State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1995 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 83,072 North Carolina births in 1995 across 1,828 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.

#78Meredithoutside the national top 200
#96Jalenoutside the national top 200
#68Summer#153 nationally
#90Darius#169 nationally
#62Malik#131 nationally
#93Jackson#161 nationally
#81Johnathan#143 nationally
#69Wesley#129 nationally
#100Rebekah#156 nationally
#42Caroline#92 nationally
#73Dillon#122 nationally
#75Brandi#124 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley768US #2
#2Taylor723US #6
#3Jessica715US #1
#4Brittany689US #8
#5Sarah672US #5
#6Hannah607US #7
#7Emily593US #3
#8Kayla569US #11
#9Elizabeth479US #10
#10Samantha471US #4
#11Amber454US #22
#12Morgan443US #23
#13Megan426US #13
#14Rachel423US #12
#15Courtney418US #17
#16Jasmine416US #25
#17Lauren412US #15
#18Madison390US #29
#19Victoria375US #20
#20Alexis363US #14
#21Anna361US #31
#22Amanda347US #9
#23Brianna347US #21
#24Haley297US #32
#25Mary286US #40
#26Katherine272US #30
#27Sydney261US #43
#28Allison257US #34
#29Jennifer257US #18
#30Rebecca254US #28
#31Tiffany243US #46
#32Jordan233US #50
#33Savannah233US #68
#34Kaitlyn232US #42
#35Heather228US #54
#36Chelsea224US #47
#37Stephanie220US #16
#38Danielle209US #24
#39Olivia207US #39
#40Brooke201US #52
#41Destiny201US #66
#42Caroline200US #92
#43Kimberly197US #37
#44Kelsey194US #33
#45Christina190US #45
#46Kristen188US #65
#47Erin179US #49
#48Alexandra173US #26
#49Abigail171US #36
#50Miranda169US #57
#51Alyssa167US #27
#52Shelby164US #38
#53Laura162US #56
#54Katelyn161US #59
#55Sierra157US #60
#56Katie155US #77
#57Lindsey152US #82
#58Sara147US #48
#59Erica140US #69
#60Briana139US #74
#61Catherine137US #90
#62Gabrielle135US #61
#63Alexandria133US #72
#64Kelly133US #64
#65Nicole129US #19
#66Maria128US #44
#67Caitlin127US #81
#68Summer124US #153
#69Melissa123US #35
#70Natalie123US #51
#71Kathryn120US #83
#72Kaitlin114US #94
#73Whitney112US #115
#74Breanna109US #76
#75Brandi108US #124
#76Margaret108US #104
#77Hailey107US #111
#78Meredith107
#79Casey104US #118
#80Holly104US #126
#81Madeline104US #79
#82Lindsay103US #125
#83Julia100US #62
#84Michaela99US #107
#85Crystal98US #80
#86Emma97US #67
#87Amy95US #75
#88Andrea95US #55
#89Kristin95US #131
#90Cassidy92US #108
#91Marissa92US #53
#92Leah91US #103
#93Brittney87US #99
#94Shannon87US #73
#95Bethany86US #116
#96Grace86US #97
#97Alicia85US #89
#98Autumn84US #110
#99Jamie84US #93
#100Rebekah83US #156

Boys

#1Christopher1,097US #3
#2Joshua1,096US #5
#3Michael1,005US #1
#4William982US #20
#5Matthew906US #2
#6Brandon877US #8
#7James826US #17
#8Jacob811US #4
#9Tyler790US #6
#10Austin780US #10
#11Justin708US #18
#12Nicholas667US #7
#13John664US #13
#14Zachary635US #14
#15Andrew627US #11
#16Robert588US #22
#17Joseph586US #12
#18Daniel566US #9
#19David559US #16
#20Jonathan530US #23
#21Cody511US #26
#22Ryan466US #15
#23Jordan428US #29
#24Thomas422US #27
#25Alexander415US #21
#26Aaron411US #30
#27Dylan374US #34
#28Samuel363US #33
#29Christian359US #28
#30Anthony349US #19
#31Timothy342US #40
#32Charles330US #44
#33Benjamin325US #31
#34Hunter304US #53
#35Cameron283US #49
#36Caleb280US #54
#37Kevin280US #25
#38Adam273US #38
#39Kyle272US #24
#40Dustin266US #62
#41Eric259US #32
#42Nathan246US #39
#43Steven244US #37
#44Patrick240US #43
#45Jeremy228US #48
#46Logan225US #51
#47Richard223US #42
#48Stephen206US #57
#49Brian205US #36
#50Dakota203US #56
#51Jason196US #41
#52Kenneth187US #72
#53Devin185US #58
#54Alex182US #47
#55Travis180US #66
#56Corey176US #74
#57Jesse171US #46
#58Taylor164US #69
#59Jeffrey163US #64
#60Mark161US #52
#61Bradley159US #78
#62Malik159US #131
#63Trevor155US #61
#64Jared148US #63
#65Luke146US #82
#66Nathaniel141US #73
#67Marcus139US #81
#68Garrett136US #80
#69Wesley136US #129
#70Dalton135US #87
#71Evan135US #60
#72Sean130US #45
#73Dillon129US #122
#74Ethan129US #75
#75Seth129US #97
#76Bryan127US #70
#77Blake125US #77
#78Ian124US #67
#79Elijah122US #93
#80Gregory119US #84
#81Johnathan118US #143
#82Jose118US #35
#83Antonio114US #85
#84Paul114US #71
#85Chase113US #95
#86Spencer112US #104
#87Lucas111US #91
#88Connor108US #55
#89Mason108US #102
#90Darius106US #169
#91Tanner106US #86
#92Phillip102US #137
#93Jackson99US #161
#94Noah99US #99
#95Mitchell97US #79
#96Jalen92
#97Isaac91US #98
#98Isaiah91US #109
#99Edward90US #88
#100Cory84US #123

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑31Maria#66
↑28Luke#65
↑25Destiny#41
↑22Hailey#77
↑21Sydney#27
↑19Kaitlin#72
↑16Dakota#50
↑16Jose#82

Falling

↓32Shannon#94
↓22Nicole#65
↓20Antonio#83
↓18Whitney#73
↓18Brittney#93
↓18Rebekah#100
↓18Gregory#80
↓17Kristin#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.