Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2004

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2004 were Emma for girls (725 babies) and William for boys (957). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 95,413 babies born in North Carolina in 2004 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2004

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: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Carson: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Meredith: 78 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Saniya: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Taniyah: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamya: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Logan: 66 babies, 3× the national rate
Haven: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Caroline: 303 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shaniya: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Greyson: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Grayson: 104 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jaquan: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Coleman: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bryson: 143 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Davis: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kanye: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Walker: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jamari: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Omarion: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2004

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Emma	725	↑1	2
2	Emily	710	↑1	1
3	Madison	699	↓2	3
4	Hannah	603	–	5
5	Sarah	488	↑1	12
6	Abigail	485	↓1	6
7	Olivia	460	–	4
8	Elizabeth	439	–	10
9	Ashley	420	↑1	8
10	Anna	390	↓1	20
11	Alexis	365	–	11
12	Taylor	333	–	22
13	Kayla	328	↑1	18
14	Samantha	304	↑5	9
15	Caroline	303	↑6	74
16	Sydney	303	–	27
17	Alyssa	300	↑6	14
18	Chloe	296	–	23
19	Lauren	295	↓6	16
20	Isabella	294	↑18	7
21	Hailey	293	↑7	24
22	Savannah	292	↑3	41
23	Grace	284	↓1	13
24	Jasmine	283	↑11	26
25	Morgan	280	↑2	31
26	Brianna	274	↓9	17
27	Makayla	267	↓3	47
28	Mary	262	↑5	62
29	Jessica	258	↓9	21
30	Katherine	247	↑2	35
31	Rachel	247	↓1	34
32	Destiny	246	↑2	38
33	Natalie	245	↑8	19
34	Kaitlyn	234	↓5	33
35	Jennifer	233	↓4	39
36	Victoria	226	↓10	28
37	Haley	222	↓22	44
38	Mackenzie	220	↓2	45
39	Ella	219	↑11	29
40	Sophia	207	new	15
41	Trinity	202	↑1	48
42	Ava	196	↑7	25
43	Kaylee	191	↑3	50
44	Riley	187	new	58
45	Maria	186	↓2	42
46	Katelyn	182	↓1	59
47	Megan	182	↓10	36
48	Faith	178	new	52
49	Jordan	178	↓9	71
50	Jada	176	↓11	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	William	957	↑1	8
2	Jacob	918	↓1	1
3	Joshua	865	–	3
4	Michael	657	–	2
5	Ethan	650	↑3	5
6	Christopher	646	↓1	10
7	Matthew	643	–	4
8	Andrew	625	↑1	6
9	James	589	↓3	18
10	John	564	–	17
11	Caleb	533	↑4	33
12	Joseph	533	↑1	9
13	David	523	↑1	14
14	Nicholas	513	↓3	13
15	Tyler	494	↓3	16
16	Christian	488	↑5	24
17	Daniel	478	↑2	7
18	Elijah	476	↑11	31
19	Samuel	466	↓3	23
20	Jonathan	462	↑3	21
21	Alexander	454	↑1	15
22	Ryan	451	↑4	12
23	Brandon	444	↓5	22
24	Cameron	444	–	50
25	Noah	434	↑2	29
26	Logan	423	↑6	27
27	Dylan	420	↓7	19
28	Benjamin	419	↑3	25
29	Zachary	413	↓12	26
30	Anthony	394	↑4	11
31	Jackson	391	↓1	48
32	Justin	378	↓4	30
33	Nathan	369	–	20
34	Robert	351	↑1	36
35	Hunter	350	↑2	49
36	Thomas	347	–	37
37	Austin	345	↓12	35
38	Jordan	338	↑1	43
39	Kevin	331	↓1	34
40	Gabriel	326	–	32
41	Isaiah	316	↑1	45
42	Jose	292	↓1	28
43	Charles	291	↑1	56
44	Landon	288	↑4	86
45	Evan	284	↑4	39
46	Aaron	280	new	53
47	Connor	276	↓1	38
48	Luke	268	↓5	41
49	Mason	258	↑1	51
50	Jayden	249	new	62

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