Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 2002
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | William | 1,010 |
| 2 | Jacob | 982 |
| 3 | Joshua | 891 |
| 4 | Christopher | 775 |
| 5 | Michael | 767 |
| 6 | Matthew | 750 |
| 7 | Ethan | 660 |
| 8 | James | 653 |
| 9 | Andrew | 584 |
| 10 | David | 578 |
| 11 | John | 572 |
| 12 | Austin | 571 |
| 13 | Nicholas | 565 |
| 14 | Tyler | 540 |
| 15 | Brandon | 538 |
| 16 | Joseph | 537 |
| 17 | Daniel | 529 |
| 18 | Zachary | 526 |
| 19 | Caleb | 495 |
| 20 | Jonathan | 489 |
| 21 | Cameron | 472 |
| 22 | Noah | 463 |
| 23 | Christian | 450 |
| 24 | Alexander | 448 |
| 25 | Jordan | 435 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Dylan | 428 |
| 27 | Justin | 427 |
| 28 | Benjamin | 426 |
| 29 | Samuel | 424 |
| 30 | Hunter | 423 |
| 31 | Logan | 422 |
| 32 | Robert | 413 |
| 33 | Anthony | 392 |
| 33 | Elijah | 392 |
| 35 | Jackson | 389 |
| 36 | Ryan | 374 |
| 37 | Kevin | 367 |
| 38 | Nathan | 328 |
| 39 | Thomas | 325 |
| 40 | Gabriel | 320 |
| 41 | Isaiah | 303 |
| 42 | Jose | 296 |
| 43 | Mason | 289 |
| 44 | Charles | 286 |
| 45 | Jason | 276 |
| 46 | Luke | 269 |
| 47 | Aaron | 246 |
| 48 | Nathaniel | 244 |
| 49 | Evan | 219 |
| 50 | Connor | 215 |
| 51 | Isaac | 207 |
| 52 | Gavin | 206 |
| 52 | Timothy | 206 |
| 54 | Seth | 203 |
| 55 | Adam | 202 |
| 55 | Eric | 202 |
| 57 | Cody | 201 |
| 58 | Brian | 197 |
| 59 | Bryan | 195 |
| 60 | Colby | 177 |
| 61 | Alex | 175 |
| 61 | Jack | 175 |
| 61 | Luis | 175 |
| 64 | Ian | 170 |
| 65 | Jeremiah | 168 |
| 65 | Sean | 168 |
| 67 | Juan | 167 |
| 68 | Kyle | 166 |
| 69 | Garrett | 158 |
| 70 | Jalen | 157 |
| 71 | Blake | 156 |
| 71 | Richard | 156 |
| 73 | Xavier | 154 |
| 74 | Steven | 151 |
| 75 | Chase | 149 |
| 75 | Patrick | 149 |
| 77 | Carlos | 145 |
| 77 | Lucas | 145 |
| 79 | Dalton | 144 |
| 80 | Jaden | 143 |
| 81 | Devin | 142 |
| 82 | Dakota | 138 |
| 83 | Landon | 134 |
| 83 | Stephen | 134 |
| 85 | Bryson | 133 |
| 86 | Trevor | 132 |
| 87 | Carson | 130 |
| 88 | Jared | 127 |
| 89 | Antonio | 126 |
| 90 | Parker | 124 |
| 91 | Aidan | 122 |
| 91 | Cole | 122 |
| 91 | Jesus | 122 |
| 94 | Jeremy | 121 |
| 95 | Angel | 118 |
| 95 | Jesse | 118 |
| 97 | Kaleb | 114 |
| 98 | Kenneth | 112 |
| 99 | Jaylen | 111 |
| 99 | Tristan | 111 |