State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1976 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,827 South Carolina births in 1976 across 985 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.

#66Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#69Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#81Wandaoutside the national top 200
#91Francesoutside the national top 200
#78Calvin#184 nationally
#33Latoya#135 nationally
#99Charleneoutside the national top 200
#100Chasityoutside the national top 200
#100Franklinoutside the national top 200
#70Reginald#163 nationally
#73Jermaine#164 nationally
#56Tyrone#146 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer671US #1
#2Amy397US #2
#3Kimberly374US #7
#4Angela364US #5
#5Melissa346US #3
#6Heather270US #4
#7Amanda263US #10
#8Stephanie260US #11
#9Mary240US #22
#10Crystal237US #36
#11Tonya224US #58
#12Shannon222US #17
#13Elizabeth198US #16
#14Christina173US #14
#15Lisa171US #9
#16April169US #30
#17Tiffany157US #32
#18Jamie150US #18
#19Rebecca149US #12
#20Michelle146US #6
#21Kelly140US #19
#22Julie134US #21
#23Jessica130US #8
#24Wendy126US #39
#25Laura124US #20
#26Tammy119US #41
#27Sharon110US #81
#28Tracy109US #37
#29Susan106US #40
#30Karen101US #31
#31Nicole101US #13
#32Cynthia100US #44
#33Latoya100US #135
#34Ashley98US #115
#35Brandy97US #55
#36Pamela95US #84
#37Andrea93US #25
#38Samantha92US #85
#39Tina92US #48
#40Christy91US #60
#41Patricia91US #43
#42Teresa90US #66
#43Stacy88US #38
#44Allison87US #67
#45Felicia83US #130
#46Misty82US #46
#47Sarah82US #15
#48Tara82US #42
#49Dana80US #64
#50Donna78US #93
#51Lori77US #47
#52Erica73US #54
#53Melanie71US #53
#54Stacey71US #51
#55Leslie69US #65
#56Rachel69US #23
#57Katherine67US #57
#58Monica67US #45
#59Emily66US #50
#60Katrina66US #110
#61Tanya66US #61
#62Sherry65US #111
#63Holly61US #56
#64Jaime60US #29
#65Robin60US #75
#66Erin59US #24
#67Natalie59US #80
#68Dawn57US #35
#69Latonya57
#70Margaret57US #103
#71Courtney56US #76
#72Regina56US #116
#73Anna54US #78
#74Barbara54US #98
#75Rhonda54US #107
#76Brandi53US #79
#77Nancy53US #87
#78Victoria53US #92
#79Yolanda53US #117
#80Carrie52US #28
#81Wanda52
#82Alicia51US #71
#83Natasha50US #131
#84Sandra50US #59
#85Kathryn48US #88
#86Valerie47US #83
#87Catherine46US #72
#88Jacqueline46US #99
#89Sonya46US #166
#90Christine44US #26
#91Frances44
#92Linda43US #90
#93Melinda43US #95
#94Sabrina43US #146
#95Tamara42US #91
#96Christie41US #139
#97Latasha41US #185
#98Tamika41US #144
#99Charlene40
#100Chasity40

Boys

#1James826US #5
#2Michael791US #1
#3Christopher693US #3
#4Jason619US #2
#5William573US #11
#6John564US #6
#7Robert537US #7
#8David487US #4
#9Charles345US #26
#10Kevin336US #15
#11Brian307US #8
#12Joseph270US #12
#13Timothy262US #21
#14Anthony259US #22
#15Richard250US #19
#16Thomas242US #23
#17Jonathan219US #31
#18Daniel207US #10
#19Matthew195US #9
#20Eric193US #13
#21Steven191US #20
#22Jeffrey179US #17
#23Jeremy173US #14
#24Joshua171US #18
#25Travis156US #46
#26Mark150US #25
#27Benjamin148US #32
#28Stephen148US #37
#29Kenneth146US #38
#30Derrick126US #91
#31Antonio124US #71
#32Donald121US #47
#33Gregory113US #35
#34Paul113US #28
#35George112US #53
#36Jamie111US #62
#37Chad108US #29
#38Edward108US #45
#39Andrew104US #27
#40Rodney102US #88
#41Ronald101US #49
#42Larry100US #60
#43Terry98US #75
#44Bryan96US #43
#45Marcus96US #74
#46Shawn96US #34
#47Patrick93US #41
#48Willie93US #121
#49Ryan92US #16
#50Samuel91US #59
#51Bobby89US #96
#52Jerry88US #67
#53Scott88US #24
#54Bradley87US #51
#55Corey87US #64
#56Tyrone85US #146
#57Tony84US #86
#58Keith82US #48
#59Brandon78US #40
#60Gary76US #52
#61Phillip76US #69
#62Johnny74US #92
#63Henry73US #122
#64Jimmy68US #101
#65Aaron67US #30
#66Kelvin67
#67Billy65US #85
#68Adam63US #36
#69Carlos62US #70
#70Reginald62US #163
#71Adrian59US #124
#72Troy59US #73
#73Jermaine58US #164
#74Micheal58US #116
#75Shane58US #57
#76Harold57US #162
#77Nathan56US #39
#78Calvin54US #184
#79Dennis54US #66
#80Walter54US #127
#81Danny53US #102
#82Douglas53US #56
#83Jeffery53US #76
#84Allen52US #134
#85Maurice51US #174
#86Shannon51US #98
#87Jesse50US #55
#88Justin50US #33
#89Ronnie50US #155
#90Andre48US #125
#91Dwayne48US #175
#92Frederick48US #145
#93Roger48US #103
#94Sean48US #42
#95Curtis47US #105
#96Marvin46US #181
#97Raymond46US #65
#98Russell46US #87
#99Craig44US #61
#100Franklin43

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑52Samantha#38
↑47Latoya#33
↑38Jessica#23
↑38Katrina#60
↑33Ashley#34
↑27Erica#52
↑24Nicole#31
↑24Brandy#35

Falling

↓48Tamara#95
↓39Christie#96
↓35Rhonda#75
↓34Russell#98
↓31Sandra#84
↓30Roger#93
↓28Curtis#95
↓26Sonya#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.