Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1996

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1996 were Hannah for girls (752 babies) and Joshua for boys (1,067). Hannah ranked #7 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 85,235 babies born in North Carolina in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1996

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

Tyesha: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cameron: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Moesha: 41 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Iesha: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carson: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Meredith: 93 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Logan: 87 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dasia: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tamia: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Zaria: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Raquan: 33 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Raekwon: 68 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Daquan: 66 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tyquan: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jaquan: 59 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dequan: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jamel: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Grayson: 51 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Deshawn: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Holden: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Hannah	752	↑5	7
2	Ashley	743	↓1	3
3	Taylor	700	↓1	6
4	Jessica	671	↓1	2
5	Sarah	647	–	4
6	Kayla	636	↑2	11
7	Emily	634	–	1
8	Brittany	631	↓4	14
9	Madison	490	↑9	15
10	Alexis	442	↑10	8
11	Elizabeth	437	↓2	10
12	Megan	432	↑1	12
13	Samantha	424	↓3	5
14	Rachel	423	–	9
15	Lauren	406	↑2	16
16	Courtney	403	↓1	21
17	Jasmine	379	↓1	28
18	Amber	378	↓7	27
19	Anna	372	↑2	33
20	Victoria	368	↓1	18
21	Morgan	361	↓9	25
22	Brianna	348	↑1	17
23	Haley	332	↑1	30
24	Savannah	315	↑9	43
25	Rebecca	306	↑5	24
26	Amanda	303	↓4	13
27	Mary	291	↓2	44
28	Caroline	256	↑14	78
29	Jennifer	249	–	19
30	Sydney	247	↓3	39
31	Olivia	243	↑8	34
32	Katherine	239	↓6	31
33	Allison	228	↓5	38
34	Tiffany	224	↓3	52
35	Abigail	212	↑14	32
36	Jordan	210	↓4	49
37	Kaitlyn	208	↓3	40
38	Danielle	207	–	29
39	Kelsey	206	↑5	36
40	Destiny	205	↑1	56
41	Alyssa	202	new	23
42	Chelsea	194	↓6	55
43	Heather	188	↓8	71
44	Alexandra	184	↑4	26
45	Brooke	181	↓5	45
46	Shelby	181	new	35
47	Stephanie	181	↓10	20
48	Kristen	174	↓2	70
49	Briana	173	new	72
50	Katelyn	173	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Joshua	1,067	↑1	5
2	Christopher	1,033	↓1	4
3	Michael	993	–	1
4	William	969	–	18
5	Matthew	891	–	2
6	Jacob	868	↑2	3
7	Austin	858	↑3	9
8	Brandon	836	↓2	8
9	Tyler	820	–	7
10	James	746	↓3	17
11	Zachary	703	↑3	14
12	John	685	↑1	15
13	Nicholas	655	↓1	6
14	Joseph	652	↑3	12
15	Andrew	631	–	10
16	David	602	↑3	13
17	Justin	602	↓6	20
18	Jonathan	555	↑2	21
19	Daniel	538	↓1	11
20	Robert	538	↓4	23
21	Cody	454	–	31
22	Jordan	448	↑1	27
23	Ryan	432	↓1	16
24	Christian	424	↑5	24
25	Samuel	418	↑3	30
26	Aaron	415	–	34
27	Alexander	408	↓2	22
28	Dylan	402	↓1	33
29	Thomas	394	↓5	28
30	Caleb	365	↑6	48
31	Benjamin	345	↑2	29
32	Anthony	337	↓2	19
33	Hunter	325	↑1	47
34	Cameron	301	↑1	49
35	Charles	291	↓3	43
36	Timothy	286	↓5	40
37	Kevin	263	–	26
38	Logan	246	↑8	42
39	Adam	242	↓1	39
40	Patrick	236	↑4	44
41	Eric	235	–	35
42	Nathan	232	–	37
43	Kyle	230	↓4	25
44	Stephen	227	↑4	59
45	Steven	226	↓2	38
46	Dakota	224	↑4	58
47	Malik	222	new	97
48	Richard	217	↓1	45
49	Brian	213	–	36
50	Noah	210	new	50

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