State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1987 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,779 North Carolina births in 1987 across 1,480 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.

#91Christyoutside the national top 200
#56Meredith#148 nationally
#73Ebony#157 nationally
#95Jamie#178 nationally
#74Tabitha#151 nationally
#52Latoya#128 nationally
#100Sierra#173 nationally
#75Bobby#147 nationally
#76Ricky#148 nationally
#65Caroline#135 nationally
#76Jordan#146 nationally
#98Billy#168 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,723US #2
#2Jessica1,688US #1
#3Amanda1,065US #3
#4Brittany845US #7
#5Jennifer777US #4
#6Heather739US #9
#7Sarah649US #5
#8Tiffany623US #18
#9Amber544US #15
#10Elizabeth503US #10
#11Lauren481US #16
#12Megan470US #12
#13Stephanie469US #6
#14Samantha410US #11
#15Kimberly407US #23
#16Crystal401US #26
#17Emily386US #19
#18Mary369US #37
#19Laura359US #22
#20Whitney336US #32
#21Melissa332US #13
#22Erica298US #31
#23Rachel283US #17
#24Christina279US #20
#25Courtney276US #33
#26Rebecca275US #25
#27Katherine262US #28
#28Danielle257US #14
#29Amy250US #24
#30Kelly249US #30
#31Anna244US #52
#32Kayla235US #27
#33Shannon220US #45
#34April213US #58
#35Kristen209US #42
#36Nicole202US #8
#37Lindsey201US #41
#38Angela199US #35
#39Katie191US #38
#40Michelle191US #21
#41Kendra190US #77
#42Hannah186US #66
#43Jamie185US #39
#44Erin179US #34
#45Lindsay177US #49
#46Sara175US #29
#47Alicia173US #46
#48Allison170US #44
#49Holly167US #71
#50Brandy166US #92
#51Kathryn162US #51
#52Latoya162US #128
#53Victoria162US #50
#54Kristin158US #55
#55Brittney146US #61
#56Meredith146US #148
#57Andrea142US #36
#58Casey138US #81
#59Lisa130US #40
#60Brandi125US #88
#61Krystal124US #70
#62Margaret123US #90
#63Candace122US #120
#64Kristina120US #62
#65Caroline118US #135
#66Chelsea114US #47
#67Leslie114US #89
#68Morgan111US #95
#69Catherine109US #74
#70Carrie106US #119
#71Dana106US #83
#72Christine101US #48
#73Ebony100US #157
#74Tabitha100US #151
#75Jenna97US #57
#76Jordan97US #146
#77Natalie95US #56
#78Miranda93US #140
#79Jasmine92US #79
#80Patricia91US #76
#81Monica89US #64
#82Tara88US #69
#83Jacqueline87US #54
#84Stacey87US #103
#85Alisha85US #118
#86Felicia85US #96
#87Natasha85US #73
#88Leah83US #82
#89Erika79US #75
#90Maria79US #53
#91Christy78
#92Julia78US #86
#93Brooke77US #94
#94Candice76US #121
#95Caitlin73US #63
#96Julie73US #65
#97Kathleen72US #72
#98Bethany71US #87
#99Karen71US #107
#100Sierra70US #173

Boys

#1Christopher1,645US #2
#2Joshua1,423US #4
#3Michael1,398US #1
#4Matthew1,188US #3
#5James1,082US #8
#6William1,009US #15
#7Brandon990US #14
#8Justin980US #9
#9David837US #5
#10Robert806US #10
#11John768US #11
#12Jonathan752US #18
#13Daniel698US #7
#14Andrew641US #6
#15Joseph570US #12
#16Timothy486US #26
#17Jeremy473US #29
#18Thomas469US #24
#19Ryan440US #13
#20Kevin439US #19
#21Anthony437US #17
#22Charles437US #35
#23Brian426US #20
#24Dustin416US #44
#25Jason404US #23
#26Adam398US #27
#27Eric397US #21
#28Travis376US #42
#29Steven371US #25
#30Nicholas355US #16
#31Benjamin345US #28
#32Richard336US #30
#33Stephen322US #38
#34Zachary311US #33
#35Jacob307US #31
#36Aaron290US #34
#37Patrick260US #41
#38Jordan252US #52
#39Kenneth250US #53
#40Jeffrey248US #32
#41Samuel241US #50
#42Kyle232US #22
#43Bryan231US #51
#44Mark224US #36
#45Nathan217US #45
#46Bradley215US #56
#47Tyler198US #39
#48Jesse190US #55
#49Antonio189US #72
#50Gregory186US #47
#51Corey179US #57
#52Phillip179US #68
#53Alexander173US #37
#54Marcus173US #67
#55Derek168US #54
#56Donald157US #70
#57Paul157US #46
#58Sean150US #40
#59Cameron146US #96
#60Cory137US #62
#61Derrick135US #86
#62Cody134US #49
#63Scott129US #43
#64Wesley129US #92
#65Jared120US #58
#66Terry118US #133
#67Shawn117US #59
#68Edward116US #61
#69Johnathan113US #116
#70Gary106US #87
#71Jerry106US #125
#72Chad102US #63
#73Larry101US #114
#74Tony101US #123
#75Bobby100US #147
#76Ricky100US #148
#77Ronald100US #73
#78Casey98US #80
#79Austin97US #76
#80George95US #77
#81Curtis89US #100
#82Brett88US #71
#83Alex87US #60
#84Evan87US #83
#85Seth86US #89
#86Nathaniel84US #78
#87Philip84US #84
#88Randy84US #105
#89Dennis82US #107
#90Joel82US #75
#91Keith82US #69
#92Douglas81US #85
#93Jeffery80US #109
#94Allen79US #128
#95Jamie77US #178
#96Randall76US #150
#97Johnny75US #127
#98Billy74US #168
#99Shane74US #65
#100Devin73US #99

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑35Kayla#32
↑26Cameron#59
↑22Dana#71
↑19Kristina#64
↑16Cory#60
↑15Jenna#75
↑15Jasmine#79
↑15Austin#79

Falling

↓21Julie#96
↓20Christy#91
↓20Jeffery#93
↓19Natalie#77
↓18Monica#81
↓18Stacey#84
↓17Natasha#87
↓15Candice#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.