State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1965 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 87,362 North Carolina births in 1965 across 1,258 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.

#59Shelia#182 nationally
#90Angie#195 nationally
#97Donnieoutside the national top 200
#96Gwendolyn#194 nationally
#60Phyllis#155 nationally
#97Loretta#185 nationally
#77Sonya#160 nationally
#68Crystal#146 nationally
#78Calvin#153 nationally
#88Frances#163 nationally
#91Clarence#166 nationally
#60Reginald#128 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,706US #1
#2Angela1,196US #10
#3Mary894US #2
#4Kimberly876US #4
#5Karen819US #3
#6Tammy799US #11
#7Donna784US #7
#8Sharon749US #22
#9Teresa749US #24
#10Cynthia648US #9
#11Pamela640US #12
#12Susan587US #5
#13Patricia555US #6
#14Sandra505US #15
#15Linda494US #8
#16Deborah455US #13
#17Robin445US #33
#18Brenda429US #23
#19Rhonda416US #37
#20Elizabeth401US #16
#21Wanda366US #81
#22Sherry361US #56
#23Wendy350US #39
#24Tina339US #29
#25Amy326US #35
#26Jennifer326US #20
#27Barbara325US #25
#28Melissa301US #38
#29Sheila294US #50
#30Tracy284US #36
#31Laura282US #17
#32Jacqueline264US #47
#33Lori261US #19
#34Debra260US #27
#35Kathy258US #54
#36Carolyn240US #58
#37Janet235US #55
#38Connie234US #61
#39Kelly229US #30
#40Rebecca227US #41
#41Cheryl222US #31
#42Julie222US #14
#43Paula219US #49
#44Beverly218US #101
#45Carol218US #42
#46Nancy215US #32
#47Stephanie215US #44
#48Michelle204US #18
#49Kim203US #43
#50Regina199US #82
#51Betty194US #103
#52Margaret192US #52
#53Anita191US #94
#54Cindy186US #53
#55Penny185US #97
#56Debbie173US #62
#57Janice168US #73
#58Denise167US #28
#59Shelia164US #182
#60Phyllis158US #155
#61Joyce156US #90
#62Tonya152US #129
#63Catherine150US #57
#64Dawn150US #26
#65Martha150US #99
#66Sarah149US #92
#67Cathy145US #88
#68Crystal145US #146
#69Annette144US #71
#70Gloria141US #109
#71Andrea140US #63
#72Carla139US #76
#73Valerie139US #67
#74Vickie138US #138
#75Melinda132US #100
#76Judy131US #86
#77Sonya129US #160
#78Leslie128US #75
#79Darlene126US #83
#80Shirley123US #111
#81Theresa123US #45
#82Christine121US #21
#83Sylvia120US #131
#84Terri119US #69
#85Sherri117US #91
#86Monica115US #72
#87Virginia114US #115
#88Frances112US #163
#89Gina112US #70
#90Angie110US #195
#91Allison108US #128
#92Rita108US #126
#93Bonnie107US #89
#94Melanie107US #122
#95Dana105US #78
#96Gwendolyn105US #194
#97Loretta105US #185
#98April102US #136
#99Katherine102US #79
#100Felicia101US #164

Boys

#1James2,166US #4
#2Michael1,752US #1
#3David1,495US #3
#4John1,466US #2
#5William1,402US #6
#6Robert1,301US #5
#7Timothy934US #12
#8Jeffrey890US #10
#9Charles865US #20
#10Mark774US #7
#11Kenneth760US #21
#12Richard723US #8
#13Anthony618US #22
#14Thomas597US #9
#15Rodney572US #33
#16Christopher569US #18
#17Joseph534US #11
#18Gregory497US #23
#19Donald480US #26
#20Jerry459US #41
#21Steven459US #14
#22Kevin457US #13
#23Terry434US #40
#24Gary431US #27
#25Tony402US #48
#26Larry399US #38
#27Randy398US #42
#28Bobby395US #80
#29Ronald389US #24
#30Paul359US #16
#31Brian345US #19
#32Johnny325US #76
#33George324US #34
#34Ricky324US #57
#35Stephen316US #28
#36Edward309US #29
#37Eric306US #25
#38Jeffery290US #47
#39Scott288US #15
#40Keith276US #35
#41Billy274US #77
#42Danny271US #56
#43Douglas271US #32
#44Daniel266US #17
#45Jimmy266US #81
#46Darryl246US #68
#47Ronnie244US #107
#48Dennis223US #44
#49Phillip220US #70
#50Roger219US #49
#51Willie203US #93
#52Todd199US #30
#53Walter199US #82
#54Barry194US #86
#55Patrick183US #31
#56Curtis172US #75
#57Samuel171US #84
#58Jonathan164US #74
#59Carl156US #54
#60Reginald154US #128
#61Randall153US #73
#62Allen152US #92
#63Darrell149US #91
#64Harold147US #99
#65Tommy145US #119
#66Henry144US #94
#67Steve144US #55
#68Alan142US #59
#69Marvin137US #109
#70Gerald135US #64
#71Bryan134US #63
#72Raymond131US #45
#73Andrew129US #37
#74Roy128US #95
#75Tracy128US #110
#76Eddie125US #113
#77Wayne125US #65
#78Calvin116US #153
#79Jeff115US #62
#80Frank114US #43
#81Chris113US #60
#82Vincent110US #61
#83Darren108US #52
#84Glenn108US #85
#85Craig104US #46
#86Bruce103US #50
#87Joe103US #71
#88Russell103US #58
#89Melvin100US #138
#90Howard98US #122
#91Clarence97US #166
#92Ernest96US #124
#93Dwayne95US #126
#94Tim94US #97
#95Matthew93US #36
#96Micheal93US #118
#97Donnie92
#98Derrick90US #129
#99Mitchell88US #159
#100Stanley88US #115

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑34Rodney#15
↑20Wendy#23
↑19Leslie#78
↑18Randall#61
↑17Tracy#75
↑16Kelly#39
↑14Tracy#30
↑13Jennifer#26

Falling

↓24Jeff#79
↓20Debbie#56
↓17Sherri#85
↓17Dana#95
↓15Shirley#80
↓15Micheal#96
↓12Joyce#61
↓11Paula#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.