Last Updated on May 12, 2022 2:06 pm
The top baby names for 2021 have been announced by the Social Security Administration. The annual list is compiled by Social Security card application data.
In North Carolina the top boy names and the number of occurrences were: Liam (699), Noah (608), William (561), James (476), Oliver (467). The top four names remain the same from 2020.
The top girl names and the number of occurrences were: Olivia (531), Ava (465), Emma (457), Charlotte (416), Amelia (399). All top five names remain the same from 2020.
Nationally the top 10 boys names were: Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah, James, William, Benjamin, Lucas, Henry and Theodore The top 10 names for girls were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia, Ava, Sophia, Isabella, Mia, Evelyn and Harper.
The following table shows the 100 most frequent given names for male and female births in 2021 in North Carolina. Below that is a table showing the five most frequent given names in the United States for male and female babies born in each year 1921-2021.
The following table shows the five most frequent given names for male and female babies born in each year 1922-2021. Over the last 100 years, the male name Michael has held the top spot most often (44 times), while the female name Mary has been ranked number one 34 times over those years.
Top Five Names for Births in the United States in 1921-2020. Scroll right to see the entire table data.
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