State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1980 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,393 South Carolina births in 1980 across 1,075 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.

#57Renataoutside the national top 200
#75Cedricoutside the national top 200
#90Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#56Felicia#164 nationally
#97Stanleyoutside the national top 200
#98Terrenceoutside the national top 200
#53Jermaine#149 nationally
#46Latasha#141 nationally
#33Latoya#123 nationally
#68Yolanda#157 nationally
#94Terrance#179 nationally
#71Tabitha#155 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer677US #1
#2Amanda585US #2
#3Jessica398US #3
#4Crystal367US #18
#5Melissa333US #4
#6Kimberly316US #11
#7April309US #26
#8Tiffany294US #14
#9Stephanie276US #13
#10Elizabeth265US #9
#11Mary235US #25
#12Amy231US #8
#13Ashley229US #40
#14Angela227US #12
#15Heather227US #6
#16Christina188US #15
#17Sarah177US #5
#18Kelly151US #19
#19Rebecca150US #17
#20Laura149US #21
#21Brandy143US #42
#22Lisa142US #16
#23Michelle140US #10
#24Erica130US #34
#25Shannon126US #29
#26Erin123US #20
#27Tonya119US #97
#28Jamie114US #24
#29Amber113US #22
#30Emily106US #31
#31Pamela105US #86
#32Rachel103US #23
#33Latoya101US #123
#34Courtney99US #48
#35Julie96US #32
#36Katherine96US #35
#37Andrea95US #28
#38Nicole94US #7
#39Dana93US #68
#40Lauren90US #38
#41Karen84US #54
#42Natasha84US #89
#43Kristin82US #37
#44Tracy81US #56
#45Kristen79US #39
#46Latasha77US #141
#47Alicia76US #47
#48Brandi75US #63
#49Tina74US #72
#50Christy73US #83
#51Tammy73US #96
#52Sharon71US #129
#53Tara71US #43
#54Allison69US #59
#55Katrina69US #90
#56Felicia68US #164
#57Renata67
#58Samantha67US #58
#59Melanie66US #60
#60Wendy66US #75
#61Stacey65US #74
#62Patricia63US #51
#63Susan63US #62
#64Cynthia62US #64
#65Carrie61US #46
#66Leslie61US #61
#67Monica61US #45
#68Yolanda61US #157
#69Anna60US #55
#70Sara60US #27
#71Tabitha59US #155
#72Candice58US #99
#73Megan56US #30
#74Catherine55US #77
#75Regina55US #143
#76Casey54US #135
#77Lindsay54US #71
#78Margaret54US #105
#79Teresa54US #94
#80Misty53US #49
#81Donna52US #144
#82Robin52US #109
#83Tasha52US #130
#84Jacqueline50US #81
#85Kathryn50US #50
#86Katie50US #44
#87Kristy49US #78
#88Meredith49US #140
#89Monique49US #93
#90Sonya49
#91Stacy49US #53
#92Lori48US #76
#93Natalie48US #65
#94Virginia48US #160
#95Cassandra47US #138
#96Victoria46US #103
#97Brooke45US #57
#98Danielle45US #33
#99Holly45US #52
#100Kristi44US #122

Boys

#1James770US #5
#2Michael746US #1
#3Christopher719US #2
#4Jason632US #3
#5William595US #14
#6Robert505US #9
#7David480US #4
#8John480US #8
#9Travis450US #37
#10Joshua430US #7
#11Jonathan357US #21
#12Joseph351US #10
#13Charles341US #29
#14Matthew312US #6
#15Timothy284US #20
#16Brian276US #12
#17Thomas264US #25
#18Kevin263US #23
#19Daniel251US #11
#20Eric242US #16
#21Richard222US #26
#22Justin208US #13
#23Jeremy195US #18
#24Anthony182US #24
#25Jeffrey181US #27
#26Steven177US #28
#27Benjamin169US #32
#28Brandon165US #31
#29Nicholas165US #17
#30Ryan161US #15
#31Kenneth158US #41
#32Andrew146US #19
#33Stephen143US #40
#34Patrick137US #38
#35Marcus130US #71
#36Derrick121US #74
#37Adam120US #22
#38Chad115US #39
#39Mark114US #30
#40Corey111US #68
#41Bryan110US #49
#42Paul110US #35
#43Antonio105US #77
#44George105US #60
#45Ronald105US #58
#46Jamie101US #105
#47Phillip101US #65
#48Donald99US #53
#49Samuel98US #54
#50Edward92US #52
#51Gregory92US #42
#52Larry89US #70
#53Jermaine88US #149
#54Scott88US #33
#55Bradley84US #51
#56Russell84US #92
#57Nathan80US #36
#58Willie77US #130
#59Johnny75US #113
#60Aaron74US #34
#61Bobby74US #109
#62Keith74US #56
#63Curtis73US #89
#64Shawn71US #47
#65Billy70US #100
#66Derek69US #50
#67Gary68US #63
#68Terry66US #101
#69Rodney64US #121
#70Jerry63US #94
#71Wesley62US #95
#72Micheal58US #132
#73Nathaniel58US #86
#74Sean58US #48
#75Cedric56
#76Douglas56US #62
#77Walter56US #137
#78Adrian54US #115
#79Jimmy52US #126
#80Henry51US #135
#81Jesse51US #45
#82Maurice51US #162
#83Randy51US #87
#84Dustin50US #44
#85Reginald50US #166
#86Tony50US #108
#87Raymond49US #66
#88Jeffery48US #90
#89Roger48US #134
#90Craig47US #73
#91Dennis47US #80
#92Jacob47US #43
#93Philip47US #82
#94Terrance47US #179
#95Allen46US #124
#96Ernest46US #180
#97Stanley44
#98Terrence44
#99Randall43US #136
#100Ronnie43US #173

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑50Kristen#45
↑36Courtney#34
↑24Emily#30
↑23Lindsay#77
↑20Tabitha#71
↑20Adrian#78
↑18Jermaine#53
↑17Erin#26

Falling

↓32Holly#99
↓31Anna#69
↓29Misty#80
↓27Reginald#85
↓23Susan#63
↓22Tara#53
↓22Catherine#74
↓20Stacy#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.