Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2018

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2018 were Ava for girls (632 babies) and Noah for boys (621). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 95,168 babies born in North Carolina in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2018

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

Carson: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Salem: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ansley: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kayleigh: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emory: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lauryn: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kassidy: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alayah: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mckenzie: 99 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Saylor: 57 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Braylen: 63 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Boone: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sincere: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Kamari: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jayceon: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Braylon: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Memphis: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chandler: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jamari: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Justice: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Ava	632	–	3
2	Emma	583	–	1
3	Olivia	534	–	2
4	Charlotte	440	↑1	6
5	Harper	429	↑2	9
6	Isabella	405	↓2	4
7	Amelia	380	↑1	8
8	Abigail	356	↑1	11
9	Sophia	345	↓3	5
10	Elizabeth	319	–	13
11	Mia	304	↑1	7
12	Evelyn	291	↑1	10
13	Avery	286	↑2	16
14	Ella	267	–	15
15	Madison	259	↓4	22
16	Caroline	258	↑1	56
17	Chloe	249	↑5	25
18	Layla	240	↑1	27
19	Lillian	237	↑5	34
20	Emily	231	↓4	12
21	Scarlett	229	–	20
22	Skylar	229	↓4	49
23	Addison	218	↑2	35
24	Riley	213	↑3	28
25	Zoey	213	↑6	29
26	Aubrey	212	↓6	37
27	Aria	210	↑6	19
28	Eleanor	207	↑2	32
29	Savannah	204	↓6	45
30	Paisley	201	↓4	52
31	Kinsley	196	↑3	63
32	Lily	194	↑3	31
33	Mila	192	new	14
34	Nova	191	new	55
35	Victoria	191	↑15	21
36	Anna	188	↑1	54
37	Nora	187	↓8	30
38	Hannah	182	↑11	33
39	Sofia	179	↓7	17
40	Kennedy	175	↓12	59
41	Serenity	171	↑2	75
42	Grace	168	↓1	24
43	Luna	168	new	23
44	Natalie	168	↓5	39
45	Penelope	165	↓3	26
46	Zoe	165	new	40
47	Autumn	162	new	77
48	Bella	156	↓10	48
49	Naomi	156	new	64
50	Nevaeh	154	↓4	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Noah	621	↑1	2
2	William	610	↓1	3
3	Liam	583	–	1
4	James	527	–	4
5	Elijah	461	↑1	7
6	Mason	457	↓1	9
7	Jackson	436	↑2	17
8	Carter	409	↑3	24
9	Lucas	397	↓1	8
10	Benjamin	388	–	6
11	Oliver	377	↑8	5
12	Logan	354	↓5	10
13	Luke	350	↑2	30
14	John	340	↑7	26
15	Wyatt	340	↑1	27
16	Jacob	339	↓2	13
17	Michael	337	↓4	14
18	Samuel	335	↑4	21
19	Grayson	333	↓7	32
20	Levi	331	↓2	33
21	Aiden	330	↓1	19
22	Alexander	329	↓5	11
23	Henry	320	↑4	16
24	Jaxon	309	↑16	39
25	Ethan	304	–	12
26	Owen	292	↑10	25
27	Daniel	287	↓3	15
28	Gabriel	287	↑3	35
29	David	277	↓3	22
30	Joseph	276	↑4	23
31	Asher	269	new	47
32	Jayden	261	↓2	29
33	Thomas	260	↑10	49
34	Josiah	259	↓6	52
35	Bryson	254	↑2	92
36	Charles	251	↓1	53
37	Sebastian	251	new	18
38	Landon	247	↑1	61
39	Isaac	245	↑2	34
40	Joshua	243	↓8	40
41	Caleb	239	↓8	45
42	Christian	236	↑7	54
43	Matthew	236	↓20	20
44	Christopher	233	↓15	42
45	Easton	233	↑2	66
46	Jack	231	↑2	28
47	Cameron	222	↓9	69
48	Lincoln	222	↓3	41
49	Nolan	222	new	65
50	Mateo	214	new	37

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