Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2002

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2002 were Madison for girls (799 babies) and William for boys (1,010). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 93,704 babies born in North Carolina in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2002

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

Jala: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Grayson: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Nyasia: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shaniya: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mattie: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Meredith: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ashton: 59 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Logan: 66 babies, 3× the national rate
Aniya: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Zaria: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Grayson: 97 babies, 4× the national rate
Daquan: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Greyson: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Jaquan: 47 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bryson: 133 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Davis: 58 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Coleman: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamari: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Omarion: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jaylen: 111 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	799	↑1	2
2	Hannah	723	↓1	3
3	Emily	623	–	1
4	Sarah	537	–	8
5	Emma	520	↑12	4
6	Elizabeth	508	–	11
7	Abigail	464	–	7
8	Alexis	419	–	5
9	Taylor	419	↓4	18
10	Anna	416	↓1	20
11	Lauren	402	–	13
12	Olivia	399	↑3	10
13	Ashley	391	↓1	6
14	Kayla	365	↓4	19
15	Brianna	340	↑1	17
16	Jessica	339	↓3	16
17	Caroline	310	↑12	67
18	Savannah	309	↑5	39
19	Kaitlyn	307	↑11	32
20	Alyssa	297	↑1	12
21	Samantha	296	↓2	9
22	Victoria	293	↑6	21
23	Sydney	291	↓1	23
24	Destiny	289	↓10	34
25	Haley	284	↓7	35
26	Morgan	284	↓6	29
27	Chloe	280	↑11	25
28	Grace	279	↓2	15
29	Makayla	277	↑8	50
30	Rachel	272	↓6	24
31	Hailey	267	↑2	31
32	Jordan	267	↑3	45
33	Jasmine	255	↓6	26
34	Jennifer	254	↓2	28
35	Megan	251	↓10	22
36	Katherine	244	↓5	36
37	Mackenzie	241	↓1	42
38	Isabella	228	↑11	14
39	Mary	228	↓5	49
40	Maria	209	↓1	40
41	Allison	206	↑2	44
42	Jada	198	–	78
43	Aaliyah	184	new	64
44	Ashanti	183	new	>100
45	Trinity	182	new	70
46	Katelyn	180	↓5	53
47	Julia	174	↑3	33
48	Natalie	172	↓4	30
49	Kaylee	170	new	57
50	Madeline	168	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	William	1,010	↑1	11
2	Jacob	982	↓1	1
3	Joshua	891	–	3
4	Christopher	775	–	8
5	Michael	767	–	2
6	Matthew	750	–	4
7	Ethan	660	↑18	5
8	James	653	↓1	18
9	Andrew	584	↑6	6
10	David	578	↓1	13
11	John	572	↓3	17
12	Austin	571	↓1	26
13	Nicholas	565	↑1	9
14	Tyler	540	↓1	14
15	Brandon	538	↓3	20
16	Joseph	537	↑1	7
17	Daniel	529	↑3	10
18	Zachary	526	↓8	19
19	Caleb	495	↑2	35
20	Jonathan	489	↑2	21
21	Cameron	472	↓3	39
22	Noah	463	↑2	31
23	Christian	450	↓7	24
24	Alexander	448	↑6	15
25	Jordan	435	↑10	37
26	Dylan	428	↓7	23
27	Justin	427	↓4	22
28	Benjamin	426	–	27
29	Samuel	424	↓3	25
30	Hunter	423	↓3	38
31	Logan	422	↑1	29
32	Robert	413	↓3	34
33	Anthony	392	↓2	12
34	Elijah	392	↑2	41
35	Jackson	389	↑4	50
36	Ryan	374	↓2	16
37	Kevin	367	↑3	33
38	Nathan	328	↓1	28
39	Thomas	325	↓6	36
40	Gabriel	320	↑7	32
41	Isaiah	303	↑1	45
42	Jose	296	↓1	30
43	Mason	289	↑7	53
44	Charles	286	↓1	58
45	Jason	276	↑1	42
46	Luke	269	↓1	46
47	Aaron	246	↓9	43
48	Nathaniel	244	new	62
49	Evan	219	new	56
50	Connor	215	new	47

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