Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1974

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,388 babies) and Michael for boys (1,746). Social Security records list 72,648 babies born in North Carolina in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1974

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

Tomeka: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tarsha: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Crystal: 455 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Letitia: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chrystal: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Windy: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Myra: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ashley: 117 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wanda: 86 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lorie: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 25 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Shelton: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ashley: 49 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Scottie: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Donnie: 83 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Marty: 60 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Timmy: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kelvin: 63 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chadwick: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Scotty: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,388	–	1
2	Angela	952	–	5
3	Kimberly	798	–	6
4	Amy	765	–	2
5	Melissa	561	–	7
6	Heather	559	↑8	4
7	Stephanie	502	↓1	9
8	Tonya	462	↑3	37
9	Crystal	455	↓1	49
10	Michelle	454	–	3
11	Tammy	448	↓2	24
12	Lisa	414	↓5	8
13	Mary	413	↓1	13
14	Shannon	353	↑1	18
15	Wendy	352	↓2	32
16	April	346	↑1	28
17	Elizabeth	337	↓1	12
18	Christy	331	↑5	57
19	Tracy	330	↑1	23
20	Karen	323	↓1	26
21	Amanda	305	↑10	34
22	Tina	304	↑5	25
23	Rebecca	294	↓5	10
24	Susan	291	↓2	27
25	Kelly	273	↓1	15
26	Pamela	237	↑2	54
27	Julie	229	↓2	14
28	Donna	226	↑2	67
29	Laura	225	↑6	21
30	Cynthia	222	↓9	33
31	Leslie	222	new	65
32	Lori	215	↑7	30
33	Christina	214	–	16
34	Teresa	212	↓8	52
35	Sharon	211	↓6	70
36	Patricia	209	–	29
37	Tiffany	207	↑7	41
38	Dana	194	↑9	55
39	Emily	183	new	69
40	Sherry	180	↓8	89
41	Rhonda	175	↓7	86
42	Misty	168	↑6	66
43	Sarah	165	new	20
44	Robin	161	↓7	63
45	Monica	154	↓7	43
46	Sandra	152	↓3	44
47	Melanie	150	↓7	51
48	Nicole	144	↓6	11
49	Jessica	140	new	17
50	Tara	139	↓4	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	1,746	–	1
2	Christopher	1,647	–	3
3	James	1,476	–	5
4	William	1,120	–	10
5	Jason	1,115	↑4	2
6	David	1,086	↓1	4
7	Robert	1,037	↓1	7
8	John	969	↓1	6
9	Brian	875	↓1	8
10	Charles	615	–	23
11	Kevin	609	–	14
12	Timothy	527	–	22
13	Joseph	517	↑5	12
14	Jonathan	507	↓1	33
15	Anthony	490	↓1	21
16	Jeffrey	487	↓1	15
17	Richard	460	↓1	17
18	Eric	443	↑2	13
19	Thomas	443	↓2	20
20	Mark	430	↓1	16
21	Matthew	420	↑3	9
22	Steven	405	↓1	19
23	Daniel	385	↓1	11
24	Kenneth	383	↓1	34
25	Gregory	333	–	31
26	Stephen	306	↑1	35
27	Jeremy	302	↑16	24
28	Chad	286	–	26
29	Larry	280	–	55
30	Donald	257	↓4	41
31	Scott	241	↑1	18
32	Jerry	240	↓1	61
33	Gary	229	–	48
34	Bryan	226	–	45
35	Ronald	221	↓5	42
36	Rodney	218	↑8	72
37	Shawn	213	↓1	30
38	Paul	212	↓1	27
39	George	203	↑3	49
40	Bobby	202	↓2	92
41	Andrew	199	new	28
42	Billy	197	↓3	78
43	Joshua	197	new	29
44	Phillip	197	↑3	70
45	Travis	195	↓4	54
46	Jamie	192	↑2	68
47	Patrick	189	↓1	38
48	Terry	188	↓13	69
49	Edward	184	↓9	40
50	Benjamin	183	new	46

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