State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1984 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,224 South Carolina births in 1984 across 1,009 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.

#57Marquita#195 nationally
#59Felicia#185 nationally
#78Terrance#198 nationally
#84Yolandaoutside the national top 200
#84Cedricoutside the national top 200
#61Latasha#175 nationally
#89Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#59Jermaine#170 nationally
#93Marvinoutside the national top 200
#62Willie#166 nationally
#97Ernestoutside the national top 200
#71Maurice#168 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley777US #3
#2Jessica633US #2
#3Jennifer618US #1
#4Amanda439US #4
#5Crystal326US #12
#6Elizabeth308US #10
#7Heather301US #9
#8Kimberly277US #22
#9Tiffany270US #14
#10Stephanie240US #6
#11Sarah225US #5
#12Latoya219US #60
#13Mary202US #33
#14Melissa201US #8
#15Lauren188US #21
#16April183US #42
#17Amy176US #13
#18Amber168US #18
#19Danielle160US #16
#20Christina151US #20
#21Rebecca151US #23
#22Megan148US #11
#23Laura144US #19
#24Shannon142US #37
#25Rachel136US #15
#26Angela132US #26
#27Kelly131US #27
#28Erin128US #25
#29Michelle128US #17
#30Courtney127US #46
#31Alicia126US #40
#32Erica126US #34
#33Nicole123US #7
#34Anna122US #57
#35Katherine121US #30
#36Brandy119US #64
#37Emily110US #24
#38Brandi108US #61
#39Kristen105US #38
#40Andrea98US #28
#41Lindsay96US #36
#42Lindsey94US #35
#43Brittany93US #41
#44Jamie90US #31
#45Allison85US #51
#46Victoria85US #59
#47Samantha84US #39
#48Krystal78US #74
#49Kayla76US #100
#50Kristin76US #47
#51Kathryn73US #48
#52Lisa73US #29
#53Stacy71US #67
#54Tara71US #49
#55Leslie69US #75
#56Ebony67US #137
#57Marquita63US #195
#58Candice62US #86
#59Felicia61US #185
#60Natasha61US #77
#61Latasha60US #175
#62Monica60US #58
#63Holly59US #53
#64Carrie58US #78
#65Casey58US #107
#66Catherine57US #69
#67Margaret57US #92
#68Sheena57US #80
#69Candace56US #102
#70Sara56US #32
#71Tonya56US #153
#72Julia55US #87
#73Pamela55US #104
#74Jenna54US #54
#75Dana52US #73
#76Whitney52US #125
#77Christine51US #43
#78Julie51US #52
#79Katie50US #44
#80Caroline49US #167
#81Meredith49US #148
#82Cynthia47US #62
#83Tabitha47US #141
#84Yolanda46
#85Angel45US #162
#86Leah45US #83
#87Susan45US #90
#88Patricia44US #66
#89Latonya43
#90Tina43US #111
#91Christy42US #145
#92Karen42US #82
#93Katrina42US #105
#94Melanie42US #85
#95Misty42US #98
#96Tracy42US #91
#97Alexis41US #89
#98Shana41US #174
#99Cassandra39US #63
#100Virginia39US #188

Boys

#1Christopher902US #2
#2Michael712US #1
#3James681US #7
#4Joshua575US #4
#5William547US #16
#6Matthew497US #3
#7Robert481US #9
#8John475US #8
#9Brandon459US #15
#10David434US #5
#11Jason397US #11
#12Jonathan363US #19
#13Justin341US #13
#14Daniel337US #6
#15Joseph331US #10
#16Charles280US #33
#17Thomas270US #25
#18Travis252US #42
#19Anthony243US #21
#20Richard232US #27
#21Brian230US #17
#22Kevin223US #24
#23Timothy223US #26
#24Andrew219US #14
#25Eric201US #22
#26Adam185US #18
#27Stephen173US #35
#28Steven173US #23
#29Marcus170US #57
#30Ryan167US #12
#31Kenneth161US #46
#32Jeremy159US #31
#33Benjamin151US #30
#34Nicholas151US #20
#35Patrick141US #36
#36Jeffrey135US #28
#37Mark120US #32
#38Bryan114US #48
#39Gregory111US #44
#40Antonio100US #77
#41Dustin100US #41
#42Bradley94US #53
#43Samuel93US #55
#44Aaron92US #29
#45Paul91US #40
#46Donald89US #63
#47Zachary89US #45
#48Derrick87US #79
#49Larry83US #91
#50Corey78US #69
#51Jacob76US #37
#52Edward75US #58
#53Kyle75US #34
#54George73US #68
#55Phillip73US #70
#56Chad72US #51
#57Nathan72US #38
#58Ronald70US #67
#59Jermaine67US #170
#60Tyler67US #47
#61Shawn66US #56
#62Willie64US #166
#63Jamie62US #154
#64Gary60US #76
#65Curtis57US #96
#66Johnathan57US #132
#67Terry56US #118
#68Jesse55US #50
#69Johnny55US #120
#70Keith55US #61
#71Maurice52US #168
#72Andre51US #119
#73Douglas51US #71
#74Micheal51US #149
#75Sean51US #43
#76Jerry50US #111
#77Scott50US #39
#78Terrance50US #198
#79Henry49US #135
#80Tony48US #112
#81Wesley47US #101
#82Jeffery46US #94
#83Bobby45US #129
#84Cedric45
#85Derek45US #52
#86Ricky45US #138
#87Rodney45US #165
#88Russell43US #106
#89Alexander42US #54
#90Calvin42US #177
#91Nathaniel42US #80
#92Reginald42US #186
#93Marvin41
#94Walter41US #161
#95Cory40US #83
#96Allen39US #128
#97Ernest38
#98Randy37US #100
#99Carl36US #108
#100Dennis36US #97

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑42Krystal#48
↑40Tyler#60
↑33Danielle#19
↑33Brittany#43
↑27Julia#72
↑24Johnathan#66
↑21Monica#62
↑19Casey#65

Falling

↓29Bobby#83
↓27Allen#96
↓24Julie#78
↓24Patricia#88
↓22Karen#92
↓19Kayla#49
↓19Sara#70
↓18Ronald#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.