Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2012

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2012 were Emma for girls (657 babies) and William for boys (711). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 94,509 babies born in North Carolina in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2012

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: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Emory: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hayleigh: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Janiya: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nahla: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kaleigh: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Taraji: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Ansley: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Zion: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Amani: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Kyrie: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Davis: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kamari: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Braylen: 70 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lawson: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Messiah: 53 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nasir: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Wade: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bryson: 256 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jamari: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	657	–	2
2	Sophia	593	↑3	1
3	Ava	511	↓1	5
4	Olivia	472	↓1	4
5	Isabella	455	↓1	3
6	Madison	447	–	9
7	Abigail	436	–	7
8	Elizabeth	372	↑3	10
9	Emily	368	↓1	6
10	Ella	319	↑2	12
11	Chloe	315	↓2	11
12	Addison	314	↓2	14
13	Aubrey	301	↑1	15
14	Harper	276	↑29	24
15	Hannah	264	↑2	22
16	Mia	257	↑12	8
17	Avery	254	↑2	13
18	Lily	252	↓5	16
19	Lillian	250	↓4	25
20	Natalie	245	↓4	17
21	Anna	229	↓3	34
22	Zoey	228	↑15	20
23	Amelia	214	–	23
24	Caroline	213	↓2	80
25	Nevaeh	212	↓5	39
26	Layla	210	↑3	31
27	Peyton	208	↓2	53
28	Charlotte	207	↑13	19
29	Aaliyah	205	↑11	36
30	Savannah	197	↓9	43
31	Taylor	197	↑2	46
32	Zoe	196	↓6	30
33	Riley	193	↓6	47
34	Brooklyn	191	↓4	29
35	Allison	183	↑3	38
36	Evelyn	181	↓5	27
37	Sarah	181	↓13	42
38	Hailey	179	new	32
39	Serenity	179	↑5	58
40	Grace	178	↓6	21
41	Kaylee	166	↓9	35
42	Sofia	163	↑6	18
43	London	162	new	94
44	Alexis	160	↓5	40
45	Alyssa	158	↓9	44
46	Trinity	158	new	91
47	Aubree	155	new	60
48	Skylar	153	new	87
49	Ashley	152	↑1	50
50	Victoria	149	↓15	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	William	711	–	5
2	Mason	684	–	2
3	Jacob	579	–	1
4	Elijah	575	–	13
5	Noah	524	–	4
6	James	507	↑2	14
7	Jayden	507	↓1	8
8	Ethan	493	↑2	3
9	Jackson	485	↓2	21
10	Michael	464	↑3	7
11	Aiden	451	↑1	10
12	Liam	451	↑12	6
13	Christopher	435	↓4	23
14	Joshua	420	↓3	17
15	Alexander	416	–	9
16	Gabriel	409	↓2	24
17	Landon	388	↑3	35
18	Caleb	383	↑1	32
19	Logan	380	↑4	22
20	Samuel	377	↑1	25
21	Daniel	372	↓5	11
22	Cameron	370	↑4	54
23	John	356	↑9	28
24	Benjamin	352	↓2	16
25	Matthew	350	↑2	12
26	Brayden	346	↑5	39
27	Joseph	344	↑1	19
28	Andrew	334	↑1	18
29	Christian	332	↓12	33
30	David	316	↓12	20
31	Carter	313	↑7	36
32	Levi	304	↑8	55
33	Anthony	299	↓3	15
34	Lucas	299	–	27
35	Jeremiah	298	↓2	52
36	Luke	295	new	37
37	Eli	284	↑12	43
38	Jonathan	282	↓13	34
39	Ayden	281	↓2	68
40	Colton	279	new	65
41	Tyler	277	↑2	50
42	Dylan	273	↑2	31
43	Gavin	273	↓2	40
44	Hunter	273	↓2	45
45	Josiah	273	new	79
46	Isaiah	267	↓7	42
47	Nathan	265	↓11	29
48	Isaac	258	↓1	30
49	Wyatt	257	new	41
50	Bryson	256	↓5	94

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