State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1994 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,890 North Carolina births in 1994 across 1,766 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.

#69Meredithoutside the national top 200
#83Tevinoutside the national top 200
#78Khadijah#184 nationally
#95Aaliyahoutside the national top 200
#89Jalen#183 nationally
#79Darius#155 nationally
#82Rebekah#152 nationally
#100Jackson#166 nationally
#83Summer#141 nationally
#98Raven#156 nationally
#42Caroline#94 nationally
#70Brandi#122 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley882US #2
#2Brittany879US #7
#3Jessica858US #1
#4Sarah667US #5
#5Taylor662US #6
#6Hannah583US #16
#7Emily580US #3
#8Kayla556US #12
#9Megan511US #10
#10Amber498US #21
#11Samantha483US #4
#12Elizabeth464US #9
#13Jasmine446US #23
#14Lauren436US #14
#15Courtney421US #22
#16Victoria407US #19
#17Morgan403US #25
#18Amanda383US #8
#19Rachel358US #13
#20Mary339US #37
#21Alexis310US #18
#22Anna285US #41
#23Stephanie277US #15
#24Haley271US #36
#25Tiffany271US #35
#26Heather267US #44
#27Katherine260US #30
#28Chelsea252US #38
#29Danielle250US #20
#30Kelsey242US #29
#31Kaitlyn241US #48
#32Brianna240US #27
#33Madison229US #51
#34Allison227US #34
#35Jordan227US #52
#36Jennifer225US #17
#37Kristen225US #55
#38Kimberly224US #32
#39Rebecca224US #24
#40Olivia219US #50
#41Savannah211US #82
#42Caroline187US #94
#43Nicole186US #11
#44Erin185US #45
#45Christina177US #39
#46Miranda177US #61
#47Sara176US #43
#48Sydney171US #76
#49Laura170US #46
#50Lindsey163US #69
#51Katie162US #70
#52Brooke159US #54
#53Katelyn156US #58
#54Erica155US #57
#55Whitney155US #91
#56Briana152US #68
#57Kathryn149US #79
#58Alyssa148US #26
#59Shelby146US #40
#60Alexandra144US #28
#61Abigail139US #42
#62Shannon134US #60
#63Alexandria133US #73
#64Melissa133US #31
#65Sierra133US #71
#66Destiny128US #86
#67Caitlin121US #78
#68Kelly119US #62
#69Meredith119
#70Brandi117US #122
#71Crystal117US #64
#72Kristin117US #114
#73Casey116US #118
#74Gabrielle116US #67
#75Brittney112US #89
#76Catherine112US #84
#77Holly112US #112
#78Khadijah112US #184
#79Lindsay108US #107
#80Michaela105US #109
#81Natalie105US #56
#82Rebekah104US #152
#83Summer104US #141
#84Jamie103US #87
#85Jenna102US #80
#86Margaret102US #106
#87Marissa102US #53
#88Julia101US #72
#89Bethany99US #116
#90Amy98US #77
#91Kaitlin98US #93
#92Andrea97US #49
#93Paige96US #63
#94Michelle94US #33
#95Aaliyah93
#96Emma93US #74
#97Maria93US #47
#98Raven91US #156
#99Hailey90US #119
#100April89US #127

Boys

#1Christopher1,146US #2
#2Michael1,066US #1
#3William1,029US #19
#4Joshua1,024US #4
#5Brandon982US #6
#6Matthew933US #3
#7James880US #14
#8Tyler832US #5
#9Jacob788US #7
#10Justin745US #20
#11John715US #15
#12Zachary669US #12
#13David649US #13
#14Austin642US #17
#15Andrew627US #10
#16Robert610US #21
#17Daniel580US #8
#18Nicholas570US #9
#19Joseph555US #11
#20Cody535US #25
#21Jonathan517US #23
#22Aaron481US #28
#23Jordan456US #29
#24Alexander433US #22
#25Ryan431US #16
#26Thomas424US #27
#27Anthony412US #18
#28Dylan383US #32
#29Benjamin368US #31
#30Timothy355US #39
#31Charles347US #43
#32Samuel331US #33
#33Cameron292US #52
#34Dustin290US #56
#35Kevin290US #26
#36Adam282US #38
#37Jeremy280US #47
#38Christian277US #35
#39Caleb276US #60
#40Eric275US #30
#41Kyle274US #24
#42Steven262US #34
#43Hunter255US #67
#44Richard250US #41
#45Patrick249US #42
#46Stephen234US #49
#47Travis228US #53
#48Brian219US #37
#49Jesse213US #45
#50Nathan204US #40
#51Corey190US #73
#52Kenneth190US #65
#53Taylor189US #54
#54Jason188US #46
#55Jeffrey186US #55
#56Devin175US #61
#57Bradley169US #83
#58Trevor152US #58
#59Mark151US #48
#60Logan150US #70
#61Evan149US #62
#62Gregory149US #76
#63Antonio145US #88
#64Dillon143US #101
#65Seth143US #90
#66Dakota141US #69
#67Marcus141US #75
#68Garrett139US #82
#69Alex137US #50
#70Sean137US #44
#71Nathaniel135US #78
#72Wesley130US #118
#73Ethan127US #89
#74Connor122US #59
#75Dalton118US #85
#76Jared117US #63
#77Spencer114US #98
#78Paul112US #64
#79Darius111US #155
#80Phillip111US #131
#81Bryan110US #66
#82Ian108US #74
#83Tevin106
#84Blake105US #81
#85Mitchell105US #71
#86Donald101US #132
#87Lucas100US #95
#88Gabriel99US #68
#89Jalen99US #183
#90Johnathan99US #134
#91Shawn97US #86
#92Cory95US #102
#93Luke91US #91
#94Scott88US #80
#95Derek87US #77
#96Edward87US #84
#97Tanner86US #96
#98Jose83US #36
#99Xavier83US #139
#100Jackson80US #166

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑44Sydney#48
↑35Miranda#46
↑25Savannah#41
↑23Gabrielle#74
↑20Dalton#75
↑16Destiny#66
↑15Blake#84
↑14Brandi#70

Falling

↓33Michelle#94
↓28Andrea#92
↓22Brittney#75
↓18Amy#90
↓18Edward#96
↓16Rebecca#39
↓14Bryan#81
↓13Kelly#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.