Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2007

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2007 were Madison for girls (681 babies) and William for boys (896). Madison ranked #5 nationally for girls. William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 104,292 babies born in North Carolina in 2007 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2007

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

Grayson: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Nyasia: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Zaniya: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Janiyah: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shaniya: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Campbell: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Janiya: 63 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Haven: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jamya: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Aniya: 86 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Lawson: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jaquan: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Jamari: 71 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sincere: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chandler: 62 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kamari: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Davis: 62 babies, 3× the national rate
Bryson: 181 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Walker: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Javion: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2007

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	Madison	681	–	5
2	Emma	625	↑1	3
3	Emily	566	↓1	1
4	Ava	551	↑2	4
5	Abigail	527	↓1	8
6	Olivia	493	↑1	7
7	Hannah	491	↓2	9
8	Elizabeth	444	↑1	10
9	Isabella	421	↑1	2
10	Addison	410	↑14	11
11	Sarah	393	↓3	18
12	Alyssa	385	↑5	14
13	Sophia	359	↑8	6
14	Ashley	352	↓3	13
15	Chloe	341	↓2	16
16	Anna	328	↓4	25
17	Savannah	320	↓3	30
18	Taylor	297	–	24
19	Alexis	295	↓4	19
20	Natalie	295	↑5	17
21	Brianna	290	↑2	22
22	Ella	275	–	21
23	Samantha	271	↓7	12
24	Lauren	252	↑5	28
25	Hailey	248	↓6	23
26	Makayla	239	↑1	47
27	Kayla	228	↓1	26
28	Caroline	224	↓8	99
29	Sydney	224	↑5	37
30	Lillian	223	↓2	33
31	Destiny	222	↑10	41
32	Lily	221	↑6	27
33	Kaylee	219	↑2	35
34	Katherine	216	↑3	39
35	Morgan	213	↓3	43
36	Victoria	210	↑3	29
37	Kaitlyn	209	↓1	44
38	Riley	209	↑11	52
39	Nevaeh	208	↑3	31
40	Mia	200	↓7	15
41	Grace	197	↓10	20
42	Mackenzie	183	↑8	65
43	Mary	183	↓3	93
44	Jasmine	180	↓14	32
45	Trinity	180	↓2	72
46	Kimberly	177	new	54
47	Maria	175	↓3	53
48	Rachel	172	new	59
49	Layla	170	new	85
50	Jessica	169	↓4	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	William	896	–	8
2	Jacob	829	↑1	1
3	Christopher	726	↑1	6
4	Joshua	723	↓2	4
5	Ethan	691	↑1	3
6	Michael	649	↓1	2
7	James	602	–	15
8	Noah	593	↑2	14
9	Elijah	551	↑10	30
10	Daniel	547	↑7	5
11	John	524	–	19
12	David	517	–	12
13	Andrew	516	↓4	10
14	Alexander	512	–	11
15	Matthew	503	↓7	9
16	Jonathan	484	↑4	23
17	Christian	480	↑1	22
18	Jayden	475	↑32	18
19	Caleb	474	↓4	36
20	Joseph	470	↓4	13
21	Jackson	466	–	33
22	Logan	457	–	17
23	Tyler	451	↓10	21
24	Samuel	441	–	25
25	Nicholas	429	↑1	20
26	Cameron	427	↑1	50
27	Anthony	426	↓4	7
28	Brandon	395	–	31
29	Ryan	388	–	16
30	Nathan	380	↑1	24
31	Benjamin	379	↓6	26
32	Dylan	379	↑5	29
33	Gavin	378	↑11	32
34	Landon	378	↓4	49
35	Gabriel	373	↓3	28
36	Jordan	354	↑2	44
37	Aiden	352	↑6	27
38	Isaiah	351	↓4	43
39	Austin	350	↓6	48
40	Mason	348	↑1	37
41	Justin	343	↓1	45
42	Robert	331	↓7	47
43	Kevin	317	↓4	39
44	Jose	313	↑5	35
45	Thomas	311	↑1	52
46	Hunter	308	↑2	57
47	Connor	305	new	55
48	Luke	293	↓6	46
49	Zachary	290	↓13	42
50	Evan	280	↓5	40

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