnie187US #162
#62Clarence186US #108
#63Marvin185US #97
#64Frank184US #36
#65Keith184US #45
#66Glenn178US #63
#67Micheal176US #88
#68Stanley175US #58
#69Gerald174US #44
#70Arthur173US #52
#71Barry173US #68
#72Earl165US #98
#73Howard164US #80
#74Rickey162US #113
#75Allen159US #82
#76Jack157US #57
#77Lawrence156US #39
#78Albert151US #73
#79Charlie151US #181
#80Jesse148US #119
#81Alan146US #43
#82Harry139US #86
#83Ray139US #118
#84Rodney138US #66
#85Dwight134US #145
#86Darrell131US #95
#87Randall127US #55
#88Alvin126US #135
#89Garry126US #138
#90Clyde124US #161
#91Milton124US #175
#92Andrew123US #70
#93Benjamin123US #132
#94Jackie123US #150
#95Johnnie122US #183
#96Lee119US #96
#97Reginald119US #158
#98Fred118US #93
#99Eugene114US #77
#100Franklin114US #157

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑32Robin#62
↑28Calvin#52
↑19Cheryl#59
↑18Rickey#74
↑17Vanessa#67
↑15Rose#70
↑15Jeffrey#47
↑14Sylvia#43

Falling

↓20Ellen#100
↓18Ruby#89
↓16Gerald#69
↓15Mildred#97
↓15Harry#82
↓15Fred#98
↓15Eugene#99
↓14Patsy#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.