What’s the most popular baby name in North Carolina? See what parents picked

Mary Ramsey
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Picking a name for your baby can be an exciting experience and often involves considering a number of factors, including how common you want the name to be.

Whether you’re looking to give your child a name that will blend in or stand out, you can check birth records online using the Social Security Administration’s database to see how popular any name you have in mind is.

And the database now includes the most popular names from 2022, the most recent year available.

Here are the most popular baby names in North Carolina and the United States and details on how to check any other name’s popularity:

Most popular baby names in North Carolina

Olivia was the most popular girls name in North Carolina in 2022, according to the Social Security Administration’s data, with 500 babies getting the name. And it was also the most popular girls name nationwide.

Rounding out the top five in North Carolina were Amelia, Charlotte, Ava and Emma. There was some overlap there, too, with the national top five, made up of Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia.

On the boys’ side, Liam led the pack statewide and nationally. According to Social Security data, 644 babies were named Liam in North Carolina in 2022.

Noah, William, Oliver and James were the second through fifth place finishers in North Carolina, compared to Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah nationally.

There was little change from the previous year’s list at the state and national levels.

Olivia was also the most popular girls name in North Carolina and the U.S. in 2021, and Liam was the most popular boys name statewide and nationally last year, too.

For the 2022 list of the top 100 names for both sexes in North Carolina, visit ssa.gov/cgi-bin/namesbystate.cgi.

How to see how popular your name or baby’s name is

If you want to see how common your name was the year you were born or check to see how a name you have in mind for your own little one is trending, you can get the information from the Social Security Administration.

You can search by year or name at ssa.gov/OACT/babynames.