State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1972 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,307 North Carolina births in 1972 across 1,317 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.

#61Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#93Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#78Beverly#185 nationally
#72Wanda#166 nationally
#89Jody#181 nationally
#100Penny#181 nationally
#39Katina#117 nationally
#65Reginald#141 nationally
#49Sonya#122 nationally
#62Ronnie#133 nationally
#91Maurice#160 nationally
#60Felicia#128 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,233US #1
#2Angela1,172US #6
#3Kimberly837US #4
#4Lisa770US #3
#5Amy702US #5
#6Tammy667US #11
#7Melissa655US #7
#8Stephanie582US #8
#9Michelle535US #2
#10Tonya521US #37
#11Mary470US #13
#12Crystal422US #59
#13Wendy417US #29
#14Shannon402US #22
#15Tina387US #18
#16Teresa372US #39
#17Karen363US #21
#18Tracy360US #19
#19Pamela353US #34
#20Elizabeth352US #15
#21Susan352US #24
#22Cynthia319US #25
#23Sharon315US #50
#24Donna304US #45
#25Heather302US #9
#26Rebecca302US #14
#27Julie299US #12
#28April295US #48
#29Kelly289US #23
#30Patricia256US #27
#31Laura246US #17
#32Christy245US #74
#33Sherry244US #70
#34Tara243US #38
#35Lori229US #28
#36Rhonda222US #60
#37Sandra219US #31
#38Nicole211US #10
#39Katina209US #117
#40Dana206US #52
#41Amanda197US #76
#42Robin193US #55
#43Melanie191US #42
#44Christina182US #26
#45Dawn180US #20
#46Andrea174US #30
#47Leslie161US #75
#48Monica159US #47
#49Sonya157US #122
#50Linda152US #51
#51Paula148US #72
#52Catherine144US #65
#53Tiffany144US #61
#54Stacy143US #33
#55Barbara139US #58
#56Deborah137US #43
#57Christine135US #16
#58Cindy135US #80
#59Regina133US #104
#60Felicia132US #128
#61Ashley129
#62Sarah128US #49
#63Kathy126US #108
#64Erica121US #87
#65Denise117US #35
#66Nancy115US #63
#67Tanya115US #54
#68Yolanda115US #89
#69Connie114US #130
#70Tracey113US #88
#71Carla112US #106
#72Wanda111US #166
#73Katherine109US #69
#74Allison108US #115
#75Anita106US #136
#76Cheryl105US #56
#77Janet104US #111
#78Beverly103US #185
#79Brenda102US #44
#80Carol101US #109
#81Emily101US #131
#82Margaret101US #95
#83Anna100US #86
#84Sheila100US #90
#85Debra96US #66
#86Katrina96US #116
#87Misty94US #125
#88Sherri93US #129
#89Angel92US #145
#90Gina92US #78
#91Holly92US #71
#92Carolyn91US #110
#93Kathryn91US #103
#94Michele91US #36
#95Stacey91US #41
#96Melinda89US #81
#97Jacqueline88US #79
#98Kristi87US #102
#99Rachel87US #40
#100Penny86US #181

Boys

#1Michael1,935US #1
#2James1,760US #3
#3Christopher1,759US #2
#4William1,214US #9
#5David1,181US #4
#6Robert1,158US #6
#7John1,061US #5
#8Brian924US #8
#9Charles701US #23
#10Kevin695US #13
#11Jason629US #7
#12Timothy616US #21
#13Jeffrey602US #17
#14Anthony559US #22
#15Richard558US #14
#16Eric508US #16
#17Steven494US #19
#18Joseph491US #12
#19Thomas467US #20
#20Mark435US #18
#21Jonathan427US #37
#22Kenneth421US #27
#23Gregory363US #26
#24Larry350US #47
#25Daniel339US #15
#26Stephen328US #29
#27Matthew325US #10
#28Chad305US #25
#29Donald302US #36
#30Rodney301US #65
#31Scott294US #11
#32Ronald292US #32
#33Jerry288US #53
#34Paul282US #24
#35Gary275US #41
#36Bobby249US #90
#37Tony247US #68
#38Edward226US #34
#39George224US #44
#40Shawn221US #28
#41Bryan220US #45
#42Terry216US #62
#43Keith213US #38
#44Patrick211US #35
#45Johnny205US #74
#46Travis185US #57
#47Jamie180US #72
#48Billy177US #81
#49Phillip176US #75
#50Andrew175US #30
#51Randy174US #70
#52Jeffery171US #58
#53Jimmy170US #97
#54Samuel170US #66
#55Derrick164US #91
#56Dennis160US #52
#57Marcus160US #71
#58Douglas159US #43
#59Danny158US #87
#60Roger148US #76
#61Jeremy139US #42
#62Ronnie139US #133
#63Todd137US #31
#64Walter135US #98
#65Reginald134US #141
#66Shannon132US #94
#67Tracy131US #111
#68Antonio130US #93
#69Benjamin128US #64
#70Sean125US #33
#71Bradley124US #61
#72Chris124US #82
#73Ricky123US #127
#74Ryan122US #39
#75Aaron120US #40
#76Brandon118US #63
#77Micheal107US #108
#78Willie107US #109
#79Curtis105US #92
#80Barry104US #148
#81Darrell104US #122
#82Raymond103US #54
#83Craig102US #46
#84Derek101US #67
#85Shane101US #55
#86Russell100US #69
#87Frederick99US #116
#88Carl96US #85
#89Jody96US #181
#90Troy90US #49
#91Maurice88US #160
#92Adam86US #51
#93Kelvin86
#94Tommy86US #146
#95Eddie85US #150
#96Tyrone85US #144
#97Wesley85US #154
#98Harold84US #132
#99Corey82US #95
#100Jermaine82US #135

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑46Nicole#38
↑31Ashley#61
↑29Yolanda#68
↑22Christine#57
↑19Tara#34
↑18Christina#44
↑18Tracy#67
↑17Denise#65

Falling

↓34Jacqueline#97
↓26Sheila#84
↓23Wanda#72
↓21Tommy#94
↓20Carolyn#92
↓19Melinda#96
↓19Corey#99
↓17Regina#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.