State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1979 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,304 South Carolina births in 1979 across 1,053 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.

#74Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#82Terrenceoutside the national top 200
#83Caroline#198 nationally
#56Latasha#167 nationally
#90Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#71Jermaine#180 nationally
#93Shanaoutside the national top 200
#44Latoya#148 nationally
#58Reginald#157 nationally
#81Terrance#179 nationally
#86Tyrone#176 nationally
#66Felicia#153 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer619US #1
#2Amanda509US #3
#3Melissa391US #2
#4Crystal381US #18
#5Kimberly336US #12
#6Angela289US #8
#7April277US #23
#8Elizabeth264US #11
#9Jessica262US #4
#10Amy251US #5
#11Mary243US #24
#12Heather224US #7
#13Tiffany206US #28
#14Stephanie199US #15
#15Christina188US #14
#16Kelly178US #16
#17Lisa157US #13
#18Rebecca146US #17
#19Michelle145US #10
#20Brandy142US #39
#21Ashley140US #67
#22Shannon140US #25
#23Sarah135US #6
#24Laura120US #20
#25Erica113US #32
#26Jamie112US #19
#27Nicole110US #9
#28Tonya107US #86
#29Julie104US #29
#30Amber101US #22
#31Tara100US #38
#32Andrea95US #26
#33Dana95US #54
#34Brandi92US #61
#35Katherine90US #36
#36Christy86US #72
#37Tina84US #58
#38Anna83US #59
#39Karen83US #46
#40Susan83US #51
#41Wendy83US #64
#42Allison82US #70
#43Erin82US #21
#44Latoya82US #148
#45Rachel82US #27
#46Melanie81US #53
#47Pamela81US #90
#48Cynthia80US #55
#49Leslie77US #65
#50Alicia75US #47
#51Misty74US #42
#52Catherine73US #78
#53Tammy72US #79
#54Emily71US #34
#55Natasha71US #110
#56Latasha69US #167
#57Lauren69US #45
#58Monica69US #40
#59Stacey68US #60
#60Tracy68US #49
#61Margaret67US #108
#62Samantha67US #66
#63Katrina65US #99
#64Robin65US #95
#65Carrie63US #41
#66Felicia63US #153
#67Holly63US #48
#68Yolanda63US #147
#69Sharon62US #117
#70Courtney61US #71
#71Stacy59US #43
#72Kathryn56US #50
#73Kristy55US #56
#74Latonya55
#75Patricia55US #44
#76Sara54US #30
#77Summer53US #150
#78Lori52US #69
#79Angel50US #164
#80Natalie50US #68
#81Sabrina50US #106
#82Teresa48US #87
#83Caroline47US #198
#84Sandra47US #77
#85Casey46US #144
#86Meredith45US #143
#87Regina45US #134
#88Tamara45US #104
#89Danielle44US #33
#90Sonya44
#91Tabitha43US #155
#92Donna42US #131
#93Shana42
#94Cassandra41US #146
#95Kristen40US #62
#96Melinda40US #82
#97Cheryl39US #94
#98Denise39US #92
#99Ebony38US #184
#100Lindsay38US #88

Boys

#1James855US #5
#2Christopher763US #2
#3Michael714US #1
#4Jason623US #3
#5William595US #13
#6John577US #7
#7Robert495US #8
#8David486US #4
#9Travis435US #36
#10Joshua351US #9
#11Charles320US #28
#12Joseph316US #11
#13Matthew297US #6
#14Brian282US #10
#15Timothy282US #18
#16Jonathan280US #31
#17Kevin280US #19
#18Thomas250US #26
#19Richard241US #25
#20Daniel238US #12
#21Jeremy226US #16
#22Anthony217US #21
#23Eric185US #17
#24Nicholas185US #15
#25Steven173US #27
#26Kenneth169US #41
#27Benjamin164US #33
#28Derrick158US #80
#29Andrew147US #20
#30Stephen142US #40
#31Bryan129US #46
#32Brandon128US #35
#33Justin127US #22
#34Ryan127US #14
#35Antonio125US #79
#36Jeffrey122US #24
#37Mark121US #30
#38Adam118US #23
#39Corey110US #63
#40George110US #57
#41Larry110US #69
#42Chad108US #38
#43Ronald108US #54
#44Patrick107US #39
#45Phillip100US #68
#46Samuel100US #55
#47Bradley95US #47
#48Scott95US #29
#49Gregory94US #42
#50Paul90US #34
#51Marcus89US #76
#52Jamie88US #88
#53Donald86US #51
#54Willie86US #125
#55Aaron85US #32
#56Terry81US #96
#57Edward79US #48
#58Reginald79US #157
#59Shawn78US #43
#60Bobby74US #106
#61Billy73US #97
#62Keith73US #52
#63Nathan71US #37
#64Jerry70US #85
#65Johnny68US #111
#66Curtis67US #91
#67Russell67US #92
#68Gary66US #59
#69Jimmy66US #123
#70Tony66US #104
#71Jermaine65US #180
#72Henry62US #138
#73Douglas61US #58
#74Rodney61US #117
#75Maurice59US #160
#76Jacob57US #45
#77Dennis56US #75
#78Shaun55US #64
#79Wesley55US #89
#80Roger51US #132
#81Terrance51US #179
#82Terrence51
#83Philip49US #83
#84Randy49US #86
#85Andre48US #141
#86Tyrone48US #176
#87Ricky47US #124
#88Walter47US #128
#89Nathaniel45US #95
#90Raymond45US #70
#91Ronnie45US #163
#92Ernest43US #171
#93Troy43US #99
#94Danny42US #121
#95Frederick42US #158
#96Jeffery42US #87
#97Lee42US #129
#98Adrian41US #113
#99Craig41US #77
#100Randall41US #135

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑55Amber#30
↑32Lauren#57
↑30Brandi#34
↑28Latasha#56
↑28Nicholas#24
↑25Catherine#52
↑22Nicole#27
↑22Tara#31

Falling

↓47Tabitha#91
↓35Sabrina#81
↓31Stacy#71
↓26Denise#98
↓23Shawn#59
↓22Stacey#59
↓22Tracy#60
↓20Samantha#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.