Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1983

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (1,335 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,610). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,348 babies born in North Carolina in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1983

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, 5.4× the national rate
Lashanda: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shameka: 40 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tameka: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Lakisha: 42 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lashonda: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Beverly: 41 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marquita: 176 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Leigh: 58 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Meredith: 118 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Antwan: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Donnie: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chadwick: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carlton: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brooks: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Harvey: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kelvin: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ashley: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tracy: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Charlie: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,335	–	1
2	Jessica	1,142	–	2
3	Ashley	1,099	↑2	4
4	Amanda	907	↓1	3
5	Crystal	763	↓1	11
6	Heather	629	↑5	9
7	Stephanie	534	↑2	8
8	Sarah	491	↓2	5
9	Melissa	482	↓2	6
10	Kimberly	467	↓2	15
11	Elizabeth	463	↓1	10
12	Tiffany	453	–	14
13	Amy	419	↑1	12
14	Amber	409	↑3	17
15	Lauren	358	↑10	24
16	Mary	357	↓1	32
17	Emily	347	↑2	25
18	Kelly	325	↓2	26
19	April	322	↓6	39
20	Christina	303	↑1	16
21	Rebecca	288	↓3	19
22	Laura	286	↑2	23
23	Angela	280	↓3	22
24	Erin	276	↓2	18
25	Shannon	260	↑1	38
26	Brandy	253	↓3	57
27	Megan	253	↑15	21
28	Michelle	225	↓1	13
29	Jamie	223	–	28
30	Erica	215	–	33
31	Katherine	209	↑4	34
32	Rachel	202	↑2	20
33	Brandi	193	–	56
34	Lisa	193	↑2	27
35	Anna	192	↑3	55
36	Kristen	187	↓8	37
37	Holly	185	↑12	48
38	Alicia	183	new	41
39	Latoya	179	↓8	90
40	Marquita	176	new	>100
41	Nicole	173	↑4	7
42	Lindsay	172	↑2	36
43	Courtney	162	↓11	44
44	Samantha	158	↓3	40
45	Lindsey	155	new	35
46	Andrea	152	↓6	30
47	Leslie	152	↓10	67
48	Kathryn	148	new	50
49	Danielle	137	new	29
50	Carrie	135	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	1,610	–	2
2	Michael	1,485	–	1
3	James	1,191	–	6
4	Matthew	1,151	↑1	3
5	Joshua	1,027	↑1	5
6	William	949	↑1	16
7	David	943	↑1	4
8	Jason	882	↓4	7
9	Brandon	852	↑3	17
10	Jonathan	796	–	19
11	John	794	↓2	9
12	Robert	784	↓1	10
13	Justin	725	–	12
14	Daniel	654	↑1	8
15	Joseph	627	↓1	11
16	Brian	563	–	14
17	Adam	471	↑5	18
18	Charles	464	↓1	33
19	Thomas	431	↑1	24
20	Andrew	425	↑4	15
21	Jeremy	412	↓3	30
22	Kevin	399	↑1	25
23	Timothy	388	↓4	26
24	Travis	382	↑3	41
25	Steven	377	↓4	23
26	Anthony	372	–	22
27	Eric	354	↓2	20
28	Ryan	324	↑3	13
29	Jeffrey	323	–	28
30	Richard	322	↓2	27
31	Stephen	318	↑1	35
32	Benjamin	307	↓2	32
33	Kenneth	279	–	45
34	Nicholas	278	–	21
35	Aaron	259	–	29
36	Patrick	245	↑1	37
37	Mark	243	↓1	31
38	Dustin	241	↑9	43
39	Marcus	227	–	58
40	Bryan	203	↑4	47
41	Bradley	196	↑2	52
42	Gregory	194	↓4	42
43	Paul	182	↑7	39
44	Phillip	170	↓2	66
45	Zachary	168	new	50
46	Nathan	163	↑3	40
47	Samuel	161	↓6	54
48	Chad	152	↓3	49
49	Jacob	150	new	36
50	Derrick	149	↓2	78

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