State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1978 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,545 North Carolina births in 1978 across 1,375 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.

#78Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#89Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#95Tamekaoutside the national top 200
#88Dwayne#192 nationally
#72Ronnie#163 nationally
#47Latoya#135 nationally
#68Meredith#146 nationally
#81Maurice#157 nationally
#93Tyrone#168 nationally
#52Tabitha#126 nationally
#66Felicia#140 nationally
#89Reginald#160 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,324US #1
#2Crystal769US #18
#3Amanda623US #6
#4Amy623US #4
#5Melissa622US #2
#6Kimberly621US #13
#7Angela610US #7
#8Heather580US #5
#9Kelly455US #12
#10Jessica446US #3
#11Elizabeth439US #14
#12Stephanie424US #16
#13April396US #27
#14Christina384US #15
#15Shannon369US #22
#16Mary358US #24
#17Lisa319US #11
#18Brandy298US #37
#19Sarah283US #8
#20Jamie281US #20
#21Michelle276US #9
#22Rebecca276US #17
#23Christy272US #59
#24Emily243US #33
#25Laura243US #19
#26Tonya230US #77
#27Misty229US #43
#28Tina222US #45
#29Ashley219US #87
#30Julie218US #26
#31Wendy204US #56
#32Karen202US #39
#33Tiffany194US #32
#34Susan185US #49
#35Tracy179US #47
#36Katherine172US #38
#37Holly168US #55
#38Kristy161US #51
#39Amber159US #30
#40Nicole159US #10
#41Erin158US #21
#42Andrea156US #23
#43Leslie156US #63
#44Tammy156US #67
#45Erica145US #34
#46Natasha141US #114
#47Latoya137US #135
#48Brandi135US #61
#49Carrie133US #35
#50Cynthia133US #50
#51Dana133US #71
#52Tabitha129US #126
#53Rachel123US #25
#54Tara121US #40
#55Melanie120US #54
#56Sharon120US #106
#57Anna119US #65
#58Allison117US #75
#59Catherine111US #72
#60Monica110US #42
#61Sara109US #28
#62Teresa109US #88
#63Lori108US #60
#64Patricia108US #48
#65Stacy108US #44
#66Felicia106US #140
#67Robin105US #89
#68Meredith103US #146
#69Alicia101US #58
#70Sabrina101US #91
#71Samantha100US #74
#72Mandy97US #96
#73Courtney95US #68
#74Donna95US #120
#75Natalie95US #66
#76Christine93US #29
#77Pamela93US #109
#78Latonya91
#79Danielle89US #31
#80Kathryn88US #57
#81Angel85US #141
#82Margaret85US #110
#83Sherry85US #151
#84Melinda83US #84
#85Stacey83US #53
#86Tanya80US #82
#87Valerie80US #92
#88Lauren79US #80
#89Sonya79
#90Regina77US #129
#91Linda76US #100
#92Megan76US #41
#93Cheryl73US #94
#94Maria73US #36
#95Tameka72
#96Tamika72US #166
#97Dawn71US #52
#98Joy71US #139
#99Tamara71US #105
#100Jaime70US #70

Boys

#1Michael1,524US #1
#2Christopher1,426US #3
#3James1,334US #5
#4Jason1,308US #2
#5David961US #4
#6William948US #13
#7Robert862US #8
#8John839US #7
#9Brian664US #9
#10Matthew586US #6
#11Timothy586US #17
#12Charles569US #27
#13Joshua565US #12
#14Joseph554US #10
#15Kevin534US #15
#16Jonathan528US #31
#17Daniel498US #11
#18Jeremy472US #18
#19Thomas466US #23
#20Steven400US #24
#21Eric376US #16
#22Anthony372US #20
#23Richard363US #21
#24Jeffrey344US #19
#25Kenneth317US #41
#26Andrew289US #22
#27Stephen282US #37
#28Nicholas275US #25
#29Adam274US #29
#30Brandon274US #40
#31Mark258US #26
#32Travis254US #46
#33Justin253US #28
#34Chad232US #35
#35Benjamin227US #34
#36Gregory227US #38
#37Ryan224US #14
#38Donald219US #48
#39Derrick217US #76
#40Larry215US #64
#41Aaron213US #32
#42Patrick205US #42
#43Bradley187US #53
#44Paul186US #33
#45Phillip180US #67
#46Samuel176US #57
#47Bryan173US #43
#48Nathan169US #36
#49Jerry165US #82
#50Bobby163US #109
#51Antonio162US #79
#52Shawn156US #39
#53Marcus155US #70
#54George153US #58
#55Scott153US #30
#56Wesley145US #83
#57Corey142US #61
#58Edward142US #47
#59Ronald141US #55
#60Rodney140US #102
#61Tony140US #97
#62Jamie137US #95
#63Keith136US #49
#64Derek135US #75
#65Gary134US #60
#66Shaun134US #52
#67Billy122US #99
#68Terry122US #91
#69Willie113US #121
#70Johnny110US #101
#71Douglas109US #59
#72Ronnie106US #163
#73Dennis105US #71
#74Ricky105US #130
#75Curtis104US #96
#76Danny101US #115
#77Jimmy97US #118
#78Jacob95US #50
#79Jeffery91US #80
#80Shannon91US #143
#81Maurice90US #157
#82Randy87US #86
#83Jesse85US #51
#84Philip85US #84
#85Raymond84US #69
#86Walter83US #131
#87Roger81US #120
#88Dwayne77US #192
#89Reginald77US #160
#90Shane74US #65
#91Carl73US #100
#92Nathaniel73US #94
#93Tyrone72US #168
#94Henry71US #127
#95Joel71US #74
#96Adrian70US #111
#97Allen70US #145
#98Dustin70US #68
#99Sean69US #45
#100Randall68US #135

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑63Nicholas#28
↑27Tina#28
↑26Samantha#71
↑22Kristy#38
↑19Justin#33
↑18Adam#29
↑16Mandy#72
↑15Jacob#78

Falling

↓26Jaime#100
↓22Joy#98
↓19Ronald#59
↓18Wesley#56
↓17Donna#74
↓16Tammy#44
↓16Lori#63
↓16Felicia#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.