State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1973 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,692 South Carolina births in 1973 across 1,002 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.

#58Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#64Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#72Catinaoutside the national top 200
#63Wanda#187 nationally
#90Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#48Reginald#152 nationally
#76Calvin#173 nationally
#99Beverly#192 nationally
#47Tyrone#139 nationally
#42Sonya#131 nationally
#84Sabrina#173 nationally
#85Dwayne#167 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer654US #1
#2Angela477US #7
#3Kimberly410US #4
#4Melissa387US #6
#5Stephanie351US #9
#6Tonya286US #36
#7Amy282US #2
#8Michelle277US #3
#9Mary273US #14
#10Lisa264US #5
#11Tammy259US #15
#12Elizabeth186US #13
#13April181US #33
#14Heather178US #8
#15Rebecca173US #10
#16Crystal168US #48
#17Tracy167US #20
#18Shannon166US #22
#19Cynthia165US #26
#20Sharon165US #57
#21Susan161US #25
#22Karen160US #23
#23Teresa160US #45
#24Wendy149US #29
#25Pamela148US #47
#26Amanda147US #51
#27Julie145US #12
#28Kelly136US #18
#29Tara134US #37
#30Tina125US #24
#31Laura124US #19
#32Donna123US #55
#33Stacey118US #41
#34Robin110US #60
#35Stacy110US #32
#36Tiffany108US #52
#37Christina107US #16
#38Rhonda107US #70
#39Monica106US #40
#40Christy105US #73
#41Patricia105US #27
#42Sonya102US #131
#43Dawn101US #21
#44Sherry99US #76
#45Melanie96US #43
#46Linda91US #61
#47Andrea90US #30
#48Dana89US #59
#49Erica88US #81
#50Tanya88US #50
#51Lori85US #28
#52Nicole85US #11
#53Sandra83US #39
#54Denise81US #38
#55Brenda77US #53
#56Barbara76US #63
#57Christine76US #17
#58Ashley75
#59Felicia74US #138
#60Katina74US #120
#61Yolanda74US #113
#62Leslie73US #75
#63Wanda73US #187
#64Allison70US #105
#65Catherine70US #67
#66Jacqueline69US #88
#67Sarah68US #35
#68Sheila68US #101
#69Tamara68US #66
#70Regina67US #110
#71Margaret64US #94
#72Catina62
#73Nancy62US #77
#74Deborah61US #56
#75Melinda60US #72
#76Cheryl58US #74
#77Janet58US #119
#78Carolyn57US #116
#79Alicia56US #91
#80Cassandra56US #153
#81Vanessa54US #134
#82Cindy53US #92
#83Natasha53US #155
#84Sabrina53US #173
#85Katherine52US #64
#86Paula52US #87
#87Carla50US #114
#88Holly50US #54
#89Katrina50US #118
#90Latonya48
#91Rachel48US #42
#92Brandy47US #82
#93Debra45US #84
#94Misty45US #90
#95Jessica44US #34
#96Anna43US #86
#97Tracey43US #102
#98Veronica43US #71
#99Beverly42US #192
#100Carol41US #121

Boys

#1James933US #4
#2Michael909US #1
#3Christopher768US #2
#4John669US #6
#5William641US #9
#6Robert565US #7
#7David533US #5
#8Kevin474US #14
#9Brian441US #8
#10Jason409US #3
#11Charles356US #23
#12Eric283US #13
#13Anthony278US #21
#14Joseph278US #12
#15Thomas270US #19
#16Timothy262US #22
#17Richard246US #16
#18Kenneth225US #28
#19Daniel208US #11
#20Mark206US #15
#21Jeffrey201US #17
#22Steven182US #20
#23Matthew180US #10
#24Jonathan168US #31
#25Stephen163US #32
#26Gregory160US #26
#27Larry147US #50
#28Ronald135US #40
#29Willie134US #109
#30George133US #46
#31Paul132US #24
#32Donald130US #38
#33Scott128US #18
#34Shawn126US #27
#35Patrick125US #37
#36Edward121US #39
#37Jerry121US #57
#38Keith118US #41
#39Travis118US #53
#40Chad117US #25
#41Rodney117US #68
#42Bryan108US #43
#43Terry107US #65
#44Bobby106US #93
#45Johnny106US #82
#46Derrick103US #87
#47Tyrone100US #139
#48Reginald99US #152
#49Samuel99US #66
#50Gary96US #44
#51Phillip96US #71
#52Andrew93US #29
#53Benjamin93US #55
#54Tony92US #78
#55Marcus91US #72
#56Jermaine87US #127
#57Jimmy86US #95
#58Jamie80US #70
#59Walter80US #101
#60Antonio79US #92
#61Billy79US #76
#62Henry79US #111
#63Douglas77US #47
#64Kelvin75
#65Curtis72US #98
#66Jeffery70US #64
#67Ronnie70US #136
#68Harold65US #140
#69Shannon64US #100
#70Sean62US #36
#71Jeremy61US #33
#72Russell61US #77
#73Roger60US #84
#74Craig58US #48
#75Frederick58US #120
#76Calvin57US #173
#77Ryan57US #30
#78Dennis56US #56
#79Ricky56US #133
#80Tommy56US #143
#81Gerald55US #102
#82Aaron53US #34
#83Tracy52US #126
#84Adam51US #45
#85Dwayne51US #167
#86Ernest51US #149
#87Randy51US #79
#88Carlos50US #74
#89Joshua49US #42
#90Troy48US #59
#91Wayne47US #107
#92Allen46US #124
#93Corey46US #89
#94Frank46US #61
#95Carl45US #90
#96Marvin45US #162
#97Bradley44US #62
#98Danny44US #83
#99Darrell44US #131
#100Eddie44US #156

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑35Erica#49
↑26Tiffany#36
↑21Brenda#55
↑20Jermaine#56
↑19Amanda#26
↑19Christina#37
↑19Sean#70
↑18Curtis#65

Falling

↓28Katherine#85
↓23Danny#98
↓22Russell#72
↓21Veronica#98
↓21Allen#92
↓20Sandra#53
↓18Carla#87
↓15Cheryl#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.