Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1999
The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1999 were Hannah for girls (811 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,092). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 91,714 babies born in North Carolina in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1999
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
- Nyasia: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Shaniya: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Carson: 43 babies, 4× the national rate
- Haven: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
- Makala: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
- Aniya: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Logan: 81 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Meredith: 81 babies, 3× the national rate
- Cassie: 68 babies, 3× the national rate
- Christian: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Boys
- Tyquan: 25 babies, 6.2× the national rate
- Daquan: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Grayson: 73 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Jaquan: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Bryson: 85 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Davis: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Coleman: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Jaylen: 69 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Kendall: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Jamie: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1999
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1998 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hannah | 811 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Sarah | 699 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 3 | Emily | 653 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 4 | Madison | 632 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 5 | Taylor | 595 | ↓3 | 8 |
| 6 | Alexis | 559 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ashley | 538 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 488 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 9 | Kayla | 462 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 10 | Jessica | 458 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 11 | Lauren | 441 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 12 | Anna | 416 | ↑5 | 29 |
| 13 | Destiny | 412 | ↑8 | 28 |
| 14 | Samantha | 400 | ↓3 | 5 |
| 15 | Brianna | 374 | ↑4 | 14 |
| 16 | Haley | 372 | ↑7 | 31 |
| 17 | Megan | 368 | ↓2 | 15 |
| 18 | Emma | 347 | ↑16 | 17 |
| 19 | Abigail | 344 | ↑6 | 18 |
| 20 | Brittany | 337 | ↓7 | 35 |
| 21 | Rachel | 337 | ↓5 | 19 |
| 22 | Morgan | 333 | ↓2 | 24 |
| 23 | Victoria | 326 | ↓9 | 16 |
| 24 | Savannah | 322 | ↓2 | 42 |
| 25 | Sydney | 316 | ↑5 | 23 |
| 26 | Mary | 312 | ↑1 | 45 |
| 27 | Jasmine | 300 | ↓9 | 26 |
| 28 | Alyssa | 296 | – | 11 |
| 29 | Kaitlyn | 296 | ↓3 | 33 |
| 30 | Courtney | 292 | ↑5 | 44 |
| 31 | Olivia | 285 | ↑1 | 20 |
| 32 | Amber | 276 | ↓8 | 41 |
| 33 | Jennifer | 266 | ↑4 | 21 |
| 34 | Caroline | 251 | ↓3 | 71 |
| 35 | Makayla | 246 | ↑5 | 66 |
| 36 | Katherine | 238 | ↓3 | 36 |
| 37 | Rebecca | 230 | ↓1 | 38 |
| 38 | Jordan | 226 | ↓9 | 48 |
| 39 | Grace | 220 | new | 27 |
| 40 | Allison | 199 | ↓2 | 40 |
| 41 | Hailey | 194 | new | 54 |
| 42 | Amanda | 192 | ↓3 | 22 |
| 43 | Mackenzie | 185 | new | 52 |
| 44 | Katelyn | 183 | ↓3 | 55 |
| 45 | Sierra | 180 | ↓3 | 49 |
| 46 | Julia | 177 | – | 30 |
| 47 | Maria | 168 | new | 39 |
| 48 | Autumn | 163 | ↓4 | 77 |
| 49 | Erin | 161 | new | 58 |
| 50 | Sara | 161 | ↓1 | 50 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1998 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 1,092 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 2 | Joshua | 1,004 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 3 | William | 991 | ↓2 | 14 |
| 4 | Christopher | 961 | – | 6 |
| 5 | Michael | 955 | – | 2 |
| 6 | Matthew | 941 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 7 | Austin | 787 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 8 | James | 733 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 9 | Brandon | 728 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 10 | Nicholas | 657 | – | 5 |
| 11 | Tyler | 653 | – | 10 |
| 12 | John | 646 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 13 | Andrew | 609 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 14 | Zachary | 602 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 15 | David | 576 | ↑4 | 16 |
| 16 | Justin | 574 | ↓1 | 20 |
| 17 | Noah | 561 | ↑6 | 24 |
| 18 | Joseph | 541 | – | 8 |
| 19 | Daniel | 533 | ↓3 | 9 |
| 20 | Jonathan | 529 | – | 22 |
| 21 | Cameron | 521 | ↑1 | 33 |
| 22 | Christian | 483 | ↑2 | 25 |
| 23 | Dylan | 480 | ↑3 | 23 |
| 24 | Jordan | 471 | ↓3 | 30 |
| 25 | Hunter | 462 | – | 36 |
| 26 | Robert | 462 | ↓9 | 26 |
| 27 | Ryan | 439 | – | 12 |
| 28 | Samuel | 436 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 29 | Alexander | 415 | ↑2 | 21 |
| 30 | Thomas | 390 | – | 31 |
| 31 | Caleb | 384 | ↓3 | 41 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 381 | – | 29 |
| 33 | Anthony | 369 | ↑2 | 18 |
| 34 | Ethan | 324 | ↓1 | 37 |
| 35 | Charles | 322 | ↑4 | 50 |
| 36 | Cody | 309 | – | 45 |
| 37 | Aaron | 306 | ↓3 | 38 |
| 38 | Nathan | 299 | ↑3 | 32 |
| 39 | Logan | 290 | ↑1 | 42 |
| 40 | Kevin | 281 | ↓2 | 34 |
| 41 | Timothy | 277 | ↓4 | 49 |
| 42 | Isaiah | 273 | ↑6 | 51 |
| 43 | Elijah | 253 | ↑2 | 60 |
| 44 | Jason | 241 | ↓2 | 40 |
| 45 | Eric | 233 | ↑1 | 39 |
| 46 | Jackson | 233 | new | 83 |
| 47 | Adam | 216 | ↓3 | 44 |
| 48 | Jose | 211 | new | 35 |
| 49 | Nathaniel | 208 | new | 62 |
| 50 | Brian | 203 | ↓3 | 43 |
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