State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 2003 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 94,394 North Carolina births in 2003 across 2,347 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.

#87Brysonoutside the national top 200
#97Reaganoutside the national top 200
#75Jalen#155 nationally
#79Kendall#156 nationally
#62Gracie#126 nationally
#82Skylar#144 nationally
#82Dalton#143 nationally
#85Ashlyn#139 nationally
#100Summer#153 nationally
#48Landon#97 nationally
#81Ana#129 nationally
#21Caroline#68 nationally

Girls

#1Madison696US #3
#2Emma687US #2
#3Emily662US #1
#4Hannah603US #4
#5Abigail515US #6
#6Sarah488US #11
#7Olivia471US #5
#8Elizabeth466US #9
#9Anna431US #21
#10Ashley421US #8
#11Alexis412US #7
#12Taylor379US #19
#13Lauren365US #15
#14Kayla336US #16
#15Haley330US #34
#16Sydney329US #25
#17Brianna315US #17
#18Chloe311US #24
#19Samantha295US #10
#20Jessica293US #18
#21Caroline290US #68
#22Grace285US #13
#23Alyssa284US #14
#24Makayla279US #51
#25Savannah276US #41
#26Victoria262US #22
#27Morgan260US #29
#28Hailey258US #26
#29Kaitlyn255US #32
#30Rachel252US #28
#31Jennifer248US #31
#32Katherine245US #35
#33Mary244US #59
#34Destiny238US #37
#35Jasmine227US #27
#36Mackenzie218US #45
#37Megan215US #30
#38Isabella212US #12
#39Jada203US #79
#40Jordan190US #48
#41Natalie190US #23
#42Trinity185US #56
#43Maria182US #42
#44Lillian172US #76
#45Katelyn168US #58
#46Kaylee168US #53
#47Alexandra167US #38
#48Allison166US #46
#49Ava165US #39
#50Ella161US #44
#51Sophia158US #20
#52Julia152US #33
#53Faith148US #50
#54Sara148US #65
#55Sierra148US #73
#56Autumn147US #75
#57Zoe147US #57
#58Kimberly144US #64
#59Jenna143US #55
#60Mia137US #36
#61Courtney136US #103
#62Gracie134US #126
#63Stephanie131US #49
#64Riley130US #72
#65Brooke129US #43
#66Amber128US #74
#67Kylie127US #52
#68Gabrielle126US #66
#69Nicole125US #40
#70Leah123US #81
#71Madeline123US #61
#72Aaliyah121US #90
#73Rebecca120US #63
#74Bailey119US #98
#75Katie114US #107
#76Michelle114US #62
#77Shelby114US #94
#78Breanna113US #105
#79Kendall113US #156
#80Lily111US #69
#81Ana110US #129
#82Skylar110US #144
#83Kathryn106US #117
#84Angel105US #119
#85Ashlyn104US #139
#86Avery102US #89
#87Laura102US #124
#88Lydia100US #127
#89Claire97US #92
#90Isabel97US #83
#91Kennedy97US #122
#92Paige95US #47
#93Amanda93US #54
#94Catherine93US #106
#95Erin93US #80
#96Margaret93US #128
#97Reagan92
#98Andrea91US #60
#99Madelyn91US #115
#100Summer91US #153

Boys

#1Jacob1,008US #1
#2William983US #11
#3Joshua883US #3
#4Michael745US #2
#5Christopher728US #9
#6James646US #18
#7Matthew639US #4
#8Ethan622US #7
#9Andrew613US #5
#10John583US #17
#11Nicholas576US #12
#12Tyler545US #15
#13Joseph540US #6
#14David539US #14
#15Caleb523US #34
#16Samuel495US #23
#17Zachary484US #20
#18Brandon482US #21
#19Daniel472US #8
#20Dylan464US #19
#21Christian462US #25
#22Alexander452US #16
#23Jonathan451US #22
#24Cameron448US #40
#25Austin441US #33
#26Ryan440US #13
#27Noah431US #31
#28Justin429US #27
#29Elijah427US #37
#30Jackson402US #52
#31Benjamin401US #24
#32Logan390US #28
#33Nathan369US #26
#34Anthony367US #10
#35Robert367US #35
#36Thomas351US #36
#37Hunter347US #41
#38Kevin324US #32
#39Jordan321US #38
#40Gabriel318US #29
#41Jose312US #30
#42Isaiah301US #49
#43Luke296US #46
#44Charles295US #57
#45Jason280US #42
#46Connor270US #43
#47Gavin249US #51
#48Landon248US #97
#49Evan246US #44
#50Mason243US #54
#51Aaron242US #50
#52Eric221US #56
#53Isaac219US #48
#54Aidan211US #39
#55Bryan211US #64
#56Carson209US #89
#57Adam205US #58
#58Timothy204US #76
#59Nathaniel202US #63
#60Luis199US #60
#61Chase195US #87
#62Juan184US #55
#63Jeremiah181US #90
#64Jayden180US #75
#65Seth178US #80
#66Jack177US #45
#67Brian170US #59
#68Cody170US #78
#69Ian164US #65
#70Kyle163US #53
#71Richard163US #86
#72Blake160US #79
#73Alex158US #62
#74Devin155US #74
#75Jalen150US #155
#76Steven147US #70
#77Garrett146US #106
#78Lucas146US #71
#79Jaden145US #82
#80Xavier144US #85
#81Sean143US #61
#82Dalton140US #143
#83Patrick139US #91
#84Angel138US #47
#85Jesse135US #94
#86Aiden134US #73
#87Bryson132
#88Riley131US #104
#89Carlos130US #66
#90Hayden130US #84
#91Ashton128US #101
#92Kaleb127US #118
#93Colin126US #88
#94Jeremy126US #108
#95Jesus126US #67
#96Antonio125US #92
#97Cole125US #69
#98Trevor124US #99
#99Owen122US #72
#100Stephen118US #128

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑40Ava#49
↑37Aidan#54
↑35Landon#48
↑31Gracie#62
↑31Carson#56
↑20Ella#50
↑19Lillian#44
↑16Michelle#76

Falling

↓37Erin#95
↓29Aaliyah#72
↓26Summer#100
↓21Madeline#71
↓17Catherine#94
↓16Rebecca#73
↓16Stephen#100
↓15Sean#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.