State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1966 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,362 South Carolina births in 1966 across 939 distinct names.

Distinctively South Carolina

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say South Carolina more than they say America.

#81Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#88Vanessa#197 nationally
#98Annieoutside the national top 200
#98Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#78Bernard#177 nationally
#83Loretta#175 nationally
#71Frances#162 nationally
#95Leroy#184 nationally
#93Shelia#181 nationally
#96Audrey#183 nationally
#76Calvin#159 nationally
#39Betty#121 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa704US #1
#2Angela567US #9
#3Mary469US #3
#4Kimberly397US #2
#5Tammy384US #8
#6Sharon374US #28
#7Cynthia373US #11
#8Pamela328US #15
#9Karen321US #5
#10Donna316US #12
#11Patricia315US #7
#12Melissa292US #22
#13Susan288US #6
#14Teresa284US #29
#15Sandra283US #17
#16Linda255US #18
#17Barbara248US #27
#18Elizabeth230US #16
#19Deborah224US #14
#20Wanda214US #84
#21Brenda211US #25
#22Rhonda202US #39
#23Tina180US #23
#24Tracy177US #31
#25Michelle176US #4
#26Robin176US #42
#27Sheila170US #51
#28Jacqueline165US #47
#29Debra152US #35
#30Cheryl149US #34
#31Jennifer140US #10
#32Laura140US #19
#33Sherry140US #53
#34Nancy131US #33
#35Stephanie131US #38
#36Carolyn130US #60
#37Kathy128US #59
#38Margaret126US #55
#39Betty125US #121
#40Wendy125US #41
#41Amy117US #30
#42Julie113US #13
#43Carol111US #48
#44Andrea108US #52
#45Rebecca108US #40
#46Janice105US #80
#47Janet104US #57
#48Beverly103US #109
#49Lori101US #21
#50Cindy96US #56
#51Kelly95US #26
#52Shirley94US #124
#53Sonya93US #126
#54Connie92US #70
#55Theresa87US #46
#56Terri86US #72
#57Dorothy85US #136
#58Paula85US #50
#59Annette84US #79
#60Catherine83US #54
#61Denise83US #32
#62Martha81US #106
#63Tonya81US #96
#64Joyce80US #100
#65Kim79US #43
#66Dana78US #68
#67Dawn78US #24
#68Gloria78US #127
#69Judy77US #97
#70Amanda76US #148
#71Frances75US #162
#72Regina75US #82
#73Sarah74US #85
#74Melinda73US #102
#75Carla71US #77
#76Cathy70US #99
#77Melanie70US #116
#78Valerie67US #74
#79Christine66US #20
#80Darlene65US #94
#81Gwendolyn64
#82Leslie63US #71
#83Loretta63US #175
#84Debbie62US #73
#85Julia61US #117
#86April59US #108
#87Diane58US #45
#88Vanessa58US #197
#89Gina57US #58
#90Marilyn57US #170
#91Phyllis57US #173
#92Vickie57US #147
#93Shelia56US #181
#94Sherri56US #92
#95Tracey55US #69
#96Audrey54US #183
#97Virginia54US #122
#98Annie52
#99Sylvia52US #146
#100Crystal51US #145

Boys

#1James1,299US #3
#2Michael842US #1
#3John822US #4
#4William733US #6
#5Robert730US #5
#6David671US #2
#7Charles473US #20
#8Timothy428US #11
#9Anthony391US #22
#10Richard391US #8
#11Thomas366US #10
#12Kenneth363US #21
#13Mark352US #7
#14Christopher312US #12
#15Joseph293US #15
#16Jeffrey277US #9
#17Gregory253US #23
#18Donald228US #27
#19George210US #37
#20Paul206US #18
#21Willie201US #93
#22Jerry199US #41
#23Ronald196US #24
#24Kevin189US #17
#25Steven189US #13
#26Brian187US #14
#27Tony182US #49
#28Larry181US #38
#29Terry181US #40
#30Rodney180US #35
#31Johnny172US #73
#32Stephen165US #26
#33Eric161US #25
#34Bobby156US #82
#35Edward154US #30
#36Jimmy144US #77
#37Daniel143US #19
#38Keith143US #32
#39Scott137US #16
#40Randy135US #45
#41Gary132US #28
#42Jeffery122US #42
#43Carl117US #56
#44Ricky116US #64
#45Patrick112US #31
#46Ronnie112US #108
#47Henry110US #92
#48Roger109US #51
#49Billy108US #80
#50Curtis107US #75
#51Marvin107US #113
#52Barry105US #87
#53Darryl103US #88
#54Samuel102US #81
#55Walter100US #83
#56Harold99US #99
#57Douglas93US #33
#58Darrell92US #95
#59Phillip90US #71
#60Dennis89US #44
#61Andrew87US #36
#62Ernest87US #122
#63Russell87US #61
#64Danny84US #62
#65Gerald83US #60
#66Joe81US #74
#67Reginald81US #131
#68Benjamin79US #130
#69Tracy79US #98
#70Stanley77US #128
#71Raymond76US #47
#72Wayne76US #59
#73Allen73US #97
#74Bruce73US #53
#75Troy71US #48
#76Calvin70US #159
#77Eddie70US #121
#78Bernard68US #177
#79Frank68US #43
#80Melvin67US #142
#81Jerome66US #147
#82Matthew66US #34
#83Randall65US #70
#84Todd64US #29
#85Tommy64US #124
#86Bryan63US #52
#87Jonathan62US #65
#88Craig60US #46
#89Arthur58US #96
#90Frederick58US #109
#91Vincent58US #58
#92Chris57US #55
#93Alan56US #57
#94Harry56US #144
#95Leroy56US #184
#96Micheal56US #115
#97Steve56US #67
#98Nathaniel55
#99Derrick54US #127
#100Roy54US #94

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑36Michelle#25
↑31Tonya#63
↑31Benjamin#68
↑28Terri#56
↑26Andrea#44
↑26Amanda#70
↑25Tracy#69
↑24Dana#66

Falling

↓33Sylvia#99
↓30Tommy#85
↓28Cathy#76
↓24Darlene#80
↓24Debbie#84
↓23Virginia#97
↓22Sarah#73
↓20Leroy#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.