Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1973

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (1,294 babies) and Michael for boys (1,747). Social Security records list 74,280 babies born in North Carolina in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1973

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: 122 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Crystal: 506 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Selena: 52 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Myra: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shelia: 60 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Letitia: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wanda: 110 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Windy: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tosha: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Christy: 291 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 27 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Scottie: 64 babies, 6× the national rate
Ashley: 52 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Alton: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hubert: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kelvin: 77 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marty: 55 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Scotty: 63 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kendrick: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Donnie: 66 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,294	–	1
2	Angela	1,011	–	7
3	Kimberly	808	–	4
4	Amy	769	↑1	2
5	Melissa	657	↑2	6
6	Stephanie	551	↑2	9
7	Lisa	533	↓3	5
8	Crystal	506	↑4	48
9	Tammy	489	↓3	15
10	Michelle	473	↓1	3
11	Tonya	470	↓1	36
12	Mary	434	↓1	14
13	Wendy	397	–	29
14	Heather	391	↑11	8
15	Shannon	370	↓1	22
16	Elizabeth	352	↑4	13
17	April	345	↑11	33
18	Rebecca	335	↑8	10
19	Karen	315	↓2	23
20	Tracy	313	↓2	20
21	Cynthia	307	↑1	26
22	Susan	299	↓1	25
23	Christy	291	↑9	73
24	Kelly	281	↑5	18
25	Julie	280	↑2	12
26	Teresa	278	↓10	45
27	Tina	274	↓12	24
28	Pamela	267	↓9	47
29	Sharon	261	↓6	57
30	Donna	257	↓6	55
31	Amanda	232	↑10	51
32	Sherry	231	↑1	76
33	Christina	228	↑11	16
34	Rhonda	216	↑2	70
35	Laura	212	↓4	19
36	Patricia	208	↓6	27
37	Robin	200	↑5	60
38	Monica	198	↑10	40
39	Lori	197	↓4	28
40	Melanie	187	↑3	43
41	Andrea	180	↑5	30
42	Nicole	179	↓4	11
43	Sandra	176	↓6	39
44	Tiffany	175	new	52
45	Katina	166	↓6	>100
46	Tara	164	↓12	37
47	Dana	157	↓7	59
48	Misty	152	new	90
49	Dawn	150	↓4	21
50	Regina	150	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	1,747	–	1
2	Christopher	1,634	↑1	2
3	James	1,556	↓1	4
4	William	1,185	–	9
5	David	1,098	–	5
6	Robert	1,063	–	7
7	John	967	–	6
8	Brian	946	–	8
9	Jason	819	↑2	3
10	Charles	680	↓1	23
11	Kevin	663	↓1	14
12	Timothy	557	–	22
13	Jonathan	502	↑8	31
14	Anthony	501	–	21
15	Jeffrey	485	↓2	17
16	Richard	485	↓1	16
17	Thomas	478	↑2	19
18	Joseph	455	–	12
19	Mark	453	↑1	15
20	Eric	439	↓4	13
21	Steven	402	↓4	20
22	Daniel	398	↑3	11
23	Kenneth	381	↓1	28
24	Matthew	363	↑3	10
25	Gregory	317	↓2	26
26	Donald	306	↑3	38
27	Stephen	304	↓1	32
28	Chad	302	–	25
29	Larry	279	↓5	50
30	Ronald	272	↑2	40
31	Jerry	268	↑2	57
32	Scott	257	↓1	18
33	Gary	220	↑2	44
34	Bryan	219	↑7	43
35	Terry	219	↑7	65
36	Shawn	217	↑4	27
37	Paul	216	↓3	24
38	Bobby	208	↓2	93
39	Billy	207	↑9	76
40	Edward	207	↓2	39
41	Travis	205	↑5	53
42	George	202	↓3	46
43	Jeremy	202	new	33
44	Rodney	202	↓14	68
45	Tony	202	↓8	78
46	Patrick	197	↓2	37
47	Phillip	197	↑2	71
48	Jamie	185	↓1	70
49	Derrick	177	new	87
50	Keith	174	↓7	41

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