State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1988 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,848 North Carolina births in 1988 across 1,544 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.

#95Willie#191 nationally
#60Meredith#152 nationally
#65Latoya#157 nationally
#98Jamie#188 nationally
#78Ebony#164 nationally
#80Bobby#163 nationally
#83Micheal#157 nationally
#92Rodney#162 nationally
#74Terry#141 nationally
#82Ricky#148 nationally
#91Tabitha#154 nationally
#100Jimmy#161 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,630US #2
#2Jessica1,565US #1
#3Brittany1,089US #6
#4Amanda1,021US #3
#5Tiffany688US #13
#6Heather675US #14
#7Sarah664US #4
#8Jennifer652US #5
#9Lauren595US #11
#10Amber592US #15
#11Elizabeth532US #10
#12Megan532US #12
#13Stephanie460US #7
#14Samantha435US #8
#15Emily423US #18
#16Crystal387US #28
#17Courtney381US #24
#18Whitney364US #39
#19Melissa345US #16
#20Kayla341US #20
#21Kimberly340US #25
#22Mary337US #34
#23Laura322US #23
#24Rachel279US #19
#25Erica275US #31
#26Katherine272US #27
#27Anna271US #54
#28Christina270US #22
#29Danielle267US #17
#30Kristen262US #36
#31Rebecca253US #26
#32Amy244US #29
#33Hannah236US #61
#34Kelly236US #32
#35Jasmine230US #53
#36Sara228US #30
#37Brittney215US #52
#38Michelle209US #21
#39Nicole208US #9
#40Shannon208US #56
#41Erin199US #37
#42April193US #65
#43Kristin189US #58
#44Victoria187US #42
#45Kathryn180US #55
#46Kendra179US #80
#47Jamie178US #45
#48Chelsea172US #33
#49Katie171US #40
#50Morgan171US #78
#51Angela170US #38
#52Allison169US #46
#53Lindsey168US #48
#54Lindsay158US #57
#55Casey154US #92
#56Holly154US #72
#57Brandy150US #107
#58Alicia148US #50
#59Catherine147US #69
#60Meredith147US #152
#61Candace136US #117
#62Brandi128US #91
#63Andrea124US #35
#64Caitlin124US #44
#65Latoya123US #157
#66Leslie117US #94
#67Krystal116US #74
#68Lisa116US #43
#69Caroline113US #122
#70Candice104US #130
#71Margaret104US #93
#72Brooke100US #87
#73Tara100US #67
#74Natasha96US #73
#75Christine94US #51
#76Leah93US #82
#77Carrie92US #132
#78Ebony91US #164
#79Natalie91US #63
#80Jordan89US #136
#81Kristina89US #68
#82Patricia88US #77
#83Felicia85US #105
#84Jacqueline85US #62
#85Alisha83US #126
#86Cassandra83US #59
#87Julia83US #88
#88Alexandra82US #49
#89Jenna81US #66
#90Bethany80US #89
#91Tabitha79US #154
#92Miranda78US #144
#93Dana76US #90
#94Meghan75US #81
#95Erika74US #76
#96Julie74US #71
#97Kelsey74US #64
#98Meagan73US #141
#99Monica73US #70
#100Alyssa72US #47

Boys

#1Christopher1,577US #2
#2Joshua1,510US #4
#3Michael1,449US #1
#4Justin1,179US #7
#5Matthew1,148US #3
#6James1,122US #9
#7William1,006US #16
#8Brandon934US #17
#9David835US #6
#10Robert806US #10
#11Jonathan781US #15
#12John774US #11
#13Andrew696US #5
#14Daniel687US #8
#15Joseph654US #12
#16Thomas502US #23
#17Timothy499US #25
#18Charles454US #37
#19Anthony451US #18
#20Jeremy440US #35
#21Ryan438US #13
#22Steven426US #24
#23Nicholas425US #14
#24Travis419US #41
#25Adam393US #26
#26Kevin390US #20
#27Eric382US #19
#28Brian372US #22
#29Jason368US #27
#30Zachary363US #29
#31Benjamin360US #30
#32Dustin353US #48
#33Richard348US #32
#34Stephen339US #40
#35Aaron321US #31
#36Tyler317US #33
#37Jacob309US #28
#38Jeffrey283US #36
#39Patrick280US #42
#40Kenneth272US #51
#41Kyle266US #21
#42Bradley264US #57
#43Samuel247US #45
#44Corey227US #56
#45Marcus218US #66
#46Jordan212US #52
#47Gregory211US #50
#48Alexander207US #34
#49Cody206US #43
#50Phillip206US #71
#51Bryan204US #54
#52Nathan203US #44
#53Cameron201US #69
#54Mark198US #39
#55Jesse189US #55
#56Antonio183US #72
#57Derek179US #53
#58Paul170US #46
#59Sean170US #38
#60Wesley162US #93
#61George140US #78
#62Scott139US #47
#63Edward138US #62
#64Derrick137US #97
#65Cory136US #59
#66Ronald134US #79
#67Jared132US #60
#68Donald130US #76
#69Austin128US #63
#70Chad120US #65
#71Alex115US #58
#72Johnathan114US #115
#73Keith111US #70
#74Terry107US #141
#75Shawn105US #61
#76Casey104US #83
#77Gary103US #100
#78Larry103US #123
#79Jerry101US #130
#80Bobby100US #163
#81Nathaniel100US #81
#82Ricky98US #148
#83Micheal96US #157
#84Randy96US #113
#85Taylor91US #91
#86Tony91US #133
#87Caleb90US #108
#88Devin88US #98
#89Curtis84US #105
#90Douglas84US #88
#91Jeffery83US #120
#92Rodney83US #162
#93Seth83US #90
#94Logan82US #109
#95Willie82US #191
#96Evan80US #74
#97Philip80US #94
#98Jamie79US #188
#99Mitchell79US #95
#100Jimmy77US #161

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑44Jasmine#35
↑31Caitlin#64
↑24Candice#70
↑21Brooke#72
↑19George#61
↑18Brittney#37
↑18Chelsea#48
↑18Morgan#50

Falling

↓22Dana#93
↓18Monica#99
↓17Kristina#81
↓17Tabitha#91
↓16Lindsey#53
↓14Jenna#89
↓14Miranda#92
↓13Angela#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.