Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 2001
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 1,016 |
| 2 | William | 972 |
| 3 | Joshua | 919 |
| 4 | Christopher | 796 |
| 5 | Michael | 786 |
| 6 | Matthew | 777 |
| 7 | James | 647 |
| 8 | John | 589 |
| 9 | David | 581 |
| 10 | Zachary | 575 |
| 11 | Austin | 567 |
| 11 | Brandon | 567 |
| 13 | Tyler | 561 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 558 |
| 15 | Andrew | 553 |
| 16 | Christian | 546 |
| 17 | Joseph | 540 |
| 18 | Cameron | 537 |
| 19 | Dylan | 526 |
| 20 | Daniel | 517 |
| 21 | Caleb | 509 |
| 22 | Jonathan | 500 |
| 23 | Justin | 499 |
| 24 | Noah | 491 |
| 25 | Ethan | 489 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Samuel | 484 |
| 27 | Hunter | 483 |
| 28 | Benjamin | 440 |
| 29 | Robert | 430 |
| 30 | Alexander | 427 |
| 31 | Anthony | 396 |
| 32 | Logan | 389 |
| 33 | Thomas | 388 |
| 34 | Ryan | 379 |
| 35 | Jordan | 370 |
| 36 | Elijah | 354 |
| 37 | Nathan | 326 |
| 38 | Aaron | 323 |
| 38 | Jackson | 323 |
| 38 | Kevin | 323 |
| 41 | Jose | 302 |
| 42 | Isaiah | 300 |
| 43 | Charles | 281 |
| 44 | Timothy | 267 |
| 45 | Luke | 262 |
| 46 | Jason | 261 |
| 47 | Gabriel | 258 |
| 48 | Cody | 232 |
| 49 | Adam | 225 |
| 50 | Mason | 214 |
| 51 | Isaac | 212 |
| 52 | Seth | 208 |
| 53 | Brian | 204 |
| 53 | Eric | 204 |
| 55 | Nathaniel | 203 |
| 56 | Connor | 198 |
| 57 | Evan | 197 |
| 58 | Steven | 191 |
| 59 | Chase | 189 |
| 60 | Colby | 185 |
| 61 | Devin | 181 |
| 61 | Ian | 181 |
| 63 | Garrett | 180 |
| 64 | Jalen | 179 |
| 65 | Kyle | 177 |
| 66 | Bryan | 171 |
| 66 | Sean | 171 |
| 68 | Juan | 170 |
| 68 | Trevor | 170 |
| 70 | Patrick | 168 |
| 71 | Jeremiah | 167 |
| 72 | Richard | 162 |
| 73 | Stephen | 161 |
| 74 | Luis | 158 |
| 75 | Jared | 157 |
| 76 | Carlos | 155 |
| 77 | Alex | 153 |
| 78 | Gavin | 150 |
| 79 | Dalton | 149 |
| 80 | Carson | 145 |
| 81 | Chandler | 141 |
| 82 | Dakota | 140 |
| 83 | Lucas | 133 |
| 84 | Tanner | 129 |
| 85 | Bryson | 126 |
| 86 | Blake | 125 |
| 87 | Jesus | 122 |
| 88 | Antonio | 119 |
| 88 | Jack | 119 |
| 90 | Jeremy | 118 |
| 90 | Spencer | 118 |
| 90 | Xavier | 118 |
| 93 | Jesse | 115 |
| 94 | Landon | 111 |
| 94 | Tristan | 111 |
| 96 | Mark | 109 |
| 97 | Kaleb | 108 |
| 97 | Wesley | 108 |
| 99 | Jeffrey | 105 |
| 99 | Kenneth | 105 |
| 99 | Travis | 105 |