State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1958 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 101,681 North Carolina births in 1958 across 1,287 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.

#75Annie#196 nationally
#60Shelia#180 nationally
#84Myraoutside the national top 200
#86Donnie#181 nationally
#62Vanessa#148 nationally
#98Franklin#182 nationally
#61Reginald#142 nationally
#99Dwight#175 nationally
#69Glenda#141 nationally
#61Doris#131 nationally
#83Gwendolyn#151 nationally
#52Sarah#117 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,355US #1
#2Linda1,119US #3
#3Deborah1,081US #7
#4Cynthia1,004US #8
#5Teresa961US #26
#6Patricia929US #5
#7Susan887US #2
#8Kathy877US #14
#9Debra854US #6
#10Brenda787US #16
#11Pamela765US #11
#12Donna756US #10
#13Barbara746US #9
#14Karen743US #4
#15Sharon723US #17
#16Sandra714US #15
#17Wanda561US #66
#18Debbie542US #24
#19Elizabeth531US #22
#20Carolyn520US #37
#21Cheryl509US #13
#22Betty486US #54
#23Nancy437US #12
#24Cathy417US #34
#25Janet405US #28
#26Janice401US #35
#27Robin397US #32
#28Lisa390US #19
#29Judy383US #36
#30Joyce381US #46
#31Shirley376US #52
#32Tammy358US #44
#33Vickie346US #75
#34Beverly345US #55
#35Phyllis339US #94
#36Sheila335US #59
#37Cindy333US #25
#38Rebecca317US #41
#39Sherry317US #67
#40Peggy315US #42
#41Martha312US #69
#42Carol307US #20
#43Angela298US #83
#44Rhonda291US #48
#45Kimberly282US #39
#46Gloria281US #77
#47Margaret272US #31
#48Connie264US #50
#49Julie229US #23
#50Laura226US #29
#51Diane224US #18
#52Sarah223US #117
#53Catherine218US #38
#54Terry213US #89
#55Darlene212US #49
#56Sylvia212US #114
#57Dorothy207US #86
#58Anita200US #82
#59Denise197US #27
#60Shelia197US #180
#61Doris195US #131
#62Vanessa194US #148
#63Rita184US #88
#64Helen179US #100
#65Jo175US #91
#66Kim173US #40
#67Virginia172US #85
#68Theresa171US #33
#69Glenda170US #141
#70Frances168US #118
#71Rose168US #78
#72Jacqueline166US #99
#73Terri166US #51
#74Bonnie164US #63
#75Annie153US #196
#76Julia152US #119
#77Vicki149US #57
#78Paula148US #53
#79Katherine147US #74
#80Alice145US #115
#81Jennifer145US #81
#82Tina145US #71
#83Gwendolyn141US #151
#84Myra139
#85Penny136US #124
#86Annette134US #76
#87Christine133US #43
#88Jackie133US #152
#89Amy129US #97
#90Kathryn127US #58
#91Marilyn126US #96
#92Ann125US #47
#93Jane125US #61
#94Ellen119US #93
#95Valerie118US #64
#96Belinda117US #144
#97Becky116US #111
#98Ruth115US #90
#99Evelyn114US #134
#100Joan113US #68

Boys

#1James2,508US #3
#2Michael1,958US #1
#3William1,803US #6
#4Robert1,710US #4
#5David1,690US #2
#6John1,406US #5
#7Charles1,154US #11
#8Richard933US #8
#9Ricky867US #34
#10Timothy860US #13
#11Kenneth832US #14
#12Thomas804US #9
#13Larry800US #22
#14Mark748US #7
#15Donald717US #18
#16Ronald686US #19
#17Jerry643US #35
#18Randy601US #32
#19Terry590US #33
#20Gary585US #17
#21Joseph579US #12
#22Tony513US #57
#23Ronnie506US #66
#24Jeffrey493US #21
#25Dennis465US #29
#26Bobby464US #69
#27Danny463US #45
#28Anthony445US #27
#29George436US #31
#30Gregory433US #23
#31Steven409US #10
#32Edward401US #28
#33Johnny386US #61
#34Billy383US #64
#35Jimmy364US #73
#36Willie362US #70
#37Paul340US #15
#38Roger319US #47
#39Douglas315US #30
#40Stephen309US #26
#41Keith269US #37
#42Samuel263US #85
#43Daniel256US #16
#44Eddie255US #100
#45Wayne252US #48
#46Carl239US #51
#47Steve226US #44
#48Curtis223US #82
#49Walter223US #63
#50Tommy222US #104
#51Jeffery217US #59
#52Phillip216US #81
#53Harold210US #84
#54Mike206US #40
#55Barry202US #79
#56Christopher201US #39
#57Micheal196US #91
#58Kevin195US #20
#59Henry194US #83
#60Darrell193US #90
#61Reginald193US #142
#62Roy185US #75
#63Alan184US #49
#64Joe177US #56
#65Raymond175US #43
#66Bruce172US #36
#67Rickey171US #106
#68Ernest167US #113
#69Howard160US #95
#70Brian158US #24
#71Dale157US #46
#72Frank156US #38
#73Marvin154US #119
#74Calvin153US #123
#75Rodney152US #65
#76Stanley151US #88
#77Scott148US #25
#78Eric147US #50
#79Tim142US #74
#80Melvin140US #122
#81Randall140US #62
#82Clarence139US #138
#83Gerald137US #58
#84Ralph135US #78
#85Arthur134US #72
#86Donnie132US #181
#87Allen130US #92
#88Russell128US #54
#89Jack127US #80
#90Perry125US #132
#91Ray124US #121
#92Glenn122US #76
#93Lawrence121US #52
#94Albert116US #89
#95Andrew115US #55
#96Harry115US #111
#97Jesse110US #141
#98Franklin106US #182
#99Dwight105US #175
#100Alvin104US #154

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑51Tammy#32
↑43Julie#49
↑36Mike#54
↑27Brian#70
↑19Terry#54
↑19Christopher#56
↑18Lisa#28
↑17Vanessa#62

Falling

↓30Marilyn#91
↓26Gwendolyn#83
↓23Donnie#86
↓22Alice#80
↓19Jane#93
↓16Dwight#99
↓15Carol#42
↓15Bonnie#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.