State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1982 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,680 North Carolina births in 1982 across 1,381 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.

#97Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#93Ronnie#196 nationally
#55Meredith#150 nationally
#88Caroline#178 nationally
#65Latasha#153 nationally
#89Jermaine#168 nationally
#76Tabitha#152 nationally
#93Angel#166 nationally
#43Christy#115 nationally
#96Maurice#165 nationally
#58Tonya#126 nationally
#79Rodney#145 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,448US #1
#2Jessica1,080US #2
#3Amanda1,017US #3
#4Crystal781US #9
#5Ashley597US #17
#6Sarah546US #4
#7Melissa524US #5
#8Kimberly523US #14
#9Stephanie513US #7
#10Elizabeth490US #8
#11Heather489US #12
#12Tiffany473US #13
#13April471US #32
#14Amy433US #10
#15Mary377US #30
#16Kelly370US #25
#17Amber362US #18
#18Rebecca362US #15
#19Emily342US #24
#20Angela335US #16
#21Christina300US #19
#22Erin298US #20
#23Brandy294US #50
#24Laura292US #22
#25Lauren281US #26
#26Shannon267US #38
#27Michelle241US #11
#28Kristen210US #33
#29Jamie207US #29
#30Erica206US #35
#31Latoya204US #91
#32Courtney202US #43
#33Brandi201US #55
#34Rachel193US #21
#35Katherine187US #36
#36Lisa186US #23
#37Leslie182US #60
#38Anna176US #56
#39Kristin173US #37
#40Andrea170US #27
#41Samantha165US #44
#42Megan164US #34
#43Christy163US #115
#44Lindsay162US #39
#45Nicole161US #6
#46Sara157US #28
#47Misty154US #74
#48Candice153US #78
#49Holly152US #61
#50Allison151US #58
#51Carrie151US #57
#52Natasha150US #71
#53Dana144US #67
#54Natalie144US #51
#55Meredith141US #150
#56Pamela139US #82
#57Lindsey138US #40
#58Tonya137US #126
#59Candace130US #103
#60Susan122US #76
#61Danielle121US #31
#62Julie121US #41
#63Tara119US #47
#64Karen116US #68
#65Latasha116US #153
#66Kathryn115US #48
#67Alicia111US #53
#68Catherine106US #73
#69Ebony99US #132
#70Stacey99US #85
#71Jacqueline98US #54
#72Monica98US #52
#73Kristy97US #104
#74Melanie95US #65
#75Stacy95US #72
#76Tabitha93US #152
#77Victoria93US #66
#78Miranda91US #117
#79Tracy91US #88
#80Krystal90US #83
#81Katie89US #45
#82Cassandra86US #62
#83Cynthia86US #64
#84Tammy86US #134
#85Wendy86US #105
#86Margaret84US #97
#87Tina84US #90
#88Caroline83US #178
#89Casey82US #119
#90Cassie79US #137
#91Patricia79US #59
#92Sharon79US #144
#93Angel78US #166
#94Christine78US #46
#95Maria77US #42
#96Robin73US #108
#97Lakisha72
#98Sheena72US #149
#99Alisha71US #145
#100Lori71US #98

Boys

#1Christopher1,647US #2
#2Michael1,458US #1
#3James1,174US #6
#4Jason990US #4
#5Matthew987US #3
#6Joshua986US #7
#7William983US #15
#8David915US #5
#9John882US #8
#10Jonathan861US #16
#11Robert833US #9
#12Brandon732US #18
#13Justin671US #12
#14Joseph606US #11
#15Daniel590US #10
#16Brian540US #14
#17Charles523US #31
#18Jeremy470US #28
#19Timothy464US #24
#20Thomas401US #23
#21Steven389US #26
#22Adam386US #19
#23Kevin384US #25
#24Andrew382US #17
#25Eric380US #20
#26Anthony377US #21
#27Travis372US #39
#28Richard365US #27
#29Jeffrey341US #29
#30Benjamin318US #33
#31Ryan318US #13
#32Stephen297US #38
#33Kenneth294US #45
#34Nicholas270US #22
#35Aaron249US #30
#36Mark243US #32
#37Patrick229US #37
#38Gregory219US #40
#39Marcus213US #63
#40Donald199US #58
#41Samuel193US #56
#42Phillip191US #67
#43Bradley190US #51
#44Bryan188US #49
#45Chad184US #48
#46Antonio176US #76
#47Dustin172US #42
#48Derrick170US #78
#49Nathan168US #36
#50Paul165US #35
#51Ronald153US #60
#52Derek142US #50
#53Jesse141US #43
#54Gary139US #64
#55Bobby137US #113
#56George134US #62
#57Larry132US #77
#58Wesley130US #98
#59Zachary130US #55
#60Jerry129US #100
#61Shawn127US #52
#62Jacob126US #41
#63Scott126US #34
#64Terry122US #105
#65Tony113US #112
#66Keith110US #59
#67Billy109US #116
#68Corey108US #74
#69Edward108US #53
#70Douglas105US #68
#71Ricky103US #129
#72Sean100US #44
#73Johnny97US #118
#74Curtis96US #101
#75Jamie96US #131
#76Joel92US #69
#77Kyle92US #47
#78Dennis91US #87
#79Rodney91US #145
#80Mitchell90US #135
#81Jeffery88US #92
#82Jordan87US #85
#83Jared86US #54
#84Randy86US #94
#85Philip85US #79
#86Nathaniel83US #75
#87Johnathan82US #152
#88Willie81US #144
#89Jermaine78US #168
#90Roger78US #127
#91Walter78US #147
#92Jeremiah75US #89
#93Ronnie74US #196
#94Allen73US #122
#95Carlos72US #71
#96Maurice72US #165
#97Raymond72US #70
#98Russell72US #97
#99Jimmy70US #132
#100Micheal69US #148

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑29Lindsay#44
↑24Joel#76
↑21Jacqueline#71
↑17Candace#59
↑16Stacey#70
↑15Melanie#74
↑14Megan#42
↑14Jared#83

Falling

↓25Tina#87
↓24Patricia#91
↓22Edward#69
↓20Lori#100
↓19Wendy#85
↓19Jimmy#99
↓18Cynthia#83
↓16Tracy#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.