Top 100 Boy Names in North Carolina, 2025

Oliver (507) and William (500) follow, giving the state a top four built almost entirely on long-running classics, with James and Henry right behind them. Theodore, Levi and John each moved up a single place, the kind of quiet drift that says parents here are sticking with names their own parents knew.

The bigger stories sit further down. Eithan leapt 159 places into 75th, by far the largest jump on the list, while Archer climbed 41 to crack the top hundred. Rowan (+31) and Roman (+30) also surged, part of a wider run of surname-style and place-flavoured picks — Hudson, Bennett and Cooper are all comfortably inside the top 40.

Not everyone gained ground. Maverick slipped 26 places to 46th, Jacob fell 23, and Walker dropped 19, with Dylan and Aiden also losing a little traction. Still, short sturdy names hold steady near the top — Luke, Jack and Leo all sit inside the first 45 — so North Carolina's list reads as steady classics with a steadily growing taste for the unexpected.