State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1986 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,796 South Carolina births in 1986 across 1,019 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.

#75Reginald#188 nationally
#66Maurice#176 nationally
#57Ebony#165 nationally
#84Britney#189 nationally
#76Willie#178 nationally
#73Sierra#169 nationally
#75Angel#171 nationally
#68Meredith#150 nationally
#37Latoya#111 nationally
#85Caroline#157 nationally
#94Calvin#162 nationally
#78Ricky#144 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley837US #2
#2Jessica795US #1
#3Amanda483US #3
#4Jennifer427US #4
#5Brittany403US #8
#6Heather328US #9
#7Tiffany294US #17
#8Sarah267US #5
#9Elizabeth263US #10
#10Lauren251US #14
#11Kimberly244US #18
#12Amber243US #13
#13Crystal214US #25
#14Megan213US #11
#15Stephanie202US #6
#16Courtney182US #35
#17Whitney181US #32
#18Melissa163US #12
#19Mary162US #37
#20Katherine159US #28
#21Rachel153US #15
#22Shannon150US #44
#23Samantha145US #21
#24Christina142US #19
#25Erica138US #31
#26Danielle135US #16
#27April134US #53
#28Laura134US #20
#29Amy132US #22
#30Rebecca131US #26
#31Emily129US #24
#32Kelly124US #29
#33Kayla119US #64
#34Nicole118US #7
#35Anna116US #51
#36Kristen113US #41
#37Latoya109US #111
#38Angela106US #33
#39Erin101US #30
#40Michelle100US #23
#41Allison97US #42
#42Kathryn93US #48
#43Alicia92US #45
#44Jamie87US #34
#45Brandy86US #84
#46Lindsey86US #39
#47Sara86US #27
#48Brittney85US #65
#49Kristin80US #50
#50Andrea78US #36
#51Krystal78US #61
#52Brandi76US #79
#53Catherine76US #67
#54Margaret76US #90
#55Victoria75US #54
#56Casey74US #80
#57Ebony71US #165
#58Katie69US #38
#59Candace68US #114
#60Kendra65US #101
#61Lindsay59US #46
#62Lisa58US #40
#63Holly56US #63
#64Leslie56US #86
#65Stacey56US #94
#66Monica55US #59
#67Dominique54US #98
#68Meredith54US #150
#69Tamara54US #134
#70Tara51US #56
#71Morgan50US #113
#72Katrina49US #99
#73Sierra49US #169
#74Stacy49US #87
#75Angel48US #171
#76Leah47US #78
#77Patricia47US #66
#78Felicia46US #89
#79Christine45US #47
#80Cassandra44US #60
#81Dana44US #92
#82Natalie44US #52
#83Natasha44US #70
#84Britney42US #189
#85Caroline42US #157
#86Carrie41US #109
#87Robin41US #122
#88Candice40US #108
#89Hannah40US #82
#90Jenna40US #55
#91Pamela40US #138
#92Alexis39US #129
#93Vanessa39US #43
#94Julie38US #58
#95Meagan38US #123
#96Julia37US #88
#97Kristina37US #62
#98Tabitha37US #140
#99Tina37US #146
#100Sabrina36US #120

Boys

#1Christopher880US #2
#2Michael742US #1
#3James674US #7
#4William560US #15
#5Brandon557US #13
#6Joshua553US #4
#7Matthew522US #3
#8John465US #10
#9David443US #5
#10Robert432US #9
#11Justin409US #14
#12Jonathan407US #16
#13Daniel324US #6
#14Andrew309US #8
#15Joseph297US #12
#16Charles271US #34
#17Jason267US #18
#18Thomas247US #26
#19Timothy222US #27
#20Kevin220US #21
#21Brian219US #20
#22Ryan212US #11
#23Jeremy210US #28
#24Anthony208US #19
#25Richard204US #29
#26Benjamin190US #30
#27Travis185US #49
#28Eric181US #22
#29Steven175US #25
#30Stephen166US #36
#31Adam164US #24
#32Kenneth157US #50
#33Dustin137US #42
#34Nicholas135US #17
#35Patrick130US #39
#36Marcus129US #63
#37Zachary127US #38
#38Kyle124US #23
#39Antonio120US #73
#40Mark119US #35
#41Bryan111US #47
#42Jeffrey111US #32
#43Corey109US #62
#44Jacob106US #31
#45Samuel102US #52
#46Phillip97US #70
#47Gregory96US #46
#48Paul94US #45
#49Sean93US #37
#50Bradley92US #54
#51Aaron90US #33
#52Donald85US #71
#53Alexander83US #41
#54Edward83US #61
#55Ronald83US #75
#56Jesse76US #48
#57Tyler75US #40
#58George74US #74
#59Shawn74US #55
#60Larry73US #108
#61Cory67US #68
#62Chad64US #59
#63Johnathan61US #115
#64Derrick59US #87
#65Derek58US #57
#66Maurice58US #176
#67Nathan58US #43
#68Jared56US #58
#69Jordan54US #53
#70Wesley54US #96
#71Bobby53US #130
#72Johnny53US #125
#73Jerry52US #121
#74Russell52US #116
#75Reginald51US #188
#76Willie51US #178
#77Allen50US #128
#78Ricky50US #144
#79Scott50US #44
#80Curtis49US #100
#81Henry49US #139
#82Nathaniel49US #78
#83Keith48US #66
#84Terry48US #122
#85Alex46US #64
#86Cody46US #56
#87Devin46US #113
#88Joel46US #72
#89Randall46US #148
#90Gary45US #84
#91Austin44US #90
#92Jimmy44US #150
#93Philip44US #86
#94Calvin43US #162
#95Micheal43US #153
#96Casey42US #83
#97Shane42US #67
#98Adrian41US #99
#99Carl41US #114
#100Douglas41US #82

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑36Kendra#60
↑32Whitney#17
↑28Tamara#69
↑27Jordan#69
↑23Johnathan#63
↑22Kayla#33
↑19Henry#81
↑18Sean#49

Falling

↓31Candice#88
↓30Tabitha#98
↓20Julie#94
↓19Scott#79
↓17Tara#70
↓17Jenna#90
↓17Keith#83
↓16Caroline#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.