Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1977

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,299 babies) and Michael for boys (1,641). Social Security records list 71,568 babies born in North Carolina in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1977

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: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Nakisha: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Letitia: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kenisha: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Shameka: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelia: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Latonya: 76 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chastity: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kesha: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Beverly: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 22 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Shelton: 27 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Scottie: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Donnie: 61 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alton: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ashley: 52 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darrick: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chadwick: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Robbie: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dexter: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,299	–	1
2	Amy	746	–	3
3	Heather	686	↑2	5
4	Kimberly	675	–	8
5	Crystal	666	↑2	25
6	Angela	655	↓3	6
7	Melissa	641	↓1	2
8	Amanda	619	–	9
9	Kelly	486	↑9	10
10	Elizabeth	449	↑7	13
11	Shannon	420	↓2	19
12	Stephanie	415	↓2	14
13	Christina	392	↓2	16
14	Mary	383	↓1	21
15	Lisa	378	↓3	12
16	April	372	–	29
17	Jessica	323	↑10	4
18	Jamie	319	↓4	18
19	Laura	297	↑5	20
20	Michelle	296	↑1	7
21	Wendy	275	↑1	49
22	Rebecca	273	↓2	17
23	Tonya	254	↓8	64
24	Christy	250	↓5	59
25	Misty	249	–	40
26	Sarah	243	↑4	11
27	Karen	236	↑1	32
28	Tammy	236	↓2	55
29	Julie	218	↓6	22
30	Susan	200	↑1	45
31	Emily	193	↑9	37
32	Brandy	188	↑3	51
33	Tracy	188	↓4	50
34	Andrea	185	↑10	24
35	Ashley	179	↑8	>100
36	Carrie	177	–	28
37	Tiffany	174	↓5	34
38	Erin	172	new	23
39	Leslie	167	↓5	65
40	Erica	162	new	38
41	Cynthia	161	↓4	48
42	Amber	157	new	33
43	Dana	156	↓4	62
44	Holly	151	↑6	52
45	Allison	147	new	66
46	Katherine	147	new	44
47	Lori	144	↓1	57
48	Nicole	143	new	15
49	Monica	141	new	39
50	Felicia	140	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	1,641	–	1
2	Christopher	1,457	–	3
3	Jason	1,410	↑1	2
4	James	1,398	↓1	5
5	David	1,028	–	4
6	William	1,025	–	12
7	Robert	914	↑1	6
8	John	883	↓1	7
9	Brian	789	–	8
10	Kevin	628	↑2	13
11	Charles	581	↑2	26
12	Joseph	580	↓2	10
13	Matthew	538	↑1	9
14	Timothy	523	↑2	18
15	Jonathan	520	↓4	28
16	Joshua	509	↑8	14
17	Jeremy	494	↓2	15
18	Daniel	449	↑2	11
19	Richard	440	↑3	20
20	Eric	431	↓2	17
21	Thomas	407	–	22
22	Anthony	401	↓5	21
23	Jeffrey	399	–	19
24	Steven	398	↓5	23
25	Kenneth	331	–	39
26	Andrew	300	↑12	24
27	Chad	292	↓1	34
28	Mark	289	–	25
29	Benjamin	263	↑3	29
30	Stephen	258	↓3	38
31	Gregory	254	↓2	35
32	Brandon	242	↑1	41
33	Travis	240	↓2	44
34	Larry	236	↑1	62
35	Bryan	230	↑1	42
36	Ryan	219	↑3	16
37	Paul	210	↑4	31
38	Wesley	204	new	66
39	Bradley	202	↓2	49
40	Ronald	201	–	53
41	Donald	198	↓7	46
42	Jerry	197	↑4	75
43	Antonio	195	new	77
44	Corey	193	new	52
45	Derrick	189	new	80
46	Bobby	188	↓4	>100
47	Adam	187	↑1	33
48	Marcus	186	new	72
49	Phillip	185	↓5	70
50	Jamie	184	↓20	82

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