State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1955 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 106,816 North Carolina births in 1955 across 1,294 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.

#87Ednaoutside the national top 200
#74Charlie#184 nationally
#52Annie#160 nationally
#61Donnie#169 nationally
#81Shelia#181 nationally
#92Jackie#187 nationally
#100Johnnie#190 nationally
#85Patsy#172 nationally
#93Ruby#173 nationally
#79Vivian#154 nationally
#69Dwight#142 nationally
#97Belinda#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,682US #1
#2Deborah1,673US #2
#3Linda1,417US #3
#4Patricia1,288US #6
#5Debra1,238US #4
#6Brenda976US #18
#7Barbara922US #7
#8Susan903US #5
#9Sandra886US #13
#10Cynthia851US #11
#11Teresa760US #26
#12Donna759US #10
#13Pamela746US #12
#14Sharon724US #16
#15Kathy720US #22
#16Carolyn695US #30
#17Wanda689US #61
#18Karen610US #8
#19Nancy599US #9
#20Betty562US #36
#21Elizabeth511US #21
#22Janet501US #20
#23Shirley485US #37
#24Judy483US #32
#25Janice479US #25
#26Joyce477US #29
#27Cathy453US #44
#28Vickie420US #68
#29Rebecca413US #27
#30Gloria408US #47
#31Margaret408US #24
#32Martha403US #53
#33Connie387US #35
#34Beverly374US #34
#35Carol361US #15
#36Phyllis324US #74
#37Diane323US #14
#38Sheila322US #57
#39Sherry320US #56
#40Robin315US #33
#41Dorothy290US #64
#42Debbie277US #63
#43Peggy277US #51
#44Marilyn269US #49
#45Cheryl262US #19
#46Doris258US #101
#47Bonnie255US #45
#48Catherine249US #28
#49Jo246US #58
#50Alice237US #87
#51Rhonda235US #71
#52Annie222US #160
#53Gwendolyn221US #122
#54Sarah220US #108
#55Virginia215US #66
#56Sylvia213US #107
#57Frances211US #96
#58Helen207US #78
#59Angela205US #109
#60Jacqueline201US #73
#61Terry201US #83
#62Paula194US #39
#63Jane193US #50
#64Evelyn186US #112
#65Glenda181US #128
#66Rita181US #72
#67Rose181US #54
#68Gail175US #42
#69Denise174US #23
#70Theresa173US #38
#71Ann164US #43
#72Katherine163US #65
#73Vicki163US #52
#74Kathryn157US #59
#75Vanessa156US #140
#76Laura154US #41
#77Lisa153US #48
#78Dianne152US #121
#79Vivian148US #154
#80Joan147US #46
#81Shelia147US #181
#82Marsha144US #106
#83Anita143US #94
#84Ruth142US #70
#85Patsy139US #172
#86Julia135US #131
#87Edna131
#88Jean129US #60
#89Darlene127US #76
#90Judith127US #31
#91Audrey125US #143
#92Jackie119US #187
#93Ruby118US #173
#94Vicky118US #159
#95Elaine114US #77
#96Terri110US #85
#97Belinda108US #170
#98Diana107US #55
#99Ellen106US #81
#100Christine105US #40

Boys

#1James3,008US #3
#2William2,076US #6
#3David1,887US #2
#4Michael1,861US #1
#5Robert1,828US #4
#6John1,650US #5
#7Charles1,366US #11
#8Larry1,111US #19
#9Richard987US #7
#10Thomas910US #8
#11Donald861US #14
#12Kenneth834US #15
#13Gary830US #12
#14Jerry789US #33
#15Ronald755US #18
#16Joseph678US #13
#17Randy672US #30
#18Terry622US #28
#19Dennis616US #23
#20George595US #26
#21Ricky577US #46
#22Steven530US #10
#23Timothy527US #22
#24Danny520US #45
#25Johnny519US #55
#26Ronnie477US #80
#27Bobby476US #75
#28Edward453US #25
#29Stephen433US #21
#30Mark430US #9
#31Tony419US #93
#32Roger411US #37
#33Billy406US #69
#34Anthony395US #31
#35Willie388US #54
#36Paul377US #16
#37Gregory349US #24
#38Jeffrey324US #20
#39Daniel322US #17
#40Douglas322US #29
#41Jimmy309US #78
#42Walter309US #51
#43Henry281US #61
#44Carl268US #47
#45Samuel264US #71
#46Harold244US #63
#47Phillip238US #74
#48Keith231US #39
#49Steve228US #72
#50Bruce224US #32
#51Eddie221US #92
#52Roy215US #58
#53Wayne213US #44
#54Raymond202US #36
#55Marvin199US #94
#56Frank198US #34
#57Curtis197US #79
#58Joe197US #68
#59Clarence194US #117
#60Barry190US #70
#61Donnie188US #169
#62Calvin185US #110
#63Tommy181US #108
#64Micheal179US #87
#65Stanley176US #64
#66Melvin175US #95
#67Jack174US #60
#68Arthur171US #56
#69Dwight170US #142
#70Ralph161US #67
#71Allen160US #84
#72Reginald159US #144
#73Jeffery155US #73
#74Charlie154US #184
#75Glenn154US #59
#76Christopher152US #49
#77Ray152US #113
#78Darrell151US #91
#79Russell151US #57
#80Alan148US #43
#81Jackie147US #148
#82Earl144US #106
#83Ernest144US #90
#84Howard141US #83
#85Jesse139US #122
#86Gerald138US #48
#87Garry135US #140
#88Rodney134US #65
#89Rickey128US #114
#90Randall127US #53
#91Harry122US #89
#92Kevin121US #27
#93Philip121US #62
#94Albert117US #76
#95Lawrence117US #42
#96Clyde114US #164
#97Dale113US #52
#98Fred112US #97
#99Herbert112US #129
#100Johnnie110US #190

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑44Debbie#42
↑25Reginald#72
↑22Robin#40
↑22Terry#61
↑19Angela#59
↑17Keith#48
↑16Dwight#69
↑14Cheryl#45

Falling

↓33Ernest#83
↓18Lawrence#95
↓17Joan#80
↓17Patsy#85
↓17Gerald#86
↓16Albert#94
↓15Rickey#89
↓14Glenda#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.