Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2009

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2009 were Emma for girls (587 babies) and William for boys (794). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 100,253 babies born in North Carolina in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2009

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

Carson: 29 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Nyasia: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Campbell: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mattie: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Zaniyah: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shaniya: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ansley: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Caroline: 254 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jaliyah: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Zaria: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Davis: 78 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lawson: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Semaj: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Holden: 77 babies, 3× the national rate
Nasir: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
Chandler: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Messiah: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kamari: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bryson: 190 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Omari: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Emma	587	–	2
2	Madison	572	–	7
3	Isabella	570	↑5	1
4	Ava	537	↓1	5
5	Abigail	471	–	8
6	Olivia	452	–	3
7	Emily	422	↓3	6
8	Addison	419	↓1	12
9	Chloe	398	↑2	9
10	Sophia	380	↑3	4
11	Elizabeth	366	↓2	11
12	Ella	337	↑4	15
13	Alexis	305	↑4	13
14	Ashley	304	↑4	20
15	Hannah	295	↓5	23
16	Taylor	293	↓2	22
17	Sarah	286	↓5	21
18	Savannah	283	↑1	39
19	Anna	259	↑2	28
20	Alyssa	258	↓5	19
21	Caroline	254	↑6	87
22	Lily	254	–	18
23	Lillian	247	↑3	27
24	Kaylee	243	↑5	26
25	Samantha	242	↓1	14
26	Riley	240	↑4	38
27	Allison	238	↑5	30
28	Hailey	237	↓5	25
29	Makayla	234	↓1	44
30	Mia	234	↑10	10
31	Nevaeh	224	–	34
32	Natalie	221	↓12	16
33	Peyton	219	↑2	42
34	Brianna	218	↓9	24
35	Avery	198	↑4	32
36	Grace	198	↓3	17
37	Leah	194	↑8	29
38	Katherine	193	↓1	60
39	Aubrey	189	new	41
40	Layla	188	↑7	45
41	Serenity	186	new	93
42	Aaliyah	181	new	63
43	Morgan	181	↓9	57
44	Kayla	178	↓6	35
45	Victoria	174	↓4	31
46	Lauren	172	↓2	46
47	Sydney	171	↓5	48
48	Trinity	169	↓12	74
49	Mackenzie	162	↓1	77
50	Evelyn	154	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	William	794	–	5
2	Jacob	670	–	1
3	Christopher	639	↑1	10
4	Joshua	622	↓1	6
5	Noah	622	↑4	9
6	Ethan	586	↓1	2
7	Michael	567	↓1	3
8	Alexander	537	↑4	4
9	Elijah	524	↑4	21
10	James	523	↓3	18
11	David	510	↓1	14
12	Jackson	509	↓1	27
13	Jayden	504	↓5	8
14	Caleb	463	↑8	31
15	Daniel	461	–	7
16	Tyler	451	↑9	28
17	Landon	450	↑15	36
18	Matthew	445	↓4	13
19	Aiden	438	↓1	12
20	Christian	434	↓4	23
21	John	414	–	26
22	Joseph	403	↓2	15
23	Benjamin	393	↑4	19
24	Cameron	390	↑7	58
25	Andrew	386	↓8	16
26	Samuel	386	↓2	24
27	Logan	385	↓1	17
28	Anthony	372	↓5	11
29	Dylan	370	↑9	30
30	Mason	363	↑4	34
31	Gabriel	362	↓2	22
32	Jonathan	352	↓13	29
33	Gavin	347	–	33
34	Nathan	325	↓6	25
35	Nicholas	325	↑1	32
36	Ryan	324	↓1	20
37	Brayden	310	↑7	48
38	Isaiah	307	↑1	41
39	Luke	307	↑9	47
40	Hunter	302	↑6	56
41	Jeremiah	301	↑6	65
42	Brandon	284	↓12	38
43	Lucas	280	–	39
44	Evan	276	new	35
45	Connor	272	↑4	52
46	Austin	270	↓1	63
47	Charles	269	new	64
48	Jordan	266	new	45
49	Carter	263	new	50
50	Justin	263	↓8	46

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