Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1980

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (1,356 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,380). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,628 babies born in North Carolina in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1980

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

Tawanda: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tomeka: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Latonya: 75 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Precious: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Kesha: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Tosha: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lashanda: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shelia: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Katina: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shanta: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tracy: 43 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alton: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ashley: 59 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chadwick: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donnie: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carlton: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Garry: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kendrick: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,356	–	1
2	Amanda	1,058	–	2
3	Crystal	731	↑1	18
4	Melissa	698	↓1	4
5	Jessica	684	↑5	3
6	Kimberly	631	↓1	11
7	Heather	536	↓1	6
8	Elizabeth	487	↑3	9
9	April	485	–	26
10	Tiffany	468	↑15	14
11	Angela	460	↓4	12
12	Amy	451	↓4	8
13	Stephanie	439	↓1	13
14	Mary	423	↓1	25
15	Sarah	410	↑2	5
16	Kelly	378	↓2	19
17	Christina	361	↓2	15
18	Ashley	349	↑4	40
19	Amber	293	↑4	22
20	Laura	284	–	21
21	Rebecca	284	–	17
22	Lisa	283	↓3	16
23	Shannon	280	↓7	29
24	Brandy	276	↓6	42
25	Michelle	254	↑1	10
26	Emily	253	↑4	31
27	Jamie	236	↓3	24
28	Erin	226	↑5	20
29	Erica	204	↑5	34
30	Kristen	199	new	39
31	Misty	191	↓3	49
32	Tonya	191	↓3	97
33	Christy	182	↓6	83
34	Julie	179	↓2	32
35	Holly	171	↑5	52
36	Andrea	170	↑10	28
37	Anna	168	↑5	55
38	Kristin	168	new	37
39	Katherine	166	↑4	35
40	Nicole	160	↓2	7
41	Sara	157	new	27
42	Lauren	156	new	38
43	Rachel	152	new	23
44	Natasha	151	new	89
45	Kristy	150	↓8	78
46	Carrie	146	↑3	46
47	Courtney	146	new	48
48	Brandi	145	new	63
49	Tracy	145	↓2	56
50	Wendy	145	↓19	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Christopher	1,380	–	2
2	Michael	1,336	–	1
3	James	1,275	↑1	5
4	Jason	1,244	↓1	3
5	David	1,066	–	4
6	William	1,001	–	14
7	Joshua	878	↑2	7
8	Robert	828	–	9
9	John	826	↓2	8
10	Jonathan	711	↑2	21
11	Matthew	711	↓1	6
12	Brian	681	↓1	12
13	Joseph	626	–	10
14	Timothy	556	↑1	20
15	Justin	535	↑16	13
16	Daniel	534	↑1	11
17	Jeremy	530	↓3	18
18	Charles	520	↓2	29
19	Kevin	467	–	23
20	Brandon	444	↑6	31
21	Travis	432	↓3	37
22	Eric	418	↑2	16
23	Thomas	403	↓3	25
24	Richard	391	↓3	26
25	Adam	370	↑4	22
26	Anthony	364	↓3	24
27	Nicholas	349	↓2	17
28	Steven	345	↓1	28
29	Benjamin	343	↑5	32
30	Jeffrey	315	↓8	27
31	Andrew	302	↓1	19
32	Stephen	302	–	40
33	Kenneth	291	↓5	41
34	Mark	245	↓1	30
35	Chad	226	↑6	39
36	Bradley	215	–	51
37	Derek	211	new	50
38	Patrick	211	↓1	38
39	Ryan	207	↓4	15
40	Gregory	203	–	42
41	Paul	203	new	35
42	Bryan	194	↑2	49
43	Donald	191	–	53
44	Aaron	190	↓2	34
45	Nathan	187	↓7	36
46	Samuel	183	↑1	54
47	Marcus	179	↑2	71
48	Larry	177	–	70
49	Bobby	172	new	>100
50	Phillip	172	↓11	65

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