Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1998

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1998 were Hannah for girls (856 babies) and William for boys (1,055). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 90,609 babies born in North Carolina in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1998

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

Deasia: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nautica: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Erykah: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Carson: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dasia: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Makala: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Meredith: 82 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Logan: 75 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chasity: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Christian: 38 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Jaquan: 76 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Raekwon: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tyrek: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Daquan: 47 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Clifton: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jamison: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Grayson: 64 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bryson: 70 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Camden: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Davis: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Hannah	856	–	2
2	Taylor	690	↑2	7
3	Sarah	674	↓1	4
4	Emily	666	↓1	1
5	Madison	657	↑3	9
6	Ashley	578	↓1	5
7	Alexis	570	↑3	6
8	Kayla	505	↓1	12
9	Jessica	496	↓3	8
10	Elizabeth	473	↑1	10
11	Samantha	465	↑1	3
12	Lauren	434	↑2	14
13	Brittany	432	↓4	25
14	Victoria	396	↑7	16
15	Megan	380	↓2	13
16	Rachel	373	↑4	15
17	Anna	365	↓2	31
18	Jasmine	361	↑6	26
19	Brianna	355	↓1	17
20	Morgan	354	↓4	23
21	Destiny	343	↑6	34
22	Savannah	339	↓5	45
23	Haley	338	↓1	36
24	Amber	313	↓5	37
25	Abigail	299	↑4	18
26	Kaitlyn	287	↑11	35
27	Mary	286	↓2	44
28	Alyssa	285	↑2	11
29	Jordan	284	↑4	42
30	Sydney	282	↑1	28
31	Caroline	277	↑4	75
32	Olivia	263	↓6	21
33	Katherine	262	↓1	33
34	Emma	257	↑6	22
35	Courtney	247	↓12	39
36	Rebecca	247	↓8	30
37	Jennifer	237	↓3	20
38	Allison	220	–	38
39	Amanda	219	↓3	19
40	Makayla	204	↑8	71
41	Katelyn	183	↑3	58
42	Sierra	182	↑3	51
43	Stephanie	182	new	29
44	Autumn	180	new	77
45	Bailey	177	↑4	60
46	Julia	175	new	32
47	Tiffany	173	↓8	67
48	Danielle	171	↓2	41
49	Sara	170	new	48
50	Alexandra	169	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	William	1,055	↑4	14
2	Jacob	1,045	↑2	2
3	Joshua	1,021	↓1	4
4	Christopher	971	↓3	5
5	Michael	948	↓2	1
6	Austin	932	↑1	10
7	Matthew	884	↓1	3
8	Brandon	803	–	7
9	James	799	–	18
10	Nicholas	670	↑3	6
11	Tyler	660	–	8
12	Zachary	659	↓2	16
13	John	637	↓1	15
14	Andrew	631	–	9
15	Justin	593	–	20
16	Daniel	592	↑2	12
17	Robert	542	↑2	23
18	Joseph	541	↓1	11
19	David	534	↓3	13
20	Jonathan	532	–	21
21	Jordan	494	–	27
22	Cameron	486	↑12	35
23	Noah	478	↑13	29
24	Christian	471	↓2	26
25	Hunter	460	↑5	36
26	Dylan	427	↓2	25
27	Ryan	423	↓4	17
28	Caleb	417	↑3	42
29	Samuel	402	↓3	28
30	Thomas	400	↓3	31
31	Alexander	378	↓6	22
32	Benjamin	362	↓4	30
33	Ethan	355	↑9	38
34	Aaron	338	↓1	37
35	Anthony	327	↓6	19
36	Cody	305	↓4	43
37	Timothy	305	↓2	49
38	Kevin	296	↓1	32
39	Charles	295	↓1	48
40	Logan	276	↓1	44
41	Nathan	275	–	34
42	Jason	234	↑6	40
43	Kyle	231	–	24
44	Adam	226	–	45
45	Elijah	224	new	66
46	Eric	222	↓6	39
47	Brian	205	↑2	41
48	Isaiah	205	new	59
49	Stephen	205	new	78
50	Trevor	202	new	58

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