Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1975

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,335 babies) and Michael for boys (1,716). Social Security records list 68,884 babies born in North Carolina in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1975

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: 44 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tawanda: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Windy: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Myra: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Crystal: 486 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Latisha: 52 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Glenda: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ashley: 144 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mitzi: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Letitia: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 23 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Shelton: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Scottie: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Carlton: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Archie: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Donnie: 68 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Telly: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ashley: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alton: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Monte: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,335	–	1
2	Amy	854	↑2	2
3	Angela	829	↓1	5
4	Kimberly	734	↓1	7
5	Melissa	586	–	4
6	Heather	526	–	3
7	Stephanie	512	–	9
8	Crystal	486	↑1	43
9	Amanda	446	↑12	14
10	Mary	384	↑3	19
11	Lisa	380	↑1	8
12	Michelle	379	↓2	6
13	Tonya	370	↓5	45
14	Christy	357	↑4	53
15	April	356	↑1	25
16	Wendy	334	↓1	33
17	Elizabeth	323	–	15
18	Tammy	309	↓7	31
19	Tracy	299	–	24
20	Shannon	293	↓6	21
21	Rebecca	285	↑2	11
22	Kelly	281	↑3	16
23	Christina	276	↑10	12
24	Susan	259	–	32
25	Laura	257	↑4	20
26	Karen	253	↓6	27
27	Julie	237	–	18
28	Tina	236	↓6	35
29	Tiffany	215	↑8	37
30	Misty	212	↑12	47
31	Pamela	201	↓5	70
32	Teresa	199	↑2	61
33	Cynthia	189	↓3	40
34	Emily	189	↑5	48
35	Lori	186	↓3	39
36	Christie	179	new	96
37	Donna	174	↓9	85
38	Brandy	169	new	57
39	Patricia	169	↓3	36
40	Sharon	168	↓5	75
41	Dana	166	↓3	62
42	Melanie	159	↑5	52
43	Sherry	155	↓3	95
44	Sarah	151	↓1	17
45	Jessica	150	↑4	13
46	Leslie	149	↓15	71
47	Robin	148	↓3	65
48	Nicole	145	–	10
49	Tara	145	↑1	41
50	Ashley	144	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	1,716	–	1
2	Christopher	1,505	–	3
3	James	1,353	–	4
4	Jason	1,082	↑1	2
5	William	1,044	↓1	10
6	David	1,031	–	5
7	Robert	889	–	6
8	John	861	–	7
9	Brian	732	–	8
10	Kevin	529	↑1	15
11	Charles	513	↓1	25
12	Joseph	499	↑1	12
13	Timothy	496	↓1	22
14	Anthony	459	↑1	21
15	Matthew	454	↑6	9
16	Jonathan	453	↓2	30
17	Thomas	424	↑2	20
18	Jeffrey	421	↓2	14
19	Steven	418	↑3	18
20	Daniel	410	↑3	11
21	Richard	410	↓4	16
22	Eric	406	↓4	13
23	Mark	340	↓3	19
24	Chad	325	↑4	27
25	Jeremy	320	↑2	24
26	Kenneth	317	↓2	35
27	Stephen	297	↓1	34
28	Gregory	294	↓3	33
29	Joshua	283	↑14	26
30	Larry	271	↓1	56
31	Scott	233	–	17
32	Rodney	231	↑4	76
33	Ronald	230	↑2	46
34	Donald	217	↓4	42
35	Benjamin	213	↑15	36
36	Jerry	212	↓4	65
37	Gary	210	↓4	50
38	Jamie	207	↑8	62
39	Terry	206	↑9	67
40	Bobby	199	–	93
41	Andrew	195	–	28
42	Marcus	194	new	68
43	Paul	194	↓5	29
44	Bradley	193	new	52
45	Phillip	183	↓1	72
46	Travis	181	↓1	51
47	Shawn	179	↓10	31
48	Brandon	178	new	44
49	George	173	↓10	53
50	Billy	171	↓8	84

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