State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1970 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 87,489 North Carolina births in 1970 across 1,323 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.

#86Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#89Leighoutside the national top 200
#48Wanda#132 nationally
#53Ronnie#133 nationally
#63Reginald#142 nationally
#91Betty#169 nationally
#76Beverly#150 nationally
#88Tracy#162 nationally
#68Felicia#139 nationally
#31Crystal#101 nationally
#78Tommy#148 nationally
#87Marvin#153 nationally

Girls

#1Angela1,339US #6
#2Kimberly1,118US #3
#3Lisa1,098US #2
#4Tammy931US #8
#5Jennifer827US #1
#6Amy690US #5
#7Melissa681US #7
#8Mary647US #9
#9Michelle618US #4
#10Tracy572US #10
#11Pamela571US #26
#12Karen526US #12
#13Stephanie503US #17
#14Susan487US #15
#15Wendy477US #28
#16Sharon474US #37
#17Tonya469US #49
#18Donna463US #32
#19Cynthia462US #25
#20Elizabeth441US #18
#21Teresa429US #34
#22Shannon423US #22
#23Tina396US #21
#24Laura378US #13
#25Patricia345US #24
#26Sandra343US #27
#27Lori325US #23
#28Kelly317US #20
#29Rhonda317US #46
#30Julie292US #11
#31Crystal285US #101
#32Sherry278US #60
#33Robin264US #51
#34Deborah252US #33
#35Heather250US #19
#36Linda240US #38
#37Rebecca231US #29
#38Dana229US #54
#39Dawn220US #16
#40Barbara216US #41
#41April215US #82
#42Tracey214US #55
#43Paula205US #57
#44Leslie203US #64
#45Christy199US #105
#46Amanda197US #108
#47Brenda197US #40
#48Wanda194US #132
#49Andrea189US #43
#50Regina180US #86
#51Sheila177US #75
#52Katherine174US #67
#53Margaret173US #80
#54Monica173US #56
#55Jacqueline164US #66
#56Nancy163US #50
#57Kathy162US #77
#58Carol161US #71
#59Sarah157US #65
#60Christine155US #14
#61Carolyn153US #84
#62Tara153US #69
#63Cheryl152US #44
#64Debra152US #47
#65Catherine151US #59
#66Christina150US #35
#67Carla149US #94
#68Felicia148US #139
#69Sabrina148US #107
#70Anita147US #127
#71Cindy147US #72
#72Gina146US #61
#73Nicole145US #30
#74Sonya138US #131
#75Tiffany136US #99
#76Beverly131US #150
#77Janet128US #96
#78Melanie128US #91
#79Connie123US #116
#80Sherri120US #122
#81Michele115US #31
#82Denise112US #36
#83Anna111US #102
#84Melinda109US #93
#85Tanya108US #76
#86Ashley105
#87Cathy105US #137
#88Tamara105US #79
#89Leigh104
#90Julia102US #121
#91Betty101US #169
#92Terri100US #113
#93Ann99US #62
#94Cassandra98US #135
#95Deanna96US #90
#96Kim96US #78
#97Penny96US #157
#98Martha94US #143
#99Rachel94US #58
#100Traci94US #100

Boys

#1Michael2,043US #1
#2James2,019US #2
#3William1,518US #7
#4David1,457US #3
#5Robert1,450US #5
#6John1,331US #4
#7Christopher1,289US #6
#8Charles840US #21
#9Jeffrey805US #11
#10Timothy777US #20
#11Mark679US #9
#12Thomas678US #17
#13Richard649US #10
#14Brian629US #8
#15Anthony595US #22
#16Joseph586US #16
#17Steven571US #15
#18Kevin563US #14
#19Kenneth558US #25
#20Eric489US #18
#21Gregory483US #26
#22Ronald418US #29
#23Donald399US #30
#24Stephen399US #27
#25Jerry381US #45
#26Jason369US #13
#27Jonathan359US #42
#28Larry358US #43
#29Scott350US #12
#30Paul334US #23
#31Gary333US #35
#32Rodney332US #55
#33Daniel320US #19
#34Tony310US #57
#35Terry304US #54
#36Edward296US #31
#37Matthew273US #24
#38Bobby272US #87
#39George264US #40
#40Jeffery253US #50
#41Johnny246US #65
#42Patrick238US #33
#43Billy237US #78
#44Jimmy216US #86
#45Keith213US #38
#46Andrew211US #32
#47Douglas210US #36
#48Bryan205US #53
#49Randy203US #59
#50Todd202US #28
#51Phillip195US #73
#52Dennis186US #46
#53Ronnie181US #133
#54Ricky179US #105
#55Derrick171US #96
#56Roger169US #61
#57Bradley168US #47
#58Danny168US #85
#59Shawn166US #34
#60Samuel160US #62
#61Marcus159US #71
#62Darrell158US #102
#63Reginald158US #142
#64Travis149US #69
#65Willie148US #103
#66Walter137US #89
#67Barry136US #117
#68Chad134US #51
#69Curtis130US #88
#70Russell129US #58
#71Raymond128US #49
#72Jamie125US #125
#73Antonio124US #121
#74Chris121US #63
#75Allen119US #113
#76Jeremy115US #70
#77Sean115US #37
#78Tommy114US #148
#79Craig113US #39
#80Gerald113US #67
#81Aaron110US #52
#82Benjamin110US #81
#83Carl108US #66
#84Alan105US #91
#85Dwayne105US #141
#86Harold105US #122
#87Marvin104US #153
#88Tracy104US #162
#89Corey103US #84
#90Wesley103US #152
#91Darren102US #75
#92Tyrone102US #132
#93Troy101US #41
#94Joel100US #82
#95Roy100US #108
#96Derek95US #77
#97Randall94US #100
#98Henry93US #104
#99Jesse93US #119
#100Frank91US #48

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑33Tara#62
↑27Heather#35
↑24Katherine#52
↑22Travis#64
↑21Tracey#42
↑20Carla#67
↑19Christy#45
↑18Dawn#39

Falling

↓26Henry#98
↓22Julia#90
↓22Corey#89
↓21Roy#95
↓20Carolyn#61
↓20Beverly#76
↓19Carl#83
↓19Tracy#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.