Discover the top 250 baby names in North Carolina from 1960 to 2021. This list showcases the most popular names chosen by parents in cities likeBismarck and reflecting the state’s cultural shifts and trends over the years. Whether you’re looking for naming inspiration or interested in naming trends, this collection offers a glimpse into the names that have resonated with families acrossNorth Carolina for decades.
| Boy Name | Boy Number | Boy Rank | Girl Name | Girl Number | Girl Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | 19443 | 1 | Jennifer | 10653 | 1 |
| David | 12969 | 2 | Jessica | 6831 | 2 |
| John | 11831 | 3 | Elizabeth | 6629 | 3 |
| Matthew | 11754 | 4 | Lisa | 6338 | 4 |
| James | 11612 | 5 | Michelle | 6245 | 5 |
| Christopher | 10297 | 6 | Sarah | 6116 | 6 |
| Daniel | 9515 | 7 | Amy | 5979 | 7 |
| Robert | 9363 | 8 | Emily | 5555 | 8 |
| Andrew | 8627 | 9 | Ashley | 5418 | 9 |
| Joshua | 8253 | 10 | Amanda | 5307 | 10 |
| William | 8074 | 11 | Mary | 5194 | 11 |
| Joseph | 8002 | 12 | Kimberly | 5163 | 12 |
| Ryan | 7922 | 13 | Angela | 4742 | 13 |
| Brian | 7839 | 14 | Julie | 4540 | 14 |
| Jacob | 7733 | 15 | Melissa | 4509 | 15 |
| Scott | 7669 | 16 | Nicole | 4365 | 16 |
| Jason | 7645 | 17 | Megan | 4352 | 17 |
| Mark | 7538 | 18 | Stephanie | 4273 | 18 |
| Jeffrey | 7263 | 19 | Rebecca | 4175 | 19 |
| Thomas | 7050 | 20 | Laura | 3732 | 20 |
| Timothy | 6387 | 21 | Heather | 3506 | 21 |
| Kevin | 6379 | 22 | Emma | 3485 | 22 |
| Nicholas | 5933 | 23 | Lori | 3437 | 23 |
| Steven | 5871 | 24 | Samantha | 3424 | 24 |
| Anthony | 5683 | 25 | Susan | 3279 | 25 |
| Justin | 5651 | 26 | Hannah | 3268 | 26 |
| Benjamin | 5536 | 27 | Kelly | 3168 | 27 |
| Tyler | 5489 | 28 | Rachel | 3155 | 28 |
| Eric | 5167 | 29 | Olivia | 3056 | 29 |
| Brandon | 4966 | 30 | Amber | 2829 | 30 |
| Nathan | 4819 | 31 | Madison | 2759 | 31 |
| Zachary | 4611 | 32 | Sara | 2755 | 32 |
| Richard | 4596 | 33 | Christine | 2706 | 33 |
| Aaron | 4519 | 34 | Andrea | 2564 | 34 |
| Adam | 4192 | 35 | Brenda | 2556 | 35 |
| Jonathan | 4060 | 36 | Taylor | 2485 | 36 |
| Alexander | 4010 | 37 | Katherine | 2432 | 37 |
| Kyle | 3928 | 38 | Abigail | 2426 | 38 |
| Patrick | 3927 | 39 | Erin | 2406 | 39 |
| Samuel | 3851 | 40 | Anna | 2388 | 40 |
| Charles | 3757 | 41 | Karen | 2333 | 41 |
| Todd | 3573 | 42 | Lauren | 2284 | 42 |
| Austin | 3405 | 43 | Jill | 2277 | 43 |
| Jeremy | 3372 | 44 | Christina | 2203 | 44 |
| Paul | 3345 | 45 | Alexis | 2169 | 45 |
| Ethan | 3107 | 46 | Tammy | 2165 | 46 |
| Douglas | 3059 | 47 | Grace | 2107 | 47 |
| Chad | 2970 | 48 | Patricia | 2079 | 48 |
| Logan | 2945 | 49 | Danielle | 2041 | 49 |
| Travis | 2901 | 50 | Jamie | 2041 | 50 |
| Bradley | 2825 | 51 | Allison | 2026 | 51 |
| Cody | 2819 | 52 | Natalie | 2025 | 52 |
| Gregory | 2777 | 53 | Sophia | 1993 | 53 |
