State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1998 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 90,609 North Carolina births in 1998 across 2,091 distinct names.

Distinctively North Carolina

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say North Carolina more than they say America.

#97Ashlynoutside the national top 200
#90Diamond#164 nationally
#99Chandler#173 nationally
#87Rebekah#155 nationally
#89Wesley#153 nationally
#93Casey#150 nationally
#84Malik#138 nationally
#70Jada#119 nationally
#82Summer#131 nationally
#91Angel#138 nationally
#31Caroline#75 nationally
#59Jackson#100 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah856US #2
#2Taylor690US #7
#3Sarah674US #4
#4Emily666US #1
#5Madison657US #9
#6Ashley578US #5
#7Alexis570US #6
#8Kayla505US #12
#9Jessica496US #8
#10Elizabeth473US #10
#11Samantha465US #3
#12Lauren434US #14
#13Brittany432US #25
#14Victoria396US #16
#15Megan380US #13
#16Rachel373US #15
#17Anna365US #31
#18Jasmine361US #26
#19Brianna355US #17
#20Morgan354US #23
#21Destiny343US #34
#22Savannah339US #45
#23Haley338US #36
#24Amber313US #37
#25Abigail299US #18
#26Kaitlyn287US #35
#27Mary286US #44
#28Alyssa285US #11
#29Jordan284US #42
#30Sydney282US #28
#31Caroline277US #75
#32Olivia263US #21
#33Katherine262US #33
#34Emma257US #22
#35Courtney247US #39
#36Rebecca247US #30
#37Jennifer237US #20
#38Allison220US #38
#39Amanda219US #19
#40Makayla204US #71
#41Katelyn183US #58
#42Sierra182US #51
#43Stephanie182US #29
#44Autumn180US #77
#45Bailey177US #60
#46Julia175US #32
#47Tiffany173US #67
#48Danielle171US #41
#49Sara170US #48
#50Alexandra169US #27
#51Brooke167US #46
#52Hailey163US #70
#53Kelsey162US #56
#54Natalie158US #40
#55Madeline156US #50
#56Grace152US #53
#57Kimberly152US #54
#58Mackenzie151US #64
#59Maria150US #43
#60Gabrielle149US #47
#61Kathryn148US #89
#62Shelby144US #49
#63Caitlin142US #78
#64Erin141US #57
#65Katie141US #88
#66Breanna140US #76
#67Nicole140US #24
#68Laura135US #74
#69Kristen134US #102
#70Jada131US #119
#71Mikayla131US #82
#72Cheyenne128US #72
#73Erica126US #92
#74Christina124US #69
#75Briana121US #79
#76Lindsey121US #97
#77Heather119US #99
#78Alexandria117US #81
#79Kelly115US #90
#80Miranda113US #80
#81Catherine112US #101
#82Summer112US #131
#83Margaret109US #114
#84Michelle108US #55
#85Jenna106US #65
#86Michaela103US #103
#87Rebekah103US #155
#88Faith100US #107
#89Chelsea99US #94
#90Diamond99US #164
#91Angel98US #138
#92Bethany95US #132
#93Casey95US #150
#94Cassidy95US #113
#95Leah95US #106
#96Chloe93US #87
#97Ashlyn92
#98Kaylee92US #86
#99Caitlyn91US #115
#100Claire91US #91

Boys

#1William1,055US #14
#2Jacob1,045US #2
#3Joshua1,021US #4
#4Christopher971US #5
#5Michael948US #1
#6Austin932US #10
#7Matthew884US #3
#8Brandon803US #7
#9James799US #18
#10Nicholas670US #6
#11Tyler660US #8
#12Zachary659US #16
#13John637US #15
#14Andrew631US #9
#15Justin593US #20
#16Daniel592US #12
#17Robert542US #23
#18Joseph541US #11
#19David534US #13
#20Jonathan532US #21
#21Jordan494US #27
#22Cameron486US #35
#23Noah478US #29
#24Christian471US #26
#25Hunter460US #36
#26Dylan427US #25
#27Ryan423US #17
#28Caleb417US #42
#29Samuel402US #28
#30Thomas400US #31
#31Alexander378US #22
#32Benjamin362US #30
#33Ethan355US #38
#34Aaron338US #37
#35Anthony327US #19
#36Cody305US #43
#37Timothy305US #49
#38Kevin296US #32
#39Charles295US #48
#40Logan276US #44
#41Nathan275US #34
#42Jason234US #40
#43Kyle231US #24
#44Adam226US #45
#45Elijah224US #66
#46Eric222US #39
#47Brian205US #41
#48Isaiah205US #59
#49Stephen205US #78
#50Trevor202US #58
#51Patrick200US #57
#52Jared195US #51
#53Nathaniel195US #60
#54Steven192US #46
#55Jose189US #33
#56Devin185US #62
#57Chase181US #67
#58Connor181US #47
#59Jackson178US #100
#60Dakota176US #72
#61Jeremy174US #68
#62Richard173US #56
#63Dalton166US #88
#64Sean159US #50
#65Seth159US #86
#66Luke157US #75
#67Alex155US #55
#68Kenneth155US #87
#69Evan151US #63
#70Garrett151US #80
#71Marcus148US #96
#72Jeffrey145US #91
#73Bryan140US #74
#74Bradley139US #101
#75Mason139US #83
#76Tanner137US #82
#77Dustin136US #108
#78Ian135US #73
#79Isaac132US #65
#80Gabriel131US #54
#81Jesse130US #70
#82Tristan130US #92
#83Corey128US #115
#84Malik128US #138
#85Travis128US #98
#86Spencer127US #84
#87Antonio122US #79
#88Luis121US #53
#89Wesley120US #153
#90Gregory118US #109
#91Mark117US #64
#92Blake116US #85
#93Jack114US #61
#94Juan114US #52
#95Dillon113US #134
#96Lucas106US #93
#97Xavier106US #131
#98Taylor104US #104
#99Chandler103US #173
#100Jeremiah98US #114

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑22Jeffrey#72
↑20Grace#56
↑20Gabrielle#60
↑20Jared#52
↑19Autumn#44
↑18Caitlin#63
↑18Jackson#59
↑16Connor#58

Falling

↓32Chelsea#89
↓30Heather#77
↓30Malik#84
↓27Dustin#77
↓27Taylor#98
↓22Erin#64
↓20Travis#85
↓18Jesse#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.