Most Popular Baby Names in North Carolina (2025)

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 2025 were Amelia for girls and Noah for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in North Carolina than in the country as a whole include Caroline.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in North Carolina

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Amelia	459	↑ 1
2	Charlotte	453	↑ 2
3	Olivia	441	↓ 2
4	Sophia	396	↑ 1
5	Emma	391	↓ 2
6	Isabella	342	↑ 1
7	Mia	325	↑ 1
8	Eliana	321	↑ 8
9	Evelyn	317	–
10	Eleanor	315	↑ 1
11	Ava	313	↓ 5
12	Ailany	275	↑ 66
13	Sofia	275	–
14	Harper	267	↓ 2
15	Elizabeth	260	↓ 5
16	Isla	245	↑ 21
17	Violet	228	↑ 2
18	Lily	226	↑ 10
19	Lucy	225	↑ 21
20	Aurora	221	↑ 11
21	Naomi	214	–
22	Nora	214	↓ 5
23	Ella	212	↑ 7
24	Lainey	209	↑ 11
25	Ellie	208	↓ 10
26	Hazel	208	↓ 8
27	Willow	207	↓ 2
28	Chloe	203	↓ 1
29	Nova	203	↓ 15
30	Zoe	200	↓ 7
31	Sadie	193	↑ 5
32	Ivy	191	↓ 3
33	Lillian	191	↑ 10
34	Penelope	188	–
35	Camila	187	↓ 9
36	Abigail	186	↓ 14
37	Gianna	185	↑ 4
38	Avery	182	↓ 5
39	Madison	181	↓ 7
40	Luna	180	↓ 20
41	Aria	179	↑ 6
42	Layla	179	↓ 3
43	Scarlett	175	↓ 19
44	Eloise	173	↑ 35
45	Riley	173	↓ 7
46	Emily	171	↓ 1
47	Grace	164	↓ 1
48	Caroline	162	↓ 4
49	Eden	160	↑ 13
50	Emilia	155	↑ 24
51	Madelyn	155	↑ 2
52	Adeline	150	↑ 8
53	Elena	149	↓ 3
54	Josephine	149	↑ 4
55	Kennedy	143	↑ 4
56	Emery	141	–
57	Josie	141	↓ 6
58	Paisley	140	↓ 10
59	Claire	137	↑ 9
60	Genesis	137	↓ 18
61	Leilani	137	↑ 12
62	Sophie	135	↑ 20
63	Delilah	134	↓ 14
64	Stella	134	↓ 7
65	Iris	133	↑ 24
66	Zoey	131	↓ 1
67	Clara	127	↑ 31
68	Hannah	127	↑ 4
69	Mila	127	↓ 15
70	Madeline	125	new
71	Magnolia	124	↑ 20
72	Ruby	123	↓ 9
73	Emerson	122	↓ 3
74	Alice	121	↑ 16
75	Georgia	119	↓ 14
76	Millie	119	↑ 16
77	Addison	118	↓ 11
78	Vivian	117	↑ 5
79	Victoria	116	↑ 16
80	Savannah	115	↓ 16
81	Maya	114	↓ 10
82	Valentina	114	new
83	Hallie	113	new
84	Leah	113	↑ 4
85	Anna	112	↑ 8
86	Raelynn	111	↓ 19
87	Audrey	110	↑ 10
88	Melody	110	new
89	Mary	109	↓ 3
90	Natalie	109	↓ 13
91	Eliza	108	↓ 7
92	Kehlani	108	new
93	Autumn	106	↓ 38
94	Emersyn	106	new
95	Kinsley	106	↓ 43
96	Margaret	106	–
97	Aubrey	103	new
98	Charlie	103	new
99	Oaklynn	103	new
100	Parker	103	new

