Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1970

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1970 were Angela for girls (1,339 babies) and Michael for boys (2,043). Angela ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 87,486 babies born in North Carolina in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1970

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: 105 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Myra: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Annie: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Crystal: 285 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vonda: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wanda: 194 babies, 3× the national rate
Delores: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Leigh: 104 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Glenda: 63 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eugenia: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 59 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ashley: 33 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Stevie: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Carlton: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelvin: 83 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alton: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donnie: 80 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Scotty: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marty: 74 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Grady: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Angela	1,339	↑1	6
2	Kimberly	1,118	↑1	3
3	Lisa	1,098	↓2	2
4	Tammy	931	–	8
5	Jennifer	827	↑3	1
6	Amy	690	–	5
7	Melissa	681	↓2	7
8	Mary	647	↓1	9
9	Michelle	618	–	4
10	Tracy	572	↑7	10
11	Pamela	571	–	26
12	Karen	526	–	12
13	Stephanie	503	↑3	17
14	Susan	487	–	15
15	Wendy	477	↑5	28
16	Sharon	474	↑2	37
17	Tonya	469	↑2	49
18	Donna	463	↓5	32
19	Cynthia	462	↓4	25
20	Elizabeth	441	↑1	18
21	Teresa	429	↓11	34
22	Shannon	423	↑8	22
23	Tina	396	↓1	21
24	Laura	378	–	13
25	Patricia	345	–	24
26	Sandra	343	↓3	27
27	Lori	325	↓1	23
28	Kelly	317	↓1	20
29	Rhonda	317	↓1	46
30	Julie	292	↑1	11
31	Crystal	285	↑5	>100
32	Sherry	278	↑2	60
33	Robin	264	↓4	51
34	Deborah	252	↓2	33
35	Heather	250	new	19
36	Linda	240	↓3	38
37	Rebecca	231	↑2	29
38	Dana	229	↑5	54
39	Dawn	220	new	16
40	Barbara	216	↓5	41
41	April	215	new	82
42	Tracey	214	new	55
43	Paula	205	↓5	57
44	Leslie	203	↓4	64
45	Christy	199	new	>100
46	Amanda	197	–	>100
47	Brenda	197	↓10	40
48	Wanda	194	↑1	>100
49	Andrea	189	↓2	43
50	Regina	180	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	2,043	↑1	1
2	James	2,019	↓1	2
3	William	1,517	↑1	7
4	David	1,457	↓1	3
5	Robert	1,450	–	5
6	John	1,331	–	4
7	Christopher	1,289	–	6
8	Charles	840	↑1	21
9	Jeffrey	805	↑1	11
10	Timothy	777	↓2	20
11	Mark	679	–	9
12	Thomas	678	↑2	17
13	Richard	648	↓1	10
14	Brian	629	↑1	8
15	Anthony	595	↓2	22
16	Joseph	586	↑2	16
17	Steven	571	–	15
18	Kevin	563	↑1	14
19	Kenneth	557	↓3	25
20	Eric	489	↑5	18
21	Gregory	483	↓1	26
22	Ronald	418	↑1	29
23	Donald	399	↓2	30
24	Stephen	399	↓2	27
25	Jerry	381	↑1	45
26	Jason	368	↑15	13
27	Jonathan	359	↑7	42
28	Larry	358	–	43
29	Scott	350	↓2	12
30	Paul	334	↓1	23
31	Gary	333	–	35
32	Rodney	332	↓8	55
33	Daniel	320	–	19
34	Tony	310	↓4	57
35	Terry	304	↓3	54
36	Edward	296	↑1	31
37	Matthew	273	↑11	24
38	Bobby	272	↓3	87
39	George	264	↓1	40
40	Jeffery	253	↓1	50
41	Johnny	246	↓5	65
42	Patrick	238	↓2	33
43	Billy	237	↑2	78
44	Jimmy	216	↓2	86
45	Keith	213	↓1	38
46	Andrew	211	new	32
47	Douglas	211	↓1	36
48	Bryan	205	new	53
49	Randy	202	↓6	59
50	Todd	202	↓1	28

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