State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1967 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,129 South Carolina births in 1967 across 936 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.

#83Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#84Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#97Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#94Leroy#189 nationally
#95Audrey#187 nationally
#81Frances#171 nationally
#54Shirley#142 nationally
#52Betty#137 nationally
#86Tyrone#171 nationally
#20Wanda#100 nationally
#51Amanda#131 nationally
#98Loretta#177 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa618US #1
#2Angela602US #7
#3Mary476US #4
#4Kimberly431US #2
#5Tammy424US #8
#6Melissa392US #9
#7Pamela347US #17
#8Sharon319US #30
#9Teresa316US #28
#10Donna299US #19
#11Cynthia294US #18
#12Karen272US #6
#13Sandra270US #20
#14Susan270US #5
#15Patricia253US #11
#16Elizabeth240US #13
#17Michelle224US #3
#18Barbara212US #33
#19Linda206US #26
#20Wanda193US #100
#21Tina192US #21
#22Wendy187US #32
#23Brenda180US #31
#24Tracy178US #29
#25Stephanie170US #25
#26Carolyn169US #60
#27Deborah168US #22
#28Jennifer163US #10
#29Amy161US #12
#30Rhonda156US #41
#31Sheila153US #56
#32Cheryl143US #35
#33Laura137US #15
#34Debra134US #38
#35Paula128US #46
#36Sherry128US #51
#37Tonya128US #68
#38Julie126US #16
#39Robin119US #45
#40Kelly118US #23
#41Jacqueline115US #52
#42Margaret112US #58
#43Rebecca105US #39
#44Janet104US #61
#45Leslie103US #66
#46Nancy102US #37
#47Lori100US #24
#48Janice97US #99
#49Sonya97US #114
#50Andrea96US #48
#51Amanda93US #131
#52Betty93US #137
#53Carol92US #47
#54Shirley87US #142
#55Regina84US #80
#56Catherine83US #55
#57Denise82US #34
#58Joyce82US #116
#59Beverly80US #112
#60Dawn78US #27
#61Valerie78US #73
#62Connie77US #75
#63Kathy77US #64
#64Cindy75US #59
#65Kim73US #49
#66April72US #79
#67Sherri71US #89
#68Theresa71US #43
#69Annette68US #85
#70Christine67US #14
#71Dana67US #71
#72Sarah66US #83
#73Carla65US #82
#74Gloria65US #134
#75Crystal63US #139
#76Darlene63US #111
#77Gina63US #54
#78Martha60US #117
#79Dorothy59US #148
#80Katherine59US #76
#81Frances58US #171
#82Anita57US #98
#83Gwendolyn57
#84Melanie56US #110
#85Virginia56US #135
#86Diane55US #44
#87Sabrina55US #133
#88Debbie54US #90
#89Terri54US #77
#90Sylvia53US #156
#91Felicia52US #159
#92Monica52US #70
#93Vickie52US #144
#94Anna51US #91
#95Audrey50US #187
#96Judy50US #121
#97Angelia49
#98Loretta49US #177
#99Melinda49US #95
#100Shannon49US #101

Boys

#1James1,191US #3
#2Michael852US #1
#3John785US #4
#4William713US #6
#5David683US #2
#6Robert682US #5
#7Timothy436US #11
#8Charles433US #20
#9Richard406US #8
#10Anthony405US #21
#11Thomas378US #12
#12Kenneth352US #22
#13Mark320US #7
#14Joseph305US #15
#15Christopher289US #9
#16Ronald258US #24
#17Jeffrey242US #13
#18Gregory229US #25
#19Tony223US #50
#20Donald219US #27
#21Steven209US #14
#22Brian205US #10
#23Kevin194US #17
#24Paul194US #18
#25Willie188US #92
#26Jerry184US #41
#27George180US #36
#28Rodney176US #37
#29Eric169US #23
#30Stephen161US #26
#31Edward158US #31
#32Scott155US #16
#33Terry155US #42
#34Bobby150US #83
#35Johnny147US #70
#36Larry144US #38
#37Daniel139US #19
#38Jimmy137US #74
#39Randy134US #49
#40Keith131US #34
#41Billy123US #76
#42Henry123US #93
#43Gary121US #32
#44Patrick119US #30
#45Samuel111US #69
#46Douglas108US #33
#47Ricky100US #75
#48Jeffery97US #47
#49Roger97US #53
#50Dennis94US #43
#51Gerald94US #59
#52Ronnie92US #114
#53Frank91US #45
#54Marvin90US #124
#55Harold89US #104
#56Andrew88US #35
#57Danny88US #68
#58Reginald88US #126
#59Bryan87US #52
#60Darrell87US #86
#61Curtis85US #77
#62Todd84US #29
#63Tracy84US #99
#64Walter84US #81
#65Barry79US #96
#66Joe78US #85
#67Carl77US #57
#68Phillip77US #73
#69Tommy77US #127
#70Matthew76US #28
#71Russell76US #58
#72Troy76US #40
#73Bruce74US #55
#74Ernest73US #128
#75Darryl72US #109
#76Stanley72US #134
#77Derrick71US #120
#78Micheal71US #115
#79Calvin67US #154
#80Harry67US #148
#81Randall66US #72
#82Eddie65US #132
#83Wayne65US #62
#84Kelvin64
#85Raymond64US #48
#86Tyrone62US #171
#87Craig61US #46
#88Jason61US #54
#89Benjamin60US #119
#90Chris58US #60
#91Allen56US #100
#92Arthur56US #94
#93Darren56US #63
#94Leroy56US #189
#95Albert55US #98
#96Joel55US #90
#97Lawrence55US #67
#98Melvin55US #150
#99Steve55US #79
#100Vincent55US #65

On the move since 1966

Rising

↑37Leslie#45
↑27Sherri#67
↑27Bryan#59
↑26Tonya#37
↑26Frank#53
↑25Crystal#75
↑23Paula#35
↑22Todd#62

Falling

↓33Terri#89
↓27Judy#96
↓26Kathy#63
↓25Melinda#99
↓24Carl#67
↓22Dorothy#79
↓22Darryl#75
↓21Benjamin#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1966 rankings.