Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2005

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2005 were Emily for girls (697 babies) and William for boys (924). William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 97,711 babies born in North Carolina in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2005

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

Kyndall: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Nyasia: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mattie: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Zaria: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Amani: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Taliyah: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Amiya: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Logan: 55 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Laci: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shaniya: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Davis: 100 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jaquan: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lawson: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bryson: 182 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Coleman: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sincere: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Greyson: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chandler: 70 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Grayson: 104 babies, 3× the national rate
Jamari: 50 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emily	697	↑1	1
2	Emma	696	↓1	2
3	Madison	695	–	3
4	Hannah	553	–	7
5	Abigail	474	↑1	4
6	Olivia	463	↑1	5
7	Sarah	438	↓2	15
8	Elizabeth	409	–	11
9	Ashley	404	–	10
10	Anna	397	–	22
11	Ava	370	↑31	9
12	Chloe	335	↑6	19
13	Alexis	328	↓2	13
14	Taylor	311	↓2	24
15	Samantha	308	↓1	8
16	Savannah	306	↑6	35
17	Isabella	295	↑3	6
18	Makayla	287	↑9	44
19	Natalie	287	↑14	18
20	Brianna	283	↑6	20
21	Hailey	281	–	26
22	Grace	276	↑1	14
23	Alyssa	275	↓6	16
24	Lauren	275	↓5	21
25	Caroline	272	↓10	83
26	Destiny	268	↑6	32
27	Sydney	267	↓11	30
28	Kayla	264	↓15	25
29	Jasmine	261	↓5	29
30	Ella	253	↑9	23
31	Sophia	245	↑9	12
32	Morgan	239	↓7	33
33	Kaitlyn	230	↑1	34
34	Mary	221	↓6	72
35	Victoria	218	↑1	28
36	Jessica	215	↓7	27
37	Katherine	215	↓7	36
38	Riley	215	↑6	54
39	Lillian	211	new	50
40	Trinity	209	↑1	48
41	Jada	207	↑9	76
42	Rachel	203	↓11	38
43	Kaylee	198	–	40
44	Mackenzie	197	↓6	51
45	Haley	192	↓8	53
46	Lily	187	new	39
47	Maria	185	↓2	46
48	Jennifer	174	↓13	42
49	Mia	171	new	17
50	Leah	163	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	William	924	–	11
2	Joshua	839	↑1	3
3	Jacob	837	↓1	1
4	Christopher	705	↑2	10
5	Michael	671	↓1	2
6	Ethan	651	↓1	5
7	James	636	↑2	17
8	Matthew	558	↓1	4
9	Andrew	554	↓1	6
10	David	532	↑3	12
11	John	531	↓1	18
12	Daniel	527	↑5	7
13	Elijah	523	↑5	31
14	Alexander	496	↑7	13
15	Tyler	487	–	16
16	Caleb	486	↓5	35
17	Christian	481	↓1	22
18	Nicholas	481	↓4	15
19	Joseph	478	↓7	9
20	Jonathan	471	–	19
21	Samuel	471	↓2	21
22	Noah	459	↑3	23
23	Cameron	436	↑1	52
24	Anthony	431	↑6	8
25	Jackson	414	↑6	44
26	Logan	410	–	26
27	Ryan	408	↓5	14
28	Zachary	386	↑1	29
29	Nathan	384	↑4	20
30	Benjamin	383	↓2	25
31	Dylan	382	↓4	24
32	Brandon	380	↓9	27
33	Gabriel	362	↑7	28
34	Kevin	337	↑5	33
35	Austin	335	↑2	38
36	Hunter	333	↓1	53
37	Justin	333	↓5	36
38	Charles	318	↑5	56
39	Jose	317	↑3	30
40	Landon	316	↑4	61
41	Isaiah	315	–	45
42	Robert	312	↓8	37
43	Jordan	311	↓5	46
44	Luke	310	↑4	41
45	Mason	309	↑4	42
46	Thomas	308	↓10	40
47	Gavin	295	new	47
48	Connor	286	↓1	48
49	Jayden	286	↑1	54
50	Evan	264	↓5	39

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