State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1991 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,528 South Carolina births in 1991 across 1,186 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.

#83Marquisoutside the national top 200
#86Shaniquaoutside the national top 200
#87Bobbyoutside the national top 200
#89Desmondoutside the national top 200
#90Tevinoutside the national top 200
#92Rashadoutside the national top 200
#87Ebony#195 nationally
#93Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#98Jamieoutside the national top 200
#68Dominique#170 nationally
#58Iesha#157 nationally
#84Ashleigh#176 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley675US #1
#2Brittany620US #3
#3Jessica591US #2
#4Kayla392US #12
#5Amber358US #16
#6Jasmine306US #24
#7Amanda297US #4
#8Courtney297US #19
#9Sarah296US #6
#10Lauren292US #13
#11Elizabeth288US #9
#12Megan237US #11
#13Samantha228US #5
#14Emily219US #10
#15Heather217US #23
#16Stephanie217US #7
#17Tiffany211US #27
#18Mary207US #38
#19Jennifer201US #8
#20Chelsea191US #18
#21Victoria190US #28
#22Kimberly186US #34
#23Taylor171US #32
#24Rebecca170US #21
#25Anna155US #46
#26Rachel155US #14
#27Hannah152US #29
#28Katherine150US #25
#29Whitney145US #68
#30Danielle140US #17
#31Morgan120US #49
#32Crystal113US #41
#33Kelsey112US #26
#34Erica109US #40
#35Christina107US #31
#36Melissa103US #20
#37Brittney101US #58
#38Laura99US #35
#39Kristen97US #48
#40Haley93US #79
#41Shelby93US #33
#42Jordan91US #62
#43Caroline90US #116
#44April88US #88
#45Alexis86US #47
#46Sara86US #37
#47Allison82US #50
#48Olivia82US #61
#49Erin80US #44
#50Lindsey79US #52
#51Kelly76US #42
#52Andrea75US #39
#53Catherine74US #72
#54Ariel73US #66
#55Kathryn73US #57
#56Michelle73US #22
#57Amy72US #43
#58Iesha70US #157
#59Alexandra69US #36
#60Caitlin69US #55
#61Shannon68US #71
#62Raven66US #150
#63Alexandria65US #78
#64Angela65US #59
#65Breanna64US #107
#66Nicole62US #15
#67Brandy60US #148
#68Kristin60US #86
#69Miranda60US #90
#70Brianna58US #51
#71Jamie58US #60
#72Casey57US #111
#73Katelyn57US #75
#74Margaret57US #108
#75Alicia56US #63
#76Julia56US #67
#77Katie56US #53
#78Alyssa54US #30
#79Lindsay54US #77
#80Brandi53US #110
#81Brooke53US #65
#82Candace53US #153
#83Meghan51US #94
#84Ashleigh50US #176
#85Briana50US #95
#86Shaniqua49
#87Ebony48US #195
#88Gabrielle48US #97
#89Holly48US #105
#90Leah48US #91
#91Meagan47US #130
#92Cassandra45US #54
#93Kaitlyn45US #82
#94Kristina45US #87
#95Madison45US #128
#96Savannah45US #181
#97Sierra45US #138
#98Candice44US #173
#99Kendra43US #118
#100Erika42US #84

Boys

#1Christopher739US #2
#2Michael678US #1
#3Joshua640US #4
#4James638US #7
#5William609US #19
#6Matthew512US #3
#7Brandon498US #15
#8Justin487US #14
#9John433US #10
#10Robert429US #13
#11David365US #8
#12Andrew322US #5
#13Jonathan310US #20
#14Daniel299US #6
#15Joseph298US #9
#16Charles276US #38
#17Thomas263US #28
#18Anthony251US #18
#19Jacob245US #17
#20Ryan238US #11
#21Tyler238US #16
#22Timothy228US #32
#23Zachary220US #22
#24Steven213US #27
#25Nicholas205US #12
#26Richard202US #34
#27Jordan199US #29
#28Kevin196US #23
#29Cody190US #24
#30Benjamin187US #33
#31Travis186US #44
#32Jeremy171US #43
#33Patrick167US #35
#34Eric162US #25
#35Aaron150US #31
#36Kenneth149US #54
#37Kyle146US #21
#38Alexander143US #26
#39Stephen143US #41
#40Dustin141US #56
#41Austin135US #50
#42Corey129US #58
#43Brian124US #30
#44Samuel113US #39
#45Cameron109US #62
#46Christian108US #48
#47Jeffrey107US #45
#48Taylor104US #52
#49Gregory101US #55
#50Adam98US #36
#51Marcus95US #76
#52Antonio94US #79
#53Jason93US #49
#54Phillip93US #98
#55Dylan91US #46
#56Bradley89US #67
#57Bryan89US #61
#58Caleb89US #78
#59Mark88US #47
#60Paul87US #53
#61Ethan82US #65
#62Jesse78US #51
#63Derrick77US #111
#64Cory76US #74
#65Nathan75US #42
#66Darius74US #152
#67Ronald74US #101
#68Dominique72US #170
#69Jared71US #64
#70Johnathan71US #110
#71George69US #87
#72Devin67US #83
#73Scott64US #57
#74Donald63US #102
#75Sean63US #40
#76Trevor61US #69
#77Wesley61US #106
#78Edward59US #68
#79Dillon58US #103
#80Shawn58US #71
#81Blake57US #86
#82Keith56US #89
#83Marquis55
#84Shane55US #75
#85Casey53US #90
#86Xavier53US #176
#87Bobby52
#88Russell51US #174
#89Desmond50
#90Tevin50
#91Evan47US #70
#92Rashad47
#93Reginald46
#94Tony46US #155
#95Curtis45US #126
#96Larry45US #157
#97Raymond45US #97
#98Jamie44
#99Jeffery44US #151
#100Mitchell44US #96

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑33Dylan#55
↑27Scott#73
↑24Breanna#65
↑24Christian#46
↑22Julia#76
↑21Alexis#45
↑18Alexandra#59
↑18Miranda#69

