State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1986 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,445 North Carolina births in 1986 across 1,464 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.

#71Christy#174 nationally
#53Meredith#150 nationally
#69Caroline#157 nationally
#77Ebony#165 nationally
#99Jamie#182 nationally
#86Rodney#166 nationally
#97Sheena#173 nationally
#100Maurice#176 nationally
#68Tabitha#140 nationally
#100Angel#171 nationally
#60Bobby#130 nationally
#81Ricky#144 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,521US #2
#2Jessica1,501US #1
#3Amanda1,103US #3
#4Jennifer839US #4
#5Brittany720US #8
#6Heather676US #9
#7Sarah562US #5
#8Amber540US #13
#9Stephanie526US #6
#10Tiffany521US #17
#11Crystal482US #25
#12Lauren473US #14
#13Elizabeth468US #10
#14Megan423US #11
#15Kimberly414US #18
#16Whitney378US #32
#17Laura340US #20
#18Mary333US #37
#19Melissa332US #12
#20Emily331US #24
#21Rachel293US #15
#22Samantha293US #21
#23Rebecca286US #26
#24Amy285US #22
#25Christina276US #19
#26Katherine269US #28
#27Kelly268US #29
#28Erica261US #31
#29Courtney258US #35
#30Danielle240US #16
#31April230US #53
#32Shannon230US #44
#33Michelle227US #23
#34Jamie221US #34
#35Anna211US #51
#36Allison208US #42
#37Nicole204US #7
#38Erin198US #30
#39Sara198US #27
#40Angela196US #33
#41Kristen187US #41
#42Lindsay185US #46
#43Brandy166US #84
#44Kathryn166US #48
#45Lindsey163US #39
#46Casey160US #80
#47Holly160US #63
#48Katie156US #38
#49Hannah146US #82
#50Latoya141US #111
#51Andrea139US #36
#52Victoria138US #54
#53Meredith137US #150
#54Kendra136US #101
#55Krystal135US #61
#56Candace131US #114
#57Alicia125US #45
#58Natalie122US #52
#59Lisa121US #40
#60Kristin119US #50
#61Brandi117US #79
#62Catherine116US #67
#63Monica109US #59
#64Leslie107US #86
#65Brittney106US #65
#66Stacey104US #94
#67Kayla102US #64
#68Tabitha102US #140
#69Caroline101US #157
#70Natasha99US #70
#71Christy93US #174
#72Margaret93US #90
#73Stacy93US #87
#74Jordan92US #135
#75Julie92US #58
#76Carrie89US #109
#77Ebony87US #165
#78Tara86US #56
#79Candice85US #108
#80Felicia85US #89
#81Morgan85US #113
#82Christine81US #47
#83Kristina81US #62
#84Maria81US #49
#85Misty80US #145
#86Susan78US #118
#87Cassandra77US #60
#88Patricia76US #66
#89Jacqueline73US #57
#90Jenna72US #55
#91Karen72US #100
#92Pamela72US #138
#93Dana71US #92
#94Jasmine71US #95
#95Dominique69US #98
#96Meagan68US #123
#97Sheena68US #173
#98Tamara67US #134
#99Tracy66US #117
#100Angel65US #171

Boys

#1Christopher1,720US #2
#2Michael1,341US #1
#3Joshua1,159US #4
#4Matthew1,136US #3
#5Brandon1,106US #13
#6James1,079US #7
#7William1,014US #15
#8Justin897US #14
#9David872US #5
#10John825US #10
#11Jonathan817US #16
#12Robert782US #9
#13Daniel752US #6
#14Andrew636US #8
#15Joseph621US #12
#16Jeremy516US #28
#17Kevin499US #21
#18Jason496US #18
#19Brian471US #20
#20Timothy470US #27
#21Charles462US #34
#22Ryan451US #11
#23Thomas439US #26
#24Anthony415US #19
#25Adam404US #24
#26Steven401US #25
#27Eric363US #22
#28Dustin355US #42
#29Richard344US #29
#30Stephen327US #36
#31Travis326US #49
#32Nicholas320US #17
#33Benjamin319US #30
#34Kenneth293US #50
#35Zachary289US #38
#36Jeffrey279US #32
#37Aaron258US #33
#38Jacob256US #31
#39Mark255US #35
#40Kyle251US #23
#41Bryan240US #47
#42Bradley239US #54
#43Samuel213US #52
#44Patrick210US #39
#45Marcus207US #63
#46Gregory197US #46
#47Jordan197US #53
#48Antonio187US #73
#49Tyler184US #40
#50Nathan174US #43
#51Paul168US #45
#52Phillip161US #70
#53Derek159US #57
#54Donald150US #71
#55Alexander149US #41
#56Jesse149US #48
#57Wesley149US #96
#58Corey146US #62
#59Sean141US #37
#60Bobby125US #130
#61Shawn125US #55
#62Edward123US #61
#63Scott117US #44
#64Jared115US #58
#65Ronald114US #75
#66Jerry112US #121
#67Larry111US #108
#68Derrick109US #87
#69Gary109US #84
#70George108US #74
#71Chad107US #59
#72Johnathan102US #115
#73Jeffery99US #102
#74Terry99US #122
#75Cody96US #56
#76Cory96US #68
#77Curtis96US #100
#78Nathaniel96US #78
#79Tony94US #120
#80Douglas92US #82
#81Ricky90US #144
#82Johnny88US #125
#83Keith86US #66
#84Alex85US #64
#85Cameron85US #135
#86Rodney85US #166
#87Adrian84US #99
#88Philip84US #86
#89Casey83US #83
#90Carl81US #114
#91Seth80US #97
#92Dennis77US #104
#93Brett76US #69
#94Austin75US #90
#95Evan74US #81
#96Mitchell71US #105
#97Randall70US #148
#98Brent69US #94
#99Jamie69US #182
#100Maurice69US #176

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑54Whitney#16
↑30Jared#64
↑29Brittney#65
↑26Casey#46
↑24Monica#63
↑24Stacey#66
↑19Cory#76
↑17Morgan#81

Falling

↓32Sheena#97
↓26Jenna#90
↓24Candice#79
↓19Dominique#95
↓18Tara#78
↓18Misty#85
↓18Dana#93
↓17Tracy#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.