Popular baby names in North Carolina, 2025
The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2025 were Amelia for girls (459 babies) and Noah for boys (684). Amelia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 97,952 babies born in North Carolina in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in North Carolina in 2025
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
- Merritt: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Ivey: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Salem: 60 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Miller: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Emory: 69 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Sevyn: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Klarity: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Campbell: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Lakelyn: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Kennedi: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Boys
- Jakari: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
- Davis: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Asaiah: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Sevyn: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Chance: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Shepherd: 92 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Wade: 63 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Chosen: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Banks: 71 babies, 2.1× the national rate
- Grady: 55 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 2025
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2024 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amelia | 459 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 453 | ↑2 | 2 |
| 3 | Olivia | 441 | ↓2 | 1 |
| 4 | Sophia | 396 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 5 | Emma | 391 | ↓2 | 3 |
| 6 | Isabella | 342 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 7 | Mia | 325 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 8 | Eliana | 321 | ↑8 | 10 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 317 | – | 8 |
| 10 | Eleanor | 315 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 11 | Ava | 313 | ↓5 | 11 |
| 12 | Ailany | 275 | new | 14 |
| 13 | Sofia | 275 | – | 9 |
| 14 | Harper | 267 | ↓2 | 16 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 260 | ↓5 | 17 |
| 16 | Isla | 245 | ↑21 | 28 |
| 17 | Violet | 228 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 18 | Lily | 226 | ↑10 | 18 |
| 19 | Lucy | 225 | ↑21 | 25 |
| 20 | Aurora | 221 | ↑11 | 15 |
| 21 | Naomi | 214 | – | 47 |
| 22 | Nora | 214 | ↓5 | 20 |
| 23 | Ella | 212 | ↑7 | 29 |
| 24 | Lainey | 209 | ↑11 | 30 |
| 25 | Ellie | 208 | ↓10 | 24 |
| 26 | Hazel | 208 | ↓8 | 21 |
| 27 | Willow | 207 | ↓2 | 44 |
| 28 | Chloe | 203 | ↓1 | 23 |
| 29 | Nova | 203 | ↓15 | 46 |
| 30 | Zoe | 200 | ↓7 | 31 |
| 31 | Sadie | 193 | ↑5 | 50 |
| 32 | Ivy | 191 | ↓3 | 39 |
| 33 | Lillian | 191 | ↑10 | 57 |
| 34 | Penelope | 188 | – | 22 |
| 35 | Camila | 187 | ↓9 | 19 |
| 36 | Abigail | 186 | ↓14 | 41 |
| 37 | Gianna | 185 | ↑4 | 33 |
| 38 | Avery | 182 | ↓5 | 37 |
| 39 | Madison | 181 | ↓7 | 40 |
| 40 | Luna | 180 | ↓20 | 27 |
| 41 | Aria | 179 | ↑6 | 26 |
| 42 | Layla | 179 | ↓3 | 36 |
| 43 | Scarlett | 175 | ↓19 | 32 |
| 44 | Eloise | 173 | new | 49 |
| 45 | Riley | 173 | ↓7 | 48 |
| 46 | Emily | 171 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 47 | Grace | 164 | ↓1 | 38 |
| 48 | Caroline | 162 | ↓4 | 96 |
| 49 | Eden | 160 | new | 70 |
| 50 | Emilia | 155 | new | 45 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2024 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 684 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 2 | Liam | 680 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | Oliver | 507 | – | 3 |
| 4 | William | 500 | – | 9 |
| 5 | James | 471 | – | 6 |
| 6 | Henry | 450 | – | 5 |
| 7 | Elijah | 426 | – | 7 |
| 8 | Theodore | 425 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 9 | Levi | 376 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 10 | John | 360 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 11 | Lucas | 349 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 12 | Hudson | 341 | ↑1 | 17 |
| 13 | Samuel | 334 | ↑3 | 18 |
| 14 | Elias | 329 | ↑9 | 13 |
| 15 | Mateo | 319 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 16 | Benjamin | 300 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 17 | Ezra | 298 | ↓5 | 20 |
| 18 | Wyatt | 298 | ↑10 | 38 |
| 19 | Asher | 297 | ↓4 | 28 |
| 20 | Luke | 285 | ↑4 | 33 |
| 21 | Grayson | 283 | ↑8 | 51 |
| 22 | Jack | 280 | ↑4 | 15 |
| 23 | Jackson | 275 | ↓5 | 36 |
| 24 | Michael | 275 | ↑7 | 21 |
| 25 | Daniel | 273 | ↓6 | 22 |
| 26 | Luca | 264 | ↑9 | 14 |
| 27 | Waylon | 262 | ↓6 | 56 |
| 28 | Carter | 252 | ↓3 | 45 |
| 29 | David | 247 | ↓7 | 35 |
| 30 | Owen | 243 | ↑3 | 31 |
| 31 | Thomas | 243 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 32 | Mason | 240 | ↑2 | 39 |
| 33 | Charles | 237 | ↓1 | 48 |
| 34 | Cooper | 237 | new | 27 |
| 35 | Bennett | 234 | new | 40 |
| 36 | Matthew | 233 | new | 32 |
| 37 | Sebastian | 231 | ↓10 | 16 |
| 38 | Alexander | 226 | ↑5 | 30 |
| 39 | Joseph | 226 | ↑1 | 29 |
| 40 | Weston | 226 | new | 55 |
| 41 | Ethan | 225 | ↓2 | 24 |
| 42 | Leo | 225 | new | 19 |
| 43 | Silas | 220 | ↑2 | 71 |
| 44 | Thiago | 215 | new | 50 |
| 45 | Josiah | 207 | ↓9 | 54 |
| 46 | Gabriel | 204 | ↑2 | 37 |
| 47 | Maverick | 204 | ↓27 | 49 |
| 48 | Roman | 200 | new | 42 |
| 49 | Isaac | 198 | – | 47 |
| 50 | Rowan | 197 | new | 59 |