State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1976 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,240 North Carolina births in 1976 across 1,304 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.

#93Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#97Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#84Latasha#185 nationally
#71Ronnie#155 nationally
#88Meredith#172 nationally
#80Reginald#163 nationally
#83Barry#165 nationally
#93Maurice#174 nationally
#60Latoya#135 nationally
#65Christie#139 nationally
#43Ashley#115 nationally
#79Darrell#150 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,418US #1
#2Amy813US #2
#3Angela714US #5
#4Kimberly697US #7
#5Heather669US #4
#6Melissa615US #3
#7Crystal505US #36
#8Amanda494US #10
#9Shannon434US #17
#10Stephanie416US #11
#11Christina390US #14
#12Lisa385US #9
#13Mary368US #22
#14Jamie353US #18
#15Tonya352US #58
#16April346US #30
#17Elizabeth336US #16
#18Kelly312US #19
#19Christy306US #60
#20Rebecca293US #12
#21Michelle290US #6
#22Wendy275US #39
#23Julie262US #21
#24Laura258US #20
#25Misty252US #46
#26Tammy252US #41
#27Jessica241US #8
#28Karen235US #31
#29Tracy235US #37
#30Sarah222US #15
#31Susan218US #40
#32Tiffany204US #32
#33Tina197US #48
#34Leslie192US #65
#35Brandy176US #55
#36Carrie175US #28
#37Cynthia175US #44
#38Pamela171US #84
#39Dana169US #64
#40Emily169US #50
#41Sharon166US #81
#42Jaime162US #29
#43Ashley161US #115
#44Andrea153US #25
#45Tara148US #42
#46Lori144US #47
#47Melanie144US #53
#48Teresa143US #66
#49Donna141US #93
#50Holly140US #56
#51Allison136US #67
#52Nicole134US #13
#53Patricia134US #43
#54Monica127US #45
#55Katherine125US #57
#56Tanya124US #61
#57Erin119US #24
#58Rachel112US #23
#59Stacy111US #38
#60Latoya110US #135
#61Erica109US #54
#62Sherry108US #111
#63Anna105US #78
#64Catherine105US #72
#65Christie105US #139
#66Felicia105US #130
#67Rhonda105US #107
#68Amber104US #49
#69Robin103US #75
#70Natasha98US #131
#71Sandra95US #59
#72Stacey93US #51
#73Regina92US #116
#74Alicia91US #71
#75Melinda90US #95
#76Natalie90US #80
#77Dawn89US #35
#78Tamika88US #144
#79Samantha87US #85
#80Courtney85US #76
#81Deborah83US #96
#82Tamara81US #91
#83Brandi80US #79
#84Latasha79US #185
#85Kathryn78US #88
#86Angel77US #156
#87Joy77US #132
#88Meredith77US #172
#89Paula77US #121
#90Sara77US #27
#91Angie75US #153
#92Danielle74US #33
#93Latonya72
#94Margaret72US #103
#95Sabrina71US #146
#96Anita70US #167
#97Beverly70
#98Kristie70US #158
#99Valerie70US #83
#100Yolanda70US #117

Boys

#1Michael1,543US #1
#2Christopher1,352US #3
#3James1,352US #5
#4Jason1,243US #2
#5David1,009US #4
#6William977US #11
#7John891US #6
#8Robert886US #7
#9Brian677US #8
#10Joseph543US #12
#11Jonathan524US #31
#12Kevin516US #15
#13Charles497US #26
#14Matthew493US #9
#15Jeremy479US #14
#16Timothy477US #21
#17Anthony468US #22
#18Eric407US #13
#19Steven403US #20
#20Daniel402US #10
#21Thomas393US #23
#22Richard388US #19
#23Jeffrey371US #17
#24Joshua330US #18
#25Kenneth327US #38
#26Chad284US #29
#27Stephen276US #37
#28Mark262US #25
#29Gregory254US #35
#30Jamie252US #62
#31Travis250US #46
#32Benjamin243US #32
#33Brandon233US #40
#34Donald228US #47
#35Larry217US #60
#36Bryan216US #43
#37Bradley215US #51
#38Andrew212US #27
#39Ryan211US #16
#40Ronald198US #49
#41Paul197US #28
#42Bobby185US #96
#43Patrick184US #41
#44Phillip184US #69
#45Rodney184US #88
#46Jerry183US #67
#47Gary178US #52
#48Adam176US #36
#49Scott175US #24
#50Terry174US #75
#51George166US #53
#52Aaron163US #30
#53Nathan161US #39
#54Marcus160US #74
#55Billy158US #85
#56Samuel157US #59
#57Edward156US #45
#58Shawn156US #34
#59Tony153US #86
#60Antonio151US #71
#61Johnny150US #92
#62Derrick139US #91
#63Keith136US #48
#64Dennis126US #66
#65Justin126US #33
#66Corey123US #64
#67Jimmy118US #101
#68Shannon118US #98
#69Randy116US #79
#70Jeffery115US #76
#71Ronnie110US #155
#72Wesley108US #119
#73Danny107US #102
#74Ricky107US #132
#75Douglas105US #56
#76Roger104US #103
#77Willie104US #121
#78Walter88US #127
#79Darrell84US #150
#80Reginald81US #163
#81Todd81US #50
#82Curtis80US #105
#83Barry78US #165
#84Derek76US #84
#85Joel76US #72
#86Brad74US #108
#87Jesse74US #55
#88Micheal74US #116
#89Tyrone74US #146
#90Allen72US #134
#91Randall72US #133
#92Carl71US #95
#93Maurice71US #174
#94Brent70US #78
#95Shane70US #57
#96Craig69US #61
#97Philip68US #89
#98Henry66US #122
#99Raymond65US #65
#100Russell65US #87

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑68Jamie#14
↑23Erin#57
↑19Carrie#36
↑19Darrell#79
↑18Jessica#27
↑17Adam#48
↑16Allison#51
↑16Bryan#36

Falling

↓29Christie#65
↓23Anita#96
↓22Robin#69
↓21Shane#95
↓19Sherry#62
↓19Raymond#99
↓18Dawn#77
↓18Scott#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.