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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1999 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 91,711 North Carolina births in 1999 across 2,140 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.

#97Ashlyn#191 nationally
#82Jalen#172 nationally
#79Wesley#168 nationally
#96Cameron#176 nationally
#66Summer#136 nationally
#99Malik#165 nationally
#87Diamond#150 nationally
#51Jada#111 nationally
#85Mckenzie#141 nationally
#98Chandler#151 nationally
#100Selena#153 nationally
#87Dawson#136 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah811US #2
#2Sarah699US #4
#3Emily653US #1
#4Madison632US #7
#5Taylor595US #8
#6Alexis559US #3
#7Ashley538US #6
#8Elizabeth488US #10
#9Kayla462US #13
#10Jessica458US #9
#11Lauren441US #12
#12Anna416US #29
#13Destiny412US #28
#14Samantha400US #5
#15Brianna373US #14
#16Haley372US #31
#17Megan368US #15
#18Emma347US #17
#19Abigail344US #18
#20Brittany337US #35
#21Rachel337US #19
#22Morgan333US #24
#23Victoria326US #16
#24Savannah322US #42
#25Sydney316US #23
#26Mary312US #45
#27Jasmine300US #26
#28Alyssa296US #11
#29Kaitlyn296US #33
#30Courtney292US #44
#31Olivia285US #20
#32Amber276US #41
#33Jennifer266US #21
#34Caroline251US #71
#35Makayla246US #66
#36Katherine238US #36
#37Rebecca230US #38
#38Jordan226US #48
#39Grace220US #27
#40Allison199US #40
#41Hailey194US #54
#42Amanda192US #22
#43Mackenzie185US #52
#44Katelyn183US #55
#45Sierra180US #49
#46Julia177US #30
#47Maria168US #39
#48Autumn163US #77
#49Erin161US #58
#50Sara161US #50
#51Jada159US #111
#52Nicole157US #25
#53Alexandra155US #32
#54Chloe151US #63
#55Kimberly149US #51
#56Natalie149US #34
#57Gabrielle146US #46
#58Kiara146US #78
#59Brooke145US #47
#60Stephanie145US #37
#61Kathryn144US #91
#62Faith143US #76
#63Kelsey139US #72
#64Mikayla139US #85
#65Bailey138US #65
#66Summer136US #136
#67Danielle135US #43
#68Cheyenne133US #84
#69Christina133US #75
#70Kristen131US #114
#71Shelby130US #62
#72Katie129US #92
#73Lindsey129US #96
#74Jenna126US #61
#75Tiffany125US #80
#76Madeline124US #70
#77Cassidy122US #99
#78Laura120US #81
#79Alexandria119US #83
#80Breanna119US #74
#81Margaret116US #110
#82Catherine115US #98
#83Caitlin114US #93
#84Leah112US #103
#85Mckenzie105US #141
#86Sophia105US #53
#87Diamond104US #150
#88Heather104US #112
#89Kaylee104US #69
#90Kelly102US #95
#91Angel100US #121
#92Briana99US #82
#93Erica97US #106
#94Miranda97US #94
#95Caitlyn96US #124
#96Cameron95US #176
#97Ashlyn94US #191
#98Hayley90US #144
#99Claire89US #86
#100Selena89US #153

Boys

#1Jacob1,092US #1
#2Joshua1,004US #4
#3William991US #14
#4Christopher961US #6
#5Michael955US #2
#6Matthew941US #3
#7Austin787US #13
#8James733US #19
#9Brandon728US #11
#10Nicholas657US #5
#11Tyler653US #10
#12John646US #15
#13Andrew609US #7
#14Zachary602US #17
#15David576US #16
#16Justin574US #20
#17Noah561US #24
#18Joseph541US #8
#19Daniel533US #9
#20Jonathan528US #22
#21Cameron521US #33
#22Christian483US #25
#23Dylan480US #23
#24Jordan471US #30
#25Hunter462US #36
#26Robert462US #26
#27Ryan439US #12
#28Samuel436US #27
#29Alexander415US #21
#30Thomas390US #31
#31Caleb384US #41
#32Benjamin381US #29
#33Anthony369US #18
#34Ethan324US #37
#35Charles322US #50
#36Cody309US #45
#37Aaron306US #38
#38Nathan299US #32
#39Logan290US #42
#40Kevin281US #34
#41Timothy277US #49
#42Isaiah273US #51
#43Elijah253US #60
#44Jason241US #40
#45Eric233US #39
#46Jackson233US #83
#47Adam216US #44
#48Jose211US #35
#49Nathaniel208US #62
#50Brian203US #43
#51Luke203US #67
#52Dakota202US #77
#53Seth202US #65
#54Dalton198US #86
#55Kyle192US #28
#56Jared185US #54
#57Alex179US #58
#58Connor179US #48
#59Patrick179US #63
#60Stephen179US #85
#61Richard175US #61
#62Steven171US #47
#63Evan170US #57
#64Devin168US #68
#65Chase163US #76
#66Gabriel161US #53
#67Jack161US #52
#68Trevor154US #66
#69Ian149US #72
#70Garrett148US #78
#71Mark145US #69
#72Bryan144US #74
#73Carlos144US #59
#74Jesse144US #82
#75Sean138US #56
#76Antonio137US #80
#77Mason137US #71
#78Kenneth136US #89
#79Wesley135US #168
#80Bradley133US #104
#81Jeremy133US #81
#82Jalen132US #172
#83Juan130US #46
#84Spencer129US #92
#85Tanner129US #87
#86Isaac127US #64
#87Dawson125US #136
#88Lucas124US #90
#89Jeffrey123US #100
#90Marcus122US #98
#91Jeremiah120US #108
#92Corey117US #135
#93Luis117US #55
#94Cole116US #75
#95Travis111US #102
#96Tristan111US #99
#97Xavier109US #114
#98Chandler106US #151
#99Malik103US #165
#100Blake100US #84

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑42Chloe#54
↑26Faith#62
↑26Jack#67
↑20Mark#71
↑19Jada#51
↑17Grace#39
↑17Cassidy#77
↑16Emma#18

Falling

↓28Tiffany#75
↓21Madeline#76
↓20Bailey#65
↓20Caitlin#83
↓20Erica#93
↓20Jeremy#81
↓19Danielle#67
↓19Marcus#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.