State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1962 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 99,131 North Carolina births in 1962 across 1,313 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#173 nationally
#97Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#97Dwightoutside the national top 200
#99Annieoutside the national top 200
#100Donnieoutside the national top 200
#74Doris#171 nationally
#72Glenda#166 nationally
#81Tonya#174 nationally
#78Gwendolyn#161 nationally
#87Clarence#163 nationally
#56Phyllis#129 nationally
#60Reginald#133 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,216US #1
#2Mary1,085US #2
#3Teresa1,013US #18
#4Donna945US #7
#5Karen850US #4
#6Sandra818US #10
#7Cynthia806US #8
#8Sharon786US #17
#9Linda767US #5
#10Pamela767US #13
#11Susan745US #3
#12Tammy718US #23
#13Deborah696US #9
#14Patricia656US #6
#15Angela653US #36
#16Kimberly639US #16
#17Brenda637US #12
#18Robin559US #25
#19Barbara549US #14
#20Kathy478US #27
#21Elizabeth463US #20
#22Debra440US #15
#23Sherry416US #48
#24Wanda407US #77
#25Debbie406US #32
#26Carolyn396US #46
#27Lori395US #11
#28Sheila393US #52
#29Janet365US #35
#30Rhonda350US #45
#31Beverly348US #69
#32Tina347US #33
#33Jacqueline316US #44
#34Carol314US #28
#35Nancy314US #19
#36Laura309US #21
#37Cheryl301US #24
#38Janice288US #58
#39Betty283US #97
#40Rebecca278US #47
#41Cathy274US #62
#42Connie266US #51
#43Cindy264US #34
#44Jennifer257US #41
#45Gloria255US #90
#46Anita247US #81
#47Kim247US #37
#48Joyce238US #74
#49Shelia238US #173
#50Vickie235US #107
#51Judy233US #63
#52Regina219US #91
#53Margaret218US #43
#54Julie217US #22
#55Melissa216US #68
#56Phyllis216US #129
#57Sarah216US #98
#58Martha215US #87
#59Denise211US #30
#60Wendy206US #64
#61Kelly201US #38
#62Shirley199US #96
#63Paula192US #60
#64Amy190US #61
#65Penny187US #92
#66Melanie176US #106
#67Terri175US #54
#68Tracy172US #55
#69Catherine168US #53
#70Stephanie163US #70
#71Terry162US #112
#72Glenda156US #166
#73Diane154US #26
#74Doris154US #171
#75Bonnie153US #79
#76Rita150US #110
#77Sylvia146US #131
#78Gwendolyn144US #161
#79Peggy143US #93
#80Theresa141US #40
#81Tonya140US #174
#82Annette138US #75
#83Darlene138US #88
#84Jackie137US #126
#85Sherri136US #82
#86Alice133US #133
#87Ann133US #56
#88Dorothy133US #111
#89Carla129US #78
#90Melinda128US #118
#91Michelle128US #31
#92Belinda123US #149
#93Frances121US #143
#94Katherine120US #84
#95Jane116US #73
#96Helen114US #128
#97Sonya114
#98Virginia114US #105
#99Annie110
#100Julia109US #120

Boys

#1James2,360US #4
#2Michael1,949US #1
#3David1,830US #2
#4William1,655US #7
#5John1,547US #3
#6Robert1,545US #5
#7Charles1,011US #15
#8Jeffrey973US #10
#9Mark965US #6
#10Timothy885US #16
#11Kenneth808US #18
#12Richard763US #8
#13Thomas708US #9
#14Ricky626US #50
#15Donald617US #23
#16Gregory607US #21
#17Terry583US #34
#18Anthony572US #24
#19Tony567US #52
#20Jerry548US #38
#21Joseph543US #13
#22Gary535US #22
#23Randy497US #35
#24Larry486US #31
#25Ronald475US #25
#26Christopher448US #26
#27Steven430US #12
#28Bobby427US #78
#29Danny400US #54
#30George399US #32
#31Jimmy383US #75
#32Johnny382US #69
#33Jeffery366US #45
#34Billy341US #71
#35Edward336US #29
#36Kevin326US #14
#37Keith318US #36
#38Roger317US #47
#39Paul312US #19
#40Ronnie310US #100
#41Dennis306US #37
#42Barry302US #61
#43Scott297US #11
#44Douglas282US #27
#45Eric278US #33
#46Daniel274US #17
#47Stephen264US #28
#48Phillip251US #68
#49Willie246US #89
#50Brian244US #20
#51Jeff232US #44
#52Steve217US #46
#53Carl212US #58
#54Samuel211US #88
#55Walter206US #79
#56Darryl200US #83
#57Tommy198US #109
#58Curtis196US #73
#59Todd191US #30
#60Reginald187US #133
#61Alan182US #53
#62Eddie173US #105
#63Rodney172US #76
#64Harold169US #95
#65Glenn168US #55
#66Henry167US #92
#67Marvin166US #118
#68Darrell164US #102
#69Mike164US #39
#70Tim162US #72
#71Randall158US #64
#72Allen157US #93
#73Roy153US #90
#74Micheal150US #104
#75Bruce149US #41
#76Joe148US #59
#77Wayne145US #63
#78Chris143US #60
#79Russell141US #57
#80Jonathan139US #94
#81Raymond139US #48
#82Calvin134US #144
#83Melvin132US #137
#84Joel129US #113
#85Dale128US #62
#86Gerald128US #65
#87Clarence126US #163
#88Mitchell126US #128
#89Dwayne124US #119
#90Andrew123US #49
#91Craig123US #51
#92Victor123US #96
#93Frank122US #42
#94Ralph119US #97
#95Stanley117US #106
#96Jack115US #99
#97Dwight113
#98Howard112US #114
#99Lee112US #115
#100Donnie109

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑32Todd#59
↑28Tracy#68
↑27Glenn#65
↑21Stephanie#70
↑18Melissa#55
↑18Doris#74
↑16Henry#66
↑15Shelia#49

Falling

↓21Annette#82
↓21Micheal#74
↓20Theresa#80
↓18Shirley#62
↓18Raymond#81
↓17Wayne#77
↓16Dorothy#88
↓14Julia#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.