Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1972

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (1,233 babies) and Michael for boys (1,934). Social Security records list 78,299 babies born in North Carolina in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1972

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

Tarsha: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ashley: 129 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kesha: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Miranda: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tosha: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Crystal: 422 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chrystal: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mitzi: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Myra: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katina: 209 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 31 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Scottie: 54 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shelton: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ashley: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelvin: 86 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alton: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Luther: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carlton: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Charlie: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marty: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,233	↑1	1
2	Angela	1,172	↓1	6
3	Kimberly	837	–	4
4	Lisa	770	–	3
5	Amy	702	↑1	5
6	Tammy	667	↓1	11
7	Melissa	655	↑1	7
8	Stephanie	582	↑2	8
9	Michelle	535	↓2	2
10	Tonya	521	↑2	37
11	Mary	470	↓2	13
12	Crystal	422	↑12	59
13	Wendy	417	↑2	29
14	Shannon	402	↑9	22
15	Tina	387	↑5	18
16	Teresa	372	↑1	39
17	Karen	363	↓4	21
18	Tracy	360	↑1	19
19	Pamela	353	↓5	34
20	Elizabeth	352	↑2	15
21	Susan	352	↓10	24
22	Cynthia	319	↓6	25
23	Sharon	315	↓5	50
24	Donna	304	↓3	45
25	Heather	302	↑13	9
26	Rebecca	302	↑8	14
27	Julie	299	↑4	12
28	April	295	↓1	48
29	Kelly	289	↓3	23
30	Patricia	256	↓2	27
31	Laura	246	↓1	17
32	Christy	245	↑5	74
33	Sherry	244	–	70
34	Tara	243	new	38
35	Lori	229	↓6	28
36	Rhonda	222	↓11	60
37	Sandra	219	↓5	31
38	Nicole	211	new	10
39	Katina	209	new	>100
40	Dana	206	↓4	52
41	Amanda	197	↓1	76
42	Robin	193	↓7	55
43	Melanie	191	new	42
44	Christina	182	new	26
45	Dawn	180	↓6	20
46	Andrea	174	↓1	30
47	Leslie	161	↓4	75
48	Monica	159	new	47
49	Sonya	157	↑1	>100
50	Linda	152	↓6	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	1,934	–	1
2	James	1,760	–	3
3	Christopher	1,759	–	2
4	William	1,214	–	9
5	David	1,181	–	4
6	Robert	1,158	–	6
7	John	1,061	–	5
8	Brian	924	↑1	8
9	Charles	701	↓1	23
10	Kevin	695	↑2	13
11	Jason	629	↑7	7
12	Timothy	616	↓1	21
13	Jeffrey	602	↓3	17
14	Anthony	559	–	22
15	Richard	558	↓2	14
16	Eric	508	↑4	16
17	Steven	494	–	19
18	Joseph	491	↑1	12
19	Thomas	467	↓3	20
20	Mark	435	↓5	18
21	Jonathan	427	↑2	37
22	Kenneth	421	↓1	27
23	Gregory	363	↓1	26
24	Larry	350	–	47
25	Daniel	338	↑5	15
26	Stephen	328	↑1	29
27	Matthew	325	↑7	10
28	Chad	305	↑10	25
29	Donald	302	↓4	36
30	Rodney	301	↑3	65
31	Scott	294	↓5	11
32	Ronald	292	↓4	32
33	Jerry	288	↓4	53
34	Paul	281	↓3	24
35	Gary	275	↓3	41
36	Bobby	249	–	90
37	Tony	247	↓2	68
38	Edward	226	↑1	34
39	George	224	↑5	44
40	Shawn	221	–	28
41	Bryan	220	↑6	45
42	Terry	216	↓5	62
43	Keith	213	↓1	38
44	Patrick	211	↓1	35
45	Johnny	205	↑1	74
46	Travis	185	new	57
47	Jamie	180	new	72
48	Billy	177	↓7	81
49	Phillip	176	new	75
50	Andrew	175	new	30

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