Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2010

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2010 were Emma for girls (578 babies) and William for boys (821). Emma ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 96,509 babies born in North Carolina in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2010

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: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shaniya: 65 babies, 5× the national rate
Shaniyah: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kyndall: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Hayleigh: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jakayla: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Amani: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ansley: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Zaniyah: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kaleigh: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Zavion: 29 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Davis: 71 babies, 4× the national rate
Jasiah: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jamari: 68 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chandler: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kamari: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brantley: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nasir: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jaylin: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jamir: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Emma	578	–	3
2	Isabella	562	↑1	1
3	Ava	531	↑1	5
4	Madison	478	↓2	8
5	Sophia	473	↑5	2
6	Abigail	461	↓1	7
7	Olivia	460	↓1	4
8	Addison	437	–	11
9	Chloe	429	–	9
10	Emily	378	↓3	6
11	Elizabeth	361	–	12
12	Ella	323	–	13
13	Alexis	278	–	16
14	Natalie	269	↑18	14
15	Lillian	267	↑8	22
16	Lily	257	↑6	17
17	Alyssa	247	↑3	21
18	Anna	245	↑1	27
19	Makayla	245	↑10	43
20	Sarah	243	↓3	26
21	Hannah	236	↓6	20
22	Hailey	231	↑6	19
23	Riley	228	↑3	40
24	Savannah	227	↓6	44
25	Allison	226	↑2	38
26	Taylor	221	↓10	37
27	Nevaeh	219	↑4	25
28	Ashley	214	↓14	29
29	Kaylee	213	↓5	35
30	Mia	212	–	10
31	Caroline	211	↓10	88
32	Zoe	209	new	31
33	Layla	208	↑7	36
34	Avery	191	↑1	23
35	Leah	191	↑2	24
36	Peyton	191	↓3	51
37	Khloe	181	new	42
38	Grace	180	↓2	18
39	Samantha	180	↓14	15
40	Aubrey	174	↓1	45
41	Brooklyn	170	new	34
42	Evelyn	164	↑8	39
43	Amelia	163	new	41
44	Aaliyah	159	↓2	56
45	Bella	158	new	48
46	Brianna	158	↓12	30
47	Victoria	158	↓2	32
48	Sydney	157	↓1	60
49	Zoey	156	new	47
50	Mackenzie	155	↓1	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	William	821	–	5
2	Jacob	704	–	1
3	Elijah	576	↑6	18
4	Noah	564	↑1	7
5	Jayden	550	↑8	4
6	Joshua	534	↓2	11
7	Ethan	531	↓1	2
8	James	519	↑2	19
9	Jackson	516	↑3	25
10	Alexander	515	↓2	6
11	Mason	508	↑19	12
12	Michael	502	↓5	3
13	Christopher	495	↓10	13
14	David	464	↓3	15
15	Samuel	456	↑11	24
16	Caleb	449	↓2	32
17	Landon	442	–	33
18	Daniel	420	↓3	8
19	John	420	↑2	26
20	Aiden	416	↓1	9
21	Christian	404	↓1	29
22	Gabriel	401	↑9	21
23	Jonathan	397	↑9	28
24	Joseph	387	↓2	20
25	Anthony	382	↑3	10
26	Logan	378	↑1	17
27	Andrew	377	↓2	14
28	Tyler	372	↓12	34
29	Cameron	365	↓5	60
30	Matthew	353	↓12	16
31	Benjamin	352	↓8	22
32	Brayden	337	↑5	40
33	Nathan	336	↑1	27
34	Jeremiah	333	↑7	51
35	Ryan	327	↑1	23
36	Isaiah	321	↑2	43
37	Gavin	319	↓4	38
38	Dylan	302	↓9	31
39	Luke	297	–	41
40	Connor	279	↑5	49
41	Lucas	274	↑2	35
42	Liam	273	new	30
43	Hunter	259	↓3	58
44	Charles	258	↑3	63
45	Nicholas	256	↓10	37
46	Evan	255	↓2	36
47	Ayden	252	new	78
48	Brandon	247	↓6	44
49	Carter	244	–	48
50	Jordan	244	↓2	46

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