State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1975 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,392 South Carolina births in 1975 across 956 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.

#69Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#77Wandaoutside the national top 200
#77Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#69Terrance#192 nationally
#80Latoyaoutside the national top 200
#83Latasha#197 nationally
#92Charleneoutside the national top 200
#73Jermaine#176 nationally
#98Franklinoutside the national top 200
#65Reginald#162 nationally
#100Terrence#196 nationally
#74Maurice#169 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer597US #1
#2Angela416US #5
#3Amy394US #2
#4Kimberly361US #7
#5Melissa339US #4
#6Stephanie268US #9
#7Amanda260US #14
#8Tonya237US #45
#9Mary233US #19
#10Heather210US #3
#11April203US #25
#12Crystal198US #43
#13Lisa181US #8
#14Shannon178US #21
#15Tammy178US #31
#16Michelle176US #6
#17Elizabeth174US #15
#18Kelly140US #16
#19Tracy139US #24
#20Wendy139US #33
#21Christina138US #12
#22Julie137US #18
#23Felicia134US #116
#24Tiffany131US #37
#25Cynthia130US #40
#26Rebecca129US #11
#27Laura115US #20
#28Pamela115US #70
#29Christy114US #53
#30Karen114US #27
#31Susan114US #32
#32Tina113US #35
#33Teresa109US #61
#34Sharon107US #75
#35Tara99US #41
#36Donna95US #85
#37Leslie93US #71
#38Sherry91US #95
#39Patricia89US #36
#40Rhonda86US #93
#41Robin85US #65
#42Andrea84US #28
#43Misty84US #47
#44Stacey83US #44
#45Lori81US #39
#46Melanie79US #52
#47Tamara79US #77
#48Allison78US #89
#49Dana78US #62
#50Tanya77US #50
#51Stacy75US #34
#52Rachel73US #26
#53Sandra73US #51
#54Yolanda73US #107
#55Nicole72US #10
#56Monica71US #49
#57Christie70US #96
#58Emily69US #48
#59Brandy68US #57
#60Natasha68US #145
#61Jessica67US #13
#62Dawn66US #23
#63Sonya66US #154
#64Catherine64US #73
#65Denise63US #64
#66Regina63US #111
#67Ashley62US #138
#68Barbara61US #83
#69Latonya61
#70Margaret61US #98
#71Sarah61US #17
#72Katherine57US #58
#73Anna56US #79
#74Tamika56US #130
#75Carrie55US #29
#76Linda55US #81
#77Wanda54
#78Christine53US #22
#79Erica53US #63
#80Latoya52
#81Alicia51US #76
#82Holly50US #55
#83Latasha50US #197
#84Brandi49US #88
#85Paula48US #108
#86Tracey48US #117
#87Kristen47US #60
#88Nancy47US #82
#89Deborah46US #86
#90Samantha46US #101
#91Jacqueline45US #90
#92Charlene44
#93Michele44US #56
#94Angel43US #166
#95Melinda43US #91
#96Carla42US #122
#97Cheryl42US #97
#98Katrina40US #131
#99Sheila40US #134
#100Brenda39US #67

Boys

#1Michael883US #1
#2James823US #4
#3Christopher717US #3
#4John607US #7
#5William586US #10
#6Jason551US #2
#7Robert512US #6
#8David448US #5
#9Kevin342US #15
#10Charles338US #25
#11Brian312US #8
#12Joseph288US #12
#13Thomas273US #20
#14Timothy261US #22
#15Anthony254US #21
#16Richard237US #16
#17Eric223US #13
#18Jonathan193US #30
#19Daniel189US #11
#20Steven189US #18
#21Matthew181US #9
#22Kenneth177US #35
#23Jeffrey159US #14
#24Joshua141US #26
#25Gregory138US #33
#26Ronald138US #46
#27Mark137US #19
#28Stephen127US #34
#29Rodney126US #76
#30Chad125US #27
#31Donald125US #42
#32Travis122US #51
#33Antonio121US #77
#34George121US #53
#35Benjamin112US #36
#36Derrick110US #90
#37Paul109US #29
#38Shawn108US #31
#39Ryan106US #23
#40Scott106US #17
#41Jeremy105US #24
#42Edward99US #41
#43Jamie99US #62
#44Marcus98US #68
#45Bobby97US #93
#46Bryan97US #47
#47Larry97US #56
#48Jerry96US #65
#49Patrick94US #39
#50Tony94US #80
#51Willie94US #118
#52Samuel93US #61
#53Phillip92US #72
#54Bradley90US #52
#55Terry90US #67
#56Johnny87US #86
#57Andrew84US #28
#58Brandon82US #44
#59Gary79US #50
#60Billy78US #84
#61Tyrone77US #146
#62Keith76US #49
#63Roger71US #97
#64Russell68US #82
#65Reginald67US #162
#66Corey66US #71
#67Curtis65US #113
#68Danny63US #94
#69Terrance63US #192
#70Dennis62US #59
#71Aaron61US #32
#72Jeffery60US #70
#73Jermaine60US #176
#74Maurice60US #169
#75Micheal57US #104
#76Randy57US #78
#77Kelvin56
#78Jimmy55US #111
#79Shannon55US #101
#80Henry53US #124
#81Carlos52US #73
#82Justin52US #37
#83Adam51US #38
#84Calvin50US #178
#85Douglas50US #55
#86Walter49US #112
#87Frederick48US #141
#88Sean48US #40
#89Dwayne47US #181
#90Nathan47US #45
#91Allen45US #127
#92Gerald45US #108
#93Adrian44US #133
#94Clifton44US #186
#95Craig43US #58
#96Frank43US #66
#97Andre42US #123
#98Franklin42
#99Melvin42US #187
#100Terrence42US #196

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑43Felicia#23
↑32Natasha#60
↑32Joshua#24
↑32Roger#63
↑31Emily#58
↑27Brandon#58
↑25Antonio#33
↑19Jeremy#41

Falling

↓24Jimmy#78
↓24Craig#95
↓21Larry#47
↓21Henry#80
↓20Monica#56
↓19Jacqueline#91
↓19Melinda#95
↓19Brenda#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.