Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1992

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1992 were Ashley for girls (1,170 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,366). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 86,255 babies born in North Carolina in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1992

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

Shameka: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cameron: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shakira: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Meredith: 131 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Whitley: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shaniqua: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chasity: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Christin: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Logan: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Candace: 113 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Jaquan: 44 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Daquan: 38 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Grayson: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rashawn: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Raheem: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darius: 150 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Akeem: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darrius: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tevin: 147 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jamar: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	1,170	↑1	1
2	Brittany	1,118	↓1	4
3	Jessica	1,091	–	2
4	Sarah	672	–	5
5	Amanda	585	–	3
6	Samantha	564	↑1	6
7	Amber	554	↓1	19
8	Megan	552	↑3	10
9	Emily	540	↑3	7
10	Elizabeth	524	–	9
11	Kayla	512	↓2	13
12	Lauren	500	↓4	12
13	Courtney	469	↑1	21
14	Taylor	467	↑8	17
15	Jasmine	466	↓2	28
16	Chelsea	447	↑4	15
17	Hannah	425	↑2	26
18	Tiffany	420	↓1	32
19	Heather	368	↓3	31
20	Victoria	356	↑4	22
21	Mary	355	–	36
22	Rachel	351	↑1	16
23	Jennifer	341	↓8	11
24	Rebecca	331	↑2	20
25	Stephanie	324	↓7	8
26	Katherine	318	↓1	27
27	Morgan	308	↑1	41
28	Danielle	282	↑2	18
29	Kimberly	269	↓2	35
30	Kristen	264	↑4	53
31	Anna	251	↓2	49
32	Kelsey	241	↑1	23
33	Christina	230	↑3	33
34	Erica	223	↑1	44
35	Laura	214	↓4	38
36	Kaitlyn	209	new	42
37	Haley	203	new	56
38	Sara	201	–	37
39	Melissa	200	↑2	24
40	Jordan	198	↓3	63
41	Caroline	195	↑8	>100
42	Katie	190	↑3	54
43	Crystal	189	↓4	50
44	Nicole	189	new	14
45	Lindsey	186	↑2	57
46	Kathryn	177	↑4	60
47	Brooke	175	new	59
48	Olivia	175	↓5	58
49	Allison	174	↓5	48
50	Erin	174	↓2	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Christopher	1,366	–	2
2	Joshua	1,323	–	4
3	Michael	1,260	–	1
4	William	1,056	↑2	20
5	James	1,037	–	9
6	Matthew	1,027	↓2	3
7	Brandon	968	–	6
8	Justin	814	–	18
9	John	742	–	14
10	David	728	↑2	10
11	Robert	727	↓1	17
12	Tyler	690	↑3	8
13	Zachary	673	↑5	16
14	Andrew	668	↑2	5
15	Jonathan	635	↓4	21
16	Joseph	619	↓3	11
17	Jacob	593	–	15
18	Cody	555	↑6	24
19	Nicholas	540	↑2	12
20	Ryan	530	↓1	13
21	Daniel	522	↓7	7
22	Thomas	433	↓2	27
23	Anthony	422	↑3	19
24	Aaron	417	↑3	30
25	Charles	407	–	43
26	Alexander	386	↑13	23
27	Jordan	386	↓4	32
28	Timothy	378	↓6	34
29	Dylan	370	new	28
30	Steven	362	↓2	29
31	Christian	359	↑16	35
32	Kyle	354	↑4	22
33	Benjamin	346	↓4	33
34	Kevin	337	↑1	25
35	Austin	328	↑13	38
36	Adam	318	↑4	36
37	Eric	313	↓3	26
38	Patrick	312	↓7	39
39	Dustin	305	↓6	58
40	Stephen	299	↓3	45
41	Travis	295	↓9	48
42	Jeremy	285	↓12	47
43	Samuel	283	↓1	40
44	Brian	277	↓6	31
45	Richard	271	↓4	41
46	Cameron	258	↓2	53
47	Taylor	226	new	52
48	Jeffrey	222	↓3	51
49	Caleb	216	new	74
50	Nathan	214	–	44

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