State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1978 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,523 South Carolina births in 1978 across 1,031 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.

#78Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#78Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#83Dwayne#192 nationally
#94Krystaloutside the national top 200
#82Terrance#183 nationally
#84Latasha#185 nationally
#88Jermaine#188 nationally
#90Harold#190 nationally
#36Latoya#135 nationally
#99Ebony#198 nationally
#60Maurice#157 nationally
#50Felicia#140 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer634US #1
#2Crystal368US #18
#3Melissa348US #2
#4Angela336US #7
#5Amanda318US #6
#6Kimberly287US #13
#7April253US #27
#8Amy248US #4
#9Stephanie244US #16
#10Heather238US #5
#11Mary228US #24
#12Jessica222US #3
#13Kelly207US #12
#14Elizabeth204US #14
#15Christina189US #15
#16Shannon178US #22
#17Michelle152US #9
#18Tonya149US #77
#19Tiffany146US #32
#20Ashley140US #87
#21Brandy137US #37
#22Lisa136US #11
#23Rebecca135US #17
#24Sarah122US #8
#25Laura121US #19
#26Jamie107US #20
#27Tina107US #45
#28Andrea106US #23
#29Julie100US #26
#30Karen97US #39
#31Rachel94US #25
#32Erica92US #34
#33Erin89US #21
#34Dana87US #71
#35Susan86US #49
#36Latoya85US #135
#37Stacey84US #53
#38Tracy84US #47
#39Christy83US #59
#40Stacy83US #44
#41Pamela82US #109
#42Samantha82US #74
#43Leslie81US #63
#44Tabitha80US #126
#45Anna79US #65
#46Sabrina79US #91
#47Katherine78US #38
#48Tammy78US #67
#49Nicole77US #10
#50Felicia76US #140
#51Wendy76US #56
#52Alicia75US #58
#53Tara73US #40
#54Melanie72US #54
#55Natasha72US #114
#56Allison71US #75
#57Cynthia71US #50
#58Emily70US #33
#59Robin70US #89
#60Monica67US #42
#61Patricia67US #48
#62Sharon67US #106
#63Teresa67US #88
#64Brandi66US #61
#65Margaret66US #110
#66Misty65US #43
#67Yolanda65US #138
#68Courtney64US #68
#69Angel63US #141
#70Lori63US #60
#71Danielle61US #31
#72Denise61US #85
#73Holly61US #55
#74Katrina61US #122
#75Natalie61US #66
#76Carrie60US #35
#77Catherine60US #72
#78Latonya60
#79Donna58US #120
#80Kristy56US #51
#81Kendra55US #145
#82Tamara54US #105
#83Kathryn53US #57
#84Latasha53US #185
#85Amber52US #30
#86Jacqueline50US #81
#87Sandra47US #69
#88Christine46US #29
#89Lauren46US #80
#90Tamika46US #166
#91Virginia45US #165
#92Rhonda44US #160
#93Barbara43US #113
#94Krystal43
#95Meredith43US #146
#96Sara43US #28
#97Regina42US #129
#98Sherry42US #151
#99Ebony41US #198
#100Tanya41US #82

Boys

#1James848US #5
#2Michael784US #1
#3Christopher755US #3
#4Jason672US #2
#5William556US #13
#6Robert537US #8
#7John535US #7
#8David498US #4
#9Joseph372US #10
#10Kevin347US #15
#11Charles327US #27
#12Timothy315US #17
#13Brian286US #9
#14Joshua263US #12
#15Thomas261US #23
#16Jonathan260US #31
#17Matthew258US #6
#18Daniel241US #11
#19Anthony219US #20
#20Richard214US #21
#21Eric194US #16
#22Jeremy185US #18
#23Travis185US #46
#24Kenneth173US #41
#25Steven164US #24
#26Benjamin147US #34
#27Stephen145US #37
#28Andrew141US #22
#29Derrick141US #76
#30Mark126US #26
#31Patrick125US #42
#32Jeffrey124US #19
#33Paul124US #33
#34Antonio121US #79
#35Marcus118US #70
#36Shawn117US #39
#37Larry115US #64
#38George114US #58
#39Adam113US #29
#40Samuel106US #57
#41Gregory103US #38
#42Ryan103US #14
#43Corey101US #61
#44Justin101US #28
#45Chad100US #35
#46Brandon99US #40
#47Bryan98US #43
#48Ronald97US #55
#49Jamie94US #95
#50Donald93US #48
#51Phillip93US #67
#52Nicholas90US #25
#53Edward87US #47
#54Willie86US #121
#55Aaron77US #32
#56Rodney77US #102
#57Terry76US #91
#58Bradley75US #53
#59Bobby71US #109
#60Maurice71US #157
#61Shaun70US #52
#62Keith68US #49
#63Gary67US #60
#64Jerry64US #82
#65Douglas63US #59
#66Nathan61US #36
#67Johnny58US #101
#68Scott58US #30
#69Henry57US #127
#70Billy56US #99
#71Dennis56US #71
#72Reginald56US #160
#73Russell56US #93
#74Tony56US #97
#75Curtis55US #96
#76Carl54US #100
#77Jimmy53US #118
#78Kelvin53
#79Shannon53US #143
#80Wesley53US #83
#81Raymond52US #69
#82Terrance52US #183
#83Dwayne50US #192
#84Randy50US #86
#85Frank49US #77
#86Walter48US #131
#87Adrian47US #111
#88Jermaine47US #188
#89Cory46US #73
#90Harold45US #190
#91Jacob45US #50
#92Micheal45US #125
#93Ronnie45US #163
#94Troy45US #88
#95Tyrone45US #168
#96Carlos43US #78
#97Frederick43US #158
#98Roger43US #120
#99Joel42US #74
#100Nathaniel42US #94

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑35Samantha#42
↑32Douglas#65
↑28Tina#27
↑26Justin#44
↑25Erin#33
↑25Adam#39
↑23Stacy#40
↑23Anna#45

Falling

↓32Cynthia#57
↓28Regina#97
↓24Wendy#51
↓24Tyrone#95
↓23Scott#68
↓22Misty#66
↓21Jimmy#77
↓20Monica#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.