Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1982

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (1,448 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,647). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 72,678 babies born in North Carolina in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1982

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

Shemika: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Shanita: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lakisha: 72 babies, 5× the national rate
Lashanda: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Syreeta: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Latisha: 65 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lashonda: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Latonya: 55 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Meredith: 141 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tracie: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 20 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Scottie: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Alton: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brooks: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Antwan: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chadwick: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jody: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donnie: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darius: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Jackie: 24 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,448	–	1
2	Jessica	1,080	↑1	2
3	Amanda	1,017	↓1	3
4	Crystal	781	–	9
5	Ashley	597	↑10	17
6	Sarah	546	↑3	4
7	Melissa	524	↓2	5
8	Kimberly	523	↓2	14
9	Stephanie	513	↓2	7
10	Elizabeth	490	–	8
11	Heather	489	↑1	12
12	Tiffany	473	↓1	13
13	April	471	–	32
14	Amy	433	↓6	10
15	Mary	377	↓1	30
16	Kelly	370	↑7	25
17	Amber	362	↑5	18
18	Rebecca	362	↓1	15
19	Emily	342	↓1	24
20	Angela	335	↓4	16
21	Christina	300	–	19
22	Erin	298	↑5	20
23	Brandy	294	↓3	50
24	Laura	292	↓5	22
25	Lauren	281	↑5	26
26	Shannon	267	↓1	38
27	Michelle	241	↓1	11
28	Kristen	210	↑6	33
29	Jamie	207	↓5	29
30	Erica	206	↑5	35
31	Latoya	204	↓2	91
32	Courtney	202	↑6	43
33	Brandi	201	↑3	55
34	Rachel	193	↑12	21
35	Katherine	187	↑2	36
36	Lisa	186	↓8	23
37	Leslie	182	↓4	60
38	Anna	176	↑4	56
39	Kristin	173	↓8	37
40	Andrea	170	↓8	27
41	Samantha	165	new	44
42	Megan	164	new	34
43	Christy	163	↓4	>100
44	Lindsay	162	new	39
45	Nicole	161	↓4	6
46	Sara	157	↓1	28
47	Misty	154	↓7	74
48	Candice	153	new	78
49	Holly	152	new	61
50	Allison	151	–	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	1,647	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,457	↓1	1
3	James	1,174	–	6
4	Jason	990	–	4
5	Matthew	987	↑3	3
6	Joshua	986	↓1	7
7	William	984	↓1	15
8	David	915	↓1	5
9	John	882	–	8
10	Jonathan	861	–	16
11	Robert	833	–	9
12	Brandon	732	–	18
13	Justin	671	↑3	12
14	Joseph	606	↓1	11
15	Daniel	590	–	10
16	Brian	540	↓2	14
17	Charles	523	↑1	31
18	Jeremy	470	↓1	28
19	Timothy	464	–	24
20	Thomas	401	↑2	23
21	Steven	389	↑5	26
22	Adam	386	↑3	19
23	Kevin	384	↓2	25
24	Andrew	382	↑4	17
25	Eric	380	↓5	20
26	Anthony	377	↑1	21
27	Travis	372	↓4	39
28	Richard	365	↓4	27
29	Jeffrey	341	↑1	29
30	Benjamin	318	↓1	33
31	Ryan	318	↑2	13
32	Stephen	297	↑2	38
33	Kenneth	294	↓2	45
34	Nicholas	270	↓2	22
35	Aaron	249	–	30
36	Mark	243	–	32
37	Patrick	229	–	37
38	Gregory	219	↑3	40
39	Marcus	213	–	63
40	Donald	199	new	58
41	Samuel	193	↑9	56
42	Phillip	191	↑7	67
43	Bradley	190	↓3	51
44	Bryan	188	↑2	49
45	Chad	184	↓1	48
46	Antonio	176	new	76
47	Dustin	172	↓9	42
48	Derrick	170	new	78
49	Nathan	168	↓1	36
50	Paul	165	↓5	35

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