Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2001

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2001 were Hannah for girls (801 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,016). Hannah ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 94,716 babies born in North Carolina in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2001

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: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ashanti: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carson: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Janiya: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nyasia: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Meredith: 87 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shaniya: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Logan: 91 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Christian: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Haven: 29 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Jaheim: 65 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jaquan: 55 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bryson: 126 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Grayson: 77 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jaylan: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Davis: 61 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chandler: 141 babies, 3× the national rate
Kendall: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Keshawn: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Khalil: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Hannah	801	–	3
2	Madison	763	–	2
3	Emily	638	–	1
4	Sarah	592	–	6
5	Taylor	513	–	12
6	Elizabeth	470	–	9
7	Abigail	468	↑9	8
8	Alexis	452	↑1	5
9	Anna	446	↑3	19
10	Kayla	430	↓2	17
11	Lauren	422	↓1	15
12	Ashley	411	↓5	4
13	Jessica	405	↓2	11
14	Destiny	402	–	22
15	Olivia	392	↑7	10
16	Brianna	388	↓3	18
17	Emma	388	–	13
18	Haley	337	↑2	34
19	Samantha	335	↓4	7
20	Morgan	323	↑1	29
21	Alyssa	322	↑4	14
22	Sydney	320	↑2	23
23	Savannah	309	↓5	42
24	Rachel	307	↑2	24
25	Megan	298	↓6	20
26	Grace	295	↑3	16
27	Jasmine	288	–	25
28	Victoria	288	–	21
29	Caroline	286	↑3	62
30	Kaitlyn	286	↓7	31
31	Katherine	276	↑3	35
32	Jennifer	275	↑5	26
33	Hailey	274	↓3	33
34	Mary	265	↓3	48
35	Jordan	236	↑3	47
36	Mackenzie	236	↑3	40
37	Makayla	234	↓4	54
38	Chloe	229	↑2	30
39	Maria	218	↑2	41
40	Amber	198	↓5	51
41	Katelyn	192	↑4	52
42	Jada	180	↑2	75
43	Allison	177	↑4	44
44	Natalie	176	new	32
45	Jenna	173	new	45
46	Gabrielle	169	new	50
47	Rebecca	168	↓4	46
48	Courtney	165	↓6	73
49	Isabella	160	new	28
50	Julia	159	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Jacob	1,016	↑1	1
2	William	972	↓1	10
3	Joshua	919	–	4
4	Christopher	796	–	5
5	Michael	786	–	2
6	Matthew	777	–	3
7	James	647	–	19
8	John	589	↑1	14
9	David	581	↑9	12
10	Zachary	575	↑3	16
11	Austin	567	–	25
12	Brandon	567	–	18
13	Tyler	561	↓5	13
14	Nicholas	558	↓4	6
15	Andrew	553	↓1	7
16	Christian	546	↑3	24
17	Joseph	540	↓2	8
18	Cameron	537	↓2	35
19	Dylan	526	↑13	21
20	Daniel	517	–	9
21	Caleb	509	↑5	37
22	Jonathan	500	↓5	23
23	Justin	499	↓1	22
24	Noah	491	↓3	28
25	Ethan	489	↑2	17
26	Samuel	484	↓2	26
27	Hunter	483	↓4	36
28	Benjamin	440	–	27
29	Robert	430	–	30
30	Alexander	427	↑1	20
31	Anthony	396	↑3	11
32	Logan	389	↑7	29
33	Thomas	388	–	33
34	Ryan	379	↓9	15
35	Jordan	370	↓5	39
36	Elijah	354	↓1	45
37	Nathan	326	–	31
38	Aaron	323	–	42
39	Jackson	323	↑2	60
40	Kevin	323	↓4	32
41	Jose	302	↑1	34
42	Isaiah	300	↑3	43
43	Charles	281	–	55
44	Timothy	267	↓4	67
45	Luke	262	new	50
46	Jason	261	↓2	41
47	Gabriel	258	new	38
48	Cody	232	–	64
49	Adam	225	↓2	51
50	Mason	214	new	54

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