State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1982 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,920 South Carolina births in 1982 across 1,036 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.

#71Cedricoutside the national top 200
#74Felicia#195 nationally
#78Terrance#198 nationally
#94Terrenceoutside the national top 200
#96Franklinoutside the national top 200
#49Latasha#153 nationally
#62Maurice#165 nationally
#65Jermaine#168 nationally
#99Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#80Caroline#178 nationally
#98Ronnie#196 nationally
#53Willie#144 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer764US #1
#2Jessica594US #2
#3Amanda489US #3
#4Ashley405US #17
#5Crystal391US #9
#6Tiffany288US #13
#7Kimberly281US #14
#8Stephanie267US #7
#9Melissa253US #5
#10April251US #32
#11Elizabeth237US #8
#12Mary225US #30
#13Sarah225US #4
#14Heather223US #12
#15Angela202US #16
#16Amy195US #10
#17Rebecca193US #15
#18Lauren161US #26
#19Christina147US #19
#20Erica140US #35
#21Kelly134US #25
#22Amber133US #18
#23Courtney133US #43
#24Emily133US #24
#25Brandy132US #50
#26Latoya130US #91
#27Laura130US #22
#28Michelle130US #11
#29Shannon127US #38
#30Erin121US #20
#31Lisa121US #23
#32Jamie109US #29
#33Anna103US #56
#34Rachel103US #21
#35Kristen102US #33
#36Nicole102US #6
#37Leslie96US #60
#38Samantha96US #44
#39Allison94US #58
#40Andrea94US #27
#41Katherine92US #36
#42Lindsay92US #39
#43Alicia91US #53
#44Sara87US #28
#45Brandi86US #55
#46Kristin80US #37
#47Pamela80US #82
#48Krystal79US #83
#49Latasha76US #153
#50Lindsey74US #40
#51Danielle73US #31
#52Candice72US #78
#53Natasha72US #71
#54Tara72US #47
#55Margaret71US #97
#56Carrie68US #57
#57Ebony68US #132
#58Kathryn67US #48
#59Catherine66US #73
#60Dana65US #67
#61Julie65US #41
#62Kayla65US #133
#63Candace64US #103
#64Miranda64US #117
#65Susan64US #76
#66Cynthia63US #64
#67Christy62US #115
#68Natalie61US #51
#69Stacy60US #72
#70Patricia59US #59
#71Tina58US #90
#72Tonya57US #126
#73Katrina56US #87
#74Felicia55US #195
#75Victoria55US #66
#76Tamara53US #129
#77Virginia53US #164
#78Jacqueline52US #54
#79Sharon52US #144
#80Caroline51US #178
#81Cassandra51US #62
#82Monica51US #52
#83Tracy51US #88
#84Wendy51US #105
#85Holly50US #61
#86Misty50US #74
#87Katie49US #45
#88Denise48US #100
#89Tabitha48US #152
#90Tammy48US #134
#91Karen47US #68
#92Teresa47US #102
#93Casey46US #119
#94Valerie46US #75
#95Megan45US #34
#96Robin45US #108
#97Stacey45US #85
#98Carolyn44US #146
#99Latonya44
#100Nancy44US #106

Boys

#1Christopher855US #2
#2Michael752US #1
#3James736US #6
#4William552US #15
#5John522US #8
#6Jason513US #4
#7Joshua498US #7
#8Robert496US #9
#9David447US #5
#10Matthew424US #3
#11Jonathan392US #16
#12Charles337US #31
#13Daniel318US #10
#14Joseph311US #11
#15Justin305US #12
#16Travis291US #39
#17Brandon274US #18
#18Thomas262US #23
#19Timothy248US #24
#20Richard242US #27
#21Brian241US #14
#22Kevin209US #25
#23Ryan203US #13
#24Anthony202US #21
#25Jeremy200US #28
#26Steven192US #26
#27Andrew180US #17
#28Kenneth168US #45
#29Eric166US #20
#30Marcus156US #63
#31Stephen148US #38
#32Benjamin141US #33
#33Adam137US #19
#34Nicholas133US #22
#35Jeffrey130US #29
#36Patrick130US #37
#37Antonio118US #76
#38Bryan111US #49
#39George110US #62
#40Gregory108US #40
#41Mark107US #32
#42Paul104US #35
#43Donald98US #58
#44Ronald97US #60
#45Derrick94US #78
#46Edward91US #53
#47Samuel88US #56
#48Corey87US #74
#49Aaron86US #30
#50Bradley84US #51
#51Larry82US #77
#52Phillip82US #67
#53Willie81US #144
#54Nathan73US #36
#55Scott73US #34
#56Billy71US #116
#57Shawn68US #52
#58Bobby66US #113
#59Chad65US #48
#60Dustin64US #42
#61Jacob64US #41
#62Maurice64US #165
#63Jerry62US #100
#64Tony62US #112
#65Jermaine61US #168
#66Jesse61US #43
#67Terry61US #105
#68Henry60US #134
#69Dennis59US #87
#70Jamie59US #131
#71Cedric58
#72Gary58US #64
#73Derek57US #50
#74Kyle57US #47
#75Curtis56US #101
#76Johnny56US #118
#77Keith56US #59
#78Terrance55US #198
#79Russell54US #97
#80Zachary52US #55
#81Roger51US #127
#82Joel49US #69
#83Sean49US #44
#84Wesley49US #98
#85Jimmy48US #132
#86Nathaniel48US #75
#87Randall48US #130
#88Randy48US #94
#89Micheal47US #148
#90Jared46US #54
#91Jeffery46US #92
#92Calvin45US #176
#93Rodney45US #145
#94Terrence45
#95Alexander43US #65
#96Franklin43
#97Ricky43US #129
#98Ronnie43US #196
#99Allen42US #122
#100Douglas42US #68

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑45Krystal#48
↑35Lindsay#42
↑32Natalie#68
↑30Ebony#57
↑26Candace#63
↑25Danielle#51
↑25Margaret#55
↑25Derek#73

Falling

↓38Tonya#72
↓37Karen#91
↓31Misty#86
↓29Tabitha#89
↓29Stacey#97
↓25Rodney#93
↓25Douglas#100
↓24Monica#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.