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Top first names in North Carolina

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in North Carolina since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in North Carolina account for 3,554,885 total births.

# Name Total in North Carolina Trend
1 James 213,045
2 William 162,048
3 Mary 134,659
4 John 126,327
5 Robert 116,874
6 Michael 96,435
7 David 92,438
8 Charles 82,795
9 Christopher 63,602
10 Thomas 60,565
11 Joseph 57,558
12 Elizabeth 50,412
13 Richard 46,292
14 Betty 44,158
15 Linda 44,053
16 George 41,979
17 Joshua 40,591
18 Margaret 39,536
19 Sarah 38,550
20 Barbara 38,447
21 Matthew 38,068
22 Daniel 36,880
23 Willie 36,830
24 Kenneth 36,783
25 Patricia 35,865
26 Larry 33,745
27 Jennifer 33,593
28 Dorothy 33,467
29 Timothy 32,992
30 Donald 32,965
31 Annie 32,285
32 Jerry 30,633
33 Brenda 30,461
34 Anthony 30,014
35 Samuel 29,936
36 Jonathan 29,216
37 Ashley 29,118
38 Andrew 28,451
39 Bobby 28,143
40 Edward 27,346
41 Paul 27,203
42 Jessica 26,781
43 Jacob 26,610
44 Kimberly 26,356
45 Nancy 26,252
46 Carolyn 26,077
47 Brandon 26,057
48 Shirley 25,818
49 Henry 25,717
50 Angela 25,492
51 Helen 24,858
52 Emily 24,826
53 Emma 24,775
54 Ronald 24,609
55 Jason 24,286
56 Sandra 24,275
57 Martha 24,049
58 Steven 24,007
59 Benjamin 23,923
60 Rebecca 23,796
61 Kevin 23,466
62 Billy 23,419
63 Lisa 23,077
64 Jeffrey 23,061
65 Mark 23,005
66 Justin 22,492
67 Susan 22,472
68 Ruth 22,428
69 Brian 22,261
70 Frances 22,110
71 Deborah 21,933
72 Amanda 21,932
73 Walter 21,815
74 Virginia 21,714
75 Donna 21,597
76 Doris 21,341
77 Cynthia 21,083
78 Gary 20,523
79 Ruby 20,467
80 Stephen 20,298
81 Anna 19,767
82 Jack 19,610
83 Terry 19,586
84 Laura 19,550
85 Evelyn 19,401
86 Johnny 19,075
87 Karen 19,021
88 Teresa 18,774
89 Pamela 18,683
90 Sharon 18,650
91 Eric 18,464
92 Joyce 18,368
93 Amy 18,164
94 Alexander 18,133
95 Melissa 17,880
96 Alice 17,776
97 Ryan 17,768
98 Jimmy 17,736
99 Nicholas 17,618
100 Stephanie 17,445