Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2013
The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2013 were Emma for girls (648 babies) and William for boys (706). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 94,708 babies born in North Carolina in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2013
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
- Ansley: 46 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Jakayla: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Emory: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Kaleigh: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Meredith: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Janiya: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Amiya: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Kayleigh: 70 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Miracle: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Virginia: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Boys
- Kamari: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Jamir: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Davis: 61 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Kyree: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Sincere: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Asa: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Jayceon: 125 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Braylen: 57 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Chandler: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Justice: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2013
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2012 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 648 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Ava | 555 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 3 | Sophia | 531 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 4 | Olivia | 488 | – | 3 |
| 5 | Isabella | 484 | – | 4 |
| 6 | Abigail | 466 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 7 | Madison | 386 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 336 | – | 10 |
| 9 | Addison | 322 | ↑3 | 19 |
| 10 | Emily | 322 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 11 | Harper | 318 | ↑3 | 16 |
| 12 | Avery | 299 | ↑5 | 12 |
| 13 | Mia | 297 | ↑3 | 6 |
| 14 | Lillian | 295 | ↑5 | 26 |
| 15 | Aubrey | 290 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 16 | Ella | 274 | ↓6 | 15 |
| 17 | Chloe | 270 | ↓6 | 14 |
| 18 | Natalie | 265 | ↑2 | 21 |
| 19 | Amelia | 262 | ↑4 | 17 |
| 20 | Layla | 259 | ↑6 | 30 |
| 21 | Hannah | 235 | ↓6 | 23 |
| 22 | Caroline | 233 | ↑2 | 63 |
| 23 | Charlotte | 230 | ↑5 | 11 |
| 24 | Savannah | 221 | ↑6 | 36 |
| 25 | Anna | 218 | ↓4 | 35 |
| 26 | Lily | 216 | ↓8 | 27 |
| 27 | Zoey | 216 | ↓5 | 24 |
| 28 | Riley | 214 | ↑5 | 45 |
| 29 | Brooklyn | 202 | ↑5 | 28 |
| 30 | Skylar | 202 | ↑18 | 73 |
| 31 | Aubree | 200 | ↑16 | 53 |
| 32 | Peyton | 199 | ↓5 | 51 |
| 33 | Sadie | 197 | new | 49 |
| 34 | Zoe | 196 | ↓2 | 31 |
| 35 | London | 191 | ↑8 | 85 |
| 36 | Allison | 189 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 37 | Taylor | 189 | ↓6 | 59 |
| 38 | Serenity | 186 | ↑1 | 52 |
| 39 | Grace | 185 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 40 | Aaliyah | 181 | ↓11 | 37 |
| 41 | Kaylee | 178 | – | 40 |
| 42 | Evelyn | 177 | ↓6 | 20 |
| 43 | Victoria | 168 | ↑7 | 25 |
| 44 | Sarah | 166 | ↓7 | 48 |
| 45 | Sofia | 165 | ↓3 | 13 |
| 46 | Nevaeh | 163 | ↓21 | 46 |
| 47 | Kennedy | 160 | new | 65 |
| 48 | Samantha | 156 | new | 29 |
| 49 | Khloe | 155 | new | 78 |
| 50 | Mackenzie | 155 | new | 62 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2012 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William | 706 | – | 5 |
| 2 | Mason | 618 | – | 4 |
| 3 | Elijah | 611 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 4 | Jacob | 553 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 5 | Noah | 552 | – | 1 |
| 6 | Liam | 531 | ↑6 | 3 |
| 7 | James | 489 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 8 | Jackson | 478 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 9 | Michael | 457 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 10 | Jayden | 454 | ↓3 | 9 |
| 11 | Aiden | 435 | – | 12 |
| 12 | Ethan | 432 | ↓4 | 6 |
| 13 | Joshua | 411 | ↑1 | 21 |
| 14 | Christopher | 409 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 15 | Daniel | 407 | ↑6 | 10 |
| 16 | Alexander | 403 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 17 | Gabriel | 395 | ↓1 | 24 |
| 18 | David | 388 | ↑12 | 17 |
| 19 | Benjamin | 383 | ↑5 | 14 |
| 20 | Caleb | 382 | ↓2 | 32 |
| 21 | Samuel | 364 | ↓1 | 25 |
| 22 | John | 354 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 23 | Matthew | 349 | ↑2 | 15 |
| 24 | Christian | 347 | ↑5 | 35 |
| 25 | Cameron | 341 | ↓3 | 59 |
| 26 | Landon | 339 | ↓9 | 39 |
| 27 | Logan | 337 | ↓8 | 18 |
| 28 | Carter | 328 | ↑3 | 33 |
| 29 | Anthony | 326 | ↑4 | 19 |
| 30 | Brayden | 324 | ↓4 | 48 |
| 31 | Joseph | 319 | ↓4 | 20 |
| 32 | Luke | 319 | ↑4 | 34 |
| 33 | Lucas | 308 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 34 | Hunter | 302 | ↑10 | 36 |
| 35 | Andrew | 288 | ↓7 | 22 |
| 36 | Levi | 287 | ↓4 | 49 |
| 37 | Dylan | 283 | ↑5 | 29 |
| 38 | Isaac | 283 | ↑10 | 28 |
| 39 | Jeremiah | 281 | ↓4 | 58 |
| 40 | Eli | 275 | ↓3 | 43 |
| 41 | Nathan | 274 | ↑6 | 31 |
| 42 | Ayden | 270 | ↓3 | 71 |
| 43 | Wyatt | 269 | ↑6 | 42 |
| 44 | Isaiah | 268 | ↑2 | 44 |
| 45 | Jonathan | 266 | ↓7 | 41 |
| 46 | Jaxon | 263 | new | 45 |
| 47 | Colton | 261 | ↓7 | 65 |
| 48 | Josiah | 250 | ↓3 | 69 |
| 49 | Austin | 248 | new | 64 |
| 50 | Henry | 248 | new | 37 |
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