Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2023
The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2023 were Olivia for girls (503 babies) and Liam for boys (722). Social Security records list 95,147 babies born in North Carolina in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2023
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
- Miller: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Ivey: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Emory: 75 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Salem: 64 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Sariyah: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Malani: 62 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Legacy: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Whitley: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Londyn: 76 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Sevyn: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Boys
- Braylen: 56 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Chozen: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Gatlin: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Davis: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Dakari: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Jayceon: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Memphis: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Lawson: 55 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Chosen: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Major: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2023
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2022 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 503 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Amelia | 423 | – | 4 |
| 3 | Charlotte | 419 | – | 3 |
| 4 | Emma | 411 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 5 | Sophia | 377 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 6 | Ava | 352 | ↓2 | 8 |
| 7 | Mia | 321 | ↑2 | 6 |
| 8 | Evelyn | 312 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 9 | Harper | 311 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 10 | Isabella | 311 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 11 | Eleanor | 289 | – | 14 |
| 12 | Elizabeth | 270 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 13 | Nova | 254 | ↑2 | 35 |
| 14 | Ellie | 226 | ↑10 | 27 |
| 15 | Scarlett | 221 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 16 | Sofia | 219 | ↑6 | 12 |
| 17 | Luna | 213 | ↓5 | 10 |
| 18 | Abigail | 211 | ↑7 | 31 |
| 19 | Layla | 211 | ↓2 | 30 |
| 20 | Nora | 211 | ↓4 | 24 |
| 21 | Avery | 209 | ↑6 | 29 |
| 22 | Ella | 207 | ↑1 | 32 |
| 23 | Willow | 207 | ↓5 | 41 |
| 24 | Madison | 205 | ↑9 | 37 |
| 25 | Naomi | 204 | ↓5 | 44 |
| 26 | Lily | 201 | ↓5 | 20 |
| 27 | Chloe | 197 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 28 | Riley | 193 | ↑3 | 43 |
| 29 | Violet | 192 | ↑11 | 16 |
| 30 | Gianna | 191 | ↑9 | 21 |
| 31 | Hazel | 191 | ↑11 | 18 |
| 32 | Emily | 190 | ↓2 | 19 |
| 33 | Isla | 183 | ↓5 | 33 |
| 34 | Zoe | 180 | ↑3 | 36 |
| 35 | Ivy | 179 | ↓3 | 38 |
| 36 | Aria | 177 | ↓2 | 25 |
| 37 | Sadie | 177 | ↑13 | 59 |
| 38 | Camila | 173 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 39 | Lillian | 173 | ↓1 | 55 |
| 40 | Caroline | 171 | ↓21 | 83 |
| 41 | Penelope | 171 | new | 23 |
| 42 | Addison | 169 | ↓13 | 62 |
| 43 | Lainey | 169 | new | 54 |
| 44 | Eliana | 168 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 45 | Lucy | 166 | new | 40 |
| 46 | Madelyn | 163 | new | 58 |
| 47 | Kinsley | 162 | ↓6 | 67 |
| 48 | Mila | 161 | ↓2 | 28 |
| 49 | Aurora | 155 | ↓14 | 22 |
| 50 | Stella | 146 | new | 46 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2022 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 722 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Noah | 651 | – | 2 |
| 3 | William | 485 | – | 10 |
| 4 | Oliver | 482 | – | 3 |
| 5 | James | 481 | – | 4 |
| 6 | Elijah | 419 | – | 5 |
| 7 | Henry | 419 | – | 8 |
| 8 | Levi | 405 | – | 12 |
| 9 | Lucas | 357 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 10 | Theodore | 343 | ↑15 | 7 |
| 11 | Jackson | 326 | ↓2 | 28 |
| 12 | Asher | 311 | – | 23 |
| 13 | John | 308 | ↑5 | 26 |
| 14 | Mateo | 302 | ↑12 | 6 |
| 15 | Mason | 297 | ↓2 | 30 |
| 16 | Hudson | 290 | – | 21 |
| 17 | Luke | 290 | ↑2 | 31 |
| 18 | Samuel | 290 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 19 | Waylon | 273 | ↑10 | 63 |
| 20 | Jack | 272 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 21 | Maverick | 272 | ↑1 | 37 |
| 22 | Benjamin | 271 | ↓11 | 11 |
| 23 | Sebastian | 270 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 24 | Owen | 267 | ↓4 | 20 |
| 25 | Grayson | 260 | ↓11 | 44 |
| 26 | Thomas | 260 | ↑11 | 41 |
| 27 | Daniel | 259 | ↑3 | 17 |
| 28 | Carter | 252 | ↑3 | 48 |
| 29 | David | 252 | ↑3 | 27 |
| 30 | Luca | 249 | ↑17 | 25 |
| 31 | Ezra | 248 | ↑3 | 15 |
| 32 | Alexander | 246 | ↓9 | 22 |
| 33 | Michael | 246 | ↓5 | 16 |
| 34 | Miles | 245 | new | 43 |
| 35 | Logan | 242 | ↑10 | 39 |
| 36 | Wyatt | 237 | ↓19 | 47 |
| 37 | Ethan | 235 | ↑5 | 24 |
| 38 | Gabriel | 229 | ↓11 | 38 |
| 39 | Joseph | 229 | ↑4 | 29 |
| 40 | Elias | 227 | ↓7 | 36 |
| 41 | Aiden | 226 | ↓6 | 40 |
| 42 | Jacob | 216 | ↓6 | 35 |
| 43 | Caleb | 215 | ↑5 | 51 |
| 44 | Charles | 215 | ↓5 | 54 |
| 45 | Leo | 214 | ↓1 | 18 |
| 46 | Julian | 211 | ↑3 | 33 |
| 47 | Nolan | 202 | ↓6 | 57 |
| 48 | Josiah | 201 | ↓8 | 53 |
| 49 | Dylan | 197 | new | 34 |
| 50 | Matthew | 197 | new | 32 |
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