Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1984

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1984 were Ashley for girls (1,263 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,741). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 73,187 babies born in North Carolina in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1984

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

Latoria: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lashonda: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shameka: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ashely: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Latonya: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chasity: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Keisha: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marquita: 100 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tameka: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lakisha: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Demario: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chadwick: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hunter: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dexter: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Johnnie: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kendrick: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bobby: 136 babies, 3× the national rate
Cedric: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Antwan: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Ricky: 121 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	1,263	↑2	3
2	Jennifer	1,205	↓1	1
3	Jessica	1,176	↓1	2
4	Amanda	918	–	4
5	Heather	712	↑1	9
6	Crystal	631	↓1	12
7	Sarah	532	↑1	5
8	Stephanie	513	↓1	6
9	Elizabeth	500	↑2	10
10	Tiffany	478	↑2	14
11	Melissa	464	↓2	8
12	Kimberly	441	↓2	22
13	Amber	433	↑1	18
14	Laura	392	↑8	19
15	Lauren	373	–	21
16	Amy	371	↓3	13
17	Mary	337	↓1	33
18	Emily	332	↓1	24
19	Megan	331	↑8	11
20	April	326	↓1	42
21	Kelly	317	↓3	27
22	Latoya	308	↑17	60
23	Christina	296	↓3	20
24	Rebecca	292	↓3	23
25	Shannon	276	–	37
26	Danielle	259	↑23	16
27	Erin	250	↓3	25
28	Rachel	234	↑4	15
29	Katherine	233	↑2	30
30	Erica	230	–	34
31	Angela	224	↓8	26
32	Michelle	220	↓4	17
33	Jamie	200	↓4	31
34	Kristen	200	↑2	38
35	Lindsay	197	↑7	36
36	Courtney	194	↑7	46
37	Lindsey	189	↑8	35
38	Samantha	189	↑6	39
39	Lisa	188	↓5	29
40	Holly	187	↓3	53
41	Brandy	181	↓15	64
42	Anna	180	↓7	57
43	Brittany	180	new	41
44	Alicia	179	↓6	40
45	Andrea	177	↑1	28
46	Brandi	170	↓13	61
47	Nicole	169	↓6	7
48	Allison	161	new	51
49	Sara	149	new	32
50	Kristin	146	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	1,741	–	2
2	Michael	1,433	–	1
3	Joshua	1,334	↑2	4
4	Matthew	1,215	–	3
5	James	1,203	↓2	7
6	William	1,041	–	16
7	Brandon	1,001	↑2	15
8	David	925	↓1	5
9	Jonathan	807	↑1	19
10	John	790	↑1	8
11	Robert	756	↑1	9
12	Jason	736	↓4	11
13	Daniel	715	↑1	6
14	Justin	713	↓1	13
15	Joseph	619	–	10
16	Adam	527	↑1	18
17	Brian	516	↓1	17
18	Charles	489	–	33
19	Timothy	469	↑4	26
20	Andrew	438	–	14
21	Thomas	437	↓2	25
22	Steven	436	↑3	23
23	Kevin	386	↓1	24
24	Jeremy	384	↓3	31
25	Anthony	383	↑1	21
26	Eric	368	↑1	22
27	Richard	361	↑3	27
28	Travis	353	↓4	42
29	Ryan	346	↓1	12
30	Stephen	335	↑1	35
31	Benjamin	323	↑1	30
32	Jeffrey	317	↓3	28
33	Dustin	295	↑5	41
34	Nicholas	280	–	20
35	Kenneth	279	↓2	46
36	Aaron	276	↓1	29
37	Mark	244	–	32
38	Patrick	226	↓2	36
39	Marcus	222	–	57
40	Gregory	200	↑2	44
41	Bryan	196	↓1	48
42	Paul	192	↑1	40
43	Bradley	191	↓2	53
44	Samuel	189	↑3	55
45	Jacob	187	↑4	37
46	Nathan	184	–	38
47	Zachary	181	↓2	45
48	Chad	169	–	51
49	Phillip	168	↓5	70
50	Antonio	167	new	77

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