Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1969

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1969 were Lisa for girls (1,228 babies) and James for boys (2,105). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 83,784 babies born in North Carolina in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1969

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: 73 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shelia: 113 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Myra: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Benita: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Crystal: 245 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelby: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mitzi: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Phyllis: 61 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Felecia: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tonya: 407 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Shelton: 34 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Scottie: 56 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ashley: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Grady: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Alton: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rufus: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Luther: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carlton: 46 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donnie: 74 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Scotty: 51 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	1,228	–	1
2	Angela	1,218	–	7
3	Kimberly	1,066	–	4
4	Tammy	990	–	9
5	Melissa	696	–	5
6	Amy	672	↑5	6
7	Mary	635	↓1	8
8	Jennifer	613	↑4	3
9	Michelle	589	–	2
10	Teresa	544	–	32
11	Pamela	532	↓3	24
12	Karen	510	↑2	13
13	Donna	496	↓6	26
14	Susan	493	↑2	11
15	Cynthia	486	–	23
16	Stephanie	456	↑7	19
17	Tracy	454	↑10	17
18	Sharon	449	↓5	36
19	Tonya	407	↑10	54
20	Wendy	397	↓1	29
21	Elizabeth	395	↓4	16
22	Tina	391	↓4	22
23	Sandra	377	↓3	25
24	Laura	365	↓2	10
25	Patricia	362	↓1	18
26	Lori	353	↑6	20
27	Kelly	345	↓6	15
28	Rhonda	325	↓3	44
29	Robin	310	↓1	46
30	Shannon	306	↑13	31
31	Julie	305	↑4	12
32	Deborah	301	↓2	27
33	Linda	299	↓2	33
34	Sherry	280	↓8	55
35	Barbara	272	↓2	39
36	Crystal	245	↑4	>100
37	Brenda	240	–	38
38	Paula	223	↓4	50
39	Rebecca	223	↓3	28
40	Leslie	208	↑6	64
41	Carolyn	201	–	71
42	Carol	197	–	56
43	Dana	187	new	60
44	Kathy	185	new	77
45	Sheila	181	↓6	68
46	Amanda	179	new	>100
47	Andrea	178	↑1	48
48	Cheryl	177	↓3	41
49	Wanda	177	↓11	>100
50	Monica	175	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	James	2,105	–	3
2	Michael	1,986	–	1
3	David	1,509	–	2
4	William	1,435	↑1	6
5	Robert	1,373	↓1	5
6	John	1,372	–	4
7	Christopher	1,015	↑1	7
8	Timothy	839	↓1	17
9	Charles	802	↑1	19
10	Jeffrey	754	↓1	11
11	Mark	744	–	8
12	Richard	670	–	10
13	Anthony	612	–	20
14	Thomas	610	↑2	13
15	Brian	580	–	9
16	Kenneth	574	↓2	23
17	Steven	558	↑3	14
18	Joseph	519	–	15
19	Kevin	485	↑2	16
20	Gregory	462	↓3	26
21	Donald	454	↑2	30
22	Stephen	430	–	27
23	Ronald	396	↑2	29
24	Rodney	381	↓5	49
25	Eric	380	↑4	21
26	Jerry	358	–	45
27	Scott	358	↑4	12
28	Larry	352	↓1	40
29	Paul	344	↑1	22
30	Tony	322	↓6	54
31	Gary	317	↓3	35
32	Terry	308	–	52
33	Daniel	302	↑8	18
34	Jonathan	291	–	46
35	Bobby	281	↓2	82
36	Johnny	268	↑3	67
37	Edward	260	↓1	32
38	George	257	↓1	38
39	Jeffery	257	↑5	48
40	Patrick	257	↓5	31
41	Jason	246	new	25
42	Jimmy	245	↑6	79
43	Randy	240	↓5	55
44	Keith	225	↑1	36
45	Billy	220	↓3	77
46	Douglas	218	↓3	34
47	Roger	195	↑2	59
48	Matthew	192	new	24
49	Todd	192	↓3	28
50	Ricky	189	↓10	90

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