State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1990 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,310 South Carolina births in 1990 across 1,214 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.

#73Latoyaoutside the national top 200
#73Dominiqueoutside the national top 200
#86Terranceoutside the national top 200
#83Ebony#186 nationally
#65Raven#166 nationally
#85Bobby#185 nationally
#87Xavier#186 nationally
#79Angel#174 nationally
#78Terry#164 nationally
#69Darius#152 nationally
#69Candice#147 nationally
#99Ricky#176 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany885US #3
#2Ashley714US #2
#3Jessica714US #1
#4Amanda384US #4
#5Kayla378US #14
#6Courtney317US #17
#7Amber311US #15
#8Lauren307US #10
#9Sarah281US #6
#10Elizabeth266US #9
#11Megan264US #11
#12Tiffany263US #23
#13Samantha253US #5
#14Heather252US #19
#15Jasmine249US #28
#16Jennifer240US #8
#17Stephanie231US #7
#18Emily215US #12
#19Hannah192US #30
#20Mary188US #35
#21Rebecca185US #21
#22Kimberly179US #31
#23Brittney161US #44
#24Rachel160US #16
#25Chelsea157US #24
#26Kristen153US #42
#27Katherine151US #26
#28Whitney151US #60
#29Danielle148US #18
#30Anna146US #45
#31Victoria138US #33
#32Melissa137US #20
#33Crystal134US #39
#34Christina118US #25
#35Morgan113US #58
#36Erica110US #36
#37Laura108US #29
#38Taylor106US #46
#39Michelle99US #22
#40Nicole98US #13
#41Allison97US #48
#42Amy93US #38
#43Jordan93US #59
#44Caroline89US #116
#45Erin89US #43
#46April88US #73
#47Kristin87US #65
#48Kelsey86US #32
#49Alicia84US #54
#50Shannon82US #68
#51Lindsey80US #51
#52Casey77US #106
#53Sara77US #34
#54Katie76US #53
#55Caitlin75US #50
#56Angela74US #52
#57Haley74US #108
#58Andrea73US #40
#59Catherine73US #71
#60Jamie73US #55
#61Kelly73US #41
#62Lindsay72US #69
#63Olivia72US #72
#64Brandi68US #103
#65Raven66US #166
#66Alexis65US #66
#67Brooke65US #70
#68Kathryn64US #57
#69Candice58US #147
#70Brianna56US #61
#71Cassandra56US #49
#72Leslie55US #115
#73Latoya52
#74Britney51US #136
#75Christine51US #62
#76Katelyn50US #75
#77Alexandra49US #37
#78Alexandria49US #95
#79Angel49US #174
#80Candace49US #142
#81Margaret49US #102
#82Alyssa48US #27
#83Ebony48US #186
#84Bethany47US #107
#85Briana47US #109
#86Leah47US #82
#87Miranda47US #112
#88Tara47US #85
#89Breanna46US #113
#90Tabitha46US #164
#91Krystal45US #104
#92Lisa45US #64
#93Paige44US #79
#94Sierra43US #141
#95Holly42US #89
#96Rebekah42US #149
#97Sabrina42US #118
#98Julia41US #83
#99Kiara41US #171
#100Kathleen40US #92

Boys

#1Christopher842US #2
#2Michael721US #1
#3James718US #8
#4Joshua698US #4
#5William616US #16
#6Justin565US #9
#7Matthew549US #3
#8Brandon484US #19
#9Robert476US #13
#10John463US #12
#11David401US #6
#12Jonathan377US #17
#13Joseph358US #10
#14Andrew344US #7
#15Daniel304US #5
#16Charles297US #38
#17Thomas293US #26
#18Zachary268US #22
#19Anthony248US #15
#20Timothy236US #30
#21Ryan233US #11
#22Steven227US #25
#23Nicholas217US #14
#24Richard208US #35
#25Jeremy204US #40
#26Kevin198US #23
#27Eric196US #24
#28Benjamin194US #33
#29Tyler194US #21
#30Jacob191US #20
#31Stephen188US #39
#32Travis188US #42
#33Patrick169US #36
#34Dustin159US #50
#35Kenneth155US #52
#36Jordan152US #29
#37Adam151US #32
#38Brian150US #27
#39Kyle146US #18
#40Corey133US #56
#41Samuel132US #45
#42Gregory129US #51
#43Cody125US #31
#44Mark122US #47
#45Marcus118US #72
#46Alexander117US #28
#47Antonio117US #77
#48Aaron116US #34
#49Phillip113US #81
#50Jason112US #46
#51Austin110US #55
#52Bradley108US #65
#53Bryan103US #57
#54Jeffrey103US #43
#55Sean100US #37
#56Cameron99US #62
#57George95US #79
#58Jesse95US #48
#59Paul95US #49
#60Ethan87US #58
#61Donald82US #87
#62Taylor82US #64
#63Nathan80US #44
#64Johnathan79US #108
#65Edward78US #68
#66Jared75US #63
#67Ronald75US #97
#68Caleb71US #88
#69Darius69US #152
#70Christian67US #60
#71Cory66US #67
#72Wesley65US #107
#73Dominique60
#74Devin59US #98
#75Shawn59US #69
#76Derek57US #54
#77Shane57US #73
#78Terry57US #164
#79Chad56US #85
#80Curtis56US #121
#81Derrick55US #106
#82Larry54US #144
#83Russell53US #142
#84Blake52US #91
#85Bobby52US #185
#86Terrance52
#87Xavier52US #186
#88Dylan51US #83
#89Jonathon51US #124
#90Evan49US #71
#91Keith49US #80
#92Adrian48US #94
#93Casey48US #89
#94Henry48US #138
#95Jeffery48US #136
#96Allen47US #141
#97Jerry47US #146
#98Gary46US #114
#99Ricky46US #176
#100Scott46US #53

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑39Taylor#38
↑30Jordan#43
↑29Haley#57
↑21Alexis#66
↑20Casey#52
↑19Alexandra#77
↑16Brooke#67
↑16Alexandria#78

Falling

↓31Krystal#91
↓31Holly#95
↓31Kiara#99
↓22Lisa#92
↓22Allen#96
↓21Kelly#61
↓21Derrick#81
↓20Julia#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.