State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1987 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,608 South Carolina births in 1987 across 1,037 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.

#82Terranceoutside the national top 200
#90Latashaoutside the national top 200
#88Reginald#197 nationally
#94Quentinoutside the national top 200
#81Maurice#187 nationally
#69Sierra#173 nationally
#83Willie#186 nationally
#99Cierraoutside the national top 200
#99Jermaineoutside the national top 200
#93Bryant#182 nationally
#91Jamie#178 nationally
#87Rodney#171 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley906US #2
#2Jessica836US #1
#3Amanda474US #3
#4Brittany469US #7
#5Jennifer371US #4
#6Heather330US #9
#7Tiffany293US #18
#8Amber287US #15
#9Sarah286US #5
#10Kayla270US #27
#11Elizabeth267US #10
#12Lauren224US #16
#13Kimberly222US #23
#14Courtney211US #33
#15Stephanie204US #6
#16Crystal201US #26
#17Megan196US #12
#18Whitney192US #32
#19Samantha179US #11
#20Mary178US #37
#21Melissa145US #13
#22Rebecca141US #25
#23Rachel139US #17
#24Emily137US #19
#25Katherine133US #28
#26Amy132US #24
#27Danielle132US #14
#28Erica132US #31
#29Christina128US #20
#30Laura128US #22
#31Shannon116US #45
#32April115US #58
#33Erin112US #34
#34Nicole109US #8
#35Anna105US #52
#36Sara103US #29
#37Kelly101US #30
#38Brittney97US #61
#39Michelle97US #21
#40Kendra96US #77
#41Angela94US #35
#42Jamie94US #39
#43Kristen93US #42
#44Alicia90US #46
#45Victoria90US #50
#46Lindsey89US #41
#47Kathryn86US #51
#48Margaret85US #90
#49Allison84US #44
#50Chelsea81US #47
#51Katie79US #38
#52Andrea76US #36
#53Brandy74US #92
#54Casey74US #81
#55Latoya73US #128
#56Lindsay73US #49
#57Brandi71US #88
#58Candace69US #120
#59Kristin68US #55
#60Krystal68US #70
#61Lisa68US #40
#62Hannah65US #66
#63Felicia64US #96
#64Catherine62US #74
#65Caroline60US #135
#66Holly59US #71
#67Natasha58US #73
#68Kristina57US #62
#69Sierra56US #173
#70Stacey52US #103
#71Monica50US #64
#72Patricia50US #76
#73Julia49US #86
#74Ebony48US #157
#75Jacqueline48US #54
#76Dana47US #83
#77Meredith45US #148
#78Tara45US #69
#79Angelica44US #106
#80Candice44US #121
#81Morgan43US #95
#82Stacy43US #101
#83Leslie42US #89
#84Tamara42US #160
#85Jasmine41US #79
#86Alexis40US #113
#87Jenna40US #57
#88Julie40US #65
#89Kathleen40US #72
#90Latasha40
#91Lacey39US #117
#92Sabrina39US #110
#93Carrie38US #119
#94Christine38US #48
#95Meghan38US #78
#96Karen37US #107
#97Melanie37US #102
#98Sasha37US #152
#99Cierra36
#100Mallory36US #91

Boys

#1Christopher805US #2
#2Michael694US #1
#3James693US #8
#4Joshua597US #4
#5William578US #15
#6Justin539US #9
#7Brandon510US #14
#8Matthew500US #3
#9John476US #11
#10David452US #5
#11Robert444US #10
#12Andrew336US #6
#13Jonathan325US #18
#14Daniel321US #7
#15Joseph315US #12
#16Thomas280US #24
#17Timothy268US #26
#18Jason250US #23
#19Kevin246US #19
#20Charles242US #35
#21Jeremy225US #29
#22Anthony221US #17
#23Ryan213US #13
#24Richard208US #30
#25Travis207US #42
#26Eric190US #21
#27Steven188US #25
#28Benjamin173US #28
#29Stephen171US #38
#30Brian156US #20
#31Nicholas156US #16
#32Kyle152US #22
#33Kenneth148US #53
#34Adam143US #27
#35Dustin138US #44
#36Patrick138US #41
#37Antonio135US #72
#38Zachary135US #33
#39Jeffrey131US #32
#40Gregory127US #47
#41Jacob118US #31
#42Marcus116US #67
#43Aaron115US #34
#44Mark113US #36
#45Paul109US #46
#46Bryan106US #51
#47Corey104US #57
#48Phillip102US #68
#49Samuel90US #50
#50Jordan89US #52
#51Bradley85US #56
#52Tyler83US #39
#53Donald81US #70
#54Derrick80US #86
#55Sean79US #40
#56Edward73US #61
#57Alexander70US #37
#58Cory70US #62
#59Ronald67US #73
#60Chad65US #63
#61George63US #77
#62Jesse63US #55
#63Derek62US #54
#64Bobby60US #147
#65Jared60US #58
#66Devin59US #99
#67Wesley59US #92
#68Allen58US #128
#69Cody58US #49
#70Johnny57US #127
#71Alex56US #60
#72Larry56US #114
#73Nathan56US #45
#74Cameron54US #96
#75Scott54US #43
#76Shawn54US #59
#77Curtis53US #100
#78Philip53US #84
#79Jeffery52US #109
#80Johnathan52US #116
#81Maurice51US #187
#82Terrance51
#83Willie51US #186
#84Terry50US #133
#85Blake48US #106
#86Jerry48US #125
#87Rodney48US #171
#88Reginald47US #197
#89Russell47US #119
#90Tony46US #123
#91Jamie45US #178
#92Keith45US #69
#93Bryant44US #182
#94Quentin44
#95Calvin43US #157
#96Henry43US #137
#97Austin42US #76
#98Shane42US #65
#99Jermaine41
#100Douglas40US #85

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑29Kristina#68
↑27Hannah#62
↑23Kayla#10
↑23Julia#73
↑21Devin#66
↑20Kendra#40
↑20Caroline#65
↑19Jordan#50

Falling

↓19Leslie#83
↓18Latoya#55
↓17Ebony#74
↓17Shawn#76
↓17Johnathan#80
↓15Tamara#84
↓15Christine#94
↓15Maurice#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.