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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1991 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 85,899 North Carolina births in 1991 across 1,741 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.

#55Meredith#200 nationally
#92Bobbyoutside the national top 200
#98Rodney#198 nationally
#62Darius#152 nationally
#84Hunter#167 nationally
#91Candice#173 nationally
#99Terry#180 nationally
#78Iesha#157 nationally
#91Dominique#170 nationally
#77Candace#153 nationally
#88Larry#157 nationally
#80Brandy#148 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany1,351US #3
#2Ashley1,319US #1
#3Jessica1,233US #2
#4Sarah675US #6
#5Amanda625US #4
#6Amber593US #16
#7Samantha573US #5
#8Lauren543US #13
#9Kayla536US #12
#10Elizabeth530US #9
#11Megan522US #11
#12Emily514US #10
#13Jasmine495US #24
#14Courtney488US #19
#15Jennifer465US #8
#16Heather453US #23
#17Tiffany438US #27
#18Stephanie407US #7
#19Hannah403US #29
#20Chelsea387US #18
#21Mary386US #38
#22Taylor333US #32
#23Rachel331US #14
#24Victoria317US #28
#25Katherine315US #25
#26Rebecca314US #21
#27Kimberly294US #34
#28Morgan289US #49
#29Anna278US #46
#30Danielle272US #17
#31Laura267US #35
#32Whitney265US #68
#33Kelsey251US #26
#34Kristen244US #48
#35Erica238US #40
#36Christina229US #31
#37Jordan229US #62
#38Sara214US #37
#39Crystal211US #41
#40Brittney201US #58
#41Melissa201US #20
#42Michelle192US #22
#43Olivia188US #61
#44Allison183US #50
#45Katie178US #53
#46Kelly177US #42
#47Lindsey164US #52
#48Erin162US #44
#49Caroline159US #116
#50Kathryn158US #57
#51Brooke157US #65
#52Alexandra156US #36
#53Alexis148US #47
#54Lindsay148US #77
#55Meredith148US #200
#56Haley147US #79
#57Amy146US #43
#58Nicole146US #15
#59Shelby145US #33
#60Casey143US #111
#61Caitlin141US #55
#62April140US #88
#63Shannon138US #71
#64Alyssa135US #30
#65Catherine135US #72
#66Kristin129US #86
#67Alicia125US #63
#68Jamie125US #60
#69Andrea124US #39
#70Ariel122US #66
#71Brianna121US #51
#72Holly120US #105
#73Miranda119US #90
#74Alexandria118US #78
#75Kaitlyn113US #82
#76Brandi111US #110
#77Candace107US #153
#78Iesha104US #157
#79Margaret104US #108
#80Brandy102US #148
#81Julia102US #67
#82Kendra101US #118
#83Katelyn100US #75
#84Natalie99US #64
#85Madison97US #128
#86Mariah96US #69
#87Bethany93US #109
#88Angela89US #59
#89Bianca89US #89
#90Briana88US #95
#91Candice88US #173
#92Cassandra88US #54
#93Leah88US #91
#94Meagan88US #130
#95Raven84US #150
#96Maria83US #45
#97Molly83US #74
#98Sierra83US #138
#99Jenna81US #80
#100Kristina81US #87

Boys

#1Christopher1,560US #2
#2Joshua1,497US #4
#3Michael1,361US #1
#4Matthew1,096US #3
#5James1,075US #7
#6William1,061US #19
#7Brandon944US #15
#8Justin942US #14
#9John778US #10
#10Robert726US #13
#11Jonathan716US #20
#12David710US #8
#13Joseph705US #9
#14Daniel626US #6
#15Tyler611US #16
#16Andrew604US #5
#17Jacob599US #17
#18Zachary538US #22
#19Ryan485US #11
#20Thomas482US #28
#21Nicholas480US #12
#22Timothy471US #32
#23Jordan463US #29
#24Cody460US #24
#25Charles435US #38
#26Anthony416US #18
#27Aaron399US #31
#28Steven375US #27
#29Benjamin373US #33
#30Jeremy368US #43
#31Patrick354US #35
#32Travis349US #44
#33Dustin337US #56
#34Eric331US #25
#35Kevin331US #23
#36Kyle331US #21
#37Stephen305US #41
#38Brian302US #30
#39Alexander293US #26
#40Adam292US #36
#41Richard290US #34
#42Samuel283US #39
#43Ethan269US #65
#44Cameron263US #62
#45Jeffrey257US #45
#46Kenneth257US #54
#47Christian255US #48
#48Austin239US #50
#49Corey227US #58
#50Nathan217US #42
#51Bradley214US #67
#52Dylan214US #46
#53Taylor210US #52
#54Gregory208US #55
#55Caleb190US #78
#56Marcus187US #76
#57Mark184US #47
#58Jason181US #49
#59Bryan175US #61
#60Jesse171US #51
#61Phillip167US #98
#62Darius151US #152
#63Sean151US #40
#64Antonio150US #79
#65Paul145US #53
#66Casey141US #90
#67Cory141US #74
#68Wesley141US #106
#69Derrick132US #111
#70Trevor123US #69
#71Jared119US #64
#72Derek118US #59
#73Johnathan118US #110
#74Ian116US #73
#75Edward115US #68
#76Devin111US #83
#77Donald111US #102
#78Nathaniel111US #84
#79Scott110US #57
#80Alex109US #63
#81Evan109US #70
#82Seth108US #99
#83Ronald107US #101
#84Hunter104US #167
#85Keith103US #89
#86George101US #87
#87Garrett99US #91
#88Larry98US #157
#89Logan95US #94
#90Dillon92US #103
#91Dominique92US #170
#92Bobby90
#93Dakota88US #121
#94Mitchell88US #96
#95Douglas87US #109
#96Spencer87US #105
#97Brett85US #88
#98Rodney85US #198
#99Terry83US #180
#100Tony83US #155

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑32Dylan#52
↑30Alexis#53
↑18Brooke#51
↑18Alexandra#52
↑18Ian#74
↑17Kelsey#33
↑17Olivia#43
↑16Taylor#22

Falling

↓26Angela#88
↓25Kristin#66
↓19George#86
↓18Leah#93
↓17Brandi#76
↓17Tony#100
↓16Brandy#80
↓14Kristina#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.