State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 2002 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 93,700 North Carolina births in 2002 across 2,327 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.

#85Brysonoutside the national top 200
#99Jaylenoutside the national top 200
#75Ashlyn#158 nationally
#74Summer#151 nationally
#70Jalen#145 nationally
#95Brittany#170 nationally
#44Ashanti#115 nationally
#60Colby#125 nationally
#93Gracie#153 nationally
#83Landon#142 nationally
#17Caroline#67 nationally
#88Cassidy#131 nationally

Girls

#1Madison799US #2
#2Hannah723US #3
#3Emily623US #1
#4Sarah537US #8
#5Emma520US #4
#6Elizabeth508US #11
#7Abigail464US #7
#8Alexis419US #5
#9Taylor419US #18
#10Anna416US #20
#11Lauren401US #13
#12Olivia399US #10
#13Ashley391US #6
#14Kayla365US #19
#15Brianna340US #17
#16Jessica339US #16
#17Caroline310US #67
#18Savannah309US #39
#19Kaitlyn307US #32
#20Alyssa297US #12
#21Samantha296US #9
#22Victoria293US #21
#23Sydney291US #23
#24Destiny289US #34
#25Haley284US #35
#26Morgan284US #29
#27Chloe280US #25
#28Grace279US #15
#29Makayla277US #50
#30Rachel272US #24
#31Hailey267US #31
#32Jordan267US #45
#33Jasmine255US #26
#34Jennifer254US #28
#35Megan251US #22
#36Katherine244US #36
#37Mackenzie241US #42
#38Isabella228US #14
#39Mary228US #49
#40Maria209US #40
#41Allison206US #44
#42Jada198US #78
#43Aaliyah184US #64
#44Ashanti183US #115
#45Trinity182US #70
#46Katelyn180US #53
#47Julia174US #33
#48Natalie172US #30
#49Kaylee170US #57
#50Madeline168US #56
#51Sophia167US #27
#52Amber165US #65
#53Jenna159US #47
#54Sierra157US #62
#55Faith156US #48
#56Stephanie155US #41
#57Rebecca149US #54
#58Erin144US #72
#59Sara144US #59
#60Autumn136US #73
#61Alexandra135US #38
#62Kimberly135US #63
#63Lillian135US #96
#64Bailey131US #84
#65Gabrielle131US #66
#66Riley130US #77
#67Brooke128US #52
#68Courtney128US #88
#69Zoe128US #60
#70Ella127US #89
#71Katie127US #103
#72Leah116US #87
#73Mia115US #43
#74Summer113US #151
#75Ashlyn112US #158
#76Kylie110US #61
#77Catherine109US #101
#78Nicole108US #37
#79Shelby107US #75
#80Amanda104US #46
#81Breanna103US #104
#82Alexandria102US #106
#83Angel102US #109
#84Danielle102US #71
#85Cheyenne101US #127
#86Kathryn101US #108
#87Margaret101US #129
#88Cassidy98US #131
#89Ava97US #82
#90Laura97US #105
#91Lily97US #79
#92Michelle97US #58
#93Gracie96US #153
#94Avery95US #132
#95Brittany95US #170
#96Kelsey95US #118
#97Andrea94US #55
#98Christina94US #97
#99Lizbeth93US #133
#100Mckenzie93US #143

Boys

#1William1,010US #11
#2Jacob982US #1
#3Joshua890US #3
#4Christopher775US #8
#5Michael767US #2
#6Matthew750US #4
#7Ethan660US #5
#8James653US #18
#9Andrew583US #6
#10David578US #13
#11John572US #17
#12Austin571US #26
#13Nicholas565US #9
#14Tyler540US #14
#15Brandon538US #20
#16Joseph537US #7
#17Daniel529US #10
#18Zachary526US #19
#19Caleb495US #35
#20Jonathan489US #21
#21Cameron472US #39
#22Noah463US #31
#23Christian450US #24
#24Alexander448US #15
#25Jordan435US #37
#26Dylan428US #23
#27Justin427US #22
#28Benjamin426US #27
#29Samuel424US #25
#30Hunter423US #38
#31Logan422US #29
#32Robert413US #34
#33Anthony392US #12
#34Elijah392US #41
#35Jackson389US #50
#36Ryan374US #16
#37Kevin367US #33
#38Nathan328US #28
#39Thomas325US #36
#40Gabriel320US #32
#41Isaiah303US #45
#42Jose296US #30
#43Mason289US #53
#44Charles286US #58
#45Jason276US #42
#46Luke269US #46
#47Aaron246US #43
#48Nathaniel244US #62
#49Evan219US #56
#50Connor215US #47
#51Isaac207US #48
#52Gavin206US #61
#53Timothy206US #70
#54Seth203US #72
#55Adam202US #55
#56Eric202US #52
#57Cody201US #71
#58Brian197US #51
#59Bryan195US #64
#60Colby177US #125
#61Alex175US #63
#62Jack175US #44
#63Luis175US #57
#64Ian170US #67
#65Jeremiah168US #86
#66Sean168US #59
#67Juan167US #54
#68Kyle166US #40
#69Garrett158US #91
#70Jalen157US #145
#71Blake156US #76
#72Richard156US #77
#73Xavier154US #88
#74Steven151US #68
#75Chase149US #82
#76Patrick149US #79
#77Carlos145US #65
#78Lucas145US #75
#79Dalton144US #117
#80Jaden143US #87
#81Devin142US #74
#82Dakota138US #107
#83Landon134US #142
#84Stephen134US #114
#85Bryson133
#86Trevor132US #81
#87Carson130US #105
#88Jared127US #84
#89Antonio126US #85
#90Parker124US #126
#91Aidan122US #60
#92Cole122US #69
#93Jesus122US #66
#94Jeremy121US #95
#95Angel118US #49
#96Jesse118US #90
#97Kaleb114US #111
#98Kenneth112US #104
#99Jaylen111
#100Tristan111US #103

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑30Kaylee#49
↑27Sophia#51
↑27Jack#62
↑26Aaliyah#43
↑26Gavin#52
↑19Xavier#73
↑18Ethan#7
↑17Trinity#45

Falling

↓43Brittany#95
↓34Andrea#97
↓20Courtney#68
↓20Devin#81
↓19Gabrielle#65
↓17Summer#74
↓17Mckenzie#100
↓17Trevor#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.