Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2006

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2006 were Madison for girls (670 babies) and William for boys (890). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 101,582 babies born in North Carolina in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2006

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: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Zaria: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Logan: 56 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Caroline: 276 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Chasity: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Laney: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Haleigh: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Campbell: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Taliyah: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Meredith: 72 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Davis: 85 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bryson: 192 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Greyson: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Walker: 55 babies, 3× the national rate
Javon: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Amari: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Grayson: 118 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Zion: 86 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Holden: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Chandler: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Madison	670	↑2	3
2	Emily	637	↓1	1
3	Emma	574	↓1	2
4	Abigail	528	↑1	6
5	Hannah	528	↓1	8
6	Ava	479	↑5	5
7	Olivia	463	↓1	7
8	Sarah	448	↓1	15
9	Elizabeth	438	↓1	11
10	Isabella	395	↑7	4
11	Ashley	382	↓2	12
12	Anna	372	↓2	22
13	Chloe	369	↓1	18
14	Savannah	306	↑2	30
15	Alexis	305	↓2	14
16	Samantha	296	↓1	10
17	Alyssa	295	↑6	19
18	Taylor	295	↓4	23
19	Hailey	294	↑2	25
20	Caroline	276	↑5	89
21	Sophia	274	↑10	9
22	Ella	273	↑8	21
23	Brianna	266	↓3	20
24	Addison	265	new	28
25	Natalie	261	↓6	17
26	Kayla	253	↑2	26
27	Makayla	250	↓9	45
28	Lillian	247	↑11	38
29	Lauren	243	↓5	24
30	Jasmine	242	↓1	29
31	Grace	238	↓9	16
32	Morgan	237	–	35
33	Mia	232	↑16	13
34	Sydney	225	↓7	34
35	Kaylee	224	↑8	42
36	Kaitlyn	223	↓3	41
37	Katherine	223	–	37
38	Lily	218	↑8	33
39	Victoria	216	↓4	27
40	Mary	214	↓6	80
41	Destiny	205	↓15	36
42	Nevaeh	201	new	43
43	Trinity	199	↓3	64
44	Maria	191	↑3	46
45	Katelyn	189	new	61
46	Jessica	185	↓10	32
47	Haley	183	↓2	75
48	Jada	179	↓7	92
49	Riley	176	↓11	56
50	Mackenzie	175	↓6	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	William	890	–	10
2	Joshua	835	–	3
3	Jacob	783	–	1
4	Christopher	741	–	8
5	Michael	673	–	2
6	Ethan	616	–	4
7	James	607	–	16
8	Matthew	586	–	5
9	Andrew	580	–	7
10	Noah	567	↑12	15
11	John	551	–	19
12	David	546	↓2	13
13	Tyler	532	↑2	18
14	Alexander	501	–	12
15	Caleb	500	↑1	34
16	Joseph	495	↑3	11
17	Daniel	492	↓5	6
18	Christian	480	↓1	21
19	Elijah	480	↓6	29
20	Jonathan	459	–	22
21	Jackson	458	↑4	35
22	Logan	434	↑4	20
23	Anthony	431	↑1	9
24	Samuel	429	↓3	25
25	Benjamin	427	↑5	24
26	Nicholas	422	↓8	17
27	Cameron	421	↓4	52
28	Brandon	403	↑4	27
29	Ryan	400	↓2	14
30	Landon	397	↑10	50
31	Nathan	391	↓2	23
32	Gabriel	376	↑1	28
33	Austin	371	↑2	41
34	Isaiah	360	↑7	39
35	Robert	355	↑7	47
36	Zachary	353	↓8	33
37	Dylan	348	↓6	26
38	Jordan	341	↑5	46
39	Kevin	324	↓5	37
40	Justin	321	↓3	45
41	Mason	316	↑4	40
42	Luke	315	↑2	43
43	Aiden	310	new	32
44	Gavin	306	↑3	38
45	Evan	300	↑5	42
46	Thomas	300	–	51
47	Charles	298	↓9	60
48	Hunter	291	↓12	54
49	Jose	287	↓10	30
50	Jayden	285	↓1	49

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