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Noah	684	↑ 1
2	Liam	680	↓ 1
3	Oliver	507	–
4	William	500	–
5	James	471	–
6	Henry	450	–
7	Elijah	426	–
8	Theodore	425	↑ 1
9	Levi	376	↑ 1
10	John	360	↑ 1
11	Lucas	349	↓ 3
12	Hudson	341	↑ 1
13	Samuel	334	↑ 3
14	Elias	329	↑ 9
15	Mateo	319	↓ 1
16	Benjamin	300	↑ 1
17	Ezra	298	↓ 5
18	Wyatt	298	↑ 10
19	Asher	297	↓ 4
20	Luke	285	↑ 4
21	Grayson	283	↑ 8
22	Jack	280	↑ 4
23	Jackson	275	↓ 5
24	Michael	275	↑ 7
25	Daniel	273	↓ 6
26	Luca	264	↑ 9
27	Waylon	262	↓ 6
28	Carter	252	↓ 3
29	David	247	↓ 7
30	Owen	243	↑ 3
31	Thomas	243	↓ 1
32	Mason	240	↑ 2
33	Charles	237	↓ 1
34	Cooper	237	↑ 20
35	Bennett	234	↑ 21
36	Matthew	233	↑ 15
37	Sebastian	231	↓ 10
38	Alexander	226	↑ 5
39	Joseph	226	↑ 1
40	Weston	226	↑ 25
41	Ethan	225	↓ 2
42	Leo	225	↑ 10
43	Silas	220	↑ 2
44	Thiago	215	↑ 11
45	Josiah	207	↓ 9
46	Gabriel	204	↑ 2
47	Maverick	204	↓ 27
48	Roman	200	↑ 31
49	Isaac	198	–
50	Rowan	197	↑ 34
51	Wesley	195	↑ 10
52	Miles	191	↓ 14
53	Cameron	188	↑ 7
54	Joshua	188	↑ 10
55	Brooks	187	↓ 2
56	Nolan	187	↑ 2
57	Caleb	183	↓ 10
58	Julian	183	↓ 14
59	Lincoln	183	↑ 18
60	Jacob	182	↓ 23
61	Logan	180	↓ 15
62	Walker	180	↓ 20
63	Santiago	179	↓ 4
64	Dylan	177	↓ 23
65	Atlas	176	↑ 21
66	Christopher	173	↑ 1
67	Everett	173	↑ 14
68	Colton	170	↓ 6
69	Axel	167	↑ 20
70	Anthony	162	↓ 13
71	Micah	162	↓ 1
72	Aiden	158	↓ 22
73	Nathan	158	↑ 9
74	Andrew	154	↓ 8
75	Eithan	153	new
76	Isaiah	153	↓ 13
77	Christian	152	↓ 6
78	Beau	149	↓ 6
79	Ian	149	↓ 10
80	Jeremiah	149	↑ 14
81	Amir	147	↓ 13
82	Angel	147	↑ 3
83	Jonathan	147	↓ 5
84	August	145	↓ 10
85	Easton	143	↓ 5
86	Jayden	142	↓ 10
87	Sawyer	135	↑ 12
88	Parker	134	↑ 5
89	River	134	↓ 6
90	Robert	134	↓ 17
91	Ezekiel	133	new
92	Theo	133	↑ 8
93	Carson	130	new
94	Jace	130	↑ 2
95	Malachi	130	new
96	Enzo	128	new
97	Harrison	127	↓ 2
98	Adrian	125	↓ 8
99	Archer	125	new
100	Graham	122	new

Names more popular in North Carolina

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in North Carolina than across the US.

Girls

Name	North Carolina	US
Caroline	#48	#96

Number-one names in North Carolina by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Amelia (459)	Noah (684)
2024	Olivia (470)	Liam (747)
2023	Olivia (503)	Liam (722)
2022	Olivia (504)	Liam (650)
2021	Olivia (533)	Liam (705)
2020	Olivia (526)	Liam (688)
2019	Ava (598)	Liam (686)
2018	Ava (632)	Noah (621)
2017	Ava (654)	William (633)
2016	Ava (619)	William (715)
2015	Ava (624)	William (706)
2014	Ava (600)	William (732)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in North Carolina

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in North Carolina

Girls

Number-one names in North Carolina by year

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