| Noah | 2728 | 54 | Teresa | 1953 | 54 |
| Dylan | 2724 | 55 | Ava | 1945 | 55 |
| Jordan | 2724 | 56 | Morgan | 1928 | 56 |
| Kenneth | 2382 | 57 | Debra | 1882 | 57 |
| Caleb | 2357 | 58 | Katie | 1880 | 58 |
| Shawn | 2351 | 59 | Dawn | 1867 | 59 |
| Jackson | 2326 | 60 | Tracy | 1836 | 60 |
| Mason | 2229 | 61 | Linda | 1834 | 61 |
| Sean | 2224 | 62 | Pamela | 1805 | 62 |
| Luke | 2195 | 63 | Brooke | 1792 | 63 |
| Dustin | 2162 | 64 | Alyssa | 1769 | 64 |
| Troy | 2146 | 65 | Shannon | 1764 | 65 |
| Lucas | 2132 | 66 | Cynthia | 1747 | 66 |
| Jack | 2127 | 67 | Kathryn | 1721 | 67 |
| Bryan | 2116 | 68 | Brittany | 1702 | 68 |
| Donald | 2107 | 69 | Tiffany | 1689 | 69 |
| Craig | 2091 | 70 | Isabella | 1645 | 70 |
| Connor | 2009 | 71 | Sandra | 1606 | 71 |
| Shane | 1974 | 72 | Courtney | 1603 | 72 |
| Ronald | 1964 | 73 | Kayla | 1596 | 73 |
| Trevor | 1926 | 74 | Kathleen | 1562 | 74 |
| Jared | 1912 | 75 | Barbara | 1512 | 75 |
| Jesse | 1909 | 76 | Kelsey | 1498 | 76 |
| Hunter | 1883 | 77 | Chloe | 1486 | 77 |
| Elijah | 1818 | 78 | Denise | 1480 | 78 |
| Wyatt | 1808 | 79 | Molly | 1479 | 79 |
| Gary | 1803 | 80 | Ella | 1462 | 80 |
| Stephen | 1791 | 81 | Ann | 1385 | 81 |
| Carter | 1778 | 82 | Lindsey | 1375 | 82 |
| Cole | 1762 | 83 | Tina | 1373 | 83 |
| Blake | 1750 | 84 | Nancy | 1372 | 84 |
| Isaac | 1749 | 85 | Crystal | 1354 | 85 |
| Derek | 1698 | 86 | Kristin | 1349 | 86 |
| Evan | 1666 | 87 | Paige | 1334 | 87 |
| Christian | 1660 | 88 | Stacy | 1333 | 88 |
| Owen | 1646 | 89 | Sydney | 1329 | 89 |
| Gabriel | 1639 | 90 | Addison | 1322 | 90 |
| Brett | 1596 | 91 | Deborah | 1288 | 91 |
| Liam | 1596 | 92 | Diane | 1269 | 92 |
| Seth | 1560 | 93 | Theresa | 1269 | 93 |
| Alex | 1553 | 94 | Avery | 1266 | 94 |
| Terry | 1536 | 95 | Cheryl | 1227 | 95 |
| Brent | 1527 | 96 | Claire | 1206 | 96 |
| Cameron | 1517 | 97 | Brianna | 1203 | 97 |
| Chase | 1497 | 98 | Cindy | 1196 | 98 |
| Henry | 1453 | 99 | Tara | 1180 | 99 |
| Randy | 1435 | 100 | Wendy | 1173 | 100 |
| Joel | 1388 | 101 | Carrie | 1167 | 101 |
| Colton | 1386 | 102 | Shelby | 1163 | 102 |
| Larry | 1377 | 103 | Mia | 1161 | 103 |
| Grant | 1365 | 104 | Harper | 1157 | 104 |
| Keith | 1325 | 105 | Jenna | 1153 | 105 |
| Levi | 1289 | 106 | Holly | 1140 | 106 |
| Aiden | 1286 | 107 | Victoria | 1124 | 107 |
| Cory | 1264 | 108 | Bailey | 1117 | 108 |
| Gavin | 1261 | 109 | Hailey | 1116 | 109 |
| Jeffery | 1225 | 110 | Charlotte | 1098 | 110 |
| Dennis | 1223 | 111 | Anne | 1076 | 111 |
| Landon | 1223 | 112 | Haley | 1075 | 112 |
| Nathaniel | 1217 | 113 | Rhonda | 1069 | 113 |
| Mitchell | 1211 | 114 | Evelyn | 1065 | 114 |
| Oliver | 1208 | 115 | April | 1060 | 115 |
| Ian | 1203 | 116 | Kaitlyn | 1058 | 116 |
| Cooper | 1192 | 117 | Jodi | 1056 | 117 |
| Jay | 1179 | 118 | Robin | 1046 | 118 |
| Russell | 1155 | 119 | Lillian | 1044 | 119 |
