State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1973 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,286 North Carolina births in 1973 across 1,310 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.

#59Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#69Wanda#187 nationally
#78Beverly#192 nationally
#99Catinaoutside the national top 200
#93Penny#184 nationally
#94Jody#185 nationally
#74Reginald#152 nationally
#97Sabrina#173 nationally
#45Katina#120 nationally
#62Sonya#131 nationally
#99Maurice#165 nationally
#68Ricky#133 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,294US #1
#2Angela1,011US #7
#3Kimberly808US #4
#4Amy769US #2
#5Melissa657US #6
#6Stephanie551US #9
#7Lisa533US #5
#8Crystal506US #48
#9Tammy489US #15
#10Michelle473US #3
#11Tonya470US #36
#12Mary434US #14
#13Wendy397US #29
#14Heather391US #8
#15Shannon371US #22
#16Elizabeth352US #13
#17April345US #33
#18Rebecca335US #10
#19Karen315US #23
#20Tracy313US #20
#21Cynthia307US #26
#22Susan299US #25
#23Christy291US #73
#24Kelly281US #18
#25Julie280US #12
#26Teresa278US #45
#27Tina274US #24
#28Pamela267US #47
#29Sharon261US #57
#30Donna257US #55
#31Amanda232US #51
#32Sherry231US #76
#33Christina228US #16
#34Rhonda216US #70
#35Laura212US #19
#36Patricia208US #27
#37Robin200US #60
#38Monica198US #40
#39Lori197US #28
#40Melanie187US #43
#41Andrea180US #30
#42Nicole179US #11
#43Sandra176US #39
#44Tiffany175US #52
#45Katina166US #120
#46Tara164US #37
#47Dana157US #59
#48Misty152US #90
#49Dawn150US #21
#50Regina150US #110
#51Tanya150US #50
#52Leslie140US #75
#53Linda136US #61
#54Sarah136US #35
#55Deborah132US #56
#56Paula131US #87
#57Barbara125US #63
#58Melinda124US #72
#59Ashley122
#60Stacy122US #32
#61Holly119US #54
#62Sonya115US #131
#63Katherine113US #64
#64Carla111US #114
#65Cindy111US #92
#66Denise111US #38
#67Margaret111US #94
#68Stacey110US #41
#69Wanda110US #187
#70Christine108US #17
#71Catherine107US #67
#72Rachel107US #42
#73Sheila107US #101
#74Tamara107US #66
#75Carol105US #121
#76Felicia99US #138
#77Jacqueline99US #88
#78Beverly98US #192
#79Erica98US #81
#80Jessica98US #34
#81Janet95US #119
#82Alicia94US #91
#83Brenda94US #53
#84Cheryl94US #74
#85Kathy93US #124
#86Allison91US #105
#87Angel91US #152
#88Anita90US #142
#89Anna90US #86
#90Tracey90US #102
#91Virginia89US #151
#92Yolanda89US #113
#93Penny88US #184
#94Carolyn87US #116
#95Emily85US #99
#96Natasha85US #155
#97Sabrina83US #173
#98Veronica83US #71
#99Catina82
#100Gina82US #83

Boys

#1Michael1,746US #1
#2Christopher1,634US #2
#3James1,556US #4
#4William1,185US #9
#5David1,098US #5
#6Robert1,063US #7
#7John967US #6
#8Brian946US #8
#9Jason820US #3
#10Charles680US #23
#11Kevin664US #14
#12Timothy557US #22
#13Anthony502US #21
#14Jonathan502US #31
#15Jeffrey485US #17
#16Richard485US #16
#17Thomas478US #19
#18Joseph455US #12
#19Mark454US #15
#20Eric439US #13
#21Steven402US #20
#22Daniel398US #11
#23Kenneth381US #28
#24Matthew363US #10
#25Gregory317US #26
#26Donald306US #38
#27Stephen304US #32
#28Chad302US #25
#29Larry279US #50
#30Ronald272US #40
#31Jerry268US #57
#32Scott257US #18
#33Gary220US #44
#34Bryan219US #43
#35Terry219US #65
#36Shawn217US #27
#37Paul216US #24
#38Bobby208US #93
#39Billy207US #76
#40Edward207US #39
#41Travis205US #53
#42George202US #46
#43Jeremy202US #33
#44Rodney202US #68
#45Tony202US #78
#46Patrick197US #37
#47Phillip197US #71
#48Jamie185US #70
#49Derrick177US #87
#50Keith174US #41
#51Andrew166US #29
#52Danny166US #83
#53Dennis161US #56
#54Marcus159US #72
#55Samuel156US #66
#56Douglas155US #47
#57Jimmy154US #95
#58Johnny154US #82
#59Joshua153US #42
#60Jeffery145US #64
#61Benjamin143US #55
#62Antonio139US #92
#63Ryan137US #30
#64Willie134US #109
#65Tracy128US #126
#66Walter128US #101
#67Randy127US #79
#68Ricky127US #133
#69Roger127US #84
#70Bradley124US #62
#71Aaron118US #34
#72Ronnie118US #136
#73Jermaine110US #127
#74Reginald107US #152
#75Sean107US #36
#76Brandon105US #58
#77Curtis104US #98
#78Tommy104US #143
#79Corey103US #89
#80Todd100US #35
#81Adam97US #45
#82Raymond97US #60
#83Shannon96US #100
#84Nathan95US #63
#85Shane95US #54
#86Craig92US #48
#87Chris90US #96
#88Russell90US #77
#89Micheal88US #106
#90Derek85US #69
#91Tyrone85US #139
#92Frederick84US #120
#93Gerald83US #102
#94Jody83US #185
#95Henry82US #111
#96Joel82US #73
#97Roy82US #117
#98Wesley82US #158
#99Maurice81US #165
#100Carl80US #90

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑39Misty#48
↑38Melinda#58
↑30Holly#61
↑27Stacey#68
↑27Rachel#72
↑27Jermaine#73
↑20Jacqueline#77
↑20Corey#79

Falling

↓24Yolanda#92
↓22Kathy#85
↓20Tracey#90
↓19Catherine#71
↓17Todd#80
↓17Shannon#83
↓16Felicia#76
↓16Randy#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.