Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2019

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2019 were Ava for girls (598 babies) and Liam for boys (686). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 95,050 babies born in North Carolina in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2019

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: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Emory: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ellison: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kyleigh: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Palmer: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Malani: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Salem: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Raelyn: 60 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kalani: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Virginia: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Davis: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Braylen: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Justice: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Langston: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Kaison: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Chandler: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Braylon: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sincere: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shepherd: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jayceon: 55 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Ava	598	–	3
2	Olivia	536	↑1	1
3	Emma	533	↓1	2
4	Amelia	435	↑3	7
5	Charlotte	410	↓1	6
6	Sophia	374	↑3	4
7	Harper	369	↓2	9
8	Isabella	369	↓2	5
9	Abigail	331	↓1	11
10	Evelyn	331	↑2	10
11	Mia	310	–	8
12	Elizabeth	283	↓2	14
13	Ella	280	↑1	13
14	Madison	238	↑1	26
15	Caroline	237	↑1	61
16	Riley	231	↑8	30
17	Skylar	229	↑5	56
18	Layla	225	–	23
19	Avery	223	↓6	18
20	Eleanor	223	↑8	27
21	Lillian	220	↓2	37
22	Nora	219	↑15	29
23	Emily	214	↓3	12
24	Chloe	212	↓7	24
25	Scarlett	212	↓4	21
26	Luna	208	↑17	16
27	Nova	203	↑7	51
28	Aria	199	↓1	20
29	Aubrey	198	↓3	46
30	Addison	196	↓7	47
31	Mila	190	↑2	19
32	Zoey	188	↓7	31
33	Natalie	184	↑11	41
34	Savannah	184	↓5	54
35	Ellie	180	new	35
36	Penelope	179	↑9	22
37	Sofia	179	↑2	17
38	Grace	171	↑4	28
39	Lily	170	↓7	34
40	Kennedy	169	–	68
41	Serenity	168	–	77
42	Willow	168	new	45
43	Camila	165	new	15
44	Paisley	165	↓14	53
45	Naomi	164	↑4	59
46	Victoria	163	↓11	25
47	Hannah	157	↓9	32
48	Kinsley	156	↓17	74
49	Brooklyn	154	new	52
50	Everly	153	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Liam	686	↑2	1
2	Noah	609	↓1	2
3	William	590	↓1	4
4	James	518	–	6
5	Elijah	467	–	5
6	Mason	461	–	9
7	Jackson	419	–	17
8	Oliver	416	↑3	3
9	Grayson	389	↑10	33
10	Lucas	377	↓1	8
11	Carter	364	↓3	30
12	Levi	357	↑8	25
13	Henry	353	↑10	13
14	Wyatt	342	↑1	29
15	Benjamin	337	↓5	7
16	John	330	↓2	28
17	Logan	316	↓5	16
18	Aiden	313	↑3	20
19	Luke	311	↓6	32
20	Samuel	306	↓2	22
21	Jacob	304	↓5	12
22	Alexander	298	–	10
23	Daniel	298	↑4	15
24	Jack	297	↑22	19
25	Michael	294	↓8	14
26	Ethan	291	↓1	11
27	Owen	291	↓1	21
28	Joseph	288	↑2	24
29	Isaac	268	↑10	34
30	Asher	267	↑1	43
31	Jaxon	267	↓7	42
32	David	263	↓3	27
33	Josiah	256	↑1	45
34	Thomas	247	↓1	47
35	Colton	243	new	59
36	Sebastian	243	↑1	18
37	Caleb	241	↑4	51
38	Cameron	241	↑9	67
39	Charles	241	↓3	52
40	Jayden	241	↓8	35
41	Lincoln	235	↑7	41
42	Gabriel	233	↓14	37
43	Nolan	232	↑6	65
44	Easton	227	↑1	74
45	Hudson	226	new	50
46	Joshua	226	↓6	48
47	Landon	226	↓9	63
48	Bryson	225	↓13	>100
49	Christopher	225	↓5	44
50	Isaiah	218	new	53

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