| Edward | 1135 | 120 | Amelia | 1030 | 120 |
| Jayden | 1126 | 121 | Cassandra | 1017 | 121 |
| Jerry | 1111 | 122 | Heidi | 1015 | 122 |
| Jon | 1103 | 123 | Michele | 995 | 123 |
| Isaiah | 1096 | 124 | Donna | 992 | 124 |
| Tanner | 1089 | 125 | Jordan | 983 | 125 |
| Corey | 1078 | 126 | Carol | 969 | 126 |
| Nolan | 1041 | 127 | Lindsay | 968 | 127 |
| Rodney | 1030 | 128 | Leah | 956 | 128 |
| Jeff | 990 | 129 | Lily | 952 | 129 |
| Roger | 987 | 130 | Jacqueline | 946 | 130 |
| Mike | 950 | 131 | Brooklyn | 942 | 131 |
| Alan | 944 | 132 | Stacey | 941 | 132 |
| Carson | 942 | 133 | Kaylee | 928 | 133 |
| Parker | 906 | 134 | Katelyn | 924 | 134 |
| Taylor | 903 | 135 | Alicia | 923 | 135 |
| Brayden | 898 | 136 | Shelly | 918 | 136 |
| Randall | 897 | 137 | Laurie | 896 | 137 |
| Curtis | 876 | 138 | Kathy | 877 | 138 |
| Jose | 866 | 139 | Erica | 869 | 139 |
| Hudson | 852 | 140 | Chelsea | 867 | 140 |
| Dale | 835 | 141 | Renee | 866 | 141 |
| Phillip | 834 | 142 | Mackenzie | 861 | 142 |
| Casey | 825 | 143 | Sharon | 852 | 143 |
| Easton | 779 | 144 | Kim | 841 | 144 |
| Garrett | 775 | 145 | Michaela | 839 | 145 |
| Chris | 772 | 146 | Margaret | 824 | 146 |
| Riley | 772 | 147 | Kylie | 822 | 147 |
| Jaxon | 763 | 148 | Alexandra | 818 | 148 |
| Bruce | 758 | 149 | Catherine | 818 | 149 |
| Tony | 733 | 150 | Janet | 816 | 150 |
| Eli | 722 | 151 | Julia | 806 | 151 |
| Angel | 710 | 152 | Savannah | 804 | 152 |
| Kelly | 708 | 153 | Connie | 789 | 153 |
| Ryker | 696 | 154 | Sheila | 784 | 154 |
| Marcus | 671 | 155 | Kelli | 764 | 155 |
| Dalton | 655 | 156 | Melanie | 756 | 156 |
| Steve | 654 | 157 | Jasmine | 746 | 157 |
| Spencer | 641 | 158 | Kristina | 740 | 158 |
| Raymond | 627 | 159 | Kristen | 727 | 159 |
| Kurt | 623 | 160 | Maria | 726 | 160 |
| Grayson | 606 | 161 | Terri | 719 | 161 |
| Brad | 602 | 162 | Ellie | 712 | 162 |
| Ricky | 601 | 163 | Beth | 711 | 163 |
| Dillon | 590 | 164 | Brandi | 704 | 164 |
| Gage | 580 | 165 | Kristi | 700 | 165 |
| Lance | 577 | 166 | Paula | 698 | 166 |
| Brady | 574 | 167 | Riley | 696 | 167 |
| Kent | 572 | 168 | Zoey | 678 | 168 |
| Brody | 571 | 169 | Aubrey | 655 | 169 |
| Kaden | 571 | 170 | Tamara | 654 | 170 |
| Jaxson | 570 | 171 | Gina | 646 | 171 |
| Jace | 567 | 172 | Debbie | 639 | 172 |
| Tim | 564 | 173 | Kristine | 635 | 173 |
| Braxton | 559 | 174 | Alexa | 634 | 174 |
| Dominic | 559 | 175 | Madeline | 634 | 175 |
| Devin | 558 | 176 | Miranda | 625 | 176 |
| Theodore | 555 | 177 | Valerie | 602 | 177 |
| Gerald | 551 | 178 | Zoe | 602 | 178 |
| Peter | 550 | 179 | Jane | 596 | 179 |
| Philip | 546 | 180 | Lucy | 589 | 180 |
| Asher | 537 | 181 | Lydia | 588 | 181 |
| Caden | 536 | 182 | Kennedy | 585 | 182 |
| Dean | 526 | 183 | Whitney | 585 | 183 |
| Greg | 524 | 184 | Nora | 584 | 184 |
