Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1995

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1995 were Ashley for girls (768 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,097). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 83,075 babies born in North Carolina in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1995

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

Shaniqua: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Carson: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Daja: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Meredith: 107 babies, 4× the national rate
Cameron: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Charity: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
India: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kala: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Logan: 72 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ebony: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Raekwon: 43 babies, 6× the national rate
Tyquan: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Jaquan: 59 babies, 5× the national rate
Marquez: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Daquan: 57 babies, 4× the national rate
Grayson: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Raheem: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dashawn: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bobby: 75 babies, 3× the national rate
Kendrick: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Ashley	768	–	2
2	Taylor	723	↑3	6
3	Jessica	715	–	1
4	Brittany	689	↓2	8
5	Sarah	672	↓1	5
6	Hannah	607	–	7
7	Emily	593	–	3
8	Kayla	570	–	11
9	Elizabeth	479	↑3	10
10	Samantha	471	↑1	4
11	Amber	454	↓1	22
12	Morgan	443	↑5	23
13	Megan	426	↓4	13
14	Rachel	423	↑5	12
15	Courtney	418	–	17
16	Jasmine	416	↓3	25
17	Lauren	412	↓3	15
18	Madison	390	↑15	29
19	Victoria	375	↓3	20
20	Alexis	363	↑1	14
21	Anna	361	↑1	31
22	Amanda	347	↓4	9
23	Brianna	347	↑9	21
24	Haley	297	–	32
25	Mary	286	↓5	40
26	Katherine	272	↑1	30
27	Sydney	261	↑21	43
28	Allison	257	↑6	34
29	Jennifer	257	↑7	18
30	Rebecca	254	↑9	28
31	Tiffany	243	↓6	46
32	Jordan	233	↑3	50
33	Savannah	233	↑8	68
34	Kaitlyn	232	↓3	42
35	Heather	228	↓9	54
36	Chelsea	224	↓8	47
37	Stephanie	220	↓14	16
38	Danielle	209	↓9	24
39	Olivia	207	↑1	39
40	Brooke	201	new	52
41	Destiny	201	new	66
42	Caroline	200	–	92
43	Kimberly	197	↓5	37
44	Kelsey	194	↓14	33
45	Christina	190	–	45
46	Kristen	188	↓9	65
47	Erin	179	↓3	49
48	Alexandra	173	new	26
49	Abigail	171	new	36
50	Miranda	169	↓4	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Christopher	1,097	–	3
2	Joshua	1,096	↑2	5
3	Michael	1,005	↓1	1
4	William	982	↓1	20
5	Matthew	906	↑1	2
6	Brandon	877	↓1	8
7	James	826	–	17
8	Jacob	811	↑1	4
9	Tyler	790	↓1	6
10	Austin	780	↑4	10
11	Justin	708	↓1	18
12	Nicholas	667	↑6	7
13	John	664	↓2	13
14	Zachary	636	↓2	14
15	Andrew	627	–	11
16	Robert	588	–	22
17	Joseph	586	↑2	12
18	Daniel	566	↓1	9
19	David	559	↓6	16
20	Jonathan	530	↑1	23
21	Cody	511	↓1	26
22	Ryan	466	↑3	15
23	Jordan	428	–	29
24	Thomas	422	↑2	27
25	Alexander	415	↓1	21
26	Aaron	411	↓4	30
27	Dylan	374	↑1	34
28	Samuel	363	↑4	33
29	Christian	359	↑9	28
30	Anthony	349	↓3	19
31	Timothy	342	↓1	40
32	Charles	330	↓1	44
33	Benjamin	325	↓4	31
34	Hunter	304	↑9	53
35	Cameron	283	↓2	49
36	Caleb	280	↑3	54
37	Kevin	280	↓2	25
38	Adam	273	↓2	38
39	Kyle	272	↑2	24
40	Dustin	266	↓6	62
41	Eric	259	↓1	32
42	Nathan	246	↑8	39
43	Steven	244	↓1	37
44	Patrick	240	↑1	43
45	Jeremy	228	↓8	48
46	Logan	225	new	51
47	Richard	223	↓3	42
48	Stephen	206	↓2	57
49	Brian	205	↓1	36
50	Dakota	203	new	56

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