State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1984 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,188 North Carolina births in 1984 across 1,356 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.

#75Marquita#195 nationally
#95Reginald#186 nationally
#87Latasha#175 nationally
#65Meredith#148 nationally
#71Jamie#154 nationally
#86Rodney#165 nationally
#63Ricky#138 nationally
#56Bobby#129 nationally
#68Tabitha#141 nationally
#94Caroline#167 nationally
#74Christy#145 nationally
#97Maurice#168 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,263US #3
#2Jennifer1,205US #1
#3Jessica1,176US #2
#4Amanda918US #4
#5Heather712US #9
#6Crystal631US #12
#7Sarah532US #5
#8Stephanie513US #6
#9Elizabeth500US #10
#10Tiffany478US #14
#11Melissa464US #8
#12Kimberly441US #22
#13Amber433US #18
#14Laura392US #19
#15Lauren373US #21
#16Amy371US #13
#17Mary337US #33
#18Emily332US #24
#19Megan331US #11
#20April326US #42
#21Kelly317US #27
#22Latoya308US #60
#23Christina296US #20
#24Rebecca292US #23
#25Shannon276US #37
#26Danielle259US #16
#27Erin250US #25
#28Rachel234US #15
#29Katherine233US #30
#30Erica230US #34
#31Angela224US #26
#32Michelle220US #17
#33Jamie200US #31
#34Kristen200US #38
#35Lindsay197US #36
#36Courtney194US #46
#37Lindsey189US #35
#38Samantha189US #39
#39Holly187US #53
#40Lisa187US #29
#41Brandy181US #64
#42Anna180US #57
#43Brittany180US #41
#44Alicia179US #40
#45Andrea177US #28
#46Brandi170US #61
#47Nicole169US #7
#48Allison161US #51
#49Sara149US #32
#50Kristin146US #47
#51Catherine140US #69
#52Kathryn138US #48
#53Candace132US #102
#54Sheena130US #80
#55Victoria128US #59
#56Stacy127US #67
#57Natasha120US #77
#58Krystal118US #74
#59Tara118US #49
#60Carrie117US #78
#61Leslie117US #75
#62Dana114US #73
#63Candice111US #86
#64Julie110US #52
#65Meredith110US #148
#66Monica110US #58
#67Margaret109US #92
#68Tabitha108US #141
#69Karen107US #82
#70Misty107US #98
#71Jenna105US #54
#72Katie104US #44
#73Susan103US #90
#74Christy101US #145
#75Marquita100US #195
#76Pamela97US #104
#77Tracy97US #91
#78Ebony95US #137
#79Hannah94US #126
#80Christine92US #43
#81Cynthia92US #62
#82Patricia92US #66
#83Miranda91US #114
#84Stacey90US #79
#85Casey87US #107
#86Natalie87US #55
#87Latasha85US #175
#88Julia84US #87
#89Tonya82US #153
#90Alisha81US #123
#91Jacqueline77US #56
#92Melanie75US #85
#93Diana73US #72
#94Caroline72US #167
#95Kristy72US #135
#96Tina71US #111
#97Angel69US #162
#98Meghan68US #65
#99Whitney68US #125
#100Katrina67US #105

Boys

#1Christopher1,741US #2
#2Michael1,433US #1
#3Joshua1,334US #4
#4Matthew1,215US #3
#5James1,203US #7
#6William1,042US #16
#7Brandon1,000US #15
#8David925US #5
#9Jonathan807US #19
#10John790US #8
#11Robert756US #9
#12Jason736US #11
#13Daniel715US #6
#14Justin713US #13
#15Joseph619US #10
#16Adam527US #18
#17Brian516US #17
#18Charles489US #33
#19Timothy469US #26
#20Andrew438US #14
#21Thomas437US #25
#22Steven436US #23
#23Kevin386US #24
#24Jeremy384US #31
#25Anthony383US #21
#26Eric368US #22
#27Richard361US #27
#28Travis353US #42
#29Ryan346US #12
#30Stephen335US #35
#31Benjamin323US #30
#32Jeffrey317US #28
#33Dustin295US #41
#34Nicholas280US #20
#35Kenneth279US #46
#36Aaron276US #29
#37Mark244US #32
#38Patrick226US #36
#39Marcus222US #57
#40Gregory200US #44
#41Bryan196US #48
#42Paul192US #40
#43Bradley191US #53
#44Samuel189US #55
#45Jacob187US #37
#46Nathan184US #38
#47Zachary181US #45
#48Chad169US #51
#49Phillip168US #70
#50Antonio167US #77
#51Donald164US #63
#52Tyler155US #47
#53Derrick140US #79
#54Scott139US #39
#55Edward137US #58
#56Bobby136US #129
#57Kyle134US #34
#58Larry132US #91
#59Derek131US #52
#60Ronald127US #67
#61Jesse121US #50
#62Keith121US #61
#63Ricky121US #138
#64Gary120US #76
#65Jerry116US #111
#66Corey114US #69
#67George113US #68
#68Wesley109US #101
#69Jordan107US #65
#70Terry105US #118
#71Jamie95US #154
#72Johnathan95US #132
#73Sean93US #43
#74Billy92US #140
#75Alexander91US #54
#76Shawn89US #56
#77Curtis88US #96
#78Douglas87US #71
#79Tony83US #112
#80Jared81US #59
#81Johnny80US #120
#82Philip80US #81
#83Jimmy79US #134
#84Jeffery75US #94
#85Joel74US #66
#86Rodney74US #165
#87Nathaniel73US #80
#88Raymond73US #73
#89Adrian70US #107
#90Mitchell70US #125
#91Carl69US #108
#92Danny69US #136
#93Randy69US #100
#94Casey68US #82
#95Reginald68US #186
#96Cameron67US #164
#97Maurice67US #168
#98Walter66US #161
#99Willie66US #166
#100Alex63US #93

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑38Brittany#43
↑28Sheena#54
↑28Margaret#67
↑28Tyler#52
↑23Danielle#26
↑19Alexander#75
↑18Tara#59
↑18Tabitha#68

Falling

↓35Marquita#75
↓22Randy#93
↓17Misty#70
↓17Tonya#89
↓16Stacey#84
↓16Jacqueline#91
↓16Tony#79
↓15Brandy#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.