Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1997

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1997 were Hannah for girls (815 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,016). Hannah ranked #5 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 87,065 babies born in North Carolina in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1997

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

Nautica: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Essence: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Meredith: 94 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Charity: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Katlin: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Erykah: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Logan: 80 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Zaria: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shakira: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Cameron: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Raekwon: 42 babies, 6× the national rate
Tyquan: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Daquan: 59 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jaquan: 54 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Grayson: 61 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dashawn: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kendrick: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Jalen: 74 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Holden: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Graham: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Hannah	815	–	5
2	Sarah	707	↑3	4
3	Emily	675	↑4	1
4	Taylor	666	↓1	7
5	Ashley	614	↓3	3
6	Jessica	604	↓2	2
7	Kayla	542	↓1	12
8	Madison	525	↑1	10
9	Brittany	516	↓1	20
10	Alexis	503	–	8
11	Elizabeth	461	–	9
12	Samantha	451	↑1	6
13	Megan	433	↓1	11
14	Lauren	405	↑1	14
15	Anna	390	↑4	33
16	Morgan	390	↑5	22
17	Savannah	387	↑7	47
18	Brianna	373	↑4	17
19	Amber	368	↓1	29
20	Rachel	366	↓6	13
21	Victoria	366	↓1	19
22	Haley	358	↑1	31
23	Courtney	339	↓7	28
24	Jasmine	323	↓7	24
25	Mary	292	↑2	46
26	Olivia	290	↑5	27
27	Destiny	287	↑13	42
28	Rebecca	273	↓3	25
29	Abigail	270	↑6	26
30	Alyssa	263	↑11	15
31	Sydney	251	↓1	35
32	Katherine	249	–	32
33	Jordan	232	↑3	40
34	Jennifer	231	↓5	18
35	Caroline	225	↓7	75
36	Amanda	221	↓10	16
37	Kaitlyn	220	–	41
38	Allison	216	↓5	39
39	Tiffany	194	↓5	61
40	Emma	190	new	36
41	Kelsey	187	↓2	57
42	Erin	181	new	52
43	Brooke	179	↑2	45
44	Katelyn	175	↑6	63
45	Sierra	175	new	56
46	Danielle	169	↓8	34
47	Heather	163	↓4	90
48	Makayla	161	new	>100
49	Bailey	159	new	65
50	Kimberly	157	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Christopher	1,016	↑1	4
2	Joshua	1,002	↓1	5
3	Michael	986	–	1
4	Jacob	976	↑2	2
5	William	976	↓1	19
6	Matthew	920	↓1	3
7	Austin	848	–	9
8	Brandon	808	–	8
9	James	739	↑1	17
10	Zachary	719	↑1	13
11	Tyler	684	↓2	10
12	John	681	–	15
13	Nicholas	667	–	6
14	Andrew	642	↑1	7
15	Justin	620	↑2	20
16	David	593	–	14
17	Joseph	565	↓3	12
18	Daniel	550	↑1	11
19	Robert	548	↑1	23
20	Jonathan	533	↓2	21
21	Jordan	489	↑1	26
22	Christian	475	↑2	25
23	Ryan	448	–	16
24	Dylan	437	↑4	30
25	Alexander	409	↑2	22
26	Samuel	398	↓1	27
27	Thomas	381	↑2	31
28	Benjamin	378	↑3	29
29	Anthony	369	↑3	18
30	Hunter	367	↑3	44
31	Caleb	361	↓1	47
32	Cody	357	↓11	36
33	Aaron	346	↓7	33
34	Cameron	330	–	45
35	Timothy	312	↑1	43
36	Noah	293	↑14	38
37	Kevin	279	–	28
38	Charles	264	↓3	49
39	Logan	261	↓1	42
40	Eric	254	↑1	35
41	Nathan	240	↑1	34
42	Ethan	236	new	46
43	Kyle	234	–	24
44	Adam	229	↓5	39
45	Richard	222	↑3	51
46	Patrick	209	↓6	50
47	Steven	208	↓2	40
48	Jason	199	new	41
49	Brian	193	–	37
50	Dustin	188	new	88

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