Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1971

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1971 were Angela for girls (1,362 babies) and Michael for boys (1,942). Angela ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 84,776 babies born in North Carolina in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1971

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

Aretha: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ashley: 98 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Myra: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Crystal: 370 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chrystal: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wanda: 173 babies, 3× the national rate
Shelia: 73 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Chanda: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Beverly: 134 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ginger: 115 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 35 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Shelton: 29 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Scottie: 79 babies, 5× the national rate
Ashley: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Carlton: 59 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mickey: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Horace: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donnie: 81 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Grady: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marty: 70 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Angela	1,362	–	6
2	Jennifer	1,098	↑3	1
3	Kimberly	1,076	↓1	4
4	Lisa	876	↓1	3
5	Tammy	818	↓1	8
6	Amy	742	–	5
7	Michelle	651	↑2	2
8	Melissa	635	↓1	7
9	Mary	555	↓1	9
10	Stephanie	463	↑3	11
11	Susan	460	↑3	17
12	Tonya	454	↑5	45
13	Karen	452	↓1	15
14	Pamela	452	↓3	28
15	Wendy	447	–	29
16	Cynthia	431	↑3	24
17	Teresa	411	↑4	34
18	Sharon	406	↓2	40
19	Tracy	405	↓9	13
20	Tina	404	↑3	20
21	Donna	400	↓3	38
22	Elizabeth	386	↓2	19
23	Shannon	384	↓1	21
24	Crystal	370	↑7	79
25	Rhonda	332	↑4	46
26	Kelly	311	↑2	22
27	April	302	↑14	56
28	Patricia	302	↓3	26
29	Lori	296	↓2	25
30	Laura	295	↓6	16
31	Julie	293	↓1	10
32	Sandra	287	↓6	31
33	Sherry	269	↓1	60
34	Rebecca	265	↑3	23
35	Robin	247	↓2	51
36	Dana	246	↑2	44
37	Christy	241	↑8	89
38	Heather	241	↓3	12
39	Dawn	215	–	14
40	Amanda	211	↑6	84
41	Deborah	210	↓7	33
42	Regina	210	↑8	90
43	Leslie	207	↑1	68
44	Linda	207	↓8	42
45	Andrea	206	↑4	35
46	Paula	188	↓3	63
47	Barbara	178	↓7	47
48	Tiffany	176	new	62
49	Wanda	173	↓1	>100
50	Sonya	167	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	1,942	–	1
2	James	1,875	–	2
3	Christopher	1,526	↑4	6
4	William	1,421	↓1	7
5	David	1,363	↓1	3
6	Robert	1,291	↓1	5
7	John	1,253	↓1	4
8	Charles	812	–	22
9	Brian	777	↑5	9
10	Jeffrey	731	↓1	12
11	Timothy	695	↓1	21
12	Kevin	628	↑6	14
13	Richard	626	–	11
14	Anthony	623	↑1	23
15	Mark	583	↓4	13
16	Thomas	549	↓4	17
17	Steven	536	–	16
18	Jason	513	↑8	8
19	Joseph	513	↓3	15
20	Eric	488	–	18
21	Kenneth	485	↓2	25
22	Gregory	424	↓1	26
23	Jonathan	411	↑4	40
24	Larry	378	↑4	44
25	Donald	373	↓2	34
26	Scott	369	↑3	10
27	Stephen	368	↓3	27
28	Ronald	341	↓6	31
29	Jerry	339	↓4	50
30	Daniel	308	↑3	20
31	Paul	300	↓1	24
32	Gary	296	↓1	38
33	Rodney	296	↓1	59
34	Matthew	281	↑3	19
35	Tony	279	↓1	62
36	Bobby	272	↑2	79
37	Terry	270	↓2	56
38	Chad	268	new	29
39	Edward	258	↓3	32
40	Shawn	249	new	28
41	Billy	238	↑2	75
42	Keith	235	↑3	37
43	Patrick	233	↓1	35
44	George	229	↓5	42
45	Jeffery	219	↓5	53
46	Johnny	206	↓5	74
47	Bryan	202	↑1	48
48	Marcus	199	new	65
49	Douglas	198	↓2	39
50	Jeremy	197	new	45

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