Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1994

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1994 were Ashley for girls (882 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,146). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 82,890 babies born in North Carolina in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1994

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

Kadijah: 55 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Meredith: 119 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cameron: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shaniqua: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Logan: 70 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Harley: 60 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Khadijah: 112 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chasity: 47 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Yasmine: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Aaliyah: 93 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Shyheim: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jaquan: 60 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Grayson: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Daquan: 64 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shaquan: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Raheem: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Devonta: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clifton: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tevin: 106 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Reginald: 71 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	882	–	2
2	Brittany	879	–	7
3	Jessica	858	–	1
4	Sarah	667	↑1	5
5	Taylor	662	↓1	6
6	Hannah	583	↑6	16
7	Emily	580	↓1	3
8	Kayla	556	–	12
9	Megan	511	↑5	10
10	Amber	498	↓3	21
11	Samantha	483	↓1	4
12	Elizabeth	464	↑3	9
13	Jasmine	446	↓2	23
14	Lauren	436	↓5	14
15	Courtney	421	↑1	22
16	Victoria	407	↑1	19
17	Morgan	403	↑4	25
18	Amanda	383	↓5	8
19	Rachel	358	↓1	13
20	Mary	339	–	37
21	Alexis	310	↑11	18
22	Anna	285	↑9	41
23	Stephanie	277	↑3	15
24	Haley	271	↑4	36
25	Tiffany	271	↓3	35
26	Heather	267	↓1	44
27	Katherine	260	–	30
28	Chelsea	252	↓9	38
29	Danielle	250	↑1	20
30	Kelsey	242	↓1	29
31	Kaitlyn	241	↑5	48
32	Brianna	240	↑5	27
33	Madison	229	↑11	51
34	Allison	227	↓1	34
35	Jordan	227	↑5	52
36	Jennifer	225	↓12	17
37	Kristen	225	↓2	55
38	Kimberly	224	↓4	32
39	Rebecca	224	↓16	24
40	Olivia	219	↑5	50
41	Savannah	211	new	82
42	Caroline	187	↑7	94
43	Nicole	186	↓2	11
44	Erin	185	↓6	45
45	Christina	177	↓3	39
46	Miranda	177	new	61
47	Sara	176	↓4	43
48	Sydney	171	new	76
49	Laura	170	↓2	46
50	Lindsey	163	↓11	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Christopher	1,146	–	2
2	Michael	1,066	↑1	1
3	William	1,029	↑1	19
4	Joshua	1,024	↓2	4
5	Brandon	982	↑1	6
6	Matthew	933	↓1	3
7	James	880	–	14
8	Tyler	832	↑2	5
9	Jacob	788	↑4	7
10	Justin	745	↓1	20
11	John	715	↓3	15
12	Zachary	669	–	12
13	David	648	↓2	13
14	Austin	642	↑8	17
15	Andrew	627	↑1	10
16	Robert	610	↓2	21
17	Daniel	580	↑1	8
18	Nicholas	570	↑3	9
19	Joseph	555	↓4	11
20	Cody	535	–	25
21	Jonathan	517	↓4	23
22	Aaron	481	↑1	28
23	Jordan	456	↑2	29
24	Alexander	433	↑3	22
25	Ryan	431	↓6	16
26	Thomas	424	↓2	27
27	Anthony	412	↑3	18
28	Dylan	383	↑1	32
29	Benjamin	368	↑2	31
30	Timothy	355	↓4	39
31	Charles	347	↓3	43
32	Samuel	331	↑1	33
33	Cameron	292	↑4	52
34	Dustin	290	↑8	56
35	Kevin	290	↓1	26
36	Adam	282	↓4	38
37	Jeremy	280	↑4	47
38	Christian	277	↓2	35
39	Caleb	276	↑6	60
40	Eric	275	↓1	30
41	Kyle	274	↓3	24
42	Steven	262	↓7	34
43	Hunter	255	new	67
44	Richard	250	↑4	41
45	Patrick	249	↓5	42
46	Stephen	234	↓2	49
47	Travis	228	↓4	53
48	Brian	219	↓1	37
49	Jesse	213	–	45
50	Nathan	204	↓4	40

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