Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1976

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,418 babies) and Michael for boys (1,543). Social Security records list 68,230 babies born in North Carolina in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1976

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: 40 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Felecia: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Latonia: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shelia: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Beverly: 70 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kesha: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mitzi: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Crystal: 505 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katina: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Windy: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Shelton: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Scottie: 36 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ashley: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mickey: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alton: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marty: 44 babies, 4× the national rate
Donnie: 59 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chadwick: 51 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Carlton: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rico: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,418	–	1
2	Amy	813	–	2
3	Angela	714	–	5
4	Kimberly	697	–	7
5	Heather	669	↑1	4
6	Melissa	615	↓1	3
7	Crystal	505	↑1	36
8	Amanda	494	↑1	10
9	Shannon	434	↑11	17
10	Stephanie	416	↓3	11
11	Christina	390	↑12	14
12	Lisa	385	↓1	9
13	Mary	368	↓3	22
14	Jamie	353	new	18
15	Tonya	352	↓2	58
16	April	346	↓1	30
17	Elizabeth	336	–	16
18	Kelly	312	↑4	19
19	Christy	306	↓5	60
20	Rebecca	293	↑1	12
21	Michelle	290	↓9	6
22	Wendy	275	↓6	39
23	Julie	262	↑4	21
24	Laura	258	↑1	20
25	Misty	252	↑5	46
26	Tammy	252	↓8	41
27	Jessica	241	↑18	8
28	Karen	235	↓2	31
29	Tracy	235	↓10	37
30	Sarah	222	↑14	15
31	Susan	218	↓7	40
32	Tiffany	204	↓3	32
33	Tina	197	↓5	48
34	Leslie	192	↑12	65
35	Brandy	176	↑3	55
36	Carrie	175	new	28
37	Cynthia	175	↓4	44
38	Pamela	171	↓7	84
39	Dana	169	↑2	64
40	Emily	169	↓6	50
41	Sharon	165	↓1	81
42	Jaime	162	new	29
43	Ashley	161	↑7	>100
44	Andrea	153	new	25
45	Tara	148	↑4	42
46	Lori	144	↓11	47
47	Melanie	144	↓5	53
48	Teresa	143	↓16	66
49	Donna	141	↓12	93
50	Holly	140	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	1,543	–	1
2	Christopher	1,352	–	3
3	James	1,352	–	5
4	Jason	1,243	–	2
5	David	1,009	↑1	4
6	William	977	↓1	11
7	John	891	↑1	6
8	Robert	886	↓1	7
9	Brian	676	–	8
10	Joseph	543	↑2	12
11	Jonathan	524	↑5	31
12	Kevin	516	↓2	15
13	Charles	497	↓2	26
14	Matthew	493	↑1	9
15	Jeremy	479	↑10	14
16	Timothy	476	↓3	21
17	Anthony	468	↓3	22
18	Eric	406	↑4	13
19	Steven	403	–	20
20	Daniel	402	–	10
21	Thomas	393	↓4	23
22	Richard	388	↓1	19
23	Jeffrey	371	↓5	17
24	Joshua	330	↑5	18
25	Kenneth	327	↑1	38
26	Chad	284	↓2	29
27	Stephen	276	–	37
28	Mark	262	↓5	25
29	Gregory	254	↓1	35
30	Jamie	252	↑8	62
31	Travis	250	↑15	46
32	Benjamin	242	↑3	32
33	Brandon	233	↑15	40
34	Donald	228	–	47
35	Larry	217	↓5	60
36	Bryan	216	new	43
37	Bradley	215	↑7	51
38	Andrew	212	↑3	27
39	Ryan	211	new	16
40	Ronald	198	↓7	49
41	Paul	197	↑2	28
42	Bobby	185	↓2	96
43	Patrick	184	new	41
44	Phillip	184	↑1	69
45	Rodney	184	↓13	88
46	Jerry	183	↓10	67
47	Gary	178	↓10	52
48	Adam	176	new	36
49	Scott	175	↓18	24
50	Terry	174	↓11	75

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