Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2015

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2015 were Ava for girls (624 babies) and William for boys (706). Ava ranked #4 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 97,413 babies born in North Carolina in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2015

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: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kyndall: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kyleigh: 63 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Karsyn: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Malaysia: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Emory: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Miracle: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Armani: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Caroline: 260 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mallory: 51 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Braylen: 69 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lawson: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Davis: 52 babies, 3× the national rate
Cannon: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kamari: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nasir: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sincere: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Holden: 91 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Chandler: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bryson: 197 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Ava	624	–	4
2	Emma	585	–	1
3	Olivia	565	–	2
4	Isabella	433	–	5
5	Sophia	426	–	3
6	Abigail	402	↑1	7
7	Madison	390	↓1	11
8	Harper	379	↑1	10
9	Elizabeth	357	↑1	13
10	Charlotte	349	↑7	9
11	Emily	318	↓3	8
12	Aubrey	306	↑6	21
13	Mia	296	↑1	6
14	Avery	289	↓3	16
15	Amelia	285	↑7	12
16	Evelyn	283	↑8	15
17	Skylar	281	↑2	42
18	Addison	271	↓3	24
19	Chloe	270	↓6	17
20	Ella	268	↓4	18
21	Caroline	260	↓9	62
22	Lillian	232	↓1	26
23	Sofia	230	↑6	14
24	Sadie	225	↑4	52
25	Riley	223	↑19	35
26	Lily	221	↑4	25
27	Natalie	218	↓7	27
28	Savannah	214	↑3	38
29	Zoey	213	↓4	23
30	Anna	208	↓7	44
31	Hannah	203	↓4	28
32	Brooklyn	199	↑1	31
33	Paisley	196	↑2	45
34	Scarlett	192	↑6	22
35	Kennedy	188	↑2	58
36	Zoe	183	↑3	33
37	Allison	182	↑4	39
38	Grace	180	↓2	19
39	Serenity	179	↓7	71
40	Layla	177	↓14	30
41	London	170	new	>100
42	Eleanor	165	new	60
43	Kaylee	163	new	61
44	Peyton	161	↓6	72
45	Victoria	160	↓11	20
46	Alexa	159	new	32
47	Audrey	158	new	37
48	Aaliyah	157	↓6	47
49	Kylie	157	new	66
50	Leah	157	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	William	706	–	5
2	Noah	680	↑1	1
3	Mason	601	↓1	3
4	Liam	588	–	2
5	James	539	↑1	7
6	Elijah	526	↓1	11
7	Jackson	482	–	17
8	Jacob	445	–	4
9	Carter	441	↑1	24
10	Aiden	430	↑10	13
11	Ethan	420	↓2	6
12	John	402	↑11	26
13	Luke	399	↑9	28
14	Alexander	395	↑1	8
15	Logan	394	↓4	14
16	Michael	385	↓4	9
17	Benjamin	384	↑1	10
18	Samuel	367	↑1	23
19	Wyatt	362	↑18	34
20	Grayson	361	↑27	47
21	Lucas	358	↑3	16
22	Jayden	355	↓6	20
23	Gabriel	353	↓10	22
24	Daniel	342	↑1	12
25	Joseph	342	↑4	21
26	David	340	↓5	18
27	Landon	336	↑1	46
28	Levi	334	↑3	42
29	Christopher	327	↓12	32
30	Matthew	327	–	15
31	Cameron	325	↓4	56
32	Joshua	315	↓18	33
33	Caleb	313	↓7	37
34	Andrew	309	↑1	30
35	Josiah	307	↑3	57
36	Oliver	302	new	19
37	Henry	296	↓4	29
38	Christian	292	↑10	43
39	Jeremiah	291	↓5	54
40	Dylan	279	↓8	27
41	Colton	277	↓5	60
42	Hunter	277	↓2	41
43	Jaxon	270	↑2	44
44	Owen	264	new	36
45	Brayden	255	↓6	61
46	Eli	252	↓2	53
47	Isaac	250	↓6	31
48	Charles	243	new	50
49	Connor	237	new	55
50	Nolan	237	new	71

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