Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2020

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2020 were Olivia for girls (526 babies) and Liam for boys (688). Social Security records list 92,573 babies born in North Carolina in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2020

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

Ivey: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Salem: 50 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nyomi: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Emory: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Virginia: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Harmoni: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Madisyn: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kyleigh: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ellison: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Amoura: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Braylen: 67 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kamari: 75 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Davis: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Banks: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jamari: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Miller: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kaison: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shepherd: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nasir: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Braylon: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Olivia	526	↑1	1
2	Ava	513	↓1	3
3	Emma	485	–	2
4	Charlotte	423	↑1	5
5	Amelia	420	↓1	6
6	Sophia	370	–	4
7	Harper	362	–	10
8	Isabella	357	–	7
9	Evelyn	313	↑1	9
10	Mia	290	↑1	8
11	Elizabeth	280	↑1	16
12	Ella	279	↑1	15
13	Abigail	277	↓4	12
14	Nova	257	↑13	38
15	Luna	238	↑11	14
16	Madison	237	↓2	23
17	Eleanor	233	↑3	22
18	Layla	227	–	24
19	Avery	216	–	19
20	Gianna	215	new	13
21	Riley	213	↓5	33
22	Scarlett	197	↑3	21
23	Skylar	197	↓6	64
24	Caroline	192	↓9	71
25	Chloe	191	↓1	25
26	Addison	185	↑4	47
27	Kinsley	185	↑21	59
28	Camila	182	↑15	11
29	Naomi	177	↑16	52
30	Lily	176	↑9	35
31	Grace	175	↑7	28
32	Sofia	175	↑5	17
33	Hannah	173	↑14	39
34	Aria	172	↓6	27
35	Emily	170	↓12	18
36	Willow	170	↑6	48
37	Zoey	168	↓5	32
38	Lillian	167	↓17	46
39	Nora	166	↓17	30
40	Penelope	166	↓4	26
41	Savannah	166	↓7	67
42	Paisley	165	↑2	49
43	Ellie	160	↓8	29
44	Lucy	158	new	50
45	Aubrey	157	↓16	56
46	Genesis	155	new	62
47	Natalie	155	↓14	51
48	Serenity	155	↓7	69
49	Everly	153	↑1	43
50	Isla	152	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Liam	688	–	1
2	Noah	618	–	2
3	William	533	–	5
4	James	493	–	6
5	Elijah	483	–	4
6	Oliver	444	↑2	3
7	Henry	392	↑6	9
8	Jackson	388	↓1	17
9	Mason	382	↓3	11
10	Levi	366	↑2	18
11	Lucas	362	↓1	8
12	Grayson	356	↓3	35
13	Benjamin	336	↑2	7
14	Alexander	329	↑8	10
15	John	313	↑1	27
16	Samuel	313	↑4	25
17	Carter	312	↓6	33
18	Wyatt	312	↓4	29
19	Asher	308	↑11	32
20	Logan	298	↓3	16
21	Owen	292	↑6	22
22	Michael	285	↑3	12
23	Jacob	280	↓2	15
24	Daniel	273	↓1	14
25	Luke	273	↓6	31
26	Aiden	269	↓8	24
27	Jack	265	↓3	21
28	Mateo	256	new	20
29	Charles	251	↑10	46
30	Joseph	250	↓2	26
31	Christopher	246	↑18	47
32	Hudson	242	↑13	43
33	David	240	↓1	28
34	Jaxon	231	↓3	48
35	Theodore	231	new	23
36	Thomas	231	↓2	45
37	Gabriel	226	↑5	38
38	Lincoln	226	↑3	40
39	Josiah	224	↓6	49
40	Maverick	224	new	50
41	Sebastian	223	↓5	19
42	Ethan	221	↓16	13
43	Isaac	220	↓14	39
44	Jayden	217	↓4	37
45	Joshua	210	↑1	53
46	Julian	210	new	34
47	Nolan	203	↓4	61
48	Dylan	202	new	42
49	Ezra	202	new	44
50	Isaiah	202	–	51

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