State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1989 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,381 South Carolina births in 1989 across 1,138 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.

#67Latoya#190 nationally
#81Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#66Ebony#176 nationally
#94Willieoutside the national top 200
#95Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#68Bobby#172 nationally
#99Jamaloutside the national top 200
#57Candice#134 nationally
#75Terry#151 nationally
#95Angel#167 nationally
#65Candace#133 nationally
#47Caroline#113 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany1,016US #3
#2Ashley731US #2
#3Jessica692US #1
#4Amanda460US #4
#5Amber343US #14
#6Kayla336US #20
#7Sarah313US #5
#8Tiffany310US #16
#9Heather302US #15
#10Lauren292US #9
#11Courtney289US #21
#12Jennifer288US #7
#13Elizabeth285US #10
#14Megan260US #11
#15Samantha252US #6
#16Whitney209US #57
#17Stephanie197US #8
#18Brittney196US #41
#19Kimberly196US #28
#20Mary196US #38
#21Emily183US #13
#22Jasmine183US #30
#23Chelsea178US #27
#24Rachel160US #18
#25Kristen157US #36
#26Anna154US #51
#27Christina149US #23
#28Rebecca147US #24
#29Hannah145US #42
#30Crystal140US #32
#31Erica137US #34
#32Victoria134US #44
#33Katherine129US #26
#34Laura127US #25
#35Melissa126US #19
#36Danielle119US #17
#37April118US #66
#38Nicole112US #12
#39Kristin100US #60
#40Kelly94US #37
#41Amy91US #35
#42Erin91US #40
#43Michelle90US #22
#44Shannon90US #61
#45Angela89US #47
#46Allison87US #46
#47Caroline85US #113
#48Andrea84US #39
#49Morgan82US #69
#50Alicia81US #53
#51Sara81US #29
#52Kathryn79US #58
#53Catherine77US #67
#54Kendra77US #99
#55Katie76US #45
#56Brandi72US #98
#57Candice71US #134
#58Kelsey70US #31
#59Jamie69US #52
#60Krystal68US #82
#61Lindsey66US #48
#62Caitlin64US #49
#63Christine63US #59
#64Holly63US #79
#65Candace62US #133
#66Ebony62US #176
#67Latoya62US #190
#68Kiara61US #115
#69Lindsay61US #63
#70Lisa61US #55
#71Britney60US #118
#72Casey60US #103
#73Jordan59US #72
#74Brandy58US #121
#75Margaret57US #97
#76Cassandra55US #54
#77Taylor55US #75
#78Julia54US #96
#79Leslie53US #108
#80Natasha51US #87
#81Patricia51US #89
#82Tara51US #70
#83Brooke50US #74
#84Kristina50US #65
#85Sabrina50US #116
#86Haley49US #125
#87Alexis48US #92
#88Meagan46US #120
#89Alyssa45US #33
#90Jacqueline44US #64
#91Meghan42US #80
#92Leah41US #83
#93Tabitha41US #156
#94Alexandria39US #104
#95Angel39US #167
#96Alexandra38US #43
#97Miranda38US #130
#98Bianca37US #91
#99Felicia37US #111
#100Melanie37US #88

Boys

#1Christopher846US #2
#2Joshua759US #4
#3Michael713US #1
#4James693US #9
#5Justin663US #8
#6William611US #15
#7Matthew505US #3
#8Brandon498US #18
#9Robert459US #10
#10David423US #5
#11John423US #12
#12Andrew378US #7
#13Daniel356US #6
#14Jonathan349US #17
#15Joseph346US #11
#16Thomas300US #23
#17Charles270US #36
#18Ryan266US #13
#19Timothy262US #28
#20Steven250US #22
#21Anthony248US #16
#22Richard226US #33
#23Nicholas223US #14
#24Jeremy215US #34
#25Zachary204US #25
#26Kevin203US #19
#27Travis196US #41
#28Benjamin193US #29
#29Brian185US #24
#30Stephen180US #40
#31Adam174US #27
#32Kenneth174US #53
#33Eric158US #21
#34Aaron150US #31
#35Jacob143US #26
#36Tyler132US #30
#37Dustin130US #48
#38Patrick130US #38
#39Kyle124US #20
#40Marcus123US #67
#41Mark122US #42
#42Phillip121US #75
#43Bradley119US #58
#44Jason119US #35
#45Jeffrey119US #37
#46Samuel119US #47
#47Alexander117US #32
#48Antonio116US #76
#49Corey115US #55
#50Austin103US #59
#51Cory102US #61
#52Jordan101US #44
#53Gregory99US #52
#54Cody95US #45
#55Bryan93US #56
#56Jesse91US #50
#57Sean89US #39
#58Cameron85US #64
#59Paul83US #49
#60Derrick77US #99
#61Edward75US #62
#62Wesley75US #98
#63George71US #79
#64Nathan71US #43
#65Derek70US #54
#66Jared68US #57
#67Donald65US #82
#68Bobby60US #172
#69Caleb60US #91
#70Ronald60US #85
#71Shawn60US #65
#72Taylor59US #72
#73Tony59US #132
#74Allen56US #130
#75Terry56US #151
#76Johnathan55US #112
#77Chad54US #74
#78Keith53US #70
#79Mitchell53US #93
#80Devin52US #96
#81Kendrick52
#82Gary51US #106
#83Larry51US #131
#84Scott51US #51
#85Andre50US #134
#86Seth50US #94
#87Adrian48US #100
#88Jerry48US #142
#89Russell48US #136
#90Vincent48US #80
#91Curtis47US #111
#92Douglas47US #92
#93Nathaniel47US #84
#94Willie47
#95Maurice46
#96Brett45US #81
#97Calvin45US #161
#98Casey45US #90
#99Jamal45
#100Trevor45US #83

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑31Caleb#69
↑23Hannah#29
↑19Candice#57
↑17Caroline#47
↑16Jasmine#22
↑15Christine#63
↑15Jordan#73
↑15Cassandra#76

Falling

↓29Felicia#99
↓28Curtis#91
↓23Willie#94
↓21Lisa#70
↓21Casey#72
↓21Alexandra#96
↓18Douglas#92
↓18Brett#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.