State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1997 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 87,064 North Carolina births in 1997 across 1,985 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.

#95Meredithoutside the national top 200
#100Landonoutside the national top 200
#98Darius#177 nationally
#66Summer#131 nationally
#89Rebekah#151 nationally
#84Wesley#144 nationally
#54Malik#111 nationally
#48Makayla#102 nationally
#93Angel#144 nationally
#98Lindsay#149 nationally
#77Jackson#124 nationally
#97Johnathan#142 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah815US #5
#2Sarah707US #4
#3Emily675US #1
#4Taylor666US #7
#5Ashley614US #3
#6Jessica604US #2
#7Kayla542US #12
#8Madison525US #10
#9Brittany516US #20
#10Alexis503US #8
#11Elizabeth461US #9
#12Samantha451US #6
#13Megan433US #11
#14Lauren405US #14
#15Anna390US #33
#16Morgan390US #22
#17Savannah387US #47
#18Brianna373US #17
#19Amber368US #29
#20Rachel366US #13
#21Victoria366US #19
#22Haley358US #31
#23Courtney339US #28
#24Jasmine323US #24
#25Mary292US #46
#26Olivia290US #27
#27Destiny287US #42
#28Rebecca273US #25
#29Abigail270US #26
#30Alyssa263US #15
#31Sydney251US #35
#32Katherine249US #32
#33Jordan232US #40
#34Jennifer231US #18
#35Caroline225US #75
#36Amanda221US #16
#37Kaitlyn220US #41
#38Allison216US #39
#39Tiffany194US #61
#40Emma190US #36
#41Kelsey187US #57
#42Erin181US #52
#43Brooke179US #45
#44Katelyn175US #63
#45Sierra175US #56
#46Danielle169US #34
#47Heather163US #90
#48Makayla161US #102
#49Bailey159US #65
#50Kimberly157US #49
#51Shelby154US #43
#52Stephanie154US #23
#53Nicole153US #21
#54Hailey152US #80
#55Alexandra150US #30
#56Julia146US #37
#57Chelsea145US #73
#58Madeline142US #59
#59Maria142US #38
#60Breanna141US #74
#61Kristen140US #82
#62Christina138US #62
#63Autumn131US #91
#64Sara131US #50
#65Katie129US #87
#66Summer128US #131
#67Laura127US #66
#68Cheyenne125US #68
#69Natalie125US #48
#70Briana122US #72
#71Kathryn122US #86
#72Mackenzie120US #71
#73Alexandria119US #78
#74Erica119US #84
#75Miranda118US #70
#76Grace117US #69
#77Catherine115US #96
#78Margaret115US #110
#79Michaela115US #100
#80Gabrielle111US #51
#81Caitlin110US #88
#82Sabrina109US #53
#83Cassidy104US #105
#84Melissa104US #44
#85Kelly103US #83
#86Marissa102US #60
#87Lindsey101US #95
#88Bethany98US #121
#89Rebekah98US #151
#90Leah97US #104
#91Jenna95US #76
#92Monica95US #79
#93Angel94US #144
#94Chloe94US #109
#95Meredith94
#96Andrea91US #58
#97Hayley90US #136
#98Lindsay90US #149
#99Michelle90US #55
#100Kaitlin88US #119

Boys

#1Christopher1,016US #4
#2Joshua1,002US #5
#3Michael986US #1
#4Jacob976US #2
#5William976US #19
#6Matthew920US #3
#7Austin848US #9
#8Brandon808US #8
#9James739US #17
#10Zachary719US #13
#11Tyler684US #10
#12John681US #15
#13Nicholas667US #6
#14Andrew642US #7
#15Justin620US #20
#16David593US #14
#17Joseph565US #12
#18Daniel550US #11
#19Robert548US #23
#20Jonathan533US #21
#21Jordan489US #26
#22Christian475US #25
#23Ryan448US #16
#24Dylan437US #30
#25Alexander409US #22
#26Samuel398US #27
#27Thomas381US #31
#28Benjamin378US #29
#29Anthony369US #18
#30Hunter367US #44
#31Caleb361US #47
#32Cody357US #36
#33Aaron346US #33
#34Cameron330US #45
#35Timothy312US #43
#36Noah293US #38
#37Kevin279US #28
#38Charles264US #49
#39Logan261US #42
#40Eric254US #35
#41Nathan240US #34
#42Ethan236US #46
#43Kyle234US #24
#44Adam229US #39
#45Richard222US #51
#46Patrick209US #50
#47Steven208US #40
#48Jason199US #41
#49Brian193US #37
#50Dustin188US #88
#51Elijah188US #74
#52Isaiah185US #60
#53Devin184US #59
#54Malik181US #111
#55Jeremy179US #64
#56Dakota178US #66
#57Stephen177US #68
#58Jose176US #32
#59Trevor169US #62
#60Kenneth163US #83
#61Nathaniel163US #65
#62Luke159US #78
#63Jesse155US #63
#64Chase154US #77
#65Travis154US #81
#66Corey153US #110
#67Garrett150US #85
#68Alex148US #55
#69Ian147US #70
#70Dalton144US #90
#71Taylor144US #87
#72Jared143US #56
#73Tanner143US #82
#74Connor142US #52
#75Sean142US #48
#76Bradley140US #94
#77Jackson140US #124
#78Marcus140US #93
#79Evan138US #61
#80Mark138US #58
#81Seth136US #97
#82Antonio132US #75
#83Gabriel126US #57
#84Wesley125US #144
#85Blake123US #80
#86Tristan123US #92
#87Mason122US #89
#88Bryan121US #69
#89Jack119US #76
#90Spencer119US #104
#91Gregory118US #103
#92Dillon117US #132
#93Paul115US #79
#94Jeffrey113US #84
#95Juan111US #54
#96Jeremiah107US #128
#97Johnathan107US #142
#98Darius105US #177
#99Lucas103US #98
#100Landon101

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑42Bailey#49
↑30Hailey#54
↑26Makayla#48
↑25Emma#40
↑25Jose#58
↑22Julia#56
↑21Madeline#58
↑21Maria#59

Falling

↓31Jeffrey#94
↓28Bryan#88
↓26Dillon#92
↓24Lindsey#87
↓21Briana#70
↓21Caitlin#81
↓19Catherine#77
↓19Tristan#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.