Popular baby names in Johnston County (North Carolina), 2023 & 2022

In 2023, North Carolina’s Johnston County welcomed 1,931 babies — 950 girls and 981 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Charlotte and Liam.

Here are Johnston County’s top 10+ girl names and top 10+ boy names of 2023:

Girl names, 2023

1. Charlotte
2. Olivia & Sophia (tie)
3. Camila, Emma, Isabelle & Scarlett (4-way tie)
4. Abigail & Amelia (tie)
5. Delilah
6. Ava, Eliana, Elizabeth, Layla, Luna & Willow (6-way tie)
7. Chloe, Ellie, Emily, Harper, Hazel, Mia, Paisley, Sadie & Sofia (9-way tie)
8. Eliza, Kinsley, Leah, Leilani & Presley (5-way tie)
9. Evelyn, Genesis, Kailani, Lucy, Madison, Raelynn, Riley, Valentina & Victoria (9-way tie)
10. Adalyn, Autumn, Isabel, Ivey, Jade, Josie, Kaylani, Lainey, Madeline, Madelyn, Milani, Nova, Penelope, Peyton, Samantha, Violet, Whitley & Zoe (18-way tie)

Boy names, 2023

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Sebastian
4. William
5. Asher & Levi (tie)
6. Julian & Mateo
7. Carter, Elijah, Grayson, Lucas, Waylon (5-way tie)
8. Aiden & Chase (tie)
9. Benjamin, Carson, Charles, Christopher, Hudson, Jackson, Joseph, Maverick, Oliver, Thomas & Wyatt (11-way tie)
10. Alexander, Amir, Angel, Elias, Ezra, Gael, Ian, Josiah, Legend, Leonardo, Owen & Samuel (12-way tie)

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The county’s 2022 rankings — topped by Charlotte and Noah — included total numbers of babies:

Girl names, 2022

1. Charlotte, 12 baby girls
2. Amelia & Scarlett, 11 each (tie)
3. Ava, Harper & Sophia, 10 each (3-way tie)
4. Camila & Isabella, 9 each (tie)
5. Elizabeth, 8
6. Emma, Olivia, & Paisley, 7 each (3-way tie)
7. Abigail, Ella, Kinsley, Luna, Mia, Riley & Willow, 6 each (7-way tie)
8. Angela, Brooklyn, Delilah, Ellie, Emily, Everly, Gianna, Hannah, Kailani, Layla, Leah, Madelyn & Savannah, 5 each (13-way tie)
9. Addison, Andrea, Ashley, Aurora, Avery, Belen, Bella, Carsyn, Chloe, Eleanor, Julia, Lydia, Magnolia & Violet, 4 each (14-way tie)
10. Ada, Alora, Alyssa, Aria, Callie, Carolina, Elena, Eliana, Eliza, Elliana, Emely, Evelyn, Genesis, Genevieve, Grace, Gracie, Khloe, Lillian, Lilly, Lily, Lucy, Madilyn, Madison, Naomi, Peyton, Presley, Ryleigh, Sara, Skylar, Sofia, Stephanie & Zara, 3 each (32-way tie)

Boy names, 2022

1. Noah, 16 baby boys
2. Liam, 12
3. Mason, 11
4. Oliver, 10
5. William & Wyatt, 9 each (tie)
6. Carter, Jayden & Sebastian, 8 (3-way tie)
7. Elijah, Lucas, Mateo & Waylon, 7 each (4-way tie)
8. Alexander, Angel, Asher, Christopher, Dylan, Elias, Ethan, Henry, Isaac, Lincoln & Nathan, 6 each (11-way tie)
9. Amir, Eli, Jacob, Jameson, Jaxon, River, Ryan & Thomas, 5 each (8-way tie)
10. Anthony, Chance, Charles, Hendrix, Hudson, Ivan, Jackson, Jordan, Julian, Leo, Levi, Logan, Luke, Matthew, Maverick & Ryder, 4 each (16-way tie)

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If you’d like to go back even further, here are links to earlier sets of baby name rankings for Johnston County:

• 2021 (top names: Olivia and Liam)
• 2020 (top names: Olivia and Noah)
• 2019 (top names: Emma and Liam)
• 2018 (top names: Olivia and Elijah)
• 2017 (top names: Ava and Liam)

Sources: Top Baby Names of 2023 – Johnston County Register of Deeds, Top 2023 Baby Names In Johnston County – JoCo Report, 2022 Top Johnston County Baby Names – JoCo Report

Image: Adapted from Flag of North Carolina (public domain)