Popular North Carolina Boy Baby Names From 1978

The Most Popular North Carolina Boy Baby Names in 1978

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1978.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in North Carolina was Michael. In total there were 37,174 boys born sharing 615 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1978 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 24 (4.1%)	1,522
2	Christopher	1 in 26 (3.8%)	1,426
3	James	1 in 28 (3.6%)	1,334
4	Jason	1 in 28 (3.5%)	1,309
5	David	1 in 39 (2.6%)	960
6	William	1 in 39 (2.6%)	948
7	Robert	1 in 43 (2.3%)	862
8	John	1 in 44 (2.3%)	840
9	Brian	1 in 56 (1.8%)	664
10	Timothy	1 in 63 (1.6%)	586
11	Matthew	1 in 63 (1.6%)	586
12	Charles	1 in 65 (1.5%)	569
13	Joshua	1 in 66 (1.5%)	565
14	Joseph	1 in 67 (1.5%)	554
15	Kevin	1 in 70 (1.4%)	533
16	Jonathan	1 in 70 (1.4%)	530
17	Daniel	1 in 75 (1.3%)	498
18	Jeremy	1 in 79 (1.3%)	472
19	Thomas	1 in 80 (1.3%)	466
20	Steven	1 in 93 (1.1%)	400
21	Eric	1 in 99 (1%)	376
22	Anthony	1 in 100 (1%)	370
23	Richard	1 in 103 (1%)	362
24	Jeffrey	1 in 108 (0.9%)	343
25	Kenneth	1 in 117 (0.9%)	317
26	Andrew	1 in 129 (0.8%)	289
27	Stephen	1 in 131 (0.8%)	284
28	Brandon	1 in 135 (0.7%)	275
29	Nicholas	1 in 135 (0.7%)	275
30	Adam	1 in 136 (0.7%)	274
31	Mark	1 in 144 (0.7%)	259
32	Travis	1 in 146 (0.7%)	254
33	Justin	1 in 147 (0.7%)	253
34	Chad	1 in 159 (0.6%)	234
35	Gregory	1 in 162 (0.6%)	229
36	Benjamin	1 in 164 (0.6%)	227
37	Ryan	1 in 166 (0.6%)	224
38	Donald	1 in 170 (0.6%)	219
39	Derrick	1 in 171 (0.6%)	217
40	Larry	1 in 174 (0.6%)	214
41	Aaron	1 in 175 (0.6%)	212
42	Patrick	1 in 181 (0.6%)	205
43	Bradley	1 in 199 (0.5%)	187
44	Paul	1 in 200 (0.5%)	186
45	Phillip	1 in 207 (0.5%)	180
46	Samuel	1 in 211 (0.5%)	176
47	Bryan	1 in 215 (0.5%)	173
48	Nathan	1 in 220 (0.5%)	169
49	Jerry	1 in 225 (0.4%)	165
50	Bobby	1 in 228 (0.4%)	163
51	Antonio	1 in 229 (0.4%)	162
52	Shawn	1 in 238 (0.4%)	156
53	Marcus	1 in 240 (0.4%)	155
54	George	1 in 241 (0.4%)	154
55	Scott	1 in 243 (0.4%)	153
56	Wesley	1 in 256 (0.4%)	145
57	Ronald	1 in 264 (0.4%)	141
58	Edward	1 in 264 (0.4%)	141
59	Corey	1 in 264 (0.4%)	141
60	Rodney	1 in 266 (0.4%)	140
61	Tony	1 in 266 (0.4%)	140
62	Jamie	1 in 271 (0.4%)	137
63	Keith	1 in 273 (0.4%)	136
64	Derek	1 in 275 (0.4%)	135
65	Gary	1 in 275 (0.4%)	135
66	Shaun	1 in 277 (0.4%)	134
67	Terry	1 in 305 (0.3%)	122
68	Billy	1 in 305 (0.3%)	122
69	Willie	1 in 329 (0.3%)	113
70	Johnny	1 in 338 (0.3%)	110
71	Douglas	1 in 341 (0.3%)	109
72	Dennis	1 in 347 (0.3%)	107
73	Ronnie	1 in 351 (0.3%)	106
74	Curtis	1 in 354 (0.3%)	105
75	Ricky	1 in 354 (0.3%)	105
76	Danny	1 in 372 (0.3%)	100
77	Jimmy	1 in 383 (0.3%)	97
78	Jacob	1 in 391 (0.3%)	95
79	Shannon	1 in 404 (0.2%)	92
80	Jeffery	1 in 409 (0.2%)	91
81	Maurice	1 in 413 (0.2%)	90
82	Randy	1 in 422 (0.2%)	88
83	Jesse	1 in 437 (0.2%)	85
84	Philip	1 in 437 (0.2%)	85
85	Raymond	1 in 443 (0.2%)	84
86	Walter	1 in 448 (0.2%)	83
87	Roger	1 in 459 (0.2%)	81
88	Reginald	1 in 477 (0.2%)	78
89	Dwayne	1 in 483 (0.2%)	77
90	Shane	1 in 502 (0.2%)	74
91	Carl	1 in 509 (0.2%)	73
92	Nathaniel	1 in 509 (0.2%)	73
93	Tyrone	1 in 516 (0.2%)	72
94	Henry	1 in 524 (0.2%)	71
95	Joel	1 in 524 (0.2%)	71
96	Dustin	1 in 531 (0.2%)	70
97	Allen	1 in 531 (0.2%)	70
98	Adrian	1 in 531 (0.2%)	70
99	Sean	1 in 539 (0.2%)	69
100	Tommy	1 in 539 (0.2%)	69