State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1981 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,978 North Carolina births in 1981 across 1,358 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.

#96Rhonda#199 nationally
#83Ronnie#181 nationally
#90Darrell#184 nationally
#49Meredith#140 nationally
#82Maurice#163 nationally
#99Summer#179 nationally
#83Virginia#159 nationally
#85Johnathan#158 nationally
#75Tabitha#147 nationally
#69Latasha#139 nationally
#91Jermaine#161 nationally
#97Donna#167 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,336US #1
#2Amanda1,017US #3
#3Jessica972US #2
#4Crystal811US #16
#5Melissa574US #5
#6Kimberly515US #13
#7Stephanie497US #8
#8Amy494US #6
#9Sarah491US #4
#10Elizabeth486US #9
#11Tiffany472US #14
#12Heather448US #10
#13April435US #25
#14Mary417US #27
#15Ashley402US #34
#16Angela362US #15
#17Rebecca320US #12
#18Emily318US #29
#19Laura307US #21
#20Brandy296US #41
#21Christina290US #17
#22Amber287US #20
#23Kelly286US #23
#24Jamie279US #28
#25Shannon267US #32
#26Michelle259US #11
#27Erin249US #19
#28Lisa249US #18
#29Latoya234US #69
#30Lauren214US #35
#31Kristin200US #31
#32Andrea195US #24
#33Leslie195US #56
#34Kristen190US #38
#35Erica186US #36
#36Brandi185US #50
#37Katherine181US #39
#38Courtney176US #43
#39Christy174US #99
#40Misty166US #61
#41Nicole164US #7
#42Anna160US #54
#43Tonya159US #110
#44Carrie156US #55
#45Sara156US #26
#46Rachel154US #22
#47Julie151US #37
#48Pamela149US #76
#49Meredith146US #140
#50Allison144US #57
#51Holly144US #63
#52Dana142US #70
#53Susan135US #71
#54Samantha134US #51
#55Karen130US #64
#56Megan129US #33
#57Alicia127US #46
#58Natasha127US #85
#59Candice126US #86
#60Kathryn122US #48
#61Danielle120US #30
#62Tina117US #80
#63Tracy113US #77
#64Natalie111US #60
#65Cynthia110US #59
#66Wendy109US #90
#67Patricia104US #53
#68Tara104US #45
#69Latasha101US #139
#70Kristy100US #94
#71Catherine99US #73
#72Katie99US #44
#73Lindsay98US #47
#74Brooke96US #52
#75Tabitha94US #147
#76Candace93US #118
#77Monica93US #49
#78Stacy93US #65
#79Tammy92US #117
#80Lori88US #91
#81Miranda87US #128
#82Sharon85US #130
#83Virginia84US #159
#84Julia81US #88
#85Robin79US #102
#86Stacey79US #83
#87Katrina78US #95
#88Margaret78US #107
#89Melanie78US #66
#90Teresa78US #97
#91Cassandra77US #104
#92Jacqueline77US #67
#93Casey76US #122
#94Sandra76US #74
#95Sabrina75US #120
#96Rhonda74US #199
#97Donna73US #167
#98Tanya71US #92
#99Summer70US #179
#100Barbara69US #119

Boys

#1Michael1,428US #1
#2Christopher1,309US #2
#3James1,251US #7
#4Jason1,081US #4
#5Joshua1,008US #6
#6William956US #15
#7David954US #5
#8Matthew877US #3
#9John844US #8
#10Jonathan783US #16
#11Robert761US #9
#12Brandon714US #19
#13Joseph606US #11
#14Brian604US #14
#15Daniel570US #10
#16Justin565US #12
#17Jeremy514US #22
#18Charles510US #31
#19Timothy492US #24
#20Eric393US #17
#21Kevin391US #25
#22Thomas391US #26
#23Travis383US #40
#24Richard380US #27
#25Adam347US #20
#26Steven343US #28
#27Anthony334US #23
#28Andrew331US #18
#29Benjamin318US #32
#30Jeffrey311US #29
#31Kenneth304US #41
#32Nicholas291US #21
#33Ryan283US #13
#34Stephen282US #39
#35Aaron264US #30
#36Mark223US #33
#37Patrick219US #38
#38Dustin203US #42
#39Marcus198US #67
#40Bradley192US #50
#41Gregory187US #46
#42Larry186US #73
#43Bobby183US #110
#44Chad180US #47
#45Paul180US #35
#46Bryan179US #48
#47Edward178US #51
#48Nathan178US #36
#49Phillip177US #66
#50Samuel175US #54
#51Ronald162US #59
#52Derrick161US #78
#53Donald159US #56
#54George151US #61
#55Antonio147US #75
#56Jesse145US #37
#57Billy142US #103
#58Scott142US #34
#59Derek138US #53
#60Jerry131US #97
#61Jacob130US #43
#62Gary128US #62
#63Ricky127US #122
#64Shawn123US #49
#65Wesley120US #99
#66Terry118US #105
#67Tony116US #111
#68Zachary113US #63
#69Johnny110US #113
#70Keith110US #58
#71Randy110US #91
#72Douglas105US #64
#73Jamie105US #118
#74Philip101US #84
#75Corey100US #69
#76Curtis99US #94
#77Jeffery99US #93
#78Dennis96US #83
#79Jeremiah96US #77
#80Jimmy91US #129
#81Rodney89US #135
#82Maurice87US #163
#83Ronnie85US #181
#84Sean85US #44
#85Johnathan84US #158
#86Nathaniel84US #80
#87Willie80US #141
#88Alan78US #112
#89Shaun77US #86
#90Darrell76US #184
#91Jermaine76US #161
#92Roger76US #120
#93Casey73US #85
#94Alexander72US #70
#95Carl72US #106
#96Lee72US #123
#97Jared71US #57
#98Walter70US #138
#99Raymond69US #68
#100Joel68US #65

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑27Latoya#29
↑27Katie#72
↑23Philip#74
↑20Leslie#33
↑20Dustin#38
↑19Samantha#54
↑19Zachary#68
↑18Danielle#61

Falling

↓28Melanie#89
↓25Kristy#70
↓22Derek#59
↓18Jamie#73
↓16Holly#51
↓16Wendy#66
↓16Lori#80
↓15Monica#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.