State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1980 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,635 North Carolina births in 1980 across 1,398 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
#88Johnathan#174 nationally
#94Rhonda#179 nationally
#92Ronnie#173 nationally
#86Reginald#166 nationally
#78Tabitha#155 nationally
#65Meredith#140 nationally
#71Latasha#141 nationally
#95Joy#165 nationally
#56Latoya#123 nationally
#82Jermaine#149 nationally
#95Maurice#162 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,356US #1
#2Amanda1,058US #2
#3Crystal731US #18
#4Melissa698US #4
#5Jessica684US #3
#6Kimberly631US #11
#7Heather536US #6
#8Elizabeth487US #9
#9April485US #26
#10Tiffany468US #14
#11Angela460US #12
#12Amy451US #8
#13Stephanie439US #13
#14Mary423US #25
#15Sarah410US #5
#16Kelly378US #19
#17Christina361US #15
#18Ashley349US #40
#19Amber293US #22
#20Laura284US #21
#21Rebecca284US #17
#22Lisa283US #16
#23Shannon280US #29
#24Brandy276US #42
#25Michelle254US #10
#26Emily253US #31
#27Jamie236US #24
#28Erin226US #20
#29Erica204US #34
#30Kristen199US #39
#31Misty191US #49
#32Tonya191US #97
#33Christy182US #83
#34Julie179US #32
#35Holly171US #52
#36Andrea170US #28
#37Anna168US #55
#38Kristin168US #37
#39Katherine166US #35
#40Nicole160US #7
#41Sara157US #27
#42Lauren156US #38
#43Rachel152US #23
#44Natasha151US #89
#45Kristy150US #78
#46Carrie146US #46
#47Courtney146US #48
#48Brandi145US #63
#49Tracy145US #56
#50Wendy145US #75
#51Dana144US #68
#52Allison143US #59
#53Leslie143US #61
#54Susan142US #62
#55Pamela140US #86
#56Latoya139US #123
#57Tina138US #72
#58Karen134US #54
#59Megan128US #30
#60Alicia127US #47
#61Melanie124US #60
#62Monica123US #45
#63Tara122US #43
#64Lori120US #76
#65Meredith118US #140
#66Cynthia113US #64
#67Tasha110US #130
#68Candice108US #99
#69Kathryn107US #50
#70Natalie106US #65
#71Latasha104US #141
#72Catherine100US #77
#73Samantha100US #58
#74Tammy100US #96
#75Margaret99US #105
#76Miranda99US #128
#77Sharon95US #129
#78Tabitha93US #155
#79Danielle92US #33
#80Patricia92US #51
#81Stacey92US #74
#82Donna90US #144
#83Stacy89US #53
#84Teresa89US #94
#85Katrina87US #90
#86Brooke81US #57
#87Maria81US #36
#88Sabrina81US #113
#89Melinda79US #92
#90Jacqueline77US #81
#91Candace76US #134
#92Casey75US #135
#93Latonya75
#94Rhonda75US #179
#95Joy74US #165
#96Robin74US #109
#97Julia73US #98
#98Felicia71US #164
#99Katie70US #44
#100Tamara69US #108

Boys

#1Christopher1,380US #2
#2Michael1,335US #1
#3James1,275US #5
#4Jason1,244US #3
#5David1,066US #4
#6William1,001US #14
#7Joshua878US #7
#8Robert829US #9
#9John827US #8
#10Jonathan713US #21
#11Matthew711US #6
#12Brian681US #12
#13Joseph626US #10
#14Timothy556US #20
#15Justin535US #13
#16Daniel534US #11
#17Jeremy530US #18
#18Charles520US #29
#19Kevin468US #23
#20Brandon444US #31
#21Travis432US #37
#22Eric418US #16
#23Thomas404US #25
#24Richard391US #26
#25Adam370US #22
#26Anthony364US #24
#27Nicholas349US #17
#28Steven345US #28
#29Benjamin343US #32
#30Jeffrey315US #27
#31Andrew302US #19
#32Stephen302US #40
#33Kenneth291US #41
#34Mark245US #30
#35Chad226US #39
#36Bradley215US #51
#37Derek211US #50
#38Patrick211US #38
#39Ryan207US #15
#40Gregory203US #42
#41Paul203US #35
#42Bryan194US #49
#43Donald191US #53
#44Aaron190US #34
#45Nathan187US #36
#46Samuel183US #54
#47Marcus179US #71
#48Larry177US #70
#49Bobby172US #109
#50Phillip172US #65
#51Derrick161US #74
#52Ronald160US #58
#53Antonio159US #77
#54Scott154US #33
#55Jamie152US #105
#56Jerry148US #94
#57Edward144US #52
#58Dustin143US #44
#59Billy140US #100
#60Gary140US #63
#61Terry139US #101
#62George129US #60
#63Shawn129US #47
#64Tony124US #108
#65Wesley121US #95
#66Curtis117US #89
#67Jacob117US #43
#68Jesse114US #45
#69Keith112US #56
#70Ricky111US #122
#71Johnny110US #113
#72Rodney107US #121
#73Douglas105US #62
#74Shaun101US #79
#75Dennis100US #80
#76Randy100US #87
#77Corey98US #68
#78Jeffery98US #90
#79Jeremiah89US #76
#80Willie89US #130
#81Jimmy86US #126
#82Jermaine84US #149
#83Walter83US #137
#84Danny82US #120
#85Raymond78US #66
#86Reginald78US #166
#87Zachary78US #72
#88Johnathan77US #174
#89Lee76US #125
#90Roger76US #134
#91Nathaniel75US #86
#92Ronnie74US #173
#93Sean74US #48
#94Craig73US #73
#95Maurice73US #162
#96Carl72US #103
#97Philip70US #82
#98Allen69US #124
#99Alan67US #112
#100Shane67US #69

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑36Derek#37
↑36Dustin#58
↑30Sara#41
↑29Kristen#30
↑23Courtney#47
↑18Rachel#43
↑16Latoya#56
↑16Justin#15

Falling

↓22Karen#58
↓22Tammy#74
↓22Tamara#100
↓21Corey#77
↓19Wendy#50
↓18Stacy#83
↓18Shane#100
↓17Monica#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.