Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1990

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1990 were Brittany for girls (1,695 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,699). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 88,381 babies born in North Carolina in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1990

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: 46 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lashonda: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Latifah: 35 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tyesha: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Meredith: 135 babies, 4× the national rate
Tiera: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tierra: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chasity: 50 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Logan: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lakeisha: 25 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Jaquan: 25 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Demario: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tevin: 53 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kwame: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jamel: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Quentin: 55 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jamar: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Donnie: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Clifton: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darius: 146 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Brittany	1,695	–	3
2	Ashley	1,473	–	2
3	Jessica	1,404	–	1
4	Amanda	841	–	4
5	Sarah	673	–	6
6	Amber	629	–	15
7	Elizabeth	607	↑4	9
8	Lauren	595	↑1	10
9	Megan	552	↑3	11
10	Samantha	548	↑3	5
11	Heather	546	↓4	19
12	Stephanie	521	↑3	7
13	Courtney	513	↑1	17
14	Jasmine	506	↑3	28
15	Kayla	481	↑3	14
16	Emily	475	–	12
17	Jennifer	469	↓7	8
18	Tiffany	467	↓10	23
19	Hannah	398	↑5	30
20	Mary	358	↓1	35
21	Rebecca	330	↑5	21
22	Rachel	328	↑6	16
23	Katherine	305	–	26
24	Chelsea	304	↑10	24
25	Morgan	300	↑20	58
26	Laura	290	↑1	29
27	Anna	278	↑2	45
28	Christina	275	↓7	25
29	Kristen	271	↓7	42
30	Brittney	269	↑3	44
31	Kimberly	264	↓11	31
32	Whitney	259	↓2	60
33	Victoria	251	↑9	33
34	Crystal	249	↓9	39
35	Erica	241	↓4	36
36	Melissa	238	↓4	20
37	Danielle	233	↓2	18
38	Taylor	227	new	46
39	Jordan	222	↑8	59
40	Michelle	206	new	22
41	Kristin	205	↓2	65
42	Erin	199	↓6	43
43	Lindsey	198	↓2	51
44	Allison	197	↓4	48
45	Sara	192	↓7	34
46	Kathryn	188	–	57
47	Katie	188	↑1	53
48	Kelly	183	↓11	41
49	Amy	180	↓6	38
50	Kelsey	170	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Christopher	1,699	–	2
2	Joshua	1,600	–	4
3	Michael	1,439	–	1
4	Matthew	1,205	↑2	3
5	William	1,122	↑2	16
6	James	1,097	↓1	8
7	Justin	1,096	↓3	9
8	Brandon	883	–	19
9	John	848	↑2	12
10	David	837	↓1	6
11	Robert	836	↓1	13
12	Jonathan	728	–	17
13	Daniel	697	–	5
14	Joseph	672	↑1	10
15	Andrew	647	↓1	7
16	Zachary	528	↑6	22
17	Ryan	507	↑3	11
18	Timothy	500	↓2	30
19	Tyler	490	↑16	21
20	Thomas	479	↓2	26
21	Anthony	474	↑4	15
22	Nicholas	472	↓5	14
23	Charles	459	↓4	38
24	Jacob	458	↑8	20
25	Jordan	445	↑20	29
26	Steven	418	–	25
27	Travis	412	↓4	42
28	Jeremy	409	↓4	40
29	Aaron	402	–	34
30	Eric	393	↑1	24
31	Adam	381	↓4	32
32	Kevin	381	↓11	23
33	Stephen	373	↑1	39
34	Benjamin	360	↓6	33
35	Brian	344	↓5	27
36	Richard	341	–	35
37	Dustin	328	↓4	50
38	Cody	317	new	31
39	Kyle	311	↑2	18
40	Patrick	301	↓2	36
41	Samuel	301	↑3	45
42	Alexander	286	↑5	28
43	Cameron	286	↓1	62
44	Kenneth	280	↓5	52
45	Corey	277	↓2	56
46	Ethan	276	new	58
47	Jeffrey	257	↓7	43
48	Bradley	244	–	65
49	Mark	233	↓3	47
50	Austin	215	new	55

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