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Top names in North Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 2019 North Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 95,012 North Carolina births in 2019 across 2,862 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.

#88Adalyn#160 nationally
#97Harmony#169 nationally
#95Emerson#152 nationally
#48Bryson#102 nationally
#86Ryleigh#138 nationally
#93Kaiden#144 nationally
#63Raelynn#113 nationally
#60Everleigh#108 nationally
#66Waylon#113 nationally
#15Caroline#61 nationally
#76Aubree#122 nationally
#17Skylar#56 nationally

Girls

#1Ava598US #3
#2Olivia536US #1
#3Emma533US #2
#4Amelia435US #7
#5Charlotte410US #6
#6Sophia374US #4
#7Harper369US #9
#8Isabella369US #5
#9Abigail331US #11
#10Evelyn331US #10
#11Mia310US #8
#12Elizabeth283US #14
#13Ella280US #13
#14Madison238US #26
#15Caroline237US #61
#16Riley230US #30
#17Skylar229US #56
#18Layla224US #23
#19Avery223US #18
#20Eleanor223US #27
#21Lillian220US #37
#22Nora219US #29
#23Emily214US #12
#24Chloe212US #24
#25Scarlett212US #21
#26Luna208US #16
#27Nova203US #51
#28Aria199US #20
#29Aubrey198US #46
#30Addison196US #47
#31Mila190US #19
#32Zoey188US #31
#33Natalie184US #41
#34Savannah183US #54
#35Ellie180US #35
#36Penelope179US #22
#37Sofia179US #17
#38Grace171US #28
#39Lily170US #34
#40Kennedy169US #68
#41Willow168US #45
#42Serenity167US #77
#43Camila165US #15
#44Paisley165US #53
#45Naomi163US #59
#46Victoria163US #25
#47Hannah157US #32
#48Kinsley156US #74
#49Brooklyn154US #52
#50Everly152US #42
#51Zoe151US #38
#52Genesis150US #58
#53Sadie150US #87
#54Bella148US #50
#55Hazel146US #33
#56Nevaeh145US #89
#57Stella144US #40
#58Ivy143US #67
#59Aurora142US #39
#60Everleigh142US #108
#61Anna137US #63
#62Piper136US #84
#63Raelynn136US #113
#64Claire135US #55
#65Autumn131US #82
#66Audrey130US #49
#67Madelyn130US #72
#68Allison128US #78
#69Elena126US #60
#70Isla125US #57
#71Cora124US #71
#72Violet123US #36
#73Leah122US #43
#74Lucy122US #48
#75Reagan122US #102
#76Aubree115US #122
#77Eliana114US #62
#78Emery112US #93
#79Peyton111US #97
#80Emilia110US #44
#81Aaliyah108US #70
#82Delilah108US #88
#83Gabriella107US #75
#84Adeline106US #91
#85Hailey105US #76
#86Ryleigh104US #138
#87Eliza103US #119
#88Adalyn101US #160
#89Lydia101US #94
#90Brielle100US #101
#91Clara100US #95
#92Adalynn98US #123
#93Katherine98US #120
#94Sarah98US #81
#95Emerson97US #152
#96Arya95US #92
#97Harmony95US #169
#98Mary95US #126
#99Ariana94US #69
#100Hadley94US #112

Boys

#1Liam686US #1
#2Noah609US #2
#3William590US #4
#4James518US #6
#5Elijah467US #5
#6Mason461US #9
#7Jackson419US #17
#8Oliver415US #3
#9Grayson388US #33
#10Lucas377US #8
#11Carter364US #30
#12Levi357US #25
#13Henry353US #13
#14Wyatt342US #29
#15Benjamin336US #7
#16John330US #28
#17Logan316US #16
#18Aiden312US #20
#19Luke311US #32
#20Samuel306US #22
#21Jacob304US #12
#22Alexander298US #10
#23Daniel298US #15
#24Jack297US #19
#25Michael294US #14
#26Ethan291US #11
#27Owen291US #21
#28Joseph288US #24
#29Isaac268US #34
#30Asher267US #43
#31Jaxon267US #42
#32David263US #27
#33Josiah256US #45
#34Thomas247US #47
#35Colton243US #59
#36Sebastian243US #18
#37Caleb241US #51
#38Cameron241US #67
#39Charles241US #52
#40Jayden241US #35
#41Lincoln235US #41
#42Gabriel233US #37
#43Nolan232US #65
#44Easton227US #74
#45Hudson226US #50
#46Joshua226US #48
#47Landon226US #63
#48Bryson225US #102
#49Christopher225US #44
#50Isaiah218US #53
#51Matthew218US #23
#52Christian217US #57
#53Mateo207US #26
#54Julian203US #31
#55Maverick200US #58
#56Anthony197US #38
#57Dylan197US #39
#58Jeremiah191US #69
#59Theodore191US #36
#60Andrew189US #46
#61Eli187US #62
#62Ezra186US #49
#63Connor175US #68
#64Leo175US #40
#65Kayden174US #97
#66Waylon172US #113
#67Jonathan171US #64
#68Carson170US #82
#69Hunter170US #66
#70Greyson163US #79
#71Miles162US #75
#72Robert160US #76
#73Jameson158US #77
#74Silas158US #105
#75Cooper156US #80
#76Elias152US #60
#77Adrian151US #56
#78Jace147US #93
#79Aaron146US #61
#80Jaxson146US #83
#81Nathan145US #55
#82Brayden144US #101
#83Declan144US #95
#84Roman144US #72
#85Weston144US #104
#86Everett142US #94
#87Ryan142US #54
#88Ashton141US #125
#89Axel141US #84
#90Austin140US #88
#91Ezekiel140US #71
#92Jordan140US #89
#93Kaiden137US #144
#94Micah136US #109
#95Angel135US #73
#96Ayden135US #114
#97Ian134US #81
#98Brooks132US #110
#99Nicholas132US #78
#100Sawyer128US #106

On the move since 2018

Rising

↑34Leo#64
↑24Raelynn#63
↑22Jack#24
↑21Colton#35
↑20Willow#41
↑19Ivy#58
↑18Luna#26
↑18Adrian#77

Falling

↓31Hadley#100
↓26Sawyer#100
↓25Anna#61
↓25Lydia#89
↓24Ryan#87
↓22Aaliyah#81
↓21Brayden#82
↓19Sarah#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2018 rankings.