State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1989 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 86,936 North Carolina births in 1989 across 1,646 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.

#87Preston#200 nationally
#62Meredith#168 nationally
#91Darius#194 nationally
#88Latoya#190 nationally
#83Bobby#172 nationally
#92Ebony#176 nationally
#82Ricky#159 nationally
#100Angel#167 nationally
#91Tabitha#156 nationally
#69Candace#133 nationally
#96Sierra#155 nationally
#57Caroline#113 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany1,840US #3
#2Ashley1,514US #2
#3Jessica1,505US #1
#4Amanda863US #4
#5Sarah733US #5
#6Amber667US #14
#7Heather646US #15
#8Tiffany630US #16
#9Lauren586US #9
#10Jennifer566US #7
#11Elizabeth536US #10
#12Megan535US #11
#13Samantha511US #6
#14Courtney478US #21
#15Stephanie441US #8
#16Emily408US #13
#17Jasmine406US #30
#18Kayla401US #20
#19Mary355US #38
#20Kimberly348US #28
#21Christina327US #23
#22Kristen326US #36
#23Katherine321US #26
#24Hannah316US #42
#25Crystal315US #32
#26Rebecca315US #24
#27Laura301US #25
#28Rachel292US #18
#29Anna284US #51
#30Whitney275US #57
#31Erica265US #34
#32Melissa257US #19
#33Brittney252US #41
#34Chelsea249US #27
#35Danielle240US #17
#36Erin229US #40
#37Kelly216US #37
#38Sara207US #29
#39Kristin203US #60
#40Allison201US #46
#41Lindsey201US #48
#42Victoria201US #44
#43Amy199US #35
#44April188US #66
#45Morgan187US #69
#46Kathryn181US #58
#47Jordan179US #72
#48Katie176US #45
#49Shannon175US #61
#50Nicole174US #12
#51Michelle173US #22
#52Jamie167US #52
#53Lindsay166US #63
#54Kendra165US #99
#55Holly160US #79
#56Casey156US #103
#57Caroline154US #113
#58Alicia153US #53
#59Kiara152US #115
#60Caitlin150US #49
#61Catherine149US #67
#62Meredith147US #168
#63Andrea136US #39
#64Angela136US #47
#65Kelsey132US #31
#66Brandi129US #98
#67Brooke128US #74
#68Taylor125US #75
#69Candace124US #133
#70Cassandra114US #54
#71Brandy111US #121
#72Kristina111US #65
#73Krystal110US #82
#74Natalie108US #62
#75Alexandra103US #43
#76Leslie103US #108
#77Lisa103US #55
#78Alyssa98US #33
#79Christine97US #59
#80Natasha97US #87
#81Candice96US #134
#82Tara96US #70
#83Leah95US #83
#84Maria95US #56
#85Miranda92US #130
#86Margaret89US #97
#87Jenna88US #71
#88Latoya88US #190
#89Britney87US #118
#90Julia87US #96
#91Tabitha87US #156
#92Ebony85US #176
#93Erika83US #73
#94Patricia81US #89
#95Dana80US #105
#96Sierra79US #155
#97Alexis78US #92
#98Meagan78US #120
#99Rebekah78US #154
#100Angel77US #167

Boys

#1Christopher1,821US #2
#2Joshua1,627US #4
#3Michael1,531US #1
#4Justin1,202US #8
#5James1,177US #9
#6Matthew1,131US #3
#7William1,118US #15
#8Brandon947US #18
#9David909US #5
#10Robert835US #10
#11John785US #12
#12Jonathan747US #17
#13Daniel726US #6
#14Andrew721US #7
#15Joseph667US #11
#16Timothy519US #28
#17Nicholas513US #14
#18Thomas499US #23
#19Charles475US #36
#20Ryan472US #13
#21Kevin464US #19
#22Zachary457US #25
#23Travis449US #41
#24Jeremy430US #34
#25Anthony426US #16
#26Steven401US #22
#27Adam396US #27
#28Benjamin382US #29
#29Aaron380US #31
#30Brian375US #24
#31Eric367US #21
#32Jacob362US #26
#33Dustin358US #48
#34Stephen347US #40
#35Tyler339US #30
#36Richard333US #33
#37Jason293US #35
#38Patrick281US #38
#39Kenneth279US #53
#40Jeffrey274US #37
#41Kyle272US #20
#42Cameron250US #64
#43Corey246US #55
#44Samuel246US #47
#45Jordan245US #44
#46Mark237US #42
#47Alexander236US #32
#48Bradley235US #58
#49Nathan226US #43
#50Gregory223US #52
#51Antonio212US #76
#52Cody208US #45
#53Marcus201US #67
#54Phillip198US #75
#55Bryan195US #56
#56Derek193US #54
#57Jesse191US #50
#58Austin177US #59
#59Cory177US #61
#60Sean174US #39
#61Wesley159US #98
#62Paul152US #49
#63Caleb144US #91
#64Ethan144US #87
#65Jared144US #57
#66Derrick143US #99
#67Donald133US #82
#68Seth132US #94
#69Johnathan130US #112
#70George128US #79
#71Ronald122US #85
#72Scott122US #51
#73Edward121US #62
#74Taylor117US #72
#75Chad116US #74
#76Keith115US #70
#77Shawn113US #65
#78Casey111US #90
#79Nathaniel109US #84
#80Alex107US #60
#81Logan104US #104
#82Ricky101US #159
#83Bobby100US #172
#84Douglas100US #92
#85Curtis98US #111
#86Larry96US #131
#87Preston96US #200
#88Gary95US #106
#89Ian94US #68
#90Tony94US #132
#91Darius91US #194
#92Randy90US #127
#93Jeffery89US #129
#94Jerry88US #142
#95Terry86US #151
#96Evan85US #69
#97Devin83US #96
#98Blake81US #97
#99Christian81US #78
#100Spencer81US #107

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑33Jordan#47
↑32Kelsey#65
↑25Seth#68
↑24Caleb#63
↑22Alyssa#78
↑18Jasmine#17
↑16Cassandra#70
↑14Chelsea#34

Falling

↓23Latoya#88
↓21Terry#95
↓15Margaret#86
↓15Jerry#94
↓14Brandy#71
↓14Ebony#92
↓13Melissa#32
↓13Michelle#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.