State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1974 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,365 South Carolina births in 1974 across 968 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.

#75Wandaoutside the national top 200
#75Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#77Latonya#197 nationally
#80Sabrina#192 nationally
#91Latoyaoutside the national top 200
#60Ashley#165 nationally
#100Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#45Tyrone#139 nationally
#74Marvin#163 nationally
#66Jermaine#151 nationally
#48Sonya#132 nationally
#93Calvin#177 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer727US #1
#2Angela436US #5
#3Kimberly408US #6
#4Melissa348US #7
#5Amy315US #2
#6Stephanie300US #9
#7Tonya287US #37
#8Tammy257US #24
#9Mary245US #13
#10Heather234US #4
#11Michelle231US #3
#12Lisa226US #8
#13April213US #28
#14Crystal192US #49
#15Elizabeth192US #12
#16Shannon192US #18
#17Rebecca159US #10
#18Tina154US #25
#19Susan150US #27
#20Wendy147US #32
#21Amanda145US #34
#22Pamela144US #54
#23Julie137US #14
#24Karen136US #26
#25Tracy134US #23
#26Cynthia132US #33
#27Teresa131US #52
#28Sharon128US #70
#29Tiffany122US #41
#30Kelly121US #15
#31Patricia114US #29
#32Leslie109US #65
#33Tara108US #39
#34Dana106US #55
#35Donna105US #67
#36Monica103US #43
#37Christina102US #16
#38Laura102US #21
#39Lori101US #30
#40Rhonda96US #86
#41Christy93US #57
#42Robin90US #63
#43Stacey89US #48
#44Andrea87US #35
#45Melanie87US #51
#46Tanya86US #46
#47Nicole83US #11
#48Sonya83US #132
#49Tamara82US #64
#50Sherry81US #89
#51Sandra77US #44
#52Yolanda77US #112
#53Sarah76US #20
#54Christie74US #110
#55Dawn74US #22
#56Katherine71US #62
#57Misty71US #66
#58Stacy71US #38
#59Denise70US #53
#60Ashley69US #165
#61Barbara68US #77
#62Linda66US #75
#63Allison64US #99
#64Rachel64US #36
#65Erica63US #74
#66Felicia62US #137
#67Brandy61US #80
#68Catherine61US #73
#69Kristen61US #45
#70Christine59US #19
#71Margaret59US #95
#72Jacqueline58US #83
#73Jessica57US #17
#74Nancy57US #78
#75Wanda57
#76Melinda56US #81
#77Latonya55US #197
#78Regina55US #113
#79Joy54US #109
#80Sabrina54US #192
#81Brenda53US #59
#82Deborah52US #68
#83Paula52US #96
#84Anna51US #82
#85Alicia49US #90
#86Sheila49US #121
#87Tracey49US #108
#88Carolyn47US #118
#89Emily47US #69
#90Veronica47US #71
#91Latoya46
#92Natasha45US #141
#93Holly44US #56
#94Michele44US #50
#95Cheryl43US #88
#96Laurie43US #116
#97Theresa43US #79
#98Debra42US #94
#99Katrina42US #126
#100Beverly40

Boys

#1James927US #5
#2Michael879US #1
#3Christopher789US #3
#4William639US #10
#5John610US #6
#6Jason564US #2
#7David548US #4
#8Robert532US #7
#9Kevin422US #14
#10Brian384US #8
#11Charles372US #23
#12Anthony279US #21
#13Thomas262US #20
#14Eric258US #13
#15Joseph256US #12
#16Richard254US #17
#17Timothy251US #22
#18Kenneth209US #34
#19Matthew200US #9
#20Steven195US #19
#21Jeffrey193US #15
#22Mark187US #16
#23Daniel166US #11
#24Jonathan158US #33
#25Ronald155US #42
#26Larry146US #55
#27Stephen140US #35
#28Gregory137US #31
#29Donald136US #41
#30Paul135US #27
#31Bryan129US #45
#32Shawn123US #30
#33Travis120US #54
#34Benjamin118US #46
#35Rodney117US #72
#36George111US #49
#37Scott110US #18
#38Andrew107US #28
#39Chad106US #26
#40Derrick106US #87
#41Patrick104US #38
#42Samuel102US #60
#43Edward100US #40
#44Johnny98US #83
#45Tyrone97US #139
#46Terry95US #69
#47Willie95US #119
#48Jamie90US #68
#49Jerry87US #61
#50Keith87US #44
#51Ryan86US #25
#52Tony86US #81
#53Bobby85US #92
#54Jimmy85US #99
#55Corey84US #77
#56Joshua84US #29
#57Phillip84US #70
#58Antonio81US #82
#59Henry80US #115
#60Jeremy80US #24
#61Marcus79US #73
#62Gary77US #48
#63Bradley75US #58
#64Billy74US #78
#65Curtis68US #98
#66Jermaine68US #151
#67Russell67US #84
#68Jeffery66US #66
#69Reginald66US #152
#70Dennis65US #59
#71Craig63US #57
#72Sean63US #37
#73Walter63US #104
#74Marvin62US #163
#75Kelvin59
#76Shannon59US #101
#77Aaron57US #32
#78Douglas57US #53
#79Ernest57US #150
#80Ronnie57US #141
#81Adam56US #36
#82Harold56US #146
#83Troy56US #63
#84Carl55US #89
#85Brandon54US #51
#86Micheal53US #102
#87Andre52US #132
#88Randy52US #79
#89Raymond51US #62
#90Tommy51US #155
#91Joe49US #113
#92Tracy49US #162
#93Calvin48US #177
#94Frederick48US #135
#95Roger48US #93
#96Todd48US #39
#97Shane47US #56
#98Darrell46US #137
#99Frank46US #65
#100Chris45US #116

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑38Corey#55
↑37Misty#57
↑34Bradley#63
↑33Joshua#56
↑30Leslie#32
↑29Katherine#56
↑27Rachel#64
↑26Ryan#51

Falling

↓26Brenda#81
↓23Stacy#58
↓22Roger#95
↓21Reginald#69
↓19Cheryl#95
↓19Frederick#94
↓18Sheila#86
↓18Willie#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.