State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1969 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,833 South Carolina births in 1969 across 953 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.

#65Frances#195 nationally
#86Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#95Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#94Bernard#199 nationally
#77Shirley#173 nationally
#32Wanda#126 nationally
#87Dorothy#181 nationally
#45Tyrone#137 nationally
#71Calvin#163 nationally
#96Stacy#186 nationally
#96Alice#185 nationally
#70Gloria#150 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa550US #1
#2Angela539US #7
#3Kimberly441US #4
#4Tammy434US #9
#5Melissa405US #5
#6Mary365US #8
#7Pamela345US #24
#8Sharon303US #36
#9Michelle283US #2
#10Karen279US #13
#11Tracy263US #17
#12Teresa254US #32
#13Elizabeth251US #16
#14Cynthia241US #23
#15Jennifer236US #3
#16Patricia229US #18
#17Sandra227US #25
#18Susan215US #11
#19Laura211US #10
#20Amy210US #6
#21Donna207US #26
#22Stephanie204US #19
#23Shannon191US #31
#24Tonya185US #54
#25Barbara176US #39
#26Tina171US #22
#27Kelly144US #15
#28Linda144US #33
#29Rhonda143US #44
#30Wendy141US #29
#31Julie139US #12
#32Wanda139US #126
#33Deborah131US #27
#34Sherry130US #55
#35Jacqueline128US #62
#36Robin128US #46
#37Brenda124US #38
#38Rebecca119US #28
#39Lori116US #20
#40Carolyn114US #71
#41Andrea111US #48
#42Debra105US #43
#43Leslie104US #64
#44Dana101US #60
#45Paula99US #50
#46Sonya98US #123
#47Carol96US #56
#48Christine95US #14
#49Sheila94US #68
#50Cheryl88US #41
#51Janet87US #84
#52Margaret87US #73
#53Nancy87US #45
#54Tracey86US #65
#55Dawn85US #21
#56Theresa85US #49
#57Heather82US #34
#58Regina81US #86
#59Catherine78US #58
#60Kathy78US #77
#61Crystal77US #118
#62Beverly72US #141
#63Melinda72US #89
#64Stacey71US #52
#65Frances70US #195
#66Amanda69US #122
#67April69US #97
#68Monica68US #59
#69Rachel68US #69
#70Gloria67US #150
#71Joyce67US #148
#72Sarah67US #72
#73Yolanda67US #98
#74Betty66US #154
#75Cindy66US #74
#76Melanie66US #92
#77Shirley65US #173
#78Janice64US #131
#79Julia64US #100
#80Katherine64US #70
#81Stacy64US #53
#82Christina63US #37
#83Denise63US #35
#84Valerie63US #85
#85Carla62US #90
#86Virginia62US #138
#87Dorothy61US #181
#88Tammie58US #164
#89Darlene55US #137
#90Kim55US #66
#91Nicole55US #47
#92Diane54US #61
#93Connie53US #105
#94Gina51US #63
#95Gwendolyn51
#96Alice50US #185
#97Ann50US #57
#98Martha50US #139
#99Victoria50US #83
#100Anita49US #120

Boys

#1James1,168US #3
#2Michael935US #1
#3John806US #4
#4Robert772US #5
#5William765US #6
#6David712US #2
#7Charles463US #19
#8Christopher419US #7
#9Timothy397US #17
#10Thomas365US #13
#11Anthony346US #20
#12Richard324US #10
#13Mark317US #8
#14Brian306US #9
#15Kenneth297US #23
#16Joseph281US #15
#17Kevin265US #16
#18Jeffrey246US #11
#19Gregory227US #26
#20Steven225US #14
#21Ronald222US #29
#22Larry191US #40
#23Donald187US #30
#24Willie187US #101
#25Eric186US #21
#26Stephen183US #27
#27Scott180US #12
#28George167US #38
#29Terry163US #52
#30Paul161US #22
#31Tony159US #54
#32Jerry147US #45
#33Daniel144US #18
#34Johnny142US #67
#35Rodney141US #49
#36Bobby132US #82
#37Edward131US #32
#38Jimmy121US #79
#39Samuel120US #64
#40Patrick118US #31
#41Douglas112US #34
#42Gary110US #35
#43Billy109US #77
#44Keith108US #36
#45Tyrone107US #137
#46Corey106US #58
#47Matthew102US #24
#48Roger102US #59
#49Henry100US #100
#50Todd98US #28
#51Russell96US #57
#52Reginald93US #125
#53Ricky93US #90
#54Andrew91US #33
#55Benjamin90US #91
#56Dennis90US #44
#57Jonathan90US #46
#58Walter86US #84
#59Bryan85US #51
#60Jason85US #25
#61Craig84US #39
#62Derrick84US #107
#63Jeffery84US #48
#64Marvin81US #139
#65Randy80US #55
#66Barry78US #99
#67Phillip78US #74
#68Harold76US #117
#69Danny75US #73
#70Darrell75US #93
#71Calvin72US #163
#72Carl72US #62
#73Raymond69US #50
#74Ronnie69US #127
#75Gerald68US #65
#76Chris66US #66
#77Joe64US #83
#78Tracy64US #141
#79Frank62US #47
#80Troy62US #42
#81Bradley61US #53
#82Curtis61US #81
#83Darren61US #60
#84Randall60US #85
#85Ernest59US #130
#86Kelvin59
#87Stanley58US #155
#88Jerome57US #166
#89Wayne57US #75
#90Arthur56US #97
#91Micheal56US #120
#92Roy56US #105
#93Allen54US #111
#94Bernard54US #199
#95Harry54US #171
#96Stacy53US #186
#97Eddie52US #146
#98Antonio50US #124
#99Melvin50US #162
#100Vincent50US #70

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑40Tyrone#45
↑28Tracey#54
↑26Shannon#23
↑26Benjamin#55
↑24Frances#65
↑18Theresa#56
↑17Walter#58
↑16Melinda#63

Falling

↓31Connie#93
↓26Dorothy#87
↓24Jeffery#63
↓24Troy#80
↓23Kim#90
↓23Eddie#97
↓20Valerie#84
↓19Harry#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.