| Martin | 524 | 185 | Vicki | 582 | 185 |
| Kirk | 516 | 186 | Faith | 580 | 186 |
| Bryce | 515 | 187 | Nichole | 578 | 187 |
| Julian | 507 | 188 | Becky | 571 | 188 |
| Bentley | 503 | 189 | Suzanne | 569 | 189 |
| Leo | 500 | 190 | Kari | 566 | 190 |
| Miles | 494 | 191 | Kara | 555 | 191 |
| Jeremiah | 491 | 192 | Monica | 549 | 192 |
| Hayden | 486 | 193 | Reagan | 548 | 193 |
| Drew | 484 | 194 | Madelyn | 545 | 194 |
| Colin | 475 | 195 | Dana | 539 | 195 |
| Rick | 473 | 196 | Peggy | 536 | 196 |
| George | 472 | 197 | Mariah | 533 | 197 |
| Adrian | 470 | 198 | Stella | 513 | 198 |
| Tristan | 469 | 199 | Sherry | 512 | 199 |
| Sebastian | 468 | 200 | Audrey | 508 | 200 |
| Danny | 433 | 201 | Deanna | 505 | 201 |
| Erik | 428 | 202 | Layla | 503 | 202 |
| Frank | 428 | 203 | Autumn | 500 | 203 |
| Jim | 417 | 204 | Scarlett | 495 | 204 |
| Juan | 416 | 205 | Rylee | 491 | 205 |
| Dakota | 415 | 206 | Piper | 488 | 206 |
| Aidan | 403 | 207 | Jean | 487 | 207 |
| Xavier | 399 | 208 | Sierra | 486 | 208 |
| Brooks | 398 | 209 | Annette | 483 | 209 |
| Emmett | 398 | 210 | Marissa | 481 | 210 |
| Lincoln | 398 | 211 | Hadley | 477 | 211 |
| Wayne | 398 | 212 | Jody | 475 | 212 |
| Tom | 372 | 213 | Eleanor | 472 | 213 |
| Darin | 363 | 214 | Nevaeh | 469 | 214 |
| Duane | 360 | 215 | Brandy | 468 | 215 |
| Lee | 358 | 216 | Caitlin | 467 | 216 |
| Allen | 354 | 217 | Ruby | 461 | 217 |
| Dan | 350 | 218 | Breanna | 459 | 218 |
| Greyson | 335 | 219 | Gabrielle | 459 | 219 |
| Collin | 334 | 220 | Paisley | 451 | 220 |
| Maverick | 331 | 221 | Isabelle | 443 | 221 |
| Camden | 326 | 222 | Sofia | 441 | 222 |
| Joe | 326 | 223 | Kendra | 438 | 223 |
| Micah | 323 | 224 | Judy | 430 | 224 |
| Kaleb | 318 | 225 | Makayla | 427 | 225 |
| Everett | 317 | 226 | Misty | 427 | 226 |
| Barrett | 316 | 227 | Tonya | 411 | 227 |
| Sawyer | 314 | 228 | Abby | 405 | 228 |
| Jameson | 311 | 229 | Violet | 402 | 229 |
| Weston | 292 | 230 | Sherri | 399 | 230 |
| Jamie | 290 | 231 | Melinda | 397 | 231 |
| Clinton | 283 | 232 | Gabriella | 394 | 232 |
| Wesley | 272 | 233 | Colleen | 393 | 233 |
| Barry | 270 | 234 | Quinn | 390 | 234 |
| Ezra | 269 | 235 | Cora | 387 | 235 |
| Bill | 267 | 236 | Alexandria | 382 | 236 |
| Harrison | 258 | 237 | Hazel | 378 | 237 |
| Micheal | 257 | 238 | Lacey | 378 | 238 |
| Conner | 252 | 239 | Brittney | 375 | 239 |
| Bennett | 249 | 240 | Sheri | 375 | 240 |
| Trey | 249 | 241 | Clara | 372 | 241 |
| Declan | 244 | 242 | Leslie | 371 | 242 |
| Luis | 242 | 243 | Makenna | 371 | 243 |
| Vincent | 239 | 244 | Traci | 365 | 244 |
| Darren | 235 | 245 | Eva | 363 | 245 |
| Shaun | 226 | 246 | Joan | 360 | 246 |
| Rhett | 224 | 247 | Payton | 360 | 247 |
| Josiah | 223 | 248 | Delaney | 359 | 248 |
| Preston | 218 | 249 | Mila | 359 | 249 |
| Trenton | 215 | 250 | Peyton | 358 | 250 |