Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2014

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2014 were Ava for girls (600 babies) and William for boys (732). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 96,826 babies born in North Carolina in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2014

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

Salem: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Emory: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Azaria: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ansley: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ellison: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Amani: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Aniya: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Caroline: 288 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kyleigh: 62 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kensley: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Sincere: 41 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kyree: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kamari: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Braylen: 61 babies, 3× the national rate
Davis: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lawson: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brentley: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Channing: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Justice: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nasir: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Ava	600	↑1	5
2	Emma	595	↓1	1
3	Olivia	573	↑1	2
4	Isabella	461	↑1	4
5	Sophia	461	↓2	3
6	Madison	401	↑1	9
7	Abigail	382	↓1	8
8	Emily	366	↑2	7
9	Harper	343	↑2	11
10	Elizabeth	342	↓2	13
11	Avery	299	↑1	14
12	Caroline	288	↑10	59
13	Chloe	286	↑4	18
14	Mia	286	↓1	6
15	Addison	276	↓6	24
16	Ella	273	–	17
17	Charlotte	270	↑6	10
18	Aubrey	262	↓3	21
19	Skylar	255	↑11	48
20	Natalie	253	↓2	23
21	Lillian	251	↓7	25
22	Amelia	249	↓3	15
23	Anna	247	↑2	34
24	Evelyn	237	↑18	16
25	Zoey	237	↑2	22
26	Layla	234	↓6	29
27	Hannah	233	↓6	28
28	Sadie	224	↑5	46
29	Sofia	224	↑16	12
30	Lily	217	↓4	27
31	Savannah	216	↓7	38
32	Serenity	203	↑6	58
33	Brooklyn	202	↓4	26
34	Victoria	193	↑9	19
35	Paisley	189	new	53
36	Grace	188	↑3	20
37	Kennedy	181	↑10	54
38	Peyton	181	↓6	56
39	Zoe	179	↓5	32
40	Scarlett	177	new	30
41	Allison	176	↓5	39
42	Aaliyah	174	↓2	45
43	Aubree	174	↓12	62
44	Riley	172	↓16	47
45	Claire	170	new	44
46	Mackenzie	167	↑4	69
47	Sarah	167	↓3	50
48	Ariana	162	new	37
49	Autumn	162	new	71
50	Nevaeh	161	↓4	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	William	732	–	5
2	Mason	636	–	3
3	Noah	624	↑2	1
4	Liam	551	↑2	2
5	Elijah	543	↓2	11
6	James	521	↑1	9
7	Jackson	499	↑1	18
8	Jacob	488	↓4	4
9	Ethan	455	↑3	6
10	Carter	452	↑18	27
11	Logan	423	↑16	13
12	Michael	414	↓3	7
13	Gabriel	406	↑4	24
14	Joshua	405	↓1	25
15	Alexander	402	↑1	8
16	Jayden	396	↓6	15
17	Christopher	395	↓3	30
18	Benjamin	393	↑1	12
19	Samuel	392	↑2	23
20	Aiden	384	↓9	14
21	David	369	↓3	17
22	Luke	356	↑10	28
23	John	353	↓1	26
24	Lucas	350	↑9	19
25	Daniel	345	↓10	10
26	Caleb	344	↓6	35
27	Cameron	336	↓2	53
28	Landon	334	↓2	43
29	Joseph	318	↑2	20
30	Matthew	316	↓7	16
31	Levi	310	↑5	45
32	Dylan	309	↑5	29
33	Henry	299	↑17	33
34	Jeremiah	293	↑5	56
35	Andrew	289	–	22
36	Colton	289	↑11	65
37	Wyatt	289	↑6	39
38	Josiah	285	↑10	64
39	Brayden	284	↓9	62
40	Hunter	279	↓6	40
41	Isaac	277	↓3	31
42	Ayden	275	–	74
43	Anthony	269	↓14	21
44	Eli	269	↓4	49
45	Jaxon	269	↑1	46
46	Jonathan	263	↓1	44
47	Grayson	262	new	63
48	Christian	252	↓24	42
49	Nathan	247	↓8	38
50	Jordan	245	new	55

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