State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1959 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 101,722 North Carolina births in 1959 across 1,285 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.

#49Shelia#170 nationally
#81Annieoutside the national top 200
#75Timmy#188 nationally
#89Myraoutside the national top 200
#79Donnie#184 nationally
#53Vanessa#139 nationally
#62Glenda#148 nationally
#75Gwendolyn#159 nationally
#64Reginald#144 nationally
#97Vivian#177 nationally
#67Doris#138 nationally
#43Phyllis#103 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,256US #1
#2Donna1,219US #5
#3Cynthia1,060US #8
#4Teresa1,039US #24
#5Linda1,020US #3
#6Deborah949US #9
#7Patricia895US #6
#8Susan825US #2
#9Sandra802US #13
#10Pamela794US #12
#11Debra789US #7
#12Sharon764US #17
#13Kathy762US #15
#14Karen725US #4
#15Brenda722US #16
#16Barbara715US #11
#17Debbie573US #20
#18Tammy548US #31
#19Wanda541US #65
#20Lisa532US #10
#21Elizabeth496US #21
#22Carolyn480US #42
#23Robin458US #32
#24Betty427US #59
#25Janet414US #28
#26Nancy409US #14
#27Cathy393US #39
#28Sheila383US #52
#29Cheryl375US #18
#30Cindy370US #25
#31Janice350US #37
#32Kimberly350US #33
#33Angela349US #68
#34Sherry348US #58
#35Joyce328US #50
#36Rebecca324US #38
#37Beverly318US #55
#38Shirley312US #61
#39Judy311US #41
#40Margaret298US #36
#41Rhonda298US #45
#42Carol289US #22
#43Phyllis287US #103
#44Martha282US #72
#45Vickie281US #90
#46Connie273US #48
#47Gloria260US #81
#48Laura235US #30
#49Shelia234US #170
#50Diane213US #19
#51Terry211US #95
#52Peggy207US #57
#53Vanessa207US #139
#54Anita206US #87
#55Denise200US #29
#56Terri199US #46
#57Kim194US #35
#58Paula191US #51
#59Sarah187US #119
#60Annette186US #64
#61Catherine185US #40
#62Glenda184US #148
#63Julie182US #26
#64Dorothy179US #94
#65Frances178US #124
#66Darlene177US #66
#67Doris174US #138
#68Rita174US #98
#69Tina174US #53
#70Alice172US #112
#71Theresa172US #34
#72Bonnie170US #71
#73Sylvia165US #120
#74Amy163US #85
#75Gwendolyn161US #159
#76Jennifer161US #78
#77Virginia157US #93
#78Helen154US #108
#79Jacqueline154US #111
#80Katherine145US #79
#81Annie140
#82Rose140US #88
#83Gail139US #75
#84Jane138US #67
#85Ann136US #44
#86Regina135US #117
#87Julia133US #116
#88Becky132US #102
#89Myra129
#90Penny125US #122
#91Melissa121US #127
#92Valerie121US #60
#93Jo117US #115
#94Ellen114US #91
#95Stephanie114US #101
#96Evelyn113US #134
#97Vivian112US #177
#98Ruth111US #97
#99Vicki110US #73
#100Kelly107US #74

Boys

#1James2,425US #3
#2David1,865US #2
#3Michael1,843US #1
#4William1,707US #7
#5Robert1,577US #5
#6John1,408US #4
#7Charles1,155US #11
#8Timothy976US #12
#9Kenneth888US #15
#10Ricky882US #34
#11Richard849US #8
#12Mark810US #6
#13Thomas761US #9
#14Donald740US #19
#15Larry726US #25
#16Gary618US #20
#17Ronald603US #21
#18Jerry601US #36
#19Jeffrey576US #16
#20Terry568US #33
#21Randy545US #31
#22Tony531US #53
#23Joseph515US #13
#24George479US #32
#25Steven479US #10
#26Ronnie470US #77
#27Dennis468US #29
#28Danny450US #48
#29Bobby447US #71
#30Gregory432US #23
#31Anthony429US #26
#32Johnny426US #64
#33Jimmy407US #69
#34Billy362US #65
#35Roger343US #47
#36Paul339US #17
#37Edward327US #27
#38Stephen318US #28
#39Keith307US #39
#40Steve306US #41
#41Willie303US #78
#42Douglas298US #30
#43Jeffery298US #55
#44Christopher276US #35
#45Daniel274US #18
#46Kevin264US #14
#47Walter251US #66
#48Samuel233US #86
#49Carl231US #54
#50Phillip221US #74
#51Mike215US #37
#52Eddie207US #101
#53Barry206US #73
#54Eric205US #46
#55Rodney204US #67
#56Tommy202US #108
#57Micheal199US #96
#58Wayne189US #51
#59Curtis188US #75
#60Alan186US #50
#61Brian180US #22
#62Darrell180US #90
#63Scott173US #24
#64Reginald172US #144
#65Bruce171US #38
#66Dale170US #49
#67Raymond169US #45
#68Randall168US #59
#69Roy168US #81
#70Melvin164US #122
#71Harold162US #87
#72Henry162US #83
#73Tim162US #60
#74Frank161US #42
#75Timmy155US #188
#76Joe154US #57
#77Marvin154US #123
#78Allen152US #97
#79Donnie152US #184
#80Stanley151US #98
#81Calvin149US #125
#82Rickey148US #117
#83Ernest145US #118
#84Russell144US #56
#85Jeff142US #52
#86Ray137US #121
#87Howard134US #104
#88Gerald133US #61
#89Glenn130US #80
#90Perry130US #132
#91Arthur126US #76
#92Craig124US #44
#93Ralph120US #84
#94Jack116US #85
#95Alvin113US #153
#96Joel113US #116
#97Clarence112US #147
#98Lee111US #115
#99Benjamin108US #150
#100Andrew107US #58

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑26Annette#60
↑24Eric#54
↑20Paula#58
↑20Rodney#55
↑17Terri#56
↑15Amy#74
↑14Tammy#18
↑14Scott#63

Falling

↓28Jo#93
↓22Vicki#99
↓18Harold#71
↓18Howard#87
↓17Sylvia#73
↓15Rickey#82
↓15Ernest#83
↓15Clarence#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.