State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1974 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,650 North Carolina births in 1974 across 1,320 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.

#90Wandaoutside the national top 200
#91Donnieoutside the national top 200
#60Ashley#165 nationally
#96Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#100Leighoutside the national top 200
#97Jody#195 nationally
#99Latonya#197 nationally
#87Calvin#177 nationally
#73Reginald#152 nationally
#83Tracy#162 nationally
#68Anita#144 nationally
#57Sonya#132 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,388US #1
#2Angela952US #5
#3Kimberly798US #6
#4Amy765US #2
#5Melissa561US #7
#6Heather559US #4
#7Stephanie502US #9
#8Tonya462US #37
#9Crystal455US #49
#10Michelle454US #3
#11Tammy448US #24
#12Lisa414US #8
#13Mary413US #13
#14Shannon353US #18
#15Wendy352US #32
#16April346US #28
#17Elizabeth337US #12
#18Christy331US #57
#19Tracy330US #23
#20Karen323US #26
#21Amanda305US #34
#22Tina304US #25
#23Rebecca294US #10
#24Susan291US #27
#25Kelly273US #15
#26Pamela237US #54
#27Julie229US #14
#28Donna226US #67
#29Laura225US #21
#30Cynthia222US #33
#31Leslie222US #65
#32Christina215US #16
#33Lori215US #30
#34Teresa212US #52
#35Sharon211US #70
#36Patricia209US #29
#37Tiffany207US #41
#38Dana194US #55
#39Emily183US #69
#40Sherry180US #89
#41Rhonda175US #86
#42Misty168US #66
#43Sarah165US #20
#44Robin161US #63
#45Monica154US #43
#46Sandra152US #44
#47Melanie150US #51
#48Nicole144US #11
#49Jessica140US #17
#50Tara139US #39
#51Andrea132US #35
#52Dawn129US #22
#53Christie128US #110
#54Kristen124US #45
#55Linda124US #75
#56Anna121US #82
#57Sonya121US #132
#58Holly119US #56
#59Katherine119US #62
#60Ashley117US #165
#61Catherine114US #73
#62Paula112US #96
#63Stacy112US #38
#64Rachel111US #36
#65Tanya111US #46
#66Christine110US #19
#67Erica109US #74
#68Anita107US #144
#69Tamara107US #64
#70Joy106US #109
#71Jacqueline105US #83
#72Carla103US #114
#73Danielle102US #40
#74Brandy98US #80
#75Felicia97US #137
#76Margaret97US #95
#77Yolanda96US #112
#78Nancy95US #78
#79Allison94US #99
#80Denise94US #53
#81Barbara93US #77
#82Stacey93US #48
#83Deborah89US #68
#84Carrie88US #42
#85Erin88US #47
#86Kristie87US #138
#87Regina87US #113
#88Cheryl86US #88
#89Cindy86US #103
#90Wanda86
#91Natasha85US #141
#92Carolyn84US #118
#93Melinda84US #81
#94Janet83US #130
#95Tracey83US #108
#96Beverly81
#97Michele80US #50
#98Brenda79US #59
#99Latonya79US #197
#100Leigh79

Boys

#1Michael1,746US #1
#2Christopher1,647US #3
#3James1,476US #5
#4William1,120US #10
#5Jason1,115US #2
#6David1,086US #4
#7Robert1,038US #7
#8John969US #6
#9Brian875US #8
#10Charles615US #23
#11Kevin609US #14
#12Timothy527US #22
#13Joseph517US #12
#14Jonathan507US #33
#15Anthony490US #21
#16Jeffrey488US #15
#17Richard460US #17
#18Eric443US #13
#19Thomas443US #20
#20Mark430US #16
#21Matthew420US #9
#22Steven405US #19
#23Daniel385US #11
#24Kenneth383US #34
#25Gregory333US #31
#26Stephen306US #35
#27Jeremy302US #24
#28Chad286US #26
#29Larry280US #55
#30Donald257US #41
#31Scott241US #18
#32Jerry240US #61
#33Gary229US #48
#34Bryan226US #45
#35Ronald221US #42
#36Rodney218US #72
#37Shawn213US #30
#38Paul212US #27
#39George203US #49
#40Bobby202US #92
#41Andrew199US #28
#42Billy197US #78
#43Joshua197US #29
#44Phillip197US #70
#45Travis195US #54
#46Jamie192US #68
#47Patrick189US #38
#48Terry188US #69
#49Edward184US #40
#50Benjamin183US #46
#51Marcus179US #73
#52Tony177US #81
#53Johnny165US #83
#54Samuel160US #60
#55Jeffery152US #66
#56Keith151US #44
#57Bradley148US #58
#58Adam144US #36
#59Ryan144US #25
#60Aaron138US #32
#61Derrick137US #87
#62Jimmy135US #99
#63Douglas134US #53
#64Brandon129US #51
#65Antonio122US #82
#66Roger120US #93
#67Dennis117US #59
#68Ronnie117US #141
#69Shannon116US #101
#70Danny115US #91
#71Randy112US #79
#72Corey110US #77
#73Reginald110US #152
#74Sean108US #37
#75Ricky102US #129
#76Walter102US #104
#77Micheal100US #102
#78Derek95US #74
#79Todd95US #39
#80Craig94US #57
#81Willie94US #119
#82Curtis93US #98
#83Tracy92US #162
#84Nathan91US #52
#85Shane90US #56
#86Darrell86US #137
#87Calvin85US #177
#88Raymond84US #62
#89Tyrone84US #139
#90Barry83US #156
#91Donnie83
#92Harold82US #146
#93Wesley82US #165
#94Jermaine80US #151
#95Joel80US #75
#96Carl76US #89
#97Jody76US #195
#98Philip76US #86
#99Russell76US #84
#100Carlos75US #71

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑56Emily#39
↑33Anna#56
↑31Jessica#49
↑23Adam#58
↑21Leslie#31
↑20Anita#68
↑16Jeremy#27
↑16Joshua#43

Falling

↓37Regina#87
↓35Melinda#93
↓28Deborah#83
↓24Barbara#81
↓24Cindy#89
↓21Wanda#90
↓21Jermaine#94
↓18Beverly#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.