Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1979

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (1,307 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,463). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 70,419 babies born in North Carolina in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1979

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

Cameron: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lashonda: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Chiquita: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Demetria: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Latonya: 77 babies, 4× the national rate
Callie: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shonda: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Beverly: 53 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Christal: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katina: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Donnie: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ashley: 48 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carlton: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mickey: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alton: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Antwan: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jody: 55 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chadwick: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tracy: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,307	–	1
2	Amanda	1,009	↑1	3
3	Melissa	807	↑3	2
4	Crystal	760	↓2	18
5	Kimberly	614	–	12
6	Heather	580	↑2	7
7	Angela	558	–	8
8	Amy	483	↓4	5
9	April	478	↑4	23
10	Jessica	461	–	4
11	Elizabeth	460	–	11
12	Stephanie	421	–	15
13	Mary	381	↑3	24
14	Kelly	371	↓5	16
15	Christina	353	↓1	14
16	Shannon	338	↓1	25
17	Sarah	323	↑2	6
18	Brandy	295	–	39
19	Lisa	288	↓2	13
20	Laura	287	↑5	20
21	Rebecca	286	↑1	17
22	Ashley	270	↑7	67
23	Amber	264	↑16	22
24	Jamie	264	↓4	19
25	Tiffany	263	↑8	28
26	Michelle	258	↓5	10
27	Christy	251	↓4	72
28	Misty	236	↓1	42
29	Tonya	232	↓3	86
30	Emily	228	↓6	34
31	Wendy	189	–	64
32	Julie	184	↓2	29
33	Erin	183	↑8	21
34	Erica	181	↑11	32
35	Dana	172	new	54
36	Karen	162	↓4	46
37	Kristy	162	↑1	56
38	Nicole	162	↑2	9
39	Leslie	157	↑4	65
40	Holly	156	↓3	48
41	Susan	156	↓7	51
42	Anna	155	new	59
43	Katherine	154	↓7	36
44	Tina	152	↓16	58
45	Monica	147	new	40
46	Andrea	146	↓4	26
47	Tracy	144	↓12	49
48	Allison	143	new	70
49	Carrie	136	–	41
50	Tara	135	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Christopher	1,463	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,450	↓1	1
3	Jason	1,257	↑1	3
4	James	1,229	↓1	5
5	David	1,060	–	4
6	William	1,019	–	13
7	John	902	↑1	7
8	Robert	836	↓1	8
9	Joshua	675	↑4	9
10	Matthew	662	–	6
11	Brian	633	↓2	10
12	Jonathan	632	↑4	31
13	Joseph	594	↑1	11
14	Jeremy	554	↑4	16
15	Timothy	530	↓4	18
16	Charles	525	↓4	28
17	Daniel	481	–	12
18	Travis	476	↑14	36
19	Kevin	434	↓4	19
20	Thomas	394	↓1	26
21	Richard	386	↑2	25
22	Jeffrey	385	↑2	24
23	Anthony	377	↓1	21
24	Eric	363	↓3	17
25	Nicholas	357	↑3	15
26	Brandon	350	↑4	35
27	Steven	349	↓7	27
28	Kenneth	325	↓3	41
29	Adam	316	–	23
30	Andrew	298	↓4	20
31	Justin	285	↑2	22
32	Stephen	260	↓5	40
33	Mark	259	↓2	30
34	Benjamin	258	↑1	33
35	Ryan	230	↑2	14
36	Bradley	211	↑7	47
37	Patrick	211	↑5	39
38	Nathan	210	↑10	37
39	Phillip	204	↑6	68
40	Gregory	203	↓4	42
41	Chad	201	↓7	38
42	Aaron	200	↓1	32
43	Donald	195	↓5	51
44	Bryan	188	↑3	46
45	Derrick	187	↓6	80
46	Jamie	186	new	88
47	Samuel	185	↓1	55
48	Larry	179	↓8	69
49	Marcus	177	new	76
50	Edward	174	new	48

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