State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1981 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,055 South Carolina births in 1981 across 1,044 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.

#83Cedricoutside the national top 200
#87Shannonoutside the national top 200
#83Caroline#193 nationally
#88Terrance#195 nationally
#94Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#97Terrenceoutside the national top 200
#69Felicia#168 nationally
#69Maurice#163 nationally
#78Calvin#172 nationally
#66Angel#157 nationally
#86Yolanda#177 nationally
#87Ebony#178 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer744US #1
#2Amanda584US #3
#3Jessica533US #2
#4Crystal379US #16
#5Kimberly321US #13
#6Stephanie287US #8
#7Melissa286US #5
#8Tiffany275US #14
#9April261US #25
#10Heather260US #10
#11Ashley254US #34
#12Elizabeth250US #9
#13Angela246US #15
#14Mary225US #27
#15Amy204US #6
#16Sarah193US #4
#17Latoya178US #69
#18Brandy172US #41
#19Rebecca169US #12
#20Shannon159US #32
#21Christina155US #17
#22Brandi141US #50
#23Laura136US #21
#24Courtney135US #43
#25Kelly134US #23
#26Michelle129US #11
#27Andrea127US #24
#28Lisa127US #18
#29Erin124US #19
#30Erica118US #36
#31Katherine115US #39
#32Lauren114US #35
#33Amber108US #20
#34Tonya103US #110
#35Kristen102US #38
#36Emily101US #29
#37Jamie101US #28
#38Leslie97US #56
#39Kristin96US #31
#40Anna95US #54
#41Natasha94US #85
#42Julie93US #37
#43Sara89US #26
#44Nicole88US #7
#45Rachel88US #22
#46Pamela86US #76
#47Tara77US #45
#48Candice76US #86
#49Dana75US #70
#50Allison74US #57
#51Katrina72US #95
#52Alicia71US #46
#53Samantha71US #51
#54Karen70US #64
#55Misty69US #61
#56Latasha67US #139
#57Carrie63US #55
#58Monica63US #49
#59Tina63US #80
#60Tabitha62US #147
#61Catherine61US #73
#62Christy61US #99
#63Kristy61US #94
#64Susan59US #71
#65Tamara59US #115
#66Angel57US #157
#67Cynthia57US #59
#68Stacey57US #83
#69Felicia56US #168
#70Holly56US #63
#71Patricia56US #53
#72Tasha56US #141
#73Tracy56US #77
#74Kathryn55US #48
#75Stacy55US #65
#76Danielle54US #30
#77Lindsay53US #47
#78Robin53US #102
#79Casey52US #122
#80Margaret52US #107
#81Melanie52US #66
#82Teresa52US #97
#83Caroline51US #193
#84Katie50US #44
#85Sharon49US #130
#86Yolanda49US #177
#87Ebony48US #178
#88Megan47US #33
#89Candace46US #118
#90Meredith46US #140
#91Brooke45US #52
#92Jacqueline45US #67
#93Krystal45US #131
#94Victoria45US #87
#95Wendy45US #90
#96Donna44US #167
#97Sandra44US #74
#98Kristina43US #72
#99Leah43US #81
#100Natalie43US #60

Boys

#1James764US #7
#2Michael738US #1
#3Christopher701US #2
#4William581US #15
#5Jason558US #4
#6John529US #8
#7Joshua501US #6
#8Robert476US #9
#9David465US #5
#10Matthew392US #3
#11Jonathan363US #16
#12Charles361US #31
#13Joseph348US #11
#14Travis339US #40
#15Brian288US #14
#16Justin284US #12
#17Thomas271US #26
#18Brandon270US #19
#19Daniel259US #10
#20Kevin249US #25
#21Timothy243US #24
#22Jeremy231US #22
#23Eric217US #17
#24Richard211US #27
#25Ryan199US #13
#26Anthony189US #23
#27Steven186US #28
#28Andrew176US #18
#29Benjamin161US #32
#30Kenneth160US #41
#31Adam151US #20
#32Stephen147US #39
#33Nicholas146US #21
#34Patrick135US #38
#35Jeffrey133US #29
#36Marcus128US #67
#37Derrick120US #78
#38Antonio119US #75
#39Bryan112US #48
#40Samuel106US #54
#41Paul105US #35
#42Edward102US #51
#43Aaron99US #30
#44Phillip98US #66
#45Larry97US #73
#46Donald94US #56
#47George94US #61
#48Corey91US #69
#49Ronald91US #59
#50Gregory89US #46
#51Willie88US #141
#52Chad87US #47
#53Mark86US #33
#54Nathan83US #36
#55Bradley80US #50
#56Jamie72US #118
#57Scott72US #34
#58Shawn71US #49
#59Billy69US #103
#60Bobby69US #110
#61Johnny68US #113
#62Keith68US #58
#63Russell67US #98
#64Gary66US #62
#65Henry64US #126
#66Tony63US #111
#67Wesley63US #99
#68Rodney62US #135
#69Maurice61US #163
#70Sean61US #44
#71Dustin58US #42
#72Jacob58US #43
#73Jerry58US #97
#74Curtis57US #94
#75Douglas57US #64
#76Jermaine57US #161
#77Micheal53US #136
#78Calvin52US #172
#79Ricky52US #122
#80Walter52US #138
#81Dennis51US #83
#82Jesse50US #37
#83Cedric49
#84Jared49US #57
#85Raymond49US #68
#86Roger49US #120
#87Shannon49
#88Terrance48US #195
#89Randy47US #91
#90Reginald47US #179
#91Terry47US #105
#92Jeffery46US #93
#93Joel46US #65
#94Tyrone46
#95Allen45US #131
#96Gerald45US #154
#97Terrence45
#98Derek44US #53
#99Frank44US #82
#100Jimmy44US #129

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑29Anna#40
↑29Holly#70
↑28Leslie#38
↑27Sara#43
↑26Brandi#22
↑25Misty#55
↑24Candice#48
↑24Kristy#63

Falling

↓35Wendy#95
↓33Sharon#85
↓32Derek#98
↓29Tracy#73
↓23Jermaine#76
↓23Terry#91
↓22Melanie#81
↓21Jimmy#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.