Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1968

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1968 were Lisa for girls (1,357 babies) and James for boys (1,993). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 82,699 babies born in North Carolina in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1968

Names given at least 15 times in North Carolina that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ashley: 60 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Annie: 56 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ella: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shelia: 103 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wanda: 223 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Crystal: 202 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Beverly: 191 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Aretha: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Patsy: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Amanda: 176 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 34 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Shelton: 25 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Scottie: 62 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Garland: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Stevie: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Horace: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alton: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Mickey: 46 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wilbert: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Carlton: 53 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	1,357	–	1
2	Angela	1,157	–	7
3	Kimberly	1,124	–	3
4	Tammy	1,014	–	8
5	Melissa	694	↑6	5
6	Mary	650	↓1	6
7	Donna	580	–	24
8	Pamela	580	↓2	20
9	Michelle	579	↑8	2
10	Teresa	570	↓2	30
11	Amy	549	↑3	13
12	Jennifer	526	↑10	4
13	Sharon	507	↓4	32
14	Karen	504	↓2	9
15	Cynthia	497	↓5	19
16	Susan	457	↓3	10
17	Elizabeth	444	↓1	17
18	Tina	440	↑2	18
19	Wendy	436	↓1	31
20	Sandra	414	↓5	26
21	Kelly	402	↑14	12
22	Laura	376	↑6	11
23	Stephanie	356	↓2	23
24	Patricia	346	↓5	15
25	Rhonda	336	↑2	42
26	Sherry	335	↓3	52
27	Tracy	334	↑2	25
28	Robin	333	↑3	43
29	Tonya	325	↑1	60
30	Deborah	294	↓6	27
31	Linda	279	↓5	28
32	Lori	262	↑4	22
33	Barbara	257	–	36
34	Paula	254	–	45
35	Julie	236	↑12	16
36	Rebecca	236	↑1	33
37	Brenda	235	↓12	34
38	Wanda	223	↓6	>100
39	Sheila	214	↓1	59
40	Crystal	202	↑10	>100
41	Carolyn	199	↑2	61
42	Carol	196	↓1	49
43	Shannon	192	new	53
44	Beverly	191	↓4	>100
45	Cheryl	189	↓6	37
46	Leslie	181	new	66
47	Sonya	181	new	>100
48	Andrea	178	–	48
49	Debra	178	new	38
50	Nancy	178	↓4	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	James	1,993	–	4
2	Michael	1,826	–	1
3	David	1,482	–	2
4	Robert	1,413	↑2	5
5	William	1,380	↓1	6
6	John	1,379	↓1	3
7	Timothy	938	–	13
8	Christopher	900	↑2	9
9	Jeffrey	847	–	11
10	Charles	822	↓2	20
11	Mark	792	–	7
12	Richard	724	–	8
13	Anthony	648	↑1	21
14	Kenneth	633	↓1	23
15	Brian	614	↑1	10
16	Thomas	583	↓1	12
17	Gregory	493	↑1	26
18	Joseph	490	↓1	16
19	Rodney	470	↑1	42
20	Steven	455	↑2	15
21	Kevin	454	–	17
22	Stephen	419	↑3	27
23	Donald	405	↓4	29
24	Tony	399	↑2	52
25	Ronald	389	↑2	25
26	Jerry	384	↓3	44
27	Larry	369	↑1	38
28	Gary	356	↑3	32
29	Eric	347	↓5	22
30	Paul	320	–	19
31	Scott	304	↑3	14
32	Terry	297	↓3	48
33	Bobby	294	–	81
34	Jonathan	270	↑11	53
35	Patrick	265	↑12	30
36	Edward	264	–	31
37	George	262	↑2	36
38	Randy	261	↓6	54
39	Johnny	260	↓1	69
40	Ricky	260	↑2	70
41	Daniel	258	↑2	18
42	Billy	245	↓2	76
43	Douglas	244	↑1	33
44	Jeffery	240	↓3	46
45	Keith	227	↓10	35
46	Todd	219	↑3	28
47	Dennis	211	↑3	45
48	Jimmy	205	↓11	77
49	Roger	202	↓1	55
50	Reginald	200	new	>100

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