State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1988 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,213 South Carolina births in 1988 across 1,108 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.

#71Willie#191 nationally
#93Shaniceoutside the national top 200
#50Latoya#157 nationally
#80Maurice#186 nationally
#95Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#98Quentinoutside the national top 200
#88Jamie#188 nationally
#94Terrance#193 nationally
#87Billy#185 nationally
#67Ebony#164 nationally
#84Angel#166 nationally
#73Meredith#152 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica792US #1
#2Ashley779US #2
#3Brittany604US #6
#4Amanda443US #3
#5Tiffany339US #13
#6Kayla328US #20
#7Jennifer327US #5
#8Heather318US #14
#9Amber316US #15
#10Lauren276US #11
#11Sarah276US #4
#12Courtney275US #24
#13Elizabeth240US #10
#14Whitney225US #39
#15Stephanie213US #7
#16Kimberly210US #25
#17Megan202US #12
#18Mary189US #34
#19Samantha186US #8
#20Crystal174US #28
#21Rebecca153US #26
#22Danielle142US #17
#23Brittney140US #52
#24Emily140US #18
#25Katherine135US #27
#26Melissa134US #16
#27Rachel133US #19
#28Laura130US #23
#29Christina129US #22
#30Erica126US #31
#31Victoria123US #42
#32Anna120US #54
#33Kristen120US #36
#34April112US #65
#35Nicole111US #9
#36Shannon111US #56
#37Chelsea106US #33
#38Jasmine106US #53
#39Erin102US #37
#40Kristin99US #58
#41Amy95US #29
#42Kelly91US #32
#43Michelle89US #21
#44Sara89US #30
#45Angela88US #38
#46Katie88US #40
#47Allison86US #46
#48Andrea85US #35
#49Lisa77US #43
#50Latoya76US #157
#51Casey75US #92
#52Hannah75US #61
#53Kathryn74US #55
#54Brandi73US #91
#55Lindsay73US #57
#56Catherine72US #69
#57Brandy71US #107
#58Alicia70US #50
#59Morgan70US #78
#60Kendra68US #80
#61Krystal68US #74
#62Candace65US #117
#63Lindsey65US #48
#64Caroline63US #122
#65Jamie61US #45
#66Caitlin59US #44
#67Ebony59US #164
#68Margaret59US #93
#69Britney56US #138
#70Felicia54US #105
#71Holly54US #72
#72Alexis52US #97
#73Meredith52US #152
#74Dana51US #90
#75Alexandra49US #49
#76Candice45US #130
#77Carrie45US #132
#78Christine45US #51
#79Lacey45US #129
#80Monica45US #70
#81Leslie44US #94
#82Natasha44US #73
#83Taylor44US #102
#84Angel43US #166
#85Brooke43US #87
#86Haley43US #143
#87Jacqueline43US #62
#88Jordan43US #136
#89Melanie43US #99
#90Patricia43US #77
#91Cassandra42US #59
#92Tara42US #67
#93Shanice41
#94Cynthia40US #79
#95Alyssa38US #47
#96Tabitha38US #154
#97Alisha37US #126
#98Leah37US #82
#99Miranda37US #144
#100Natalie37US #63

Boys

#1Christopher827US #2
#2Joshua698US #4
#3Michael671US #1
#4Justin652US #7
#5James605US #9
#6William600US #16
#7Brandon499US #17
#8Matthew489US #3
#9John475US #11
#10Robert436US #10
#11David427US #6
#12Andrew349US #5
#13Joseph347US #12
#14Jonathan341US #15
#15Daniel321US #8
#16Thomas274US #23
#17Anthony264US #18
#18Ryan250US #13
#19Charles247US #37
#20Richard237US #32
#21Timothy237US #25
#22Kevin204US #20
#23Nicholas198US #14
#24Brian191US #22
#25Travis191US #41
#26Eric188US #19
#27Benjamin182US #30
#28Stephen177US #40
#29Jason176US #27
#30Jeremy169US #35
#31Adam168US #26
#32Steven165US #24
#33Patrick160US #42
#34Zachary154US #29
#35Kenneth150US #51
#36Dustin144US #48
#37Jacob141US #28
#38Kyle136US #21
#39Antonio131US #72
#40Marcus131US #66
#41Aaron120US #31
#42Samuel118US #45
#43Bradley117US #57
#44Bryan117US #54
#45Mark117US #39
#46Jeffrey114US #36
#47Corey112US #56
#48Tyler106US #33
#49Gregory105US #50
#50Phillip101US #71
#51Jordan93US #52
#52Paul91US #46
#53Cameron89US #69
#54Alexander88US #34
#55Donald82US #76
#56Sean80US #38
#57George79US #78
#58Cody77US #43
#59Austin75US #63
#60Ronald75US #79
#61Wesley71US #93
#62Edward69US #62
#63Curtis68US #105
#64Derrick68US #97
#65Cory66US #59
#66Jesse64US #55
#67Jared62US #60
#68Shawn62US #61
#69Johnathan61US #115
#70Nathan61US #44
#71Willie59US #191
#72Allen58US #134
#73Chad58US #65
#74Douglas55US #88
#75Larry55US #123
#76Dennis53US #116
#77Devin53US #98
#78Brett52US #73
#79Derek52US #53
#80Maurice52US #186
#81Terry52US #141
#82Nathaniel51US #81
#83Alex49US #58
#84Henry49US #140
#85Keith49US #70
#86Shane49US #67
#87Billy48US #185
#88Jamie48US #188
#89Scott48US #47
#90Gary47US #100
#91Jeffery47US #120
#92Micheal47US #157
#93Philip47US #94
#94Terrance47US #193
#95Reginald46
#96Casey45US #83
#97Jimmy44US #161
#98Quentin44
#99Rodney44US #162
#100Caleb43US #108

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑47Jasmine#38
↑38Austin#59
↑26Douglas#74
↑22Morgan#59
↑21Cameron#53
↑19Kristin#40
↑16Carrie#77
↑16Christine#78

Falling

↓23Jamie#65
↓20Kendra#60
↓20Margaret#68
↓18Patricia#90
↓17Lindsey#63
↓16Derek#79
↓15Amy#41
↓15Natasha#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.