State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1972 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,975 South Carolina births in 1972 across 963 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.

#65Catinaoutside the national top 200
#72Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#80Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#52Wanda#166 nationally
#99Francesoutside the national top 200
#74Calvin#172 nationally
#97Charlene#195 nationally
#49Tyrone#144 nationally
#96Clarence#191 nationally
#95Beverly#185 nationally
#86Janice#171 nationally
#39Sonya#122 nationally

Girls

#1Angela590US #6
#2Jennifer532US #1
#3Kimberly476US #4
#4Melissa412US #7
#5Lisa360US #3
#6Stephanie322US #8
#7Tammy293US #11
#8Amy288US #5
#9Michelle283US #2
#10Mary277US #13
#11Tonya275US #37
#12Shannon210US #22
#13Pamela205US #34
#14Sharon194US #50
#15Teresa190US #39
#16Tracy189US #19
#17Elizabeth184US #15
#18Cynthia183US #25
#19Karen167US #21
#20Wendy162US #29
#21Tina160US #18
#22Donna157US #45
#23Susan151US #24
#24Crystal149US #59
#25Laura145US #17
#26Tara143US #38
#27Heather142US #9
#28Rebecca142US #14
#29Kelly141US #23
#30April136US #48
#31Rhonda133US #60
#32Patricia129US #27
#33Sandra128US #31
#34Julie127US #12
#35Stacey120US #41
#36Stacy116US #33
#37Robin111US #55
#38Nicole108US #10
#39Sonya107US #122
#40Dana106US #52
#41Linda106US #51
#42Sherry106US #70
#43Melanie105US #42
#44Dawn104US #20
#45Amanda101US #76
#46Andrea101US #30
#47Lori101US #28
#48Denise98US #35
#49Monica98US #47
#50Yolanda97US #89
#51Christy96US #74
#52Wanda96US #166
#53Katina88US #117
#54Barbara83US #58
#55Sheila83US #90
#56Christina82US #26
#57Katherine81US #69
#58Margaret81US #95
#59Catherine80US #65
#60Leslie80US #75
#61Cheryl79US #56
#62Tiffany77US #61
#63Felicia75US #128
#64Regina75US #104
#65Catina74
#66Tanya73US #54
#67Jacqueline71US #79
#68Deborah70US #43
#69Carla69US #106
#70Nancy69US #63
#71Allison68US #115
#72Ashley68
#73Christine68US #16
#74Paula67US #72
#75Carolyn66US #110
#76Brenda65US #44
#77Veronica64US #82
#78Theresa63US #68
#79Kim61US #118
#80Sarah61US #49
#81Katrina60US #116
#82Melinda60US #81
#83Rachel59US #40
#84Erica58US #87
#85Cindy57US #80
#86Janice57US #171
#87Tracey57US #88
#88Cassandra54US #139
#89Janet54US #111
#90Natasha54US #170
#91Carol52US #109
#92Vanessa52US #133
#93Anita51US #136
#94Sabrina51US #152
#95Beverly50US #185
#96Cathy50US #169
#97Charlene50US #195
#98Debra50US #66
#99Frances50
#100Kathy50US #108

Boys

#1James1,031US #3
#2Michael982US #1
#3Christopher785US #2
#4William738US #9
#5John639US #5
#6Robert634US #6
#7David595US #4
#8Kevin497US #13
#9Brian417US #8
#10Charles400US #23
#11Thomas329US #20
#12Anthony320US #22
#13Timothy294US #21
#14Richard293US #14
#15Jason289US #7
#16Joseph287US #12
#17Eric250US #16
#18Jeffrey243US #17
#19Steven242US #19
#20Kenneth241US #27
#21Mark196US #18
#22Gregory178US #26
#23Paul157US #24
#24Larry154US #47
#25Daniel153US #15
#26Ronald151US #32
#27Stephen145US #29
#28Scott144US #11
#29Donald142US #36
#30Matthew140US #10
#31Jonathan135US #37
#32Bobby133US #90
#33Travis133US #57
#34Keith130US #38
#35Willie129US #109
#36Johnny128US #74
#37Edward125US #34
#38George123US #44
#39Rodney120US #65
#40Terry119US #62
#41Bryan115US #45
#42Chad115US #25
#43Patrick115US #35
#44Tony113US #68
#45Jerry104US #53
#46Shawn104US #28
#47Derrick101US #91
#48Jamie94US #72
#49Tyrone94US #144
#50Russell93US #69
#51Phillip92US #75
#52Jeffery91US #58
#53Antonio90US #93
#54Gary88US #41
#55Samuel88US #66
#56Billy86US #81
#57Jimmy85US #97
#58Henry84US #118
#59Andrew83US #30
#60Walter79US #98
#61Douglas78US #43
#62Reginald76US #141
#63Ryan75US #39
#64Dennis73US #52
#65Marcus71US #71
#66Benjamin69US #64
#67Roger69US #76
#68Craig67US #46
#69Tracy67US #111
#70Raymond63US #54
#71Allen62US #123
#72Micheal61US #108
#73Ronnie61US #133
#74Calvin60US #172
#75Danny60US #87
#76Jermaine59US #135
#77Troy59US #49
#78Frederick58US #116
#79Jeremy58US #42
#80Kelvin58
#81Randy58US #70
#82Todd56US #31
#83Curtis55US #92
#84Randall55US #120
#85Harold54US #132
#86Shannon54US #94
#87Chris52US #82
#88Gerald52US #102
#89Sean52US #33
#90Bradley49US #61
#91Dwayne49US #162
#92Ernest48US #147
#93Darrell47US #122
#94Joe47US #100
#95Marvin47US #163
#96Clarence46US #191
#97Ricky46US #127
#98Roy46US #114
#99Carl44US #85
#100Stanley44US #170

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑38Nicole#38
↑33Denise#48
↑22Allen#71
↑21Dawn#44
↑21Raymond#70
↑20Ashley#72
↑19Melanie#43
↑17Jamie#48

Falling

↓43Debra#98
↓31Gerald#88
↓28Kathy#100
↓27Paula#74
↓27Carl#99
↓26Cindy#85
↓22Deborah#68
↓20Frederick#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.