Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2017

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2017 were Ava for girls (654 babies) and William for boys (633). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 96,708 babies born in North Carolina in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2017

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: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ansley: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kyleigh: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Emory: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Raelyn: 72 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Charleigh: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mallory: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Virginia: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Princess: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lauryn: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Kamari: 54 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Braylen: 76 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Braylon: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maxton: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Justice: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Raylan: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nasir: 51 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jamari: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jayceon: 70 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lawson: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Ava	654	–	3
2	Emma	589	–	1
3	Olivia	587	–	2
4	Isabella	433	↑3	4
5	Charlotte	419	↓1	7
6	Sophia	391	↑2	5
7	Harper	390	↓2	11
8	Amelia	369	↑10	8
9	Abigail	349	↓3	10
10	Elizabeth	347	↓1	13
11	Madison	327	↓1	17
12	Mia	320	↑1	6
13	Evelyn	316	↓1	9
14	Ella	287	↑8	16
15	Avery	272	↑2	14
16	Emily	263	↓5	12
17	Caroline	262	↓1	55
18	Skylar	253	↓4	48
19	Layla	251	↑1	26
20	Aubrey	246	↓5	31
21	Scarlett	245	↑4	18
22	Chloe	242	↑2	22
23	Savannah	242	↑3	38
24	Lillian	236	↓1	27
25	Addison	219	↓6	34
26	Paisley	205	↑11	45
27	Riley	205	↓6	25
28	Kennedy	202	↑12	58
29	Nora	202	↑9	29
30	Eleanor	199	↑6	36
31	Zoey	193	↓1	28
32	Sofia	189	↓3	15
33	Aria	184	↑6	20
34	Kinsley	184	↑14	59
35	Lily	183	↓8	33
36	Aubree	179	new	86
37	Anna	177	↑4	53
38	Bella	176	new	50
39	Natalie	176	↓11	35
40	Genesis	175	↑7	56
41	Grace	175	↓6	21
42	Penelope	173	new	24
43	Serenity	172	↓9	78
44	Sadie	168	↓13	71
45	Madelyn	167	↓2	63
46	Nevaeh	167	↓1	74
47	Brooklyn	166	↓15	39
48	Ellie	162	new	44
49	Hannah	162	↓16	32
50	Victoria	161	↓4	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	William	633	–	3
2	Noah	623	–	2
3	Liam	578	↑1	1
4	James	541	↑2	4
5	Mason	523	↓2	7
6	Elijah	486	↓1	8
7	Logan	422	↑14	5
8	Lucas	414	↑6	11
9	Jackson	413	↓2	20
10	Benjamin	398	↓2	6
11	Carter	398	–	24
12	Grayson	398	↓2	34
13	Michael	392	↓4	12
14	Jacob	379	↑2	9
15	Luke	368	↓3	30
16	Wyatt	366	↑7	25
17	Alexander	360	↑7	13
18	Levi	356	↑8	35
19	Oliver	352	↓2	10
20	Aiden	349	↓5	17
21	John	345	↓8	27
22	Samuel	341	↓2	21
23	Matthew	326	↑8	16
24	Daniel	322	↓2	15
25	Ethan	322	↓7	14
26	David	318	↑1	22
27	Henry	317	↑5	19
28	Josiah	311	↑16	51
29	Christopher	299	↑1	39
30	Jayden	299	↑9	26
31	Gabriel	296	↓12	31
32	Joshua	289	↓4	38
33	Caleb	287	↑4	50
34	Joseph	275	↓9	18
35	Charles	274	↑6	48
36	Owen	274	↓1	28
37	Bryson	272	↑5	86
38	Cameron	272	↓4	60
39	Landon	270	↓6	57
40	Jaxon	267	↓11	43
41	Isaac	265	↓1	32
42	Andrew	256	↓6	40
43	Thomas	253	↑2	49
44	Dylan	247	↓1	29
45	Lincoln	242	new	41
46	Eli	239	new	54
47	Easton	236	new	66
48	Jack	232	new	36
49	Christian	231	↓11	52
50	Isaiah	231	↓3	46

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