State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1975 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,889 North Carolina births in 1975 across 1,300 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.

#83Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#88Clifton#186 nationally
#50Ashley#138 nationally
#69Sonya#154 nationally
#73Anita#157 nationally
#97Meredith#181 nationally
#69Ronnie#151 nationally
#78Tommy#156 nationally
#81Wesley#158 nationally
#85Reginald#162 nationally
#90Barry#164 nationally
#100Cassandra#168 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,335US #1
#2Amy854US #2
#3Angela829US #5
#4Kimberly734US #7
#5Melissa586US #4
#6Heather526US #3
#7Stephanie512US #9
#8Crystal486US #43
#9Amanda446US #14
#10Mary383US #19
#11Lisa380US #8
#12Michelle379US #6
#13Tonya370US #45
#14Christy357US #53
#15April356US #25
#16Wendy334US #33
#17Elizabeth323US #15
#18Tammy309US #31
#19Tracy299US #24
#20Shannon293US #21
#21Rebecca285US #11
#22Kelly281US #16
#23Christina276US #12
#24Susan259US #32
#25Laura257US #20
#26Karen253US #27
#27Julie237US #18
#28Tina236US #35
#29Tiffany215US #37
#30Misty212US #47
#31Pamela201US #70
#32Teresa199US #61
#33Cynthia189US #40
#34Emily189US #48
#35Lori186US #39
#36Christie179US #96
#37Donna174US #85
#38Brandy169US #57
#39Patricia169US #36
#40Sharon168US #75
#41Dana166US #62
#42Melanie159US #52
#43Sherry155US #95
#44Sarah151US #17
#45Jessica150US #13
#46Leslie149US #71
#47Robin148US #65
#48Nicole145US #10
#49Tara145US #41
#50Ashley144US #138
#51Andrea142US #28
#52Holly133US #55
#53Monica128US #49
#54Tanya125US #50
#55Carrie123US #29
#56Rhonda123US #93
#57Felicia119US #116
#58Regina119US #111
#59Dawn118US #23
#60Sandra118US #51
#61Rachel116US #26
#62Stacy114US #34
#63Anna111US #79
#64Christine110US #22
#65Stacey107US #44
#66Katherine104US #58
#67Allison99US #89
#68Catherine96US #73
#69Sonya94US #154
#70Alicia92US #76
#71Amber90US #59
#72Linda90US #81
#73Anita89US #157
#74Erica89US #63
#75Joy89US #123
#76Samantha89US #101
#77Tamara89US #77
#78Carla88US #122
#79Barbara87US #83
#80Erin87US #38
#81Natasha87US #145
#82Jamie86US #68
#83Latonya86
#84Tamika86US #130
#85Paula84US #108
#86Brenda83US #67
#87Melinda83US #91
#88Jill82US #46
#89Margaret81US #98
#90Nancy81US #82
#91Yolanda80US #107
#92Kristen79US #60
#93Kristie78US #147
#94Tracey77US #117
#95Valerie77US #92
#96Cindy76US #112
#97Meredith75US #181
#98Michele75US #56
#99Kristy73US #141
#100Cassandra72US #168

Boys

#1Michael1,716US #1
#2Christopher1,505US #3
#3James1,354US #4
#4Jason1,083US #2
#5William1,044US #10
#6David1,031US #5
#7Robert889US #6
#8John861US #7
#9Brian732US #8
#10Kevin529US #15
#11Charles513US #25
#12Joseph499US #12
#13Timothy496US #22
#14Anthony459US #21
#15Matthew454US #9
#16Jonathan453US #30
#17Thomas424US #20
#18Jeffrey420US #14
#19Steven418US #18
#20Daniel410US #11
#21Richard410US #16
#22Eric406US #13
#23Mark340US #19
#24Chad325US #27
#25Jeremy321US #24
#26Kenneth317US #35
#27Stephen297US #34
#28Gregory294US #33
#29Joshua283US #26
#30Larry271US #56
#31Scott234US #17
#32Rodney231US #76
#33Ronald230US #46
#34Donald217US #42
#35Benjamin213US #36
#36Jerry212US #65
#37Gary210US #50
#38Jamie207US #62
#39Terry206US #67
#40Bobby199US #93
#41Andrew195US #28
#42Marcus194US #68
#43Paul194US #29
#44Bradley193US #52
#45Phillip183US #72
#46Travis181US #51
#47Shawn179US #31
#48Brandon178US #44
#49George173US #53
#50Billy171US #84
#51Patrick171US #39
#52Bryan165US #47
#53Antonio164US #77
#54Edward162US #41
#55Ryan156US #23
#56Johnny153US #86
#57Derrick152US #90
#58Tony148US #80
#59Samuel142US #61
#60Aaron138US #32
#61Keith131US #49
#62Dennis129US #59
#63Jeffery127US #70
#64Jimmy127US #111
#65Adam122US #38
#66Nathan114US #45
#67Randy113US #78
#68Corey110US #71
#69Ronnie106US #151
#70Douglas103US #55
#71Danny101US #94
#72Shannon101US #101
#73Roger99US #97
#74Shane98US #57
#75Ricky96US #135
#76Justin93US #37
#77Walter93US #112
#78Tommy88US #156
#79Curtis87US #113
#80Raymond87US #63
#81Wesley86US #158
#82Philip85US #85
#83Willie85US #118
#84Sean82US #40
#85Reginald79US #162
#86Todd79US #43
#87Russell77US #82
#88Clifton74US #186
#89Tyrone74US #146
#90Barry73US #164
#91Joel73US #74
#92Brad72US #98
#93Carlos72US #73
#94Roy71US #122
#95Micheal70US #104
#96Brent69US #79
#97Craig69US #58
#98Darrell69US #147
#99Harold69US #153
#100Henry69US #124

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑36Brandy#38
↑29Carrie#55
↑29Regina#58
↑18Felicia#57
↑18Nathan#66
↑17Christie#36
↑17Stacey#65
↑16Latonya#83

Falling

↓38Kristen#92
↓23Paula#85
↓18Bryan#52
↓18Micheal#95
↓17Linda#72
↓17Craig#97
↓15Leslie#46
↓15Rhonda#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.