State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1990 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 88,377 North Carolina births in 1990 across 1,711 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.

#65Meredith#190 nationally
#87Dominiqueoutside the national top 200
#85Bobby#185 nationally
#65Darius#152 nationally
#88Carrie#170 nationally
#84Tabitha#164 nationally
#96Angel#174 nationally
#94Kiara#171 nationally
#90Terry#164 nationally
#64Brandy#137 nationally
#73Candace#142 nationally
#83Tony#147 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany1,695US #3
#2Ashley1,473US #2
#3Jessica1,404US #1
#4Amanda841US #4
#5Sarah673US #6
#6Amber629US #15
#7Elizabeth607US #9
#8Lauren595US #10
#9Megan552US #11
#10Samantha548US #5
#11Heather546US #19
#12Stephanie521US #7
#13Courtney513US #17
#14Jasmine506US #28
#15Kayla481US #14
#16Emily475US #12
#17Jennifer469US #8
#18Tiffany467US #23
#19Hannah398US #30
#20Mary358US #35
#21Rebecca330US #21
#22Rachel328US #16
#23Katherine305US #26
#24Chelsea304US #24
#25Morgan300US #58
#26Laura290US #29
#27Anna278US #45
#28Christina275US #25
#29Kristen271US #42
#30Brittney269US #44
#31Kimberly264US #31
#32Whitney259US #60
#33Victoria251US #33
#34Crystal249US #39
#35Erica241US #36
#36Melissa238US #20
#37Danielle233US #18
#38Taylor227US #46
#39Jordan222US #59
#40Michelle206US #22
#41Kristin205US #65
#42Erin199US #43
#43Lindsey198US #51
#44Allison197US #48
#45Sara192US #34
#46Kathryn188US #57
#47Katie188US #53
#48Kelly183US #41
#49Amy180US #38
#50Kelsey170US #32
#51Nicole168US #13
#52April166US #73
#53Caroline160US #116
#54Alicia149US #54
#55Lindsay149US #69
#56Shannon149US #68
#57Alyssa148US #27
#58Caitlin147US #50
#59Brandi145US #103
#60Olivia144US #72
#61Catherine142US #71
#62Angela140US #52
#63Casey140US #106
#64Brandy135US #137
#65Meredith135US #190
#66Andrea134US #40
#67Holly130US #89
#68Jamie128US #55
#69Brooke126US #70
#70Alexandra122US #37
#71Haley114US #108
#72Margaret113US #102
#73Candace110US #142
#74Kendra110US #117
#75Leah108US #82
#76Meghan108US #91
#77Miranda106US #112
#78Brianna105US #61
#79Cassandra105US #49
#80Erika103US #74
#81Natalie96US #63
#82Alexandria93US #95
#83Alexis92US #66
#84Tabitha92US #164
#85Bethany91US #107
#86Kristina91US #77
#87Katelyn90US #75
#88Carrie89US #170
#89Gabrielle89US #99
#90Julia89US #83
#91Sierra89US #141
#92Rebekah86US #149
#93Bianca85US #84
#94Kiara85US #171
#95Christine82US #62
#96Angel81US #174
#97Tara81US #85
#98Felicia80US #121
#99Melanie79US #86
#100Candice77US #147

Boys

#1Christopher1,699US #2
#2Joshua1,599US #4
#3Michael1,439US #1
#4Matthew1,205US #3
#5William1,122US #16
#6James1,097US #8
#7Justin1,096US #9
#8Brandon883US #19
#9John848US #12
#10David837US #6
#11Robert836US #13
#12Jonathan728US #17
#13Daniel697US #5
#14Joseph672US #10
#15Andrew647US #7
#16Zachary528US #22
#17Ryan507US #11
#18Timothy500US #30
#19Tyler490US #21
#20Thomas479US #26
#21Anthony474US #15
#22Nicholas472US #14
#23Charles459US #38
#24Jacob458US #20
#25Jordan445US #29
#26Steven418US #25
#27Travis412US #42
#28Jeremy409US #40
#29Aaron402US #34
#30Eric393US #24
#31Adam381US #32
#32Kevin381US #23
#33Stephen373US #39
#34Benjamin360US #33
#35Brian344US #27
#36Richard341US #35
#37Dustin328US #50
#38Cody317US #31
#39Kyle311US #18
#40Patrick301US #36
#41Samuel301US #45
#42Alexander286US #28
#43Cameron286US #62
#44Kenneth280US #52
#45Corey277US #56
#46Ethan276US #58
#47Jeffrey257US #43
#48Bradley244US #65
#49Mark233US #47
#50Austin215US #55
#51Gregory215US #51
#52Nathan215US #44
#53Marcus210US #72
#54Jason207US #46
#55Jesse202US #48
#56Phillip187US #81
#57Antonio180US #77
#58Bryan174US #57
#59Sean170US #37
#60Taylor160US #64
#61Derek159US #54
#62Caleb154US #88
#63Christian150US #60
#64Paul150US #49
#65Darius146US #152
#66Cory144US #67
#67George134US #79
#68Wesley132US #107
#69Johnathan130US #108
#70Nathaniel129US #86
#71Seth127US #102
#72Jared126US #63
#73Scott124US #53
#74Derrick123US #106
#75Donald122US #87
#76Edward118US #68
#77Adrian110US #94
#78Casey109US #89
#79Evan109US #71
#80Ronald109US #97
#81Trevor109US #76
#82Shawn107US #69
#83Tony107US #147
#84Dylan106US #83
#85Bobby102US #185
#86Larry102US #144
#87Dominique97
#88Logan97US #104
#89Chad95US #85
#90Terry95US #164
#91Jerry94US #146
#92Ian93US #70
#93Alex92US #59
#94Allen91US #141
#95Mitchell91US #93
#96Blake90US #91
#97Curtis89US #121
#98Garrett89US #99
#99Gary89US #114
#100Shane89US #73

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑36Christian#63
↑30Taylor#38
↑26Darius#65
↑21Alyssa#57
↑20Morgan#25
↑20Jordan#25
↑18Ethan#46
↑17Evan#79

Falling

↓35Kiara#94
↓20Kendra#74
↓19Candice#100
↓17Jason#54
↓16Jamie#68
↓16Christine#95
↓15Tara#97
↓14Kristina#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.