State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1968 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,676 South Carolina births in 1968 across 943 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.

#86Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#91Franklin#198 nationally
#94Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#92Leroy#197 nationally
#61Dorothy#157 nationally
#89Frances#185 nationally
#61Calvin#156 nationally
#85Tyrone#180 nationally
#60Betty#153 nationally
#71Vickie#162 nationally
#31Wanda#115 nationally
#63Gloria#143 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa641US #1
#2Angela563US #7
#3Tammy482US #8
#4Kimberly431US #3
#5Melissa431US #5
#6Mary423US #6
#7Sharon317US #32
#8Cynthia306US #19
#9Michelle302US #2
#10Pamela298US #20
#11Donna279US #24
#12Karen275US #9
#13Teresa270US #30
#14Susan236US #10
#15Patricia227US #15
#16Jennifer221US #4
#17Tracy217US #25
#18Laura215US #11
#19Sandra203US #26
#20Elizabeth196US #17
#21Stephanie191US #23
#22Rhonda181US #42
#23Barbara179US #36
#24Tina175US #18
#25Amy162US #13
#26Linda161US #28
#27Wendy157US #31
#28Carolyn156US #61
#29Tonya154US #60
#30Kelly150US #12
#31Wanda150US #115
#32Brenda144US #34
#33Sheila142US #59
#34Deborah139US #27
#35Robin135US #43
#36Jacqueline133US #50
#37Debra132US #38
#38Sherry127US #52
#39Cheryl119US #37
#40Nancy117US #39
#41Margaret112US #63
#42Andrea110US #48
#43Julie110US #16
#44Paula110US #45
#45Rebecca110US #33
#46Sonya108US #117
#47Lori103US #22
#48Kathy102US #76
#49Shannon101US #53
#50Carol97US #49
#51Dawn89US #21
#52Beverly88US #122
#53Catherine88US #56
#54Amanda84US #132
#55Janet83US #73
#56Sarah83US #78
#57Dana82US #70
#58Leslie82US #66
#59Christine81US #14
#60Betty80US #153
#61Dorothy79US #157
#62Connie77US #87
#63Gloria77US #143
#64Valerie76US #77
#65Monica71US #68
#66Stacey71US #55
#67Kim70US #57
#68Cindy68US #67
#69Crystal68US #118
#70Michele67US #29
#71Vickie67US #162
#72Katherine66US #75
#73Regina66US #81
#74Theresa66US #47
#75Joyce65US #128
#76Melanie64US #94
#77Janice63US #110
#78Denise62US #35
#79Melinda61US #90
#80Shirley61US #150
#81April60US #96
#82Tracey59US #72
#83Rachel58US #92
#84Tammie58US #160
#85Yolanda58US #93
#86Gwendolyn54
#87Gina53US #58
#88Charlene52US #166
#89Frances52US #185
#90Samantha52US #136
#91Virginia52US #131
#92Ann51US #54
#93Debbie51US #111
#94Victoria51US #82
#95Diane50US #51
#96Terri50US #83
#97Darlene49US #121
#98Veronica49US #112
#99Kathryn48US #100
#100Cassandra47US #139

Boys

#1James1,167US #4
#2Michael867US #1
#3John864US #3
#4Robert781US #5
#5William745US #6
#6David652US #2
#7Charles465US #20
#8Richard427US #8
#9Timothy420US #13
#10Christopher355US #9
#11Thomas347US #12
#12Anthony335US #21
#13Mark325US #7
#14Joseph303US #16
#15Kenneth297US #23
#16Brian280US #10
#17Jeffrey252US #11
#18Kevin222US #17
#19Tony220US #52
#20Ronald218US #25
#21Steven208US #15
#22Paul205US #19
#23Donald196US #29
#24Willie188US #96
#25Gregory183US #26
#26Larry170US #38
#27Stephen167US #27
#28George163US #36
#29Rodney163US #42
#30Edward156US #31
#31Patrick153US #30
#32Eric151US #22
#33Jerry150US #44
#34Scott137US #14
#35Johnny136US #69
#36Terry136US #48
#37Daniel133US #18
#38Bobby132US #81
#39Jeffery132US #46
#40Gary130US #32
#41Jimmy120US #77
#42Reginald119US #117
#43Ricky115US #70
#44Russell111US #56
#45Keith109US #35
#46Billy104US #76
#47Randy104US #54
#48Roger104US #55
#49Dennis101US #45
#50Matthew101US #24
#51Henry98US #95
#52Douglas96US #33
#53Samuel93US #66
#54Marvin92US #129
#55Bryan89US #51
#56Troy89US #40
#57Andrew87US #34
#58Tommy86US #124
#59Jonathan84US #53
#60Phillip84US #71
#61Calvin82US #156
#62Ronnie82US #115
#63Todd80US #28
#64Curtis79US #75
#65Danny78US #72
#66Harold76US #108
#67Joe76US #85
#68Raymond76US #50
#69Darrell73US #86
#70Darren73US #60
#71Ernest73US #130
#72Carl72US #59
#73Craig71US #41
#74Eddie70US #132
#75Walter70US #83
#76Harry68US #153
#77Sean67US #37
#78Gerald66US #62
#79Barry65US #107
#80Stanley64US #136
#81Benjamin63US #99
#82Wayne63US #63
#83Micheal59US #114
#84Tracy59US #111
#85Tyrone59US #180
#86Chris58US #64
#87Frederick58US #113
#88Bruce57US #61
#89Frank57US #49
#90Allen55US #100
#91Franklin55US #198
#92Leroy55US #197
#93Joel53US #80
#94Kelvin52
#95Lee50US #106
#96Roy50US #94
#97Darryl49US #140
#98Steve49US #89
#99Arthur48US #98
#100Eugene48US #126

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑51Shannon#49
↑27Monica#65
↑27Russell#44
↑23Darren#70
↑22Vickie#71
↑20Melinda#79
↑20Matthew#50
↑18Dorothy#61

Falling

↓36Frank#89
↓29Janice#77
↓27Gerald#78
↓26Shirley#80
↓22Darryl#97
↓21Denise#78
↓21Darlene#97
↓21Tracy#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.