State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1985 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,191 South Carolina births in 1985 across 1,045 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.

#75Jermaineoutside the national top 200
#75Latasha#200 nationally
#85Cedricoutside the national top 200
#89Sierraoutside the national top 200
#92Hopeoutside the national top 200
#63Willie#171 nationally
#95Indiaoutside the national top 200
#62Jamie#167 nationally
#69Caroline#164 nationally
#78Maurice#173 nationally
#70Ebony#160 nationally
#89Walter#163 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley860US #2
#2Jessica679US #1
#3Jennifer514US #3
#4Amanda463US #4
#5Brittany327US #17
#6Kimberly314US #19
#7Heather295US #8
#8Crystal292US #21
#9Elizabeth278US #9
#10Tiffany248US #23
#11Stephanie243US #6
#12Sarah218US #5
#13Mary214US #35
#14Lauren197US #15
#15Melissa190US #11
#16Amber189US #16
#17Megan189US #10
#18Rachel153US #13
#19Amy149US #20
#20April146US #47
#21Danielle146US #18
#22Rebecca145US #25
#23Nicole142US #7
#24Christina141US #12
#25Laura140US #14
#26Erica138US #34
#27Latoya137US #81
#28Courtney136US #43
#29Katherine130US #32
#30Erin126US #26
#31Emily123US #24
#32Angela117US #31
#33Anna117US #54
#34Shannon115US #41
#35Kelly110US #28
#36Samantha110US #29
#37Lindsey106US #37
#38Michelle102US #22
#39Jamie101US #27
#40Sara98US #30
#41Allison97US #46
#42Brandi97US #69
#43Andrea96US #33
#44Krystal93US #53
#45Kristen92US #38
#46Brandy91US #70
#47Lindsay91US #40
#48Victoria84US #59
#49Whitney84US #73
#50Kathryn79US #48
#51Alicia72US #45
#52Lisa72US #36
#53Tara72US #51
#54Catherine71US #65
#55Kayla71US #109
#56Katie66US #39
#57Candice64US #86
#58Brittney63US #84
#59Stacy63US #67
#60Candace61US #104
#61Casey61US #114
#62Kristin61US #49
#63Margaret61US #90
#64Leslie60US #76
#65Felicia59US #101
#66Sheena59US #91
#67Holly55US #56
#68Tabitha55US #135
#69Caroline54US #164
#70Ebony52US #160
#71Christine49US #44
#72Monica49US #61
#73Jenna48US #50
#74Julie48US #55
#75Latasha47US #200
#76Susan46US #106
#77Cynthia45US #66
#78Leah44US #78
#79Alexis43US #112
#80Cassandra43US #62
#81Dana43US #82
#82Dominique43US #83
#83Karen43US #87
#84Meredith43US #149
#85Katrina42US #93
#86Patricia42US #64
#87Sabrina42US #129
#88Tina42US #110
#89Sierra41
#90Jacqueline40US #60
#91Christy39US #151
#92Hope39
#93Julia39US #85
#94Tracy39US #107
#95India38
#96Kendra38US #154
#97Tamara38US #148
#98Tonya38US #172
#99Carrie36US #96
#100Lacey36US #124

Boys

#1Christopher909US #2
#2Michael748US #1
#3James682US #7
#4Joshua606US #4
#5Brandon593US #13
#6William543US #16
#7Matthew498US #3
#8John493US #9
#9Robert451US #8
#10David438US #6
#11Jonathan386US #17
#12Joseph367US #10
#13Justin364US #15
#14Daniel351US #5
#15Jason292US #14
#16Thomas286US #25
#17Charles263US #34
#18Andrew262US #11
#19Timothy247US #26
#20Brian234US #18
#21Travis234US #46
#22Richard228US #28
#23Anthony227US #20
#24Kevin221US #23
#25Eric203US #21
#26Ryan197US #12
#27Jeremy188US #30
#28Steven175US #24
#29Adam173US #22
#30Patrick153US #37
#31Stephen152US #36
#32Benjamin147US #31
#33Kenneth146US #47
#34Marcus145US #61
#35Bryan139US #48
#36Dustin139US #41
#37Nicholas139US #19
#38Mark132US #32
#39Antonio119US #73
#40Zachary119US #39
#41Gregory113US #45
#42Jeffrey110US #29
#43Kyle110US #27
#44Aaron106US #33
#45Paul100US #42
#46Samuel100US #54
#47Bradley97US #53
#48Corey91US #63
#49Phillip91US #69
#50Jacob86US #35
#51Edward83US #59
#52Chad81US #57
#53Donald77US #66
#54Nathan77US #40
#55Larry75US #97
#56Derrick74US #83
#57Ronald72US #71
#58George71US #72
#59Jesse71US #51
#60Scott71US #44
#61Shawn71US #55
#62Jamie70US #167
#63Willie69US #171
#64Tyler66US #43
#65Alexander64US #50
#66Keith64US #64
#67Sean64US #38
#68Curtis63US #98
#69Wesley62US #94
#70Jeffery61US #96
#71Allen57US #128
#72Russell56US #110
#73Bobby55US #135
#74Derek54US #56
#75Jermaine53
#76Terry53US #119
#77Gary52US #82
#78Maurice52US #173
#79Jared51US #58
#80Philip50US #84
#81Shane50US #68
#82Raymond47US #75
#83Jerry46US #116
#84Jimmy46US #149
#85Cedric45
#86Johnathan45US #118
#87Johnny44US #127
#88Tony44US #114
#89Walter44US #163
#90Austin43US #107
#91Dennis43US #103
#92Nathaniel43US #77
#93Ricky43US #145
#94Carl42US #112
#95Cody42US #52
#96Jordan42US #62
#97Rodney42US #168
#98Blake41US #100
#99Devin41US #121
#100Henry41US #137

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑38Brittany#5
↑30Sara#40
↑27Whitney#49
↑25Allen#71
↑24Alexander#65
↑23Katie#56
↑19Cassandra#80
↑18Alexis#79

Falling

↓35Carrie#99
↓27Tonya#98
↓21Julia#93
↓21Henry#100
↓20Alicia#51
↓20Johnathan#86
↓18Johnny#87
↓16Jermaine#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.