Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2016

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2016 were Ava for girls (619 babies) and William for boys (715). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 97,284 babies born in North Carolina in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2016

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

Honesty: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mattie: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Emory: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ansley: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Laney: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Virginia: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jaliyah: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Azariah: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nala: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mallory: 51 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Braylen: 67 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Justice: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bobby: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamir: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maxton: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Lawson: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Davis: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jayceon: 108 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jasiah: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Braylon: 53 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Ava	619	–	3
2	Emma	610	–	1
3	Olivia	559	–	2
4	Charlotte	408	↑6	7
5	Harper	408	↑3	11
6	Abigail	396	–	8
7	Isabella	394	↓3	5
8	Sophia	383	↓3	4
9	Elizabeth	366	–	13
10	Madison	318	↓3	15
11	Emily	316	–	9
12	Evelyn	311	↑4	12
13	Mia	309	–	6
14	Skylar	297	↑3	42
15	Aubrey	291	↓3	25
16	Caroline	287	↑5	56
17	Avery	283	↓3	16
18	Amelia	273	↓3	10
19	Addison	251	↓1	29
20	Layla	247	↑20	30
21	Riley	244	↑4	22
22	Ella	237	↓2	17
23	Lillian	228	↓1	28
24	Chloe	222	↓5	20
25	Scarlett	221	↑9	18
26	Savannah	216	↑2	38
27	Lily	203	↓1	24
28	Natalie	202	↓1	31
29	Sofia	200	↓6	14
30	Zoey	198	↓1	26
31	Sadie	196	↓7	60
32	Brooklyn	193	–	34
33	Hannah	188	↓2	33
34	Serenity	185	↑5	70
35	Grace	183	↑3	19
36	Eleanor	181	↑6	41
37	Paisley	179	↓4	46
38	Nora	178	new	36
39	Aria	174	new	23
40	Kennedy	172	↓5	59
41	Anna	170	↓11	49
42	Autumn	168	new	65
43	Madelyn	166	new	62
44	Allison	163	↓7	50
45	Nevaeh	157	new	73
46	Victoria	157	↓1	21
47	Genesis	154	new	58
48	Kinsley	152	new	86
49	Zoe	152	↓13	35
50	Kaylee	150	↓7	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	William	715	–	3
2	Noah	638	–	1
3	Mason	547	–	4
4	Liam	529	–	2
5	Elijah	525	↑1	9
6	James	479	↓1	5
7	Jackson	428	–	17
8	Benjamin	426	↑9	6
9	Michael	426	↑7	8
10	Grayson	415	↑10	37
11	Carter	408	↓2	26
12	Luke	390	↑1	29
13	John	386	↓1	28
14	Lucas	381	↑7	14
15	Aiden	379	↓5	16
16	Jacob	379	↓8	7
17	Oliver	372	↑19	12
18	Ethan	369	↓7	10
19	Gabriel	360	↑4	25
20	Samuel	351	↓2	21
21	Logan	350	↓6	18
22	Daniel	335	↑2	13
23	Wyatt	334	↓4	33
24	Alexander	331	↓10	11
25	Joseph	327	–	20
26	Levi	314	↑2	42
27	David	313	↓1	19
28	Joshua	312	↑4	35
29	Jaxon	311	↑14	41
30	Christopher	310	↓1	36
31	Matthew	310	↓1	15
32	Henry	307	↑5	22
33	Landon	307	↓6	53
34	Cameron	304	↓3	57
35	Owen	303	↑9	24
36	Andrew	301	↓2	34
37	Caleb	290	↓4	44
38	Christian	288	–	46
39	Jayden	288	↓17	27
40	Isaac	280	↑7	31
41	Charles	279	↑7	52
42	Bryson	273	new	94
43	Dylan	266	↓3	32
44	Josiah	257	↓9	55
45	Thomas	250	new	48
46	Anthony	245	new	30
47	Isaiah	240	new	47
48	Jeremiah	240	↓9	58
49	Colton	236	↓8	68
50	Hunter	236	↓8	45

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