State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 2000 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 96,816 North Carolina births in 2000 across 2,252 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.

#84Loganoutside the national top 200
#93Landon#200 nationally
#100Brysonoutside the national top 200
#87Chandler#174 nationally
#87Rebekah#173 nationally
#90Wesley#171 nationally
#100Ashlyn#178 nationally
#70Summer#145 nationally
#74Mckenzie#133 nationally
#83Kristen#142 nationally
#95Corey#149 nationally
#96Dustin#148 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah938US #2
#2Madison702US #3
#3Emily684US #1
#4Sarah631US #5
#5Taylor605US #10
#6Elizabeth517US #9
#7Ashley516US #4
#8Kayla516US #13
#9Alexis484US #6
#10Lauren483US #11
#11Jessica452US #8
#12Anna449US #22
#13Brianna441US #15
#14Destiny431US #24
#15Samantha422US #7
#16Abigail412US #14
#17Emma393US #17
#18Savannah371US #37
#19Megan368US #18
#20Haley354US #28
#21Morgan350US #25
#22Olivia341US #16
#23Kaitlyn321US #30
#24Sydney321US #23
#25Alyssa317US #12
#26Rachel313US #21
#27Jasmine311US #27
#28Victoria310US #20
#29Grace299US #19
#30Hailey290US #35
#31Mary280US #46
#32Caroline275US #65
#33Makayla268US #67
#34Katherine254US #33
#35Amber250US #47
#36Brittany238US #60
#37Jennifer238US #26
#38Jordan231US #50
#39Mackenzie231US #43
#40Chloe229US #38
#41Maria220US #41
#42Courtney217US #59
#43Rebecca217US #39
#44Jada196US #84
#45Katelyn189US #54
#46Sierra189US #53
#47Allison187US #44
#48Sara178US #57
#49Alexandra169US #36
#50Amanda169US #32
#51Autumn161US #77
#52Gabrielle161US #49
#53Brooke158US #51
#54Kimberly158US #58
#55Natalie158US #34
#56Faith157US #66
#57Danielle154US #48
#58Julia153US #29
#59Catherine151US #81
#60Bailey150US #68
#61Madeline149US #56
#62Stephanie145US #40
#63Erin140US #61
#64Kathryn135US #89
#65Trinity134US #74
#66Laura130US #85
#67Kaylee127US #72
#68Breanna126US #80
#69Angel125US #119
#70Summer125US #145
#71Nicole124US #31
#72Sophia123US #42
#73Christina122US #73
#74Mckenzie121US #133
#75Isabella118US #45
#76Caitlin117US #76
#77Kelsey114US #88
#78Katie113US #95
#79Margaret112US #110
#80Zoe112US #82
#81Claire111US #86
#82Lindsey111US #103
#83Kristen109US #142
#84Logan108
#85Caitlyn107US #118
#86Jenna107US #63
#87Rebekah107US #173
#88Leah106US #97
#89Skylar106US #135
#90Briana105US #83
#91Lillian103US #129
#92Michelle103US #52
#93Shelby103US #70
#94Cassidy102US #107
#95Heather102US #125
#96Cheyenne101US #99
#97Alexandria100US #91
#98Andrea98US #55
#99Tiffany97US #101
#100Ashlyn96US #178

Boys

#1William1,043US #11
#2Jacob1,039US #1
#3Joshua1,011US #4
#4Christopher888US #5
#5Michael863US #2
#6Matthew860US #3
#7James728US #18
#8Tyler653US #10
#9John652US #14
#10Nicholas646US #6
#11Austin622US #23
#12Brandon620US #12
#13Zachary618US #15
#14Andrew607US #7
#15Joseph591US #8
#16Cameron586US #31
#17Jonathan574US #21
#18David572US #16
#19Christian569US #22
#20Daniel542US #9
#21Noah542US #27
#22Justin539US #19
#23Hunter521US #35
#24Samuel470US #28
#25Ryan466US #13
#26Caleb461US #38
#27Ethan449US #25
#28Benjamin440US #26
#29Robert434US #29
#30Jordan430US #36
#31Alexander425US #20
#32Dylan421US #24
#33Thomas420US #33
#34Anthony339US #17
#35Elijah338US #52
#36Kevin325US #32
#37Nathan316US #30
#38Aaron297US #41
#39Logan286US #40
#40Timothy285US #58
#41Jackson272US #72
#42Jose271US #34
#43Charles267US #51
#44Jason260US #39
#45Isaiah256US #47
#46Seth252US #63
#47Adam250US #45
#48Cody248US #60
#49Eric241US #42
#50Nathaniel233US #61
#51Luke221US #59
#52Steven219US #54
#53Brian207US #43
#54Kyle202US #37
#55Isaac200US #53
#56Gabriel198US #44
#57Bryan197US #70
#58Garrett193US #74
#59Jalen192US #106
#60Richard190US #65
#61Luis189US #49
#62Mason188US #64
#63Alex185US #62
#64Evan184US #55
#65Chase180US #77
#66Connor176US #50
#67Devin173US #69
#68Dalton172US #91
#69Patrick170US #68
#70Ian167US #73
#71Jared162US #56
#72Sean160US #57
#73Juan158US #48
#74Stephen153US #95
#75Trevor150US #75
#76Dakota149US #88
#77Jeremy147US #84
#78Jeremiah145US #102
#79Jack143US #46
#80Carlos142US #66
#81Carson135US #119
#82Jesse135US #90
#83Kenneth135US #94
#84Tanner135US #93
#85Lucas129US #83
#86Blake128US #80
#87Chandler128US #174
#88Jeffrey125US #104
#89Mark124US #79
#90Wesley124US #171
#91Bradley123US #131
#92Xavier122US #103
#93Landon120US #200
#94Antonio119US #82
#95Corey119US #149
#96Dustin117US #148
#97Jesus116US #76
#98Gavin115US #85
#99Spencer113US #98
#100Bryson112

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑32Luis#61
↑31Isaac#55
↑23Catherine#59
↑23Jalen#59
↑22Kaylee#67
↑22Angel#69
↑18Claire#81
↑15Madeline#61

Falling

↓28Cheyenne#96
↓24Tiffany#99
↓24Dakota#76
↓22Shelby#93
↓19Nicole#71
↓18Alexandria#97
↓18Mark#89
↓18Antonio#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.