State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1993 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 83,238 North Carolina births in 1993 across 1,759 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.

#80Meredithoutside the national top 200
#93Larry#183 nationally
#73Darius#161 nationally
#87Bria#175 nationally
#98Shaquille#181 nationally
#65Casey#129 nationally
#90Rebekah#148 nationally
#49Caroline#105 nationally
#62Wesley#113 nationally
#88Raven#139 nationally
#90Xavier#141 nationally
#68Phillip#117 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,043US #2
#2Brittany978US #6
#3Jessica961US #1
#4Taylor730US #7
#5Sarah711US #3
#6Emily604US #5
#7Amber568US #17
#8Kayla519US #16
#9Lauren500US #12
#10Samantha489US #4
#11Jasmine486US #23
#12Hannah477US #21
#13Amanda476US #8
#14Megan470US #11
#15Elizabeth464US #9
#16Courtney443US #20
#17Victoria382US #19
#18Rachel358US #14
#19Chelsea353US #25
#20Mary345US #36
#21Morgan343US #34
#22Tiffany321US #33
#23Rebecca317US #22
#24Jennifer315US #15
#25Heather314US #38
#26Stephanie314US #10
#27Katherine287US #29
#28Haley271US #42
#29Kelsey264US #24
#30Danielle261US #18
#31Anna250US #47
#32Alexis246US #27
#33Allison232US #41
#34Kimberly214US #39
#35Kristen214US #61
#36Kaitlyn211US #46
#37Brianna209US #32
#38Erin200US #48
#39Lindsey197US #56
#40Jordan195US #58
#41Nicole187US #13
#42Christina183US #35
#43Sara183US #40
#44Madison182US #78
#45Olivia180US #50
#46Erica178US #49
#47Laura177US #43
#48Alexandra174US #28
#49Caroline173US #105
#50Katelyn169US #54
#51Whitney164US #82
#52Brooke163US #52
#53Brittney159US #77
#54Katie156US #63
#55Kelly151US #51
#56Caitlin150US #64
#57Alyssa149US #26
#58Kathryn147US #68
#59Alexandria145US #69
#60Crystal142US #57
#61Michelle142US #31
#62Melissa141US #30
#63Catherine139US #75
#64Andrea137US #44
#65Casey134US #129
#66Savannah134US #96
#67Briana133US #71
#68Holly128US #108
#69Shannon128US #53
#70Shelby126US #37
#71Abigail118US #67
#72Amy116US #65
#73Alicia114US #76
#74Margaret114US #102
#75Leah111US #92
#76Lindsay107US #88
#77Sierra107US #91
#78Jamie102US #79
#79Kristin102US #109
#80Meredith102
#81Miranda102US #89
#82Destiny100US #111
#83Emma100US #80
#84Brandi98US #124
#85Jenna98US #70
#86Angela97US #73
#87Bria96US #175
#88Raven94US #139
#89Kendra93US #128
#90Rebekah93US #148
#91Julia92US #72
#92Sydney92US #106
#93Breanna91US #83
#94Natalie91US #62
#95April90US #112
#96Paige90US #60
#97Gabrielle88US #84
#98Hayley86US #126
#99Ariel84US #121
#100Maria84US #45

Boys

#1Christopher1,243US #2
#2Joshua1,237US #4
#3Michael1,183US #1
#4William1,040US #18
#5Matthew995US #3
#6Brandon988US #6
#7James924US #14
#8John726US #16
#9Justin725US #20
#10Tyler707US #5
#11David693US #11
#12Zachary660US #15
#13Jacob636US #9
#14Robert633US #17
#15Joseph610US #12
#16Andrew601US #10
#17Jonathan576US #22
#18Daniel573US #7
#19Ryan508US #13
#20Cody502US #24
#21Nicholas480US #8
#22Austin468US #26
#23Aaron443US #30
#24Thomas427US #27
#25Jordan418US #28
#26Timothy418US #38
#27Alexander381US #21
#28Charles375US #44
#29Dylan354US #33
#30Anthony343US #19
#31Benjamin325US #32
#32Adam321US #39
#33Samuel316US #37
#34Kevin311US #25
#35Steven310US #31
#36Christian308US #35
#37Cameron304US #54
#38Kyle298US #23
#39Eric286US #29
#40Patrick283US #43
#41Jeremy274US #46
#42Dustin270US #59
#43Travis267US #50
#44Stephen260US #47
#45Caleb250US #66
#46Nathan227US #41
#47Brian223US #34
#48Richard223US #40
#49Jesse206US #48
#50Taylor204US #51
#51Kenneth202US #60
#52Hunter194US #97
#53Corey193US #68
#54Jeffrey193US #53
#55Jason181US #45
#56Dillon175US #90
#57Gregory169US #65
#58Devin167US #71
#59Marcus162US #74
#60Mark161US #49
#61Bradley160US #73
#62Wesley153US #113
#63Evan149US #62
#64Trevor146US #64
#65Dakota145US #85
#66Ethan144US #92
#67Bryan142US #61
#68Phillip142US #117
#69Sean141US #42
#70Paul133US #56
#71Seth129US #93
#72Logan127US #76
#73Darius122US #161
#74Antonio121US #89
#75Casey119US #112
#76Spencer119US #96
#77Alex118US #52
#78Edward113US #78
#79Ian113US #70
#80Garrett111US #79
#81Jared109US #63
#82Cory106US #94
#83Nathaniel105US #75
#84Johnathan103US #128
#85Donald102US #118
#86Scott102US #69
#87Connor101US #57
#88Luke97US #87
#89Derrick96US #129
#90Xavier96US #141
#91Shawn91US #77
#92Derek89US #67
#93Larry85US #183
#94Mitchell85US #81
#95Dalton84US #106
#96George84US #104
#97Chad83US #114
#98Shaquille83US #181
#99Blake82US #83
#100Shane82US #84

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑39Madison#44
↑27Hunter#52
↑22Alexis#32
↑22Brianna#37
↑22Savannah#66
↑21Sierra#77
↑17Alyssa#57
↑17Spencer#76

Falling

↓25April#95
↓23Melissa#62
↓17Crystal#60
↓17Kristin#79
↓16Sydney#92
↓15Ariel#99
↓13Meredith#80
↓12Erica#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.