Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2021

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2021 were Olivia for girls (533 babies) and Liam for boys (705). Social Security records list 96,109 babies born in North Carolina in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2021

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: 55 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kyleigh: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Virginia: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
August: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Emory: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Halo: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Haven: 80 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kennedi: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Zora: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Caroline: 217 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Braylen: 68 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Miller: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jakari: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Davis: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Chandler: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kamari: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jayceon: 52 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Justice: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Raylan: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Memphis: 56 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	533	–	1
2	Ava	473	–	5
3	Emma	459	–	2
4	Charlotte	417	–	3
5	Amelia	400	–	4
6	Sophia	378	–	6
7	Harper	365	–	10
8	Isabella	335	–	7
9	Evelyn	299	–	9
10	Mia	285	–	8
11	Elizabeth	284	–	14
12	Eleanor	274	↑5	15
13	Abigail	242	–	17
14	Avery	238	↑5	19
15	Ella	238	↓3	16
16	Layla	231	↑2	24
17	Nova	227	↓3	32
18	Luna	226	↓3	11
19	Nora	224	↑20	27
20	Willow	224	↑16	39
21	Caroline	217	↑3	80
22	Riley	216	↓1	37
23	Madison	215	↓7	29
24	Emily	210	↑11	21
25	Scarlett	201	↓3	20
26	Zoey	195	↑11	38
27	Lily	194	↑3	31
28	Paisley	192	↑14	52
29	Gianna	191	↓9	13
30	Naomi	189	↓1	54
31	Chloe	188	↓6	25
32	Ellie	187	↑11	30
33	Hazel	186	new	28
34	Penelope	185	↑6	23
35	Camila	180	↓7	12
36	Kinsley	179	↓9	57
37	Sofia	179	↓5	18
38	Skylar	177	↓15	74
39	Lillian	175	↓1	51
40	Addison	173	↓14	45
41	Grace	169	↓10	33
42	Isla	168	↑8	34
43	Zoe	167	new	42
44	Mila	166	new	26
45	Aria	160	↓11	22
46	Sadie	156	new	78
47	Savannah	155	↓6	67
48	Ivy	154	new	49
49	Madelyn	154	new	71
50	Aubrey	153	↓5	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Liam	705	–	1
2	Noah	612	–	2
3	William	567	–	6
4	James	484	–	5
5	Oliver	471	↑1	3
6	Henry	438	↑1	9
7	Elijah	435	↓2	4
8	Jackson	414	–	14
9	Lucas	393	↑2	8
10	Levi	366	–	12
11	Mason	358	↓2	18
12	Grayson	347	–	35
13	Benjamin	342	–	7
14	Asher	321	↑5	25
15	Jack	320	↑12	11
16	John	315	↓1	27
17	Waylon	315	new	69
18	Wyatt	311	–	29
19	Samuel	307	↓3	23
20	Carter	292	↓3	39
21	Luke	288	↑4	32
22	Michael	286	–	17
23	Owen	281	↓2	22
24	Alexander	277	↓10	13
25	Logan	275	↓5	21
26	Hudson	270	↑6	34
27	Jacob	269	↓4	24
28	Theodore	261	↑7	10
29	Josiah	259	↑10	49
30	David	254	↑3	30
31	Daniel	247	↓7	16
32	Gabriel	247	↑5	38
33	Maverick	241	↑7	47
34	Thomas	241	↑2	46
35	Nolan	240	↑12	60
36	Aiden	234	↓10	26
37	Joseph	227	↓7	28
38	Charles	226	↓9	50
39	Ethan	226	↑3	20
40	Isaac	223	↑3	40
41	Sebastian	222	–	19
42	Mateo	220	↓14	15
43	Easton	216	new	72
44	Jayden	215	–	41
45	Ezra	214	↑4	37
46	Matthew	212	new	36
47	Christopher	211	↓16	52
48	Jaxon	205	↓14	54
49	Caleb	201	new	51
50	Elias	200	new	48

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