State roster

Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 2016 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 97,271 North Carolina births in 2016 across 2,757 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.

#93Harmony#190 nationally
#91Londyn#179 nationally
#84Emerson#161 nationally
#65Mary#126 nationally
#73London#131 nationally
#98Brantley#156 nationally
#88Kaiden#144 nationally
#42Bryson#94 nationally
#90Adalyn#141 nationally
#83Khloe#125 nationally
#16Caroline#56 nationally
#84Camden#124 nationally

Girls

#1Ava619US #3
#2Emma610US #1
#3Olivia559US #2
#4Charlotte408US #7
#5Harper408US #11
#6Abigail396US #8
#7Isabella394US #5
#8Sophia383US #4
#9Elizabeth366US #13
#10Madison318US #15
#11Emily316US #9
#12Evelyn311US #12
#13Mia309US #6
#14Skylar297US #42
#15Aubrey291US #25
#16Caroline287US #56
#17Avery283US #16
#18Amelia273US #10
#19Addison251US #29
#20Layla247US #30
#21Riley244US #22
#22Ella237US #17
#23Lillian228US #28
#24Chloe222US #20
#25Scarlett221US #18
#26Savannah216US #38
#27Lily203US #24
#28Natalie202US #31
#29Sofia200US #14
#30Zoey198US #26
#31Sadie196US #60
#32Brooklyn193US #34
#33Hannah188US #33
#34Serenity185US #70
#35Grace183US #19
#36Eleanor181US #41
#37Paisley179US #46
#38Nora178US #36
#39Aria174US #23
#40Kennedy172US #59
#41Anna169US #49
#42Autumn168US #65
#43Madelyn166US #62
#44Allison163US #50
#45Victoria157US #21
#46Nevaeh156US #73
#47Genesis154US #58
#48Kinsley152US #86
#49Zoe152US #35
#50Kaylee150US #72
#51Naomi150US #75
#52Lydia148US #80
#53Camila147US #32
#54Aubree145US #84
#55Stella145US #45
#56Claire144US #40
#57Sarah144US #57
#58Adeline142US #63
#59Ellie141US #43
#60Penelope138US #27
#61Ariana137US #54
#62Peyton137US #81
#63Piper135US #67
#64Aaliyah132US #53
#65Mary130US #126
#66Taylor129US #89
#67Mackenzie128US #85
#68Kylie127US #83
#69Reagan126US #98
#70Alexa125US #51
#71Hailey125US #68
#72Leah124US #37
#73London124US #131
#74Audrey123US #39
#75Bella122US #78
#76Katherine122US #91
#77Arianna117US #69
#78Ruby117US #71
#79Lucy116US #55
#80Cora115US #87
#81Willow115US #96
#82Samantha114US #44
#83Khloe110US #125
#84Emerson109US #161
#85Hazel109US #52
#86Hadley107US #108
#87Aurora106US #66
#88Violet105US #47
#89Clara102US #100
#90Adalyn101US #141
#91Londyn101US #179
#92Gabriella100US #61
#93Harmony98US #190
#94Alice97US #76
#95Ivy97US #112
#96Luna97US #77
#97Madeline97US #90
#98Bailey96US #116
#99Eva96US #74
#100Everly96US #107

Boys

#1William715US #3
#2Noah638US #1
#3Mason547US #4
#4Liam529US #2
#5Elijah523US #9
#6James479US #5
#7Jackson428US #17
#8Benjamin426US #6
#9Michael426US #8
#10Grayson415US #37
#11Carter408US #26
#12Luke390US #29
#13John386US #28
#14Lucas381US #14
#15Aiden379US #16
#16Jacob379US #7
#17Oliver372US #12
#18Ethan369US #10
#19Gabriel360US #25
#20Samuel351US #21
#21Logan350US #18
#22Daniel335US #13
#23Wyatt334US #33
#24Alexander331US #11
#25Joseph327US #20
#26Levi314US #42
#27David313US #19
#28Joshua312US #35
#29Jaxon311US #41
#30Christopher310US #36
#31Matthew310US #15
#32Henry307US #22
#33Landon307US #53
#34Cameron304US #57
#35Owen303US #24
#36Andrew301US #34
#37Caleb290US #44
#38Christian288US #46
#39Jayden288US #27
#40Charles279US #52
#41Isaac279US #31
#42Bryson273US #94
#43Dylan266US #32
#44Josiah257US #55
#45Thomas250US #48
#46Anthony245US #30
#47Isaiah240US #47
#48Jeremiah240US #58
#49Colton236US #68
#50Hunter236US #45
#51Brayden233US #64
#52Eli233US #50
#53Nolan231US #67
#54Jonathan230US #56
#55Easton228US #66
#56Connor222US #54
#57Robert214US #62
#58Lincoln211US #51
#59Carson210US #81
#60Asher208US #71
#61Ryan208US #40
#62Sebastian208US #23
#63Hudson205US #61
#64Jordan202US #65
#65Julian200US #39
#66Nathan195US #43
#67Greyson194US #95
#68Jack194US #38
#69Kayden191US #101
#70Chase186US #86
#71Sawyer185US #97
#72Aaron181US #49
#73Ayden178US #92
#74Cooper174US #79
#75Jaxson173US #82
#76Parker164US #87
#77Tyler161US #91
#78Austin156US #73
#79Micah156US #115
#80Bentley150US #100
#81Tristan150US #108
#82Ezra149US #85
#83Nicholas148US #63
#84Camden147US #124
#85Gavin146US #80
#86Silas146US #119
#87Weston146US #121
#88Kaiden144US #144
#89Jace143US #76
#90Harrison142US #107
#91Kevin142US #90
#92Zachary142US #89
#93Ian139US #78
#94Mateo138US #59
#95Theodore138US #83
#96Nathaniel134US #103
#97Angel133US #70
#98Brantley133US #156
#99Braxton133US #125
#100Miles133US #105

On the move since 2015

Rising

↑30Nora#38
↑28Mary#65
↑25Greyson#67
↑23Genesis#47
↑22Bryson#42
↑22Lincoln#58
↑20Layla#20
↑19Oliver#17

Falling

↓32London#73
↓27Audrey#74
↓25Bailey#98
↓24Alexa#70
↓22Leah#72
↓19Kylie#68
↓18Peyton#62
↓17Arianna#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2015 rankings.