Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1991

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1991 were Brittany for girls (1,351 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,560). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 85,897 babies born in North Carolina in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1991

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

Shakiyla: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Aleshia: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Cameron: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Meredith: 148 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shaquana: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ieshia: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Laquita: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kierra: 51 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Harley: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tyesha: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Grayson: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jaquan: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darrius: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Graham: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darius: 151 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carson: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kendrick: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tevin: 68 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bobby: 90 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Brittany	1,351	–	3
2	Ashley	1,319	–	1
3	Jessica	1,233	–	2
4	Sarah	675	↑1	6
5	Amanda	625	↓1	4
6	Amber	593	–	16
7	Samantha	573	↑3	5
8	Lauren	543	–	13
9	Kayla	536	↑6	12
10	Elizabeth	530	↓3	9
11	Megan	522	↓2	11
12	Emily	514	↑4	10
13	Jasmine	495	↑1	24
14	Courtney	488	↓1	19
15	Jennifer	465	↑2	8
16	Heather	453	↓5	23
17	Tiffany	438	↑1	27
18	Stephanie	407	↓6	7
19	Hannah	403	–	29
20	Chelsea	387	↑4	18
21	Mary	386	↓1	38
22	Taylor	333	↑16	32
23	Rachel	331	↓1	14
24	Victoria	317	↑9	28
25	Katherine	315	↓2	25
26	Rebecca	314	↓5	21
27	Kimberly	294	↑4	34
28	Morgan	289	↓3	49
29	Anna	278	↓2	46
30	Danielle	272	↑7	17
31	Laura	267	↓5	35
32	Whitney	265	–	68
33	Kelsey	251	↑17	26
34	Kristen	244	↓5	48
35	Erica	238	–	40
36	Christina	229	↓8	31
37	Jordan	229	↑2	62
38	Sara	214	↑7	37
39	Crystal	211	↓5	41
40	Brittney	201	↓10	58
41	Melissa	201	↓5	20
42	Michelle	192	↓2	22
43	Olivia	188	new	61
44	Allison	183	–	50
45	Katie	178	↑2	53
46	Kelly	177	↑2	42
47	Lindsey	164	↓4	52
48	Erin	162	↓6	44
49	Caroline	159	new	>100
50	Kathryn	158	↓4	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Christopher	1,560	–	2
2	Joshua	1,497	–	4
3	Michael	1,361	–	1
4	Matthew	1,096	–	3
5	James	1,075	↑1	7
6	William	1,061	↓1	19
7	Brandon	944	↑1	15
8	Justin	942	↓1	14
9	John	778	–	10
10	Robert	726	↑1	13
11	Jonathan	716	↑1	20
12	David	710	↓2	8
13	Joseph	705	↑1	9
14	Daniel	626	↓1	6
15	Tyler	611	↑4	16
16	Andrew	604	↓1	5
17	Jacob	599	↑7	17
18	Zachary	538	↓2	22
19	Ryan	485	↓2	11
20	Thomas	482	–	28
21	Nicholas	480	↑1	12
22	Timothy	471	↓4	32
23	Jordan	463	↑2	29
24	Cody	460	↑14	24
25	Charles	435	↓2	38
26	Anthony	416	↓5	18
27	Aaron	399	↑2	31
28	Steven	375	↓2	27
29	Benjamin	373	↑5	33
30	Jeremy	368	↓2	43
31	Patrick	354	↑9	35
32	Travis	349	↓5	44
33	Dustin	337	↑4	56
34	Eric	331	↓4	25
35	Kevin	331	↓3	23
36	Kyle	331	↑3	21
37	Stephen	305	↓4	41
38	Brian	302	↓3	30
39	Alexander	293	↑3	26
40	Adam	292	↓9	36
41	Richard	290	↓5	34
42	Samuel	283	↓1	39
43	Ethan	269	↑3	65
44	Cameron	263	↓1	62
45	Jeffrey	257	↑2	45
46	Kenneth	257	↓2	54
47	Christian	255	new	48
48	Austin	239	↑2	50
49	Corey	227	↓4	58
50	Nathan	217	new	42

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