Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2011

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2011 were Emma for girls (613 babies) and William for boys (766). Emma ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 95,050 babies born in North Carolina in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2011

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

Shaniya: 38 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Carson: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Honesty: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Emory: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kyndall: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Armani: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Dixie: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Saniyah: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kayleigh: 86 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Charleigh: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Semaj: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nasir: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Davis: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kamari: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jamari: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Braylen: 71 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jaylen: 116 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Chandler: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Khalil: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lawson: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Emma	613	–	3
2	Ava	557	↑1	5
3	Olivia	524	↑4	4
4	Isabella	491	↓2	2
5	Sophia	485	–	1
6	Madison	471	↓2	8
7	Abigail	467	↓1	7
8	Emily	433	↑2	6
9	Chloe	377	–	10
10	Addison	360	↓2	13
11	Elizabeth	358	–	11
12	Ella	316	–	12
13	Lily	265	↑3	15
14	Aubrey	250	↑26	20
15	Lillian	247	–	22
16	Natalie	246	↓2	14
17	Hannah	243	↑4	25
18	Anna	242	–	38
19	Avery	238	↑15	18
20	Nevaeh	236	↑7	33
21	Savannah	229	↑3	41
22	Caroline	224	↑9	87
23	Amelia	218	↑20	30
24	Sarah	214	↓4	39
25	Peyton	208	↑11	53
26	Zoe	208	↑6	31
27	Riley	207	↓4	47
28	Mia	206	↑2	9
29	Layla	205	↑4	35
30	Brooklyn	201	↑11	21
31	Evelyn	198	↑11	24
32	Kaylee	197	↓3	36
33	Taylor	195	↓7	44
34	Grace	194	↑4	16
35	Victoria	193	↑12	23
36	Alyssa	192	↓19	37
37	Zoey	192	↑12	28
38	Allison	190	↓13	40
39	Alexis	187	↓26	26
40	Aaliyah	179	↑4	46
41	Charlotte	179	new	27
42	Makayla	178	↓23	56
43	Harper	176	new	54
44	Serenity	176	new	66
45	Leah	172	↓10	29
46	Brianna	168	–	45
47	Khloe	164	↓10	49
48	Sofia	162	new	19
49	Samantha	161	↓10	17
50	Ashley	160	↓22	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	William	766	–	3
2	Mason	728	↑9	2
3	Jacob	599	↓1	1
4	Elijah	584	↓1	13
5	Noah	578	↓1	5
6	Jayden	548	↓1	4
7	Jackson	537	↑2	23
8	James	519	–	17
9	Christopher	506	↑4	20
10	Ethan	504	↓3	7
11	Joshua	489	↓5	14
12	Aiden	475	↑8	9
13	Michael	448	↓1	6
14	Gabriel	400	↑8	24
15	Alexander	396	↓5	8
16	Daniel	394	↑2	10
17	Christian	393	↑4	30
18	David	392	↓4	18
19	Caleb	385	↓3	32
20	Landon	384	↓3	34
21	Samuel	380	↓6	26
22	Benjamin	379	↑9	19
23	Logan	376	↑3	21
24	Liam	363	↑18	15
25	Jonathan	357	↓2	31
26	Cameron	355	↑3	53
27	Matthew	347	↑3	12
28	Joseph	341	↓4	22
29	Andrew	340	↓2	16
30	Anthony	336	↓5	11
31	Brayden	332	↑1	36
32	John	331	↓13	27
33	Jeremiah	322	↑1	49
34	Lucas	300	↑7	29
35	Ryan	297	–	25
36	Nathan	285	↓3	28
37	Ayden	282	↑10	70
38	Carter	277	↑11	41
39	Isaiah	275	↓3	43
40	Levi	275	new	66
41	Gavin	270	↓4	37
42	Hunter	270	↑1	55
43	Tyler	262	↓15	38
44	Dylan	253	↓6	33
45	Bryson	252	new	97
46	Charles	252	↓2	61
47	Isaac	251	new	35
48	Jordan	251	↑2	46
49	Eli	247	new	58
50	Owen	247	new	44

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