State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1979 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,428 North Carolina births in 1979 across 1,363 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.

#92Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#97Latishaoutside the national top 200
#98Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#95Shauna#189 nationally
#77Ronnie#163 nationally
#81Latasha#167 nationally
#60Meredith#143 nationally
#86Rhonda#163 nationally
#93Barry#170 nationally
#72Latoya#148 nationally
#81Reginald#157 nationally
#100Sherry#175 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,307US #1
#2Amanda1,009US #3
#3Melissa807US #2
#4Crystal760US #18
#5Kimberly614US #12
#6Heather580US #7
#7Angela558US #8
#8Amy483US #5
#9April478US #23
#10Jessica461US #4
#11Elizabeth460US #11
#12Stephanie421US #15
#13Mary381US #24
#14Kelly371US #16
#15Christina353US #14
#16Shannon338US #25
#17Sarah323US #6
#18Brandy295US #39
#19Lisa288US #13
#20Laura287US #20
#21Rebecca286US #17
#22Ashley270US #67
#23Amber265US #22
#24Jamie264US #19
#25Tiffany263US #28
#26Michelle258US #10
#27Christy251US #72
#28Misty236US #42
#29Tonya232US #86
#30Emily228US #34
#31Wendy189US #64
#32Julie184US #29
#33Erin183US #21
#34Erica181US #32
#35Dana172US #54
#36Karen162US #46
#37Kristy162US #56
#38Nicole162US #9
#39Leslie157US #65
#40Holly156US #48
#41Susan156US #51
#42Anna155US #59
#43Katherine154US #36
#44Tina152US #58
#45Monica147US #40
#46Andrea146US #26
#47Tracy144US #49
#48Allison143US #70
#49Carrie136US #41
#50Tara135US #38
#51Cynthia132US #55
#52Tammy132US #79
#53Melanie130US #53
#54Pamela129US #90
#55Natasha127US #110
#56Lauren123US #45
#57Lori120US #69
#58Megan119US #31
#59Kristen118US #62
#60Meredith118US #143
#61Rachel118US #27
#62Alicia116US #47
#63Brandi116US #61
#64Kathryn111US #50
#65Stacy109US #43
#66Patricia106US #44
#67Catherine105US #78
#68Teresa104US #87
#69Sharon103US #117
#70Courtney101US #71
#71Sara101US #30
#72Latoya98US #148
#73Samantha95US #66
#74Danielle92US #33
#75Margaret92US #108
#76Natalie92US #68
#77Stacey90US #60
#78Tamara90US #104
#79Candice87US #128
#80Donna87US #131
#81Latasha87US #167
#82Mandy86US #116
#83Robin86US #95
#84Mindy85US #81
#85Felicia84US #153
#86Rhonda83US #163
#87Melinda82US #82
#88Tabitha81US #155
#89Cheryl80US #94
#90Christine79US #35
#91Katrina78US #99
#92Latonya77
#93Maria76US #37
#94Sabrina76US #106
#95Shauna75US #189
#96Jacqueline74US #80
#97Latisha73
#98Sonya73
#99Carla69US #142
#100Sherry69US #175

Boys

#1Christopher1,463US #2
#2Michael1,450US #1
#3Jason1,257US #3
#4James1,229US #5
#5David1,060US #4
#6William1,019US #13
#7John902US #7
#8Robert836US #8
#9Joshua675US #9
#10Matthew662US #6
#11Brian633US #10
#12Jonathan632US #31
#13Joseph594US #11
#14Jeremy555US #16
#15Timothy531US #18
#16Charles525US #28
#17Daniel481US #12
#18Travis476US #36
#19Kevin434US #19
#20Thomas394US #26
#21Richard386US #25
#22Jeffrey385US #24
#23Anthony377US #21
#24Eric363US #17
#25Nicholas357US #15
#26Brandon350US #35
#27Steven349US #27
#28Kenneth325US #41
#29Adam316US #23
#30Andrew298US #20
#31Justin285US #22
#32Stephen260US #40
#33Mark259US #30
#34Benjamin258US #33
#35Ryan230US #14
#36Bradley211US #47
#37Patrick211US #39
#38Nathan210US #37
#39Phillip204US #68
#40Gregory203US #42
#41Chad201US #38
#42Aaron200US #32
#43Donald195US #51
#44Bryan188US #46
#45Derrick187US #80
#46Jamie186US #88
#47Samuel185US #55
#48Larry179US #69
#49Marcus177US #76
#50Edward174US #48
#51Paul173US #34
#52Bobby170US #106
#53Jerry168US #85
#54Scott161US #29
#55Ronald149US #54
#56Corey148US #63
#57Wesley148US #89
#58Billy147US #97
#59Antonio140US #79
#60George139US #57
#61Gary138US #59
#62Shawn129US #43
#63Douglas128US #58
#64Rodney125US #117
#65Terry123US #96
#66Ricky122US #124
#67Dennis119US #75
#68Johnny118US #111
#69Tony117US #104
#70Keith113US #52
#71Shaun109US #64
#72Randy108US #86
#73Derek107US #72
#74Curtis106US #91
#75Jacob102US #45
#76Jesse98US #50
#77Ronnie98US #163
#78Jimmy96US #123
#79Jeffery88US #87
#80Raymond88US #70
#81Reginald85US #157
#82Shane84US #67
#83Carl83US #100
#84Jeremiah82US #81
#85Russell82US #92
#86Adrian80US #113
#87Roger80US #132
#88Walter79US #128
#89Willie79US #125
#90Kyle77US #56
#91Micheal74US #127
#92Allen73US #139
#93Barry72US #170
#94Dustin71US #62
#95Philip71US #83
#96Shannon69US #159
#97Danny68US #121
#98Carlos66US #73
#99Joel66US #71
#100Henry65US #138

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑34Megan#58
↑32Lauren#56
↑23Pamela#54
↑21Tamara#78
↑16Amber#23
↑16Dana#35
↑16Kathryn#64
↑16Jamie#46

Falling

↓36Tabitha#88
↓25Latoya#72
↓24Sabrina#94
↓21Danny#97
↓20Willie#89
↓19Felicia#85
↓17Sherry#100
↓16Tina#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.