State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1977 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,228 South Carolina births in 1977 across 1,055 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.

#71Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#80Lawandaoutside the national top 200
#93Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#99Latishaoutside the national top 200
#100Tamekaoutside the national top 200
#93Sonya#193 nationally
#100Melvin#200 nationally
#75Jermaine#172 nationally
#34Felicia#128 nationally
#63Reginald#157 nationally
#33Latoya#125 nationally
#77Harold#167 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer653US #1
#2Angela353US #6
#3Kimberly342US #8
#4Amy336US #3
#5Melissa328US #2
#6Crystal280US #25
#7Amanda275US #9
#8Heather268US #5
#9Stephanie266US #14
#10Elizabeth247US #13
#11Mary237US #21
#12Kelly213US #10
#13April211US #29
#14Shannon191US #19
#15Lisa177US #12
#16Jessica174US #4
#17Tonya170US #64
#18Rebecca154US #17
#19Tiffany147US #34
#20Christina145US #16
#21Michelle145US #7
#22Laura128US #20
#23Ashley125US #106
#24Jamie124US #18
#25Cynthia119US #48
#26Karen119US #32
#27Wendy118US #49
#28Julie116US #22
#29Sarah109US #11
#30Sabrina108US #63
#31Susan106US #45
#32Tammy106US #55
#33Latoya104US #125
#34Felicia102US #128
#35Christy99US #59
#36Andrea97US #24
#37Brandy97US #51
#38Tara93US #35
#39Erica91US #38
#40Monica91US #39
#41Allison90US #66
#42Leslie90US #65
#43Sharon88US #95
#44Misty85US #40
#45Nicole85US #15
#46Rachel84US #26
#47Stacey82US #56
#48Margaret81US #111
#49Melanie80US #53
#50Pamela79US #102
#51Yolanda79US #134
#52Tracy78US #50
#53Dana76US #62
#54Emily73US #37
#55Tina73US #58
#56Brandi72US #71
#57Catherine72US #75
#58Erin72US #23
#59Teresa72US #79
#60Alicia70US #60
#61Robin70US #84
#62Patricia68US #47
#63Stacy68US #42
#64Carrie67US #28
#65Summer65US #119
#66Katherine63US #44
#67Kathryn60US #70
#68Anna59US #74
#69Regina58US #124
#70Tamara58US #93
#71Latonya57
#72Linda57US #99
#73Natasha56US #116
#74Rhonda56US #131
#75Courtney55US #76
#76Dawn53US #43
#77Samantha53US #85
#78Holly52US #52
#79Jaime51US #46
#80Lawanda51
#81Amber50US #33
#82Christine50US #30
#83Donna50US #113
#84Tanya50US #67
#85Barbara49US #101
#86Deborah49US #109
#87Farrah49US #177
#88Lori49US #57
#89Angel48US #133
#90Paula47US #144
#91Sara47US #27
#92Sherry47US #140
#93Sonya47US #193
#94Denise44US #78
#95Joy44US #136
#96Kristy44US #68
#97Latasha44US #170
#98Jacqueline43US #92
#99Latisha42
#100Tameka42

Boys

#1James823US #5
#2Michael751US #1
#3Christopher718US #3
#4Jason653US #2
#5William551US #12
#6Robert530US #6
#7David510US #4
#8John508US #7
#9Kevin369US #13
#10Charles351US #26
#11Brian334US #8
#12Joseph311US #10
#13Timothy276US #18
#14Thomas243US #22
#15Daniel242US #11
#16Anthony234US #21
#17Richard233US #20
#18Jonathan227US #28
#19Matthew227US #9
#20Eric223US #17
#21Joshua218US #14
#22Steven197US #23
#23Kenneth190US #39
#24Jeremy185US #15
#25Jeffrey176US #19
#26Benjamin157US #29
#27Stephen157US #38
#28Travis153US #44
#29Derrick150US #80
#30Corey142US #52
#31Andrew140US #24
#32Gregory133US #35
#33Mark131US #25
#34Ronald127US #53
#35Chad122US #34
#36Antonio120US #77
#37Larry118US #62
#38Bryan111US #42
#39Ryan110US #16
#40Donald109US #46
#41Paul107US #31
#42Edward106US #47
#43Jamie104US #82
#44Rodney104US #97
#45Scott104US #27
#46Jerry101US #75
#47Patrick100US #40
#48Marcus99US #72
#49Samuel98US #60
#50Shawn95US #37
#51Willie93US #124
#52Bradley91US #49
#53George91US #57
#54Bobby86US #105
#55Brandon84US #41
#56Jimmy81US #98
#57Johnny81US #93
#58Terry81US #83
#59Billy78US #91
#60Nathan76US #36
#61Wesley75US #66
#62Gary74US #58
#63Reginald74US #157
#64Adam73US #33
#65Phillip73US #70
#66Tony72US #92
#67Russell71US #89
#68Keith68US #48
#69Aaron67US #32
#70Justin66US #30
#71Tyrone66US #155
#72Henry63US #127
#73Randy63US #86
#74Curtis62US #100
#75Jermaine61US #172
#76Cory57US #67
#77Harold55US #167
#78Dennis54US #68
#79Philip54US #90
#80Raymond54US #65
#81Ronnie52US #156
#82Carl51US #99
#83Maurice51US #166
#84Dwayne50US #163
#85Micheal50US #122
#86Shannon50US #120
#87Carlos49US #74
#88Frederick49US #152
#89Andre47US #134
#90Roger47US #114
#91Danny46US #111
#92Jeffery46US #78
#93Kelvin46
#94Sean46US #43
#95Walter46US #123
#96Adrian45US #121
#97Douglas45US #59
#98Darrell44US #150
#99Ernest43US #161
#100Melvin43US #200

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑64Sabrina#30
↑31Russell#67
↑30Catherine#57
↑28Yolanda#51
↑25Tamara#70
↑25Corey#30
↑22Margaret#48
↑22Alicia#60

Falling

↓39Samantha#77
↓37Lori#88
↓33Donna#83
↓30Sherry#92
↓27Kelvin#93
↓25Adrian#96
↓24Tracy#52
↓23Tanya#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.