Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2000

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2000 were Hannah for girls (938 babies) and William for boys (1,043). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 96,817 babies born in North Carolina in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2000

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

Grayson: 29 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Nyasia: 32 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Logan: 108 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Janiya: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Deasia: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Carrie: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Carson: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Zaria: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Meredith: 87 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Amya: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Greyson: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Daquan: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Jaylan: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bryson: 112 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Grayson: 83 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jaquan: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Davis: 59 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Coleman: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jaylin: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Braxton: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	938	–	2
2	Madison	702	↑2	3
3	Emily	684	–	1
4	Sarah	631	↓2	5
5	Taylor	605	–	10
6	Elizabeth	517	↑2	9
7	Ashley	516	–	4
8	Kayla	516	↑1	13
9	Alexis	484	↓3	6
10	Lauren	483	↑1	11
11	Jessica	452	↓1	8
12	Anna	449	–	22
13	Brianna	441	↑2	15
14	Destiny	431	↓1	24
15	Samantha	423	↓1	7
16	Abigail	412	↑3	14
17	Emma	393	↑1	17
18	Savannah	371	↑6	37
19	Megan	368	↓2	18
20	Haley	354	↓4	28
21	Morgan	350	↑1	25
22	Olivia	341	↑9	16
23	Kaitlyn	321	↑6	30
24	Sydney	321	↑1	23
25	Alyssa	317	↑3	12
26	Rachel	313	↓5	21
27	Jasmine	311	–	27
28	Victoria	310	↓5	20
29	Grace	299	↑10	19
30	Hailey	290	↑11	35
31	Mary	280	↓5	46
32	Caroline	275	↑2	65
33	Makayla	268	↑2	67
34	Katherine	254	↑2	33
35	Amber	250	↓3	47
36	Brittany	238	↓16	60
37	Jennifer	238	↓4	26
38	Jordan	231	–	50
39	Mackenzie	231	↑4	43
40	Chloe	229	new	38
41	Maria	220	↑6	41
42	Courtney	217	↓12	59
43	Rebecca	217	↓6	39
44	Jada	196	new	84
45	Katelyn	189	↓1	54
46	Sierra	189	↓1	53
47	Allison	187	↓7	44
48	Sara	178	↑2	57
49	Alexandra	169	new	36
50	Amanda	169	↓8	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	William	1,043	↑2	11
2	Jacob	1,039	↓1	1
3	Joshua	1,011	↓1	4
4	Christopher	888	–	5
5	Michael	863	–	2
6	Matthew	860	–	3
7	James	728	↑1	18
8	Tyler	653	↑3	10
9	John	652	↑3	14
10	Nicholas	646	–	6
11	Austin	622	↓4	23
12	Brandon	620	↓3	12
13	Zachary	618	↑1	15
14	Andrew	607	↓1	7
15	Joseph	591	↑3	8
16	Cameron	586	↑5	31
17	Jonathan	574	↑3	21
18	David	572	↓3	16
19	Christian	569	↑3	22
20	Daniel	542	↓1	9
21	Noah	542	↓4	27
22	Justin	539	↓6	19
23	Hunter	521	↑2	35
24	Samuel	470	↑4	28
25	Ryan	466	↑2	13
26	Caleb	461	↑5	38
27	Ethan	449	↑7	25
28	Benjamin	440	↑4	26
29	Robert	434	↓3	29
30	Jordan	430	↓6	36
31	Alexander	425	↓2	20
32	Dylan	421	↓9	24
33	Thomas	420	↓3	33
34	Anthony	339	↓1	17
35	Elijah	338	↑8	52
36	Kevin	325	↑4	32
37	Nathan	316	↑1	30
38	Aaron	297	↓1	41
39	Logan	286	–	40
40	Timothy	285	↑1	58
41	Jackson	272	↑5	72
42	Jose	271	↑6	34
43	Charles	267	↓8	51
44	Jason	260	–	39
45	Isaiah	256	↓3	47
46	Seth	252	new	63
47	Adam	250	–	45
48	Cody	248	↓12	60
49	Eric	241	↓4	42
50	Nathaniel	233	↓1	61

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