Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1993

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1993 were Ashley for girls (1,043 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,243). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 83,246 babies born in North Carolina in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1993

Names given at least 15 times in North Carolina that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Carson: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Cameron: 39 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kadijah: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Shaniqua: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Meredith: 102 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Leigh: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Logan: 55 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maegan: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chasity: 47 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Latoya: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Shelton: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Grayson: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jaquan: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Daquan: 48 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dequan: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rashawn: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Raheem: 52 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dashawn: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tyree: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Devonte: 75 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	1,043	–	2
2	Brittany	978	–	6
3	Jessica	961	–	1
4	Taylor	730	↑10	7
5	Sarah	711	↓1	3
6	Emily	604	↑3	5
7	Amber	568	–	17
8	Kayla	519	↑3	16
9	Lauren	500	↑3	12
10	Samantha	489	↓4	4
11	Jasmine	486	↑4	23
12	Hannah	477	↑5	21
13	Amanda	476	↓8	8
14	Megan	469	↓6	11
15	Elizabeth	464	↓5	9
16	Courtney	443	↓3	20
17	Victoria	382	↑3	19
18	Rachel	358	↑4	14
19	Chelsea	353	↓3	25
20	Mary	345	↑1	36
21	Morgan	343	↑6	34
22	Tiffany	321	↓4	33
23	Rebecca	317	↑1	22
24	Jennifer	315	↓1	15
25	Heather	314	↓6	38
26	Stephanie	314	↓1	10
27	Katherine	287	↓1	29
28	Haley	271	↑9	42
29	Kelsey	264	↑3	24
30	Danielle	261	↓2	18
31	Anna	250	–	47
32	Alexis	246	new	27
33	Allison	232	↑16	41
34	Kimberly	214	↓5	39
35	Kristen	214	↓5	61
36	Kaitlyn	211	–	46
37	Brianna	209	new	32
38	Erin	200	↑12	48
39	Lindsey	197	↑6	56
40	Jordan	195	–	58
41	Nicole	187	↑3	13
42	Christina	183	↓9	35
43	Sara	183	↓5	40
44	Madison	182	new	78
45	Olivia	180	↑3	50
46	Erica	178	↓12	49
47	Laura	177	↓12	43
48	Alexandra	174	new	28
49	Caroline	173	↓8	>100
50	Katelyn	169	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Christopher	1,243	–	2
2	Joshua	1,237	–	4
3	Michael	1,183	–	1
4	William	1,040	–	18
5	Matthew	995	↑1	3
6	Brandon	988	↑1	6
7	James	924	↓2	14
8	John	727	↑1	16
9	Justin	725	↓1	20
10	Tyler	707	↑2	5
11	David	693	↓1	11
12	Zachary	660	↑1	15
13	Jacob	637	↑4	9
14	Robert	633	↓3	17
15	Joseph	610	↑1	12
16	Andrew	601	↓2	10
17	Jonathan	576	↓2	22
18	Daniel	573	↑3	7
19	Ryan	508	↑1	13
20	Cody	502	↓2	24
21	Nicholas	480	↓2	8
22	Austin	468	↑13	26
23	Aaron	443	↑1	30
24	Thomas	427	↓2	27
25	Jordan	419	↑2	28
26	Timothy	418	↑2	38
27	Alexander	381	↓1	21
28	Charles	375	↓3	44
29	Dylan	354	–	33
30	Anthony	343	↓7	19
31	Benjamin	325	↑2	32
32	Adam	321	↑4	39
33	Samuel	316	↑10	37
34	Kevin	311	–	25
35	Steven	310	↓5	31
36	Christian	308	↓5	35
37	Cameron	304	↑9	54
38	Kyle	298	↓6	23
39	Eric	286	↓2	29
40	Patrick	283	↓2	43
41	Jeremy	274	↑1	46
42	Dustin	270	↓3	59
43	Travis	267	↓2	50
44	Stephen	260	↓4	47
45	Caleb	250	↑4	66
46	Nathan	227	↑4	41
47	Brian	223	↓3	34
48	Richard	223	↓3	40
49	Jesse	206	new	48
50	Taylor	204	↓3	51

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