State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1983 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,348 North Carolina births in 1983 across 1,355 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.

#86Ronnie#200 nationally
#97Reginald#193 nationally
#91Caroline#183 nationally
#59Meredith#148 nationally
#77Rodney#161 nationally
#84Latasha#166 nationally
#75Jamie#153 nationally
#70Christy#146 nationally
#72Tonya#147 nationally
#40Marquita#112 nationally
#83Walter#154 nationally
#94Virginia#165 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,335US #1
#2Jessica1,142US #2
#3Ashley1,099US #4
#4Amanda907US #3
#5Crystal763US #11
#6Heather629US #9
#7Stephanie534US #8
#8Sarah491US #5
#9Melissa482US #6
#10Kimberly467US #15
#11Elizabeth463US #10
#12Tiffany453US #14
#13Amy418US #12
#14Amber409US #17
#15Lauren358US #24
#16Mary357US #32
#17Emily347US #25
#18Kelly325US #26
#19April322US #39
#20Christina303US #16
#21Rebecca288US #19
#22Laura286US #23
#23Angela280US #22
#24Erin276US #18
#25Shannon260US #38
#26Brandy253US #57
#27Megan253US #21
#28Michelle225US #13
#29Jamie223US #28
#30Erica215US #33
#31Katherine209US #34
#32Rachel202US #20
#33Lisa194US #27
#34Brandi193US #56
#35Anna192US #55
#36Kristen187US #37
#37Holly185US #48
#38Alicia183US #41
#39Latoya179US #90
#40Marquita176US #112
#41Nicole173US #7
#42Lindsay172US #36
#43Courtney162US #44
#44Samantha158US #40
#45Lindsey155US #35
#46Andrea152US #30
#47Leslie152US #67
#48Kathryn148US #50
#49Danielle137US #29
#50Carrie135US #65
#51Allison131US #59
#52Sara131US #31
#53Misty129US #87
#54Stacy129US #61
#55Candace123US #104
#56Julie121US #46
#57Kristin121US #42
#58Candice119US #84
#59Meredith118US #148
#60Natasha117US #71
#61Victoria117US #58
#62Dana115US #72
#63Katie115US #45
#64Hannah114US #124
#65Catherine110US #66
#66Krystal107US #78
#67Tracy105US #89
#68Stacey104US #76
#69Patricia103US #60
#70Christy102US #146
#71Natalie102US #52
#72Tonya98US #147
#73Miranda97US #118
#74Pamela97US #91
#75Jacqueline96US #53
#76Susan96US #86
#77Tara96US #51
#78Monica95US #54
#79Ebony93US #135
#80Karen93US #77
#81Brittany89US #64
#82Sheena89US #107
#83Cynthia88US #62
#84Latasha87US #166
#85Tina81US #100
#86Tabitha80US #137
#87Casey79US #110
#88Wendy79US #125
#89Julia77US #85
#90Teresa77US #103
#91Caroline76US #183
#92Sabrina76US #111
#93Alisha74US #141
#94Virginia73US #165
#95Margaret72US #92
#96Robin71US #127
#97Kayla70US #81
#98Kristy70US #133
#99Melanie70US #79
#100Tammy70US #159

Boys

#1Christopher1,610US #2
#2Michael1,485US #1
#3James1,191US #6
#4Matthew1,150US #3
#5Joshua1,027US #5
#6William950US #16
#7David943US #4
#8Jason882US #7
#9Brandon852US #17
#10Jonathan796US #19
#11John794US #9
#12Robert784US #10
#13Justin725US #12
#14Daniel654US #8
#15Joseph627US #11
#16Brian563US #14
#17Adam471US #18
#18Charles464US #33
#19Thomas431US #24
#20Andrew425US #15
#21Jeremy412US #30
#22Kevin399US #25
#23Timothy388US #26
#24Travis382US #41
#25Steven377US #23
#26Anthony372US #22
#27Eric354US #20
#28Ryan324US #13
#29Jeffrey323US #28
#30Richard322US #27
#31Stephen318US #35
#32Benjamin307US #32
#33Kenneth279US #45
#34Nicholas278US #21
#35Aaron259US #29
#36Patrick245US #37
#37Mark243US #31
#38Dustin241US #43
#39Marcus227US #58
#40Bryan203US #47
#41Bradley196US #52
#42Gregory194US #42
#43Paul182US #39
#44Phillip170US #66
#45Zachary168US #50
#46Nathan163US #40
#47Samuel161US #54
#48Chad152US #49
#49Jacob150US #36
#50Derrick149US #78
#51Jesse147US #46
#52Antonio140US #76
#53Donald136US #60
#54Larry136US #85
#55Ronald134US #64
#56Derek131US #51
#57Edward131US #55
#58Kyle126US #34
#59Scott122US #38
#60Bobby119US #118
#61Jerry118US #103
#62Terry118US #110
#63Tony116US #119
#64Wesley115US #101
#65Sean114US #44
#66Gary111US #68
#67Ricky102US #128
#68George101US #65
#69Shawn99US #53
#70Keith98US #61
#71Randy95US #96
#72Corey94US #74
#73Dennis93US #92
#74Johnathan91US #137
#75Jamie86US #153
#76Nathaniel86US #79
#77Rodney84US #161
#78Jordan83US #72
#79Johnny82US #116
#80Tyler81US #57
#81Jimmy80US #127
#82Roger80US #144
#83Walter80US #154
#84Douglas79US #69
#85Jared79US #56
#86Ronnie79US #200
#87Billy78US #124
#88Adrian75US #107
#89Allen75US #120
#90Jeffery74US #91
#91Curtis73US #100
#92Raymond73US #71
#93Alan71US #102
#94Alexander70US #63
#95Jermaine69US #165
#96Maurice69US #162
#97Reginald68US #193
#98Philip67US #82
#99Carl66US #106
#100Joel65US #67

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑29Alicia#38
↑22Patricia#69
↑21Stacy#54
↑19Kyle#58
↑18Kathryn#48
↑18Katie#63
↑18Jimmy#81
↑16Victoria#61

Falling

↓27Christy#70
↓25Kristy#98
↓25Melanie#99
↓24Joel#100
↓20Billy#87
↓19Latasha#84
↓18Kristin#57
↓18Pamela#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.