Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2008

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2008 were Emma for girls (652 babies) and William for boys (888). William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 103,793 babies born in North Carolina in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2008

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: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shaniya: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Zaniyah: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jakayla: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Taniya: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Caroline: 255 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Meredith: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Charity: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Taliyah: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brittany: 52 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Sincere: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jamir: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Davis: 72 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kamari: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jamari: 71 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Walker: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bryson: 202 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Javion: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lawson: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Holden: 67 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Emma	652	↑1	1
2	Madison	622	↓1	6
3	Ava	514	↑1	5
4	Emily	502	↓1	3
5	Abigail	498	–	8
6	Olivia	440	–	4
7	Addison	399	↑3	12
8	Isabella	392	↑1	2
9	Elizabeth	385	↓1	9
10	Hannah	384	↓3	17
11	Chloe	356	↑4	10
12	Sarah	354	↓1	20
13	Sophia	352	–	7
14	Taylor	330	↑4	22
15	Alyssa	310	↓3	16
16	Ella	303	↑6	19
17	Alexis	300	↑2	15
18	Ashley	299	↓4	18
19	Savannah	296	↓2	33
20	Natalie	293	–	13
21	Anna	291	↓5	26
22	Lily	278	↑10	24
23	Hailey	269	↑2	25
24	Samantha	264	↓1	11
25	Brianna	261	↓4	23
26	Lillian	256	↑4	29
27	Caroline	255	↑1	94
28	Makayla	249	↓2	37
29	Kaylee	247	↑4	31
30	Riley	234	↑8	39
31	Nevaeh	233	↑8	34
32	Allison	219	new	32
33	Grace	219	↑8	21
34	Morgan	211	↑1	46
35	Peyton	208	new	60
36	Trinity	207	↑9	70
37	Katherine	195	↓3	45
38	Kayla	192	↓11	28
39	Avery	190	new	38
40	Mia	186	–	14
41	Victoria	186	↓5	27
42	Sydney	185	↓13	49
43	Jasmine	182	↑1	43
44	Lauren	182	↓20	30
45	Leah	179	new	40
46	Destiny	176	↓15	47
47	Layla	172	↑2	55
48	Mackenzie	168	↓6	65
49	Jada	166	new	>100
50	Maria	166	↓3	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	William	888	–	8
2	Jacob	709	–	1
3	Joshua	706	↑1	4
4	Christopher	660	↓1	9
5	Ethan	622	–	3
6	Michael	602	–	2
7	James	582	–	17
8	Jayden	580	↑10	11
9	Noah	554	↓1	15
10	David	536	↑2	14
11	Jackson	524	↑10	32
12	Alexander	521	↑2	6
13	Elijah	518	↓4	22
14	Matthew	509	↑1	10
15	Daniel	501	↓5	5
16	Christian	482	↑1	23
17	Andrew	475	↓4	12
18	Aiden	468	↑19	16
19	Jonathan	467	↓3	26
20	Joseph	464	–	13
21	John	458	↓10	20
22	Caleb	447	↓3	34
23	Anthony	438	↑4	7
24	Samuel	437	–	27
25	Tyler	435	↓2	28
26	Logan	417	↓4	19
27	Benjamin	414	↑4	25
28	Nathan	411	↑2	21
29	Gabriel	396	↑6	24
30	Brandon	393	↓2	33
31	Cameron	393	↓5	53
32	Landon	388	↑2	45
33	Gavin	376	–	30
34	Mason	370	↑6	35
35	Ryan	368	↓6	18
36	Nicholas	357	↓11	29
37	Kevin	335	↑6	41
38	Dylan	332	↓6	31
39	Isaiah	319	↓1	42
40	Zachary	309	↑9	47
41	Robert	307	↑1	49
42	Justin	302	↓1	44
43	Lucas	302	new	46
44	Brayden	296	new	51
45	Austin	289	↓6	55
46	Hunter	276	–	54
47	Jeremiah	273	new	68
48	Luke	273	–	43
49	Connor	271	↓2	57
50	Thomas	267	↓5	52

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