State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 2001 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 94,714 North Carolina births in 2001 across 2,319 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.

#81Chandleroutside the national top 200
#85Brysonoutside the national top 200
#98Loganoutside the national top 200
#94Landon#194 nationally
#98Wesley#184 nationally
#57Summer#142 nationally
#82Ashlyn#157 nationally
#95Gracie#170 nationally
#93Diamond#167 nationally
#96Kristen#162 nationally
#52Brittany#115 nationally
#64Jalen#127 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah801US #3
#2Madison763US #2
#3Emily638US #1
#4Sarah592US #6
#5Taylor513US #12
#6Elizabeth470US #9
#7Abigail468US #8
#8Alexis452US #5
#9Anna446US #19
#10Kayla430US #17
#11Lauren422US #15
#12Ashley411US #4
#13Jessica405US #11
#14Destiny402US #22
#15Olivia392US #10
#16Brianna388US #18
#17Emma388US #13
#18Haley337US #34
#19Samantha335US #7
#20Morgan323US #29
#21Alyssa322US #14
#22Sydney320US #23
#23Savannah309US #42
#24Rachel307US #24
#25Megan298US #20
#26Grace295US #16
#27Jasmine288US #25
#28Victoria288US #21
#29Caroline286US #62
#30Kaitlyn286US #31
#31Katherine276US #35
#32Jennifer275US #26
#33Hailey274US #33
#34Mary265US #48
#35Jordan236US #47
#36Mackenzie236US #40
#37Makayla234US #54
#38Chloe229US #30
#39Maria218US #41
#40Amber198US #51
#41Katelyn192US #52
#42Jada180US #75
#43Allison177US #44
#44Natalie176US #32
#45Jenna173US #45
#46Gabrielle169US #50
#47Rebecca168US #46
#48Courtney165US #73
#49Isabella160US #28
#50Julia159US #27
#51Alexandra155US #38
#52Brittany155US #115
#53Sara155US #58
#54Autumn154US #72
#55Faith154US #53
#56Sierra154US #55
#57Summer151US #142
#58Bailey148US #69
#59Kimberly147US #61
#60Stephanie147US #43
#61Brooke143US #57
#62Trinity143US #67
#63Andrea137US #49
#64Erin135US #60
#65Madeline133US #56
#66Zoe132US #65
#67Angel131US #104
#68Amanda128US #39
#69Aaliyah125US #96
#70Nicole125US #36
#71Kathryn124US #97
#72Danielle118US #63
#73Shelby118US #68
#74Katie117US #99
#75Breanna116US #94
#76Laura116US #86
#77Lillian116US #111
#78Sophia116US #37
#79Kaylee114US #66
#80Leah114US #87
#81Margaret114US #118
#82Ashlyn110US #157
#83Mckenzie110US #135
#84Catherine109US #81
#85Skylar109US #141
#86Alexandria104US #91
#87Christina104US #80
#88Michelle103US #59
#89Caitlin102US #89
#90Heather101US #146
#91Cheyenne100US #119
#92Kelsey98US #100
#93Diamond97US #167
#94Melissa97US #74
#95Gracie96US #170
#96Kristen93US #162
#97Molly92US #90
#98Logan91
#99Cassidy90US #107
#100Lydia90US #140

Boys

#1Jacob1,016US #1
#2William972US #10
#3Joshua919US #4
#4Christopher796US #5
#5Michael786US #2
#6Matthew777US #3
#7James647US #19
#8John589US #14
#9David581US #12
#10Zachary575US #16
#11Austin567US #25
#12Brandon567US #18
#13Tyler561US #13
#14Nicholas557US #6
#15Andrew553US #7
#16Christian546US #24
#17Joseph540US #8
#18Cameron537US #35
#19Dylan526US #21
#20Daniel517US #9
#21Caleb509US #37
#22Jonathan500US #23
#23Justin499US #22
#24Noah491US #28
#25Ethan489US #17
#26Samuel484US #26
#27Hunter483US #36
#28Benjamin440US #27
#29Robert430US #30
#30Alexander427US #20
#31Anthony396US #11
#32Logan389US #29
#33Thomas388US #33
#34Ryan379US #15
#35Jordan370US #39
#36Elijah354US #45
#37Nathan326US #31
#38Aaron323US #42
#39Jackson323US #60
#40Kevin323US #32
#41Jose302US #34
#42Isaiah300US #43
#43Charles281US #55
#44Timothy267US #67
#45Luke262US #50
#46Jason261US #41
#47Gabriel258US #38
#48Cody232US #64
#49Adam225US #51
#50Mason214US #54
#51Isaac212US #47
#52Seth208US #68
#53Brian204US #46
#54Eric204US #44
#55Nathaniel203US #61
#56Connor198US #49
#57Evan197US #56
#58Steven191US #63
#59Chase189US #79
#60Colby185US #99
#61Devin181US #71
#62Ian181US #70
#63Garrett180US #80
#64Jalen179US #127
#65Kyle177US #40
#66Bryan171US #69
#67Sean171US #57
#68Juan170US #53
#69Trevor170US #76
#70Patrick168US #72
#71Jeremiah167US #90
#72Richard162US #73
#73Stephen161US #102
#74Luis158US #52
#75Jared157US #65
#76Carlos155US #59
#77Alex153US #62
#78Gavin150US #78
#79Dalton149US #98
#80Carson145US #95
#81Chandler141
#82Dakota140US #93
#83Lucas133US #83
#84Tanner129US #101
#85Bryson126
#86Blake125US #77
#87Jesus122US #66
#88Antonio119US #85
#89Jack119US #48
#90Jeremy118US #89
#91Spencer118US #103
#92Xavier118US #94
#93Jesse115US #91
#94Landon111US #194
#95Tristan111US #108
#96Mark109US #84
#97Kaleb108US #116
#98Wesley108US #184
#99Jeffrey105US #119
#100Kenneth105US #97

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑41Jenna#45
↑35Andrea#63
↑26Isabella#49
↑20Shelby#73
↑20Gavin#78
↑18Ashlyn#82
↑15Bryson#85
↑14Zoe#66

Falling

↓25Catherine#84
↓18Amanda#68
↓17Kenneth#100
↓16Brittany#52
↓15Danielle#72
↓15Kelsey#92
↓14Christina#87
↓14Logan#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.