State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1985 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,076 North Carolina births in 1985 across 1,420 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.

#96Reginald#192 nationally
#59Meredith#149 nationally
#63Christy#151 nationally
#83Jamie#167 nationally
#85Caroline#164 nationally
#93Tonya#172 nationally
#87Walter#163 nationally
#99Maurice#173 nationally
#63Bobby#135 nationally
#74Ricky#145 nationally
#80Billy#150 nationally
#69Tabitha#135 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,493US #2
#2Jessica1,302US #1
#3Jennifer1,053US #3
#4Amanda1,023US #4
#5Heather674US #8
#6Stephanie567US #6
#7Crystal566US #21
#8Elizabeth549US #9
#9Sarah542US #5
#10Amber453US #16
#11Lauren450US #15
#12Kimberly448US #19
#13Megan442US #10
#14Brittany422US #17
#15Tiffany408US #23
#16Laura390US #14
#17Melissa389US #11
#18Mary369US #35
#19Emily365US #24
#20Christina356US #12
#21Rebecca317US #25
#22Amy303US #20
#23Kelly292US #28
#24Rachel278US #13
#25Erica262US #34
#26Samantha256US #29
#27April249US #47
#28Danielle246US #18
#29Shannon242US #41
#30Jamie238US #27
#31Courtney236US #43
#32Katherine234US #32
#33Angela229US #31
#34Erin228US #26
#35Kristen218US #38
#36Anna217US #54
#37Brandy216US #70
#38Lindsay203US #40
#39Latoya197US #81
#40Nicole190US #7
#41Krystal186US #53
#42Allison181US #46
#43Michelle181US #22
#44Holly179US #56
#45Andrea176US #33
#46Sara168US #30
#47Lindsey164US #37
#48Alicia163US #45
#49Brandi163US #69
#50Kathryn156US #48
#51Candace153US #104
#52Lisa153US #36
#53Kristin146US #49
#54Victoria141US #59
#55Candice140US #86
#56Leslie134US #76
#57Catherine133US #65
#58Katie130US #39
#59Meredith126US #149
#60Tara118US #51
#61Hannah117US #117
#62Stacy113US #67
#63Christy112US #151
#64Jenna112US #50
#65Sheena110US #91
#66Christine107US #44
#67Misty107US #121
#68Carrie101US #96
#69Tabitha100US #135
#70Whitney100US #73
#71Natalie99US #58
#72Casey96US #114
#73Kristina93US #57
#74Margaret92US #90
#75Dana91US #82
#76Dominique91US #83
#77Felicia90US #101
#78Jacqueline90US #60
#79Julie86US #55
#80Patricia86US #64
#81Pamela85US #116
#82Tracy84US #107
#83Kristy83US #145
#84Natasha83US #79
#85Caroline82US #164
#86Leah81US #78
#87Monica81US #61
#88Julia79US #85
#89Karen79US #87
#90Stacey77US #89
#91Meghan76US #63
#92Tina76US #110
#93Tonya74US #172
#94Brittney73US #84
#95Cynthia73US #66
#96Angel72US #161
#97Jasmine72US #103
#98Morgan72US #127
#99Alisha71US #131
#100Erika70US #80

Boys

#1Christopher1,706US #2
#2Joshua1,424US #4
#3Michael1,388US #1
#4James1,193US #7
#5Matthew1,131US #3
#6Brandon1,109US #13
#7William965US #16
#8David892US #6
#9John819US #9
#10Robert801US #8
#11Jonathan791US #17
#12Daniel773US #5
#13Justin751US #15
#14Joseph666US #10
#15Jason632US #14
#16Andrew539US #11
#17Timothy491US #26
#18Charles476US #34
#19Adam472US #22
#20Brian465US #18
#21Thomas465US #25
#22Jeremy421US #30
#23Ryan414US #12
#24Anthony406US #20
#25Kevin401US #23
#26Steven389US #24
#27Travis371US #46
#28Richard361US #28
#29Eric351US #21
#30Stephen338US #36
#31Nicholas327US #19
#32Benjamin319US #31
#33Dustin313US #41
#34Jeffrey307US #29
#35Kenneth285US #47
#36Patrick264US #37
#37Zachary263US #39
#38Aaron254US #33
#39Mark252US #32
#40Bryan221US #48
#41Kyle216US #27
#42Gregory210US #45
#43Marcus205US #61
#44Jacob204US #35
#45Samuel198US #54
#46Nathan197US #40
#47Bradley196US #53
#48Phillip188US #69
#49Paul181US #42
#50Tyler176US #43
#51Derrick173US #83
#52Antonio168US #73
#53Larry151US #97
#54Jesse145US #51
#55Donald141US #66
#56Sean141US #38
#57Chad138US #57
#58Wesley133US #94
#59Shawn129US #55
#60Derek127US #56
#61Corey123US #63
#62Jordan123US #62
#63Bobby122US #135
#64Scott121US #44
#65Edward120US #59
#66Johnathan120US #118
#67George118US #72
#68Ronald118US #71
#69Curtis112US #98
#70Alexander111US #50
#71Terry109US #119
#72Keith103US #64
#73Nathaniel103US #77
#74Ricky103US #145
#75Tony103US #114
#76Randy102US #102
#77Gary101US #82
#78Jerry100US #116
#79Adrian99US #93
#80Billy88US #150
#81Jeffery88US #96
#82Douglas83US #76
#83Jamie82US #167
#84Johnny82US #127
#85Philip82US #84
#86Mitchell81US #115
#87Walter81US #163
#88Cody80US #52
#89Allen77US #128
#90Cameron77US #154
#91Seth76US #104
#92Shane75US #68
#93Casey73US #86
#94Jared70US #58
#95Cory69US #81
#96Reginald69US #192
#97Alan68US #109
#98Danny66US #141
#99Maurice66US #173
#100Andre65US #124

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑29Brittany#14
↑29Whitney#70
↑18Hannah#61
↑17Krystal#41
↑17Sean#56
↑17Shawn#59
↑17Randy#76
↑16Kyle#41

Falling

↓27Natasha#84
↓21Monica#87
↓20Karen#89
↓17Latoya#39
↓15Julie#79
↓14Cynthia#95
↓14Jared#94
↓13Dana#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.