State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1960 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 100,736 North Carolina births in 1960 across 1,292 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.

#53Shelia#177 nationally
#90Annieoutside the national top 200
#84Donnie#193 nationally
#96Myraoutside the national top 200
#94Timmy#192 nationally
#89Dwight#181 nationally
#77Gwendolyn#163 nationally
#68Reginald#144 nationally
#71Doris#147 nationally
#98Audrey#174 nationally
#84Glenda#158 nationally
#83Vanessa#155 nationally

Girls

#1Donna1,225US #5
#2Mary1,166US #1
#3Teresa1,120US #19
#4Cynthia967US #9
#5Linda949US #3
#6Lisa849US #6
#7Karen837US #4
#8Sandra827US #11
#9Deborah804US #10
#10Patricia798US #7
#11Susan784US #2
#12Brenda762US #13
#13Sharon737US #16
#14Pamela724US #14
#15Debra667US #8
#16Barbara587US #12
#17Kathy580US #21
#18Tammy549US #31
#19Elizabeth536US #18
#20Robin532US #33
#21Wanda529US #66
#22Debbie494US #24
#23Kimberly487US #26
#24Angela474US #50
#25Janet407US #32
#26Carolyn400US #43
#27Betty386US #68
#28Sheila386US #56
#29Beverly376US #60
#30Nancy364US #15
#31Cheryl350US #17
#32Sherry347US #54
#33Cathy345US #46
#34Cindy332US #30
#35Laura324US #25
#36Carol314US #23
#37Janice306US #41
#38Rebecca304US #38
#39Rhonda299US #44
#40Shirley297US #70
#41Gloria296US #79
#42Judy293US #48
#43Margaret280US #36
#44Phyllis278US #108
#45Joyce273US #58
#46Connie270US #47
#47Martha238US #83
#48Vickie235US #100
#49Kim234US #34
#50Sarah217US #116
#51Tina216US #45
#52Denise211US #29
#53Shelia209US #177
#54Anita206US #87
#55Jennifer203US #61
#56Annette195US #62
#57Diane194US #22
#58Dorothy188US #95
#59Julie183US #28
#60Lori182US #20
#61Peggy181US #69
#62Terri181US #49
#63Alice180US #119
#64Darlene178US #75
#65Catherine177US #42
#66Rita176US #96
#67Terry176US #101
#68Sylvia175US #121
#69Regina169US #105
#70Amy167US #77
#71Doris167US #147
#72Jacqueline167US #85
#73Wendy164US #63
#74Julia163US #122
#75Paula157US #55
#76Theresa150US #35
#77Gwendolyn149US #163
#78Frances145US #127
#79Kelly144US #52
#80Penny142US #113
#81Belinda141US #150
#82Bonnie141US #71
#83Vanessa136US #155
#84Glenda135US #158
#85Virginia134US #102
#86Gail129US #90
#87Melissa129US #109
#88Helen128US #117
#89Jane128US #67
#90Annie118
#91Jo118US #134
#92Katherine115US #81
#93Ann114US #51
#94Pam111US #132
#95Marilyn110US #118
#96Myra110
#97Ruth110US #97
#98Audrey108US #174
#99Kathryn107US #82
#100Melinda106US #143

Boys

#1James2,372US #3
#2David1,866US #1
#3Michael1,844US #2
#4William1,727US #7
#5Robert1,520US #5
#6John1,414US #4
#7Charles1,095US #13
#8Timothy1,028US #11
#9Mark942US #6
#10Kenneth867US #16
#11Richard779US #8
#12Thomas727US #9
#13Ricky719US #38
#14Jeffrey708US #14
#15Terry688US #34
#16Donald685US #19
#17Larry639US #28
#18Gary563US #22
#19Randy559US #32
#20Jerry549US #37
#21Tony549US #52
#22Joseph543US #12
#23Ronald501US #21
#24Gregory489US #24
#25Steven480US #10
#26Anthony470US #25
#27Bobby452US #73
#28Danny446US #48
#29Johnny388US #65
#30Christopher376US #29
#31Dennis375US #31
#32George370US #33
#33Jimmy361US #69
#34Billy353US #67
#35Edward346US #26
#36Paul342US #18
#37Ronnie340US #87
#38Jeffery331US #55
#39Kevin327US #15
#40Roger316US #47
#41Stephen305US #27
#42Douglas293US #30
#43Willie283US #81
#44Phillip261US #66
#45Daniel257US #17
#46Keith255US #35
#47Tommy240US #112
#48Barry238US #72
#49Carl238US #53
#50Steve233US #43
#51Eric228US #44
#52Samuel219US #91
#53Curtis215US #79
#54Mike211US #36
#55Walter208US #70
#56Eddie201US #102
#57Wayne198US #58
#58Roy191US #80
#59Harold189US #92
#60Randall189US #59
#61Scott189US #23
#62Rodney185US #68
#63Brian184US #20
#64Henry183US #84
#65Micheal181US #105
#66Tim178US #60
#67Joe177US #57
#68Reginald174US #144
#69Alan173US #50
#70Darryl166US #96
#71Bruce165US #39
#72Darrell163US #104
#73Jeff163US #49
#74Dale159US #54
#75Frank156US #40
#76Allen153US #99
#77Calvin145US #129
#78Marvin144US #119
#79Russell143US #56
#80Stanley142US #100
#81Rickey139US #138
#82Gerald138US #62
#83Raymond135US #46
#84Donnie131US #193
#85Craig129US #41
#86Chris125US #63
#87Melvin125US #125
#88Howard124US #108
#89Dwight121US #181
#90Andrew120US #51
#91Clarence120US #157
#92Jack118US #85
#93Joel118US #110
#94Timmy118US #192
#95Glenn116US #74
#96Arthur115US #82
#97Ray112US #121
#98Ernest109US #120
#99Mitchell109US #126
#100Albert105US #93

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑21Jennifer#55
↑21Kelly#79
↑18Tina#51
↑17Regina#69
↑14Lisa#6
↑14Christopher#30
↑13Laura#35
↑13Julia#74

Falling

↓30Vanessa#83
↓22Glenda#84
↓19Timmy#94
↓17Paula#75
↓17Melvin#87
↓16Terry#67
↓16Raymond#83
↓15Ernest#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.