Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 2011

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

RankNameBabies
1William766
2Mason728
3Jacob599
4Elijah584
5Noah578
6Jayden548
7Jackson537
8James519
9Christopher506
10Ethan504
11Joshua489
12Aiden475
13Michael448
14Gabriel400
15Alexander396
16Daniel394
17Christian393
18David392
19Caleb385
20Landon384
21Samuel380
22Benjamin379
23Logan376
24Liam363
25Jonathan357
RankNameBabies
26Cameron355
27Matthew347
28Joseph341
29Andrew340
30Anthony336
31Brayden332
32John331
33Jeremiah322
34Lucas300
35Ryan297
36Nathan285
37Ayden282
38Carter277
39Isaiah275
39Levi275
41Gavin270
41Hunter270
43Tyler262
44Dylan253
45Bryson252
45Charles252
47Isaac251
47Jordan251
49Eli247
49Owen247
51Henry245
52Austin243
53Connor238
54Robert237
55Brandon236
55Evan236
57Justin233
58Luke228
59Jack227
60Thomas226
61Nicholas220
62Wyatt217
63Josiah216
64Chase205
65Colton204
66Kevin203
67Bentley202
68Aaron200
69Zachary197
70Cooper196
71Grayson191
72Carson188
73Angel174
73Jose174
75Ian173
76Tristan172
77Parker171
78Julian170
79Hayden167
80Adrian163
80Jason163
82Brody159
83Nathaniel158
84Micah149
85Nolan148
86Blake146
86Xavier146
88Kayden144
89Easton142
90Jaxon138
91Kaleb136
91Oliver136
91Riley136
94Malachi134
95Rylan126
96Adam125
96Camden125
98Cayden122
99Ashton121
100Caden120