100 Most Popular Baby Names in North Carolina (Updated for 2022)

In this section of the site we have data on the most popular baby names since records began in 1910 to the most recent data in 2022. These names are taken directly from the Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.

The table below shows the top 100 most popular baby names for the latest year, 2022, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name.

You might be wondering why we don't have data for the current year, 2024. This is because the Social Security Administration who collect the data have to first verify it and safeguard privacy. Data from the previous year is released around May each year.

This page contains both boy and girl names, but you can click below to see just the names by sex:

	Boys		Girls
Rank	Name	Count	Name	Count
1	Liam	644	Olivia	500
2	Noah	577	Amelia	456
3	William	516	Charlotte	427
4	Oliver	515	Ava	409
5	James	470	Emma	406
6	Elijah	447	Sophia	382
7	Henry	387	Isabella	326
8	Levi	374	Mia	300
9	Jackson	357	Harper	299
10	Lucas	334	Evelyn	289
11	Benjamin	317	Eleanor	280
12	Asher	314	Luna	267
13	Mason	314	Scarlett	266
14	Samuel	312	Elizabeth	265
15	Grayson	311	Nova	259
16	Wyatt	303	Nora	230
17	Hudson	302	Willow	218
18	John	298	Caroline	216
19	Luke	295	Layla	216
20	Owen	293	Naomi	211
21	Jack	291	Lily	210
22	Maverick	274	Sofia	206
23	Theodore	271	Ella	205
24	Sebastian	270	Ellie	205
25	Alexander	267	Chloe	204
26	Mateo	266	Avery	203
27	Gabriel	264	Isla	203
28	Michael	264	Addison	201
29	Daniel	258	Abigail	200
30	Waylon	255	Emily	198
31	Carter	250	Ivy	198
32	David	247	Madison	197
33	Elias	245	Riley	197
34	Ezra	245	Aria	191
35	Aiden	240	Aurora	190
36	Jacob	237	Camila	185
37	Isaac	235	Lillian	178
38	Thomas	234	Zoe	177
39	Charles	225	Gianna	176
40	Nolan	224	Violet	176
41	Ethan	223	Kinsley	169
42	Josiah	221	Hazel	166
43	Leo	221	Eliana	165
44	Joseph	220	Paisley	163
45	Logan	219	Grace	162
46	Jaxon	212	Mila	161
47	Luca	207	Natalie	156
48	Julian	194	Aubrey	152
49	Colton	193	Autumn	150
50	Easton	193	Sadie	150
51	Caleb	192	Skylar	150
52	Walker	189	Penelope	149
53	Joshua	186	Zoey	148
54	Angel	184	Stella	148
55	Lincoln	183	Leilani	144
56	Silas	182	Madelyn	143
57	Jayden	180	Savannah	142
58	Cooper	179	Lucy	138
59	Matthew	178	Hannah	134
60	Dylan	177	Emilia	131
61	Cameron	176	Raelynn	131
62	Christopher	176	Genesis	129
63	Anthony	172	Everly	127
64	Christian	172	Victoria	125
65	Brooks	171	Nevaeh	123
66	Jameson	165	Delilah	119
67	Legend	165	Brooklyn	118
68	Miles	165	Kennedy	117
69	Nathan	163	Magnolia	117
70	Andrew	161	Ruby	117
71	Kai	159	Sophie	117
72	Micah	159	Aaliyah	116
73	Weston	158	Claire	116
74	Eli	156	Emery	115
75	Landon	156	Everleigh	115
76	River	155	Alice	112
77	Isaiah	154	Eden	111
78	Adrian	152	Piper	110
79	Ezekiel	150	Elena	110
80	Kayden	149	Leah	109
81	Roman	149	Serenity	108
82	Sawyer	147	Cora	107
83	Everett	146	Emersyn	107
84	Bennett	145	Eloise	106
85	Jace	144	Hadley	106
86	Axel	143	Lydia	106
87	Carson	143	Josephine	103
88	Robert	143	Clara	102
89	Ian	142	Jade	101
90	Parker	139	Anna	99
91	Jeremiah	138	Peyton	96
92	Wesley	136	Margaret	96
93	Amir	133	Kehlani	95
94	Greyson	132	Maya	95
95	Jonathan	129	Bella	94
96	Bryson	129	Rylee	94
97	Ashton	127	Parker	93
98	Atlas	127	Charlie	93
99	Aaron	125	Adeline	92
100	Ryder	125	Emerson	91

Most Popular North Carolina Baby Names by Year

We have data on the most popular baby names in North Carolina for each year since records began in 1910 to the most recent data in 2022.

However, 112 years is a lot of data to display, so in the sections below we'll show you the top 5 most popular baby names for each of the last 10 years.

Popular Baby Names in North Carolina for 2021

As you can see the most popular baby names in North Carolina for births recorded in 2021 are Liam and Olivia.