State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1957 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 104,842 North Carolina births in 1957 across 1,302 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.

#62Annie#193 nationally
#64Shelia#180 nationally
#63Donnie#177 nationally
#100Patsyoutside the national top 200
#98Charlie#193 nationally
#60Reginald#142 nationally
#79Vanessa#159 nationally
#83Dwight#159 nationally
#57Gwendolyn#132 nationally
#94Jackie#162 nationally
#53Doris#119 nationally
#51Sarah#116 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,504US #1
#2Deborah1,295US #6
#3Linda1,139US #3
#4Cynthia1,136US #7
#5Debra1,049US #4
#6Patricia1,036US #8
#7Teresa901US #24
#8Susan892US #2
#9Brenda887US #13
#10Kathy832US #20
#11Donna795US #10
#12Sandra793US #15
#13Barbara781US #9
#14Karen774US #5
#15Sharon761US #14
#16Pamela755US #12
#17Wanda699US #59
#18Carolyn605US #33
#19Nancy512US #11
#20Betty508US #50
#21Elizabeth503US #22
#22Cathy454US #39
#23Debbie440US #27
#24Robin433US #30
#25Janice422US #32
#26Shirley421US #46
#27Carol410US #18
#28Janet407US #23
#29Cheryl393US #16
#30Joyce386US #40
#31Rebecca378US #34
#32Vickie375US #70
#33Phyllis374US #90
#34Judy367US #38
#35Beverly364US #48
#36Sheila360US #58
#37Sherry339US #55
#38Cindy329US #19
#39Margaret326US #29
#40Gloria318US #66
#41Martha316US #63
#42Angela289US #89
#43Connie281US #47
#44Diane273US #17
#45Dorothy261US #74
#46Lisa261US #26
#47Rhonda261US #52
#48Peggy240US #62
#49Laura232US #31
#50Kimberly229US #42
#51Sarah229US #116
#52Sylvia229US #109
#53Doris223US #119
#54Denise217US #25
#55Anita211US #81
#56Catherine210US #37
#57Gwendolyn207US #132
#58Alice201US #106
#59Bonnie193US #64
#60Virginia190US #75
#61Marilyn188US #82
#62Annie187US #193
#63Darlene186US #57
#64Shelia183US #180
#65Theresa179US #36
#66Frances178US #113
#67Jo176US #83
#68Paula176US #49
#69Jacqueline175US #91
#70Glenda174US #134
#71Rita174US #78
#72Kim171US #35
#73Terry170US #92
#74Jane168US #56
#75Helen163US #95
#76Katherine161US #72
#77Ann156US #44
#78Tina146US #80
#79Vanessa146US #159
#80Gail140US #54
#81Julia139US #122
#82Jennifer138US #87
#83Tammy137US #107
#84Rose135US #69
#85Evelyn133US #125
#86Kathryn130US #65
#87Terri130US #68
#88Joan128US #60
#89Vicki128US #51
#90Annette127US #97
#91Ellen127US #85
#92Julie123US #28
#93Audrey120US #149
#94Jackie117US #162
#95Ruth117US #84
#96Vicky114US #142
#97Vivian114US #153
#98Diana112US #43
#99Joy110US #143
#100Patsy109

Boys

#1James2,771US #2
#2Michael1,974US #1
#3William1,906US #6
#4David1,851US #3
#5Robert1,655US #4
#6John1,534US #5
#7Charles1,262US #11
#8Richard1,019US #8
#9Larry923US #22
#10Kenneth811US #14
#11Donald809US #15
#12Thomas794US #9
#13Gary762US #13
#14Ronald726US #17
#15Jerry722US #35
#16Mark709US #7
#17Timothy705US #19
#18Randy694US #31
#19Ricky676US #40
#20Terry659US #33
#21Joseph601US #12
#22Bobby534US #78
#23George514US #29
#24Steven514US #10
#25Tony498US #71
#26Ronnie485US #73
#27Gregory477US #23
#28Dennis475US #28
#29Danny471US #45
#30Johnny451US #61
#31Edward418US #25
#32Jeffrey416US #21
#33Anthony410US #27
#34Billy394US #64
#35Willie375US #63
#36Jimmy374US #77
#37Roger363US #42
#38Stephen357US #24
#39Paul331US #18
#40Douglas321US #30
#41Keith311US #36
#42Steve297US #44
#43Daniel293US #16
#44Walter274US #58
#45Curtis252US #80
#46Jeffery243US #52
#47Carl242US #49
#48Phillip239US #79
#49Roy229US #65
#50Henry226US #75
#51Samuel226US #82
#52Harold223US #74
#53Eddie221US #95
#54Barry218US #72
#55Wayne210US #47
#56Joe202US #57
#57Kevin202US #20
#58Micheal199US #85
#59Tommy197US #102
#60Reginald185US #142
#61Bruce184US #34
#62Marvin177US #112
#63Donnie175US #177
#64Frank173US #38
#65Stanley173US #81
#66Rickey171US #108
#67Calvin168US #114
#68Gerald162US #51
#69Melvin160US #113
#70Alan159US #48
#71Raymond158US #39
#72Ernest157US #101
#73Darrell156US #90
#74Ralph156US #76
#75Christopher152US #43
#76Jack151US #67
#77Clarence149US #135
#78Howard149US #89
#79Glenn146US #62
#80Ray145US #111
#81Allen140US #91
#82Rodney139US #70
#83Dwight136US #159
#84Harry131US #100
#85Dale129US #50
#86Randall129US #59
#87Eric127US #60
#88Arthur125US #66
#89Benjamin121US #138
#90Mike121US #53
#91Alvin120US #144
#92Earl119US #122
#93Russell118US #54
#94Garry117US #158
#95Herbert116US #151
#96Jesse116US #133
#97Brian115US #26
#98Charlie114US #193
#99Fred114US #103
#100Albert113US #84

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑43Cindy#38
↑43Kimberly#50
↑27Lisa#46
↑22Denise#54
↑21Gerald#68
↑17Laura#49
↑15Darlene#63
↑15Harry#84

Falling

↓19Albert#100
↓18Jo#67
↓16Evelyn#85
↓16Ruth#95
↓14Raymond#71
↓13Rita#71
↓12Jacqueline#69
↓12Katherine#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.