State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1992 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 86,255 North Carolina births in 1992 across 1,796 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.

#67Meredith#199 nationally
#79Candace#186 nationally
#96Devonteoutside the national top 200
#100Ebonyoutside the national top 200
#100Rodneyoutside the national top 200
#64Darius#164 nationally
#97Kiara#193 nationally
#68Tevin#162 nationally
#97Ricky#191 nationally
#87Dominique#180 nationally
#41Caroline#105 nationally
#89Raven#151 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,170US #1
#2Brittany1,118US #4
#3Jessica1,091US #2
#4Sarah672US #5
#5Amanda585US #3
#6Samantha564US #6
#7Amber554US #19
#8Megan552US #10
#9Emily540US #7
#10Elizabeth524US #9
#11Kayla512US #13
#12Lauren500US #12
#13Courtney469US #21
#14Taylor467US #17
#15Jasmine466US #28
#16Chelsea447US #15
#17Hannah425US #26
#18Tiffany420US #32
#19Heather368US #31
#20Victoria356US #22
#21Mary355US #36
#22Rachel351US #16
#23Jennifer341US #11
#24Rebecca331US #20
#25Stephanie324US #8
#26Katherine318US #27
#27Morgan308US #41
#28Danielle282US #18
#29Kimberly269US #35
#30Kristen264US #53
#31Anna251US #49
#32Kelsey241US #23
#33Christina230US #33
#34Erica223US #44
#35Laura214US #38
#36Kaitlyn209US #42
#37Haley203US #56
#38Sara201US #37
#39Melissa200US #24
#40Jordan198US #63
#41Caroline195US #105
#42Katie190US #54
#43Crystal189US #50
#44Nicole189US #14
#45Lindsey186US #57
#46Kathryn177US #60
#47Brooke175US #59
#48Olivia175US #58
#49Allison174US #48
#50Erin174US #46
#51Alexandra172US #29
#52Kelly168US #47
#53Michelle167US #25
#54Alexis165US #40
#55Whitney165US #85
#56Brittney164US #68
#57Caitlin164US #62
#58Shelby163US #34
#59Brianna159US #43
#60Katelyn155US #65
#61Holly152US #99
#62Kristin149US #90
#63Amy138US #51
#64Andrea137US #39
#65Casey133US #109
#66Lindsay131US #81
#67Meredith131US #199
#68Catherine128US #78
#69Margaret128US #102
#70April127US #103
#71Briana125US #79
#72Brandi123US #110
#73Shannon122US #66
#74Alyssa121US #30
#75Alexandria117US #73
#76Sydney117US #124
#77Angela116US #69
#78Alicia113US #71
#79Candace113US #186
#80Jenna112US #67
#81Julia111US #70
#82Miranda110US #89
#83Madison107US #107
#84Ariel106US #87
#85Destiny105US #130
#86Bethany103US #115
#87Jamie102US #75
#88Savannah97US #143
#89Raven96US #151
#90Gabrielle95US #84
#91Kendra95US #125
#92Mariah93US #74
#93Cassandra91US #52
#94Erika91US #80
#95Natalie89US #61
#96Hayley87US #135
#97Kiara87US #193
#98Sierra87US #129
#99Breanna86US #94
#100Ebony86

Boys

#1Christopher1,366US #2
#2Joshua1,323US #4
#3Michael1,260US #1
#4William1,056US #20
#5James1,037US #9
#6Matthew1,027US #3
#7Brandon968US #6
#8Justin814US #18
#9John742US #14
#10David728US #10
#11Robert727US #17
#12Tyler690US #8
#13Zachary673US #16
#14Andrew668US #5
#15Jonathan635US #21
#16Joseph619US #11
#17Jacob593US #15
#18Cody555US #24
#19Nicholas540US #12
#20Ryan530US #13
#21Daniel522US #7
#22Thomas433US #27
#23Anthony422US #19
#24Aaron417US #30
#25Charles407US #43
#26Alexander386US #23
#27Jordan386US #32
#28Timothy378US #34
#29Dylan370US #28
#30Steven362US #29
#31Christian359US #35
#32Kyle354US #22
#33Benjamin346US #33
#34Kevin337US #25
#35Austin328US #38
#36Adam318US #36
#37Eric313US #26
#38Patrick312US #39
#39Dustin305US #58
#40Stephen299US #45
#41Travis295US #48
#42Jeremy285US #47
#43Samuel283US #40
#44Brian277US #31
#45Richard271US #41
#46Cameron258US #53
#47Taylor226US #52
#48Jeffrey222US #51
#49Caleb216US #74
#50Nathan214US #44
#51Jesse213US #50
#52Corey209US #65
#53Gregory208US #60
#54Kenneth204US #59
#55Jason203US #46
#56Ethan202US #76
#57Dillon188US #73
#58Mark178US #49
#59Sean177US #42
#60Bradley176US #72
#61Marcus170US #82
#62Wesley162US #111
#63Antonio157US #85
#64Darius150US #164
#65Paul150US #55
#66Trevor149US #63
#67Bryan147US #57
#68Tevin147US #162
#69Phillip139US #107
#70Evan138US #66
#71Seth137US #94
#72Devin134US #75
#73Nathaniel130US #79
#74Alex127US #54
#75Logan126US #89
#76Edward125US #70
#77Dakota117US #103
#78Garrett117US #88
#79Hunter117US #135
#80Derek116US #62
#81Jared116US #67
#82Cory111US #83
#83Derrick108US #120
#84Donald108US #110
#85Shawn103US #71
#86Ian102US #68
#87Dominique101US #180
#88Casey99US #105
#89Blake96US #84
#90Mitchell95US #91
#91Ronald94US #112
#92Johnathan93US #122
#93Spencer93US #99
#94Keith92US #102
#95Scott89US #61
#96Devonte86
#97Ricky86US #191
#98Xavier86US #147
#99Gary84US #139
#100Rodney84

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑39Kaitlyn#36
↑33Dillon#57
↑23Katelyn#60
↑23Dylan#29
↑19Haley#37
↑19Briana#71
↑19Jenna#80
↑16Christian#31

Falling

↓23Whitney#55
↓22Casey#88
↓19Jamie#87
↓19Johnathan#92
↓16Brittney#56
↓16Scott#95
↓15Cory#82
↓14Ariel#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.