Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2003

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2003 were Madison for girls (696 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,008). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 94,395 babies born in North Carolina in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2003

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: 26 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Grayson: 25 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kyndall: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Carson: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nyasia: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jamya: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Meredith: 64 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Janiya: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shaniya: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Taniyah: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Jaquan: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Greyson: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Grayson: 113 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sincere: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bryson: 132 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Davis: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Coleman: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Jaheim: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jaylin: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nasir: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Madison	696	–	3
2	Emma	687	↑3	2
3	Emily	662	–	1
4	Hannah	603	↓2	4
5	Abigail	515	↑2	6
6	Sarah	488	↓2	11
7	Olivia	471	↑5	5
8	Elizabeth	466	↓2	9
9	Anna	431	↑1	21
10	Ashley	421	↑3	8
11	Alexis	412	↓3	7
12	Taylor	379	↓3	19
13	Lauren	365	↓2	15
14	Kayla	336	–	16
15	Haley	330	↑10	34
16	Sydney	329	↑7	25
17	Brianna	315	↓2	17
18	Chloe	311	↑9	24
19	Samantha	295	↑2	10
20	Jessica	293	↓4	18
21	Caroline	290	↓4	68
22	Grace	285	↑6	13
23	Alyssa	284	↓3	14
24	Makayla	279	↑5	51
25	Savannah	276	↓7	41
26	Victoria	262	↓4	22
27	Morgan	260	↓1	29
28	Hailey	258	↑3	26
29	Kaitlyn	255	↓10	32
30	Rachel	252	–	28
31	Jennifer	248	↑3	31
32	Katherine	245	↑4	35
33	Mary	244	↑6	59
34	Destiny	238	↓10	37
35	Jasmine	227	↓2	27
36	Mackenzie	218	↑1	45
37	Megan	215	↓2	30
38	Isabella	212	–	12
39	Jada	203	↑3	79
40	Jordan	190	↓8	48
41	Natalie	190	↑7	23
42	Trinity	185	↑3	56
43	Maria	182	↓3	42
44	Lillian	172	new	76
45	Katelyn	168	↑1	58
46	Kaylee	168	↑3	53
47	Alexandra	167	new	38
48	Allison	166	↓7	46
49	Ava	165	new	39
50	Ella	161	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Jacob	1,008	↑1	1
2	William	983	↓1	11
3	Joshua	883	–	3
4	Michael	745	↑1	2
5	Christopher	728	↓1	9
6	James	646	↑2	18
7	Matthew	639	↓1	4
8	Ethan	622	↓1	7
9	Andrew	613	–	5
10	John	583	↑1	17
11	Nicholas	576	↑2	12
12	Tyler	545	↑2	15
13	Joseph	540	↑3	6
14	David	539	↓4	14
15	Caleb	523	↑4	34
16	Samuel	495	↑13	23
17	Zachary	484	↑1	20
18	Brandon	482	↓3	21
19	Daniel	472	↓2	8
20	Dylan	464	↑6	19
21	Christian	462	↑2	25
22	Alexander	452	↑2	16
23	Jonathan	451	↓3	22
24	Cameron	448	↓3	40
25	Austin	441	↓13	33
26	Ryan	440	↑10	13
27	Noah	431	↓5	31
28	Justin	429	↓1	27
29	Elijah	427	↑5	37
30	Jackson	402	↑5	52
31	Benjamin	401	↓3	24
32	Logan	390	↓1	28
33	Nathan	369	↑5	26
34	Anthony	367	↓1	10
35	Robert	367	↓3	35
36	Thomas	351	↑3	36
37	Hunter	347	↓7	41
38	Kevin	324	↓1	32
39	Jordan	321	↓14	38
40	Gabriel	318	–	29
41	Jose	312	↑1	30
42	Isaiah	301	↓1	49
43	Luke	296	↑3	46
44	Charles	295	–	57
45	Jason	280	–	42
46	Connor	270	↑4	43
47	Gavin	249	new	51
48	Landon	248	new	97
49	Evan	246	–	44
50	Mason	243	↓7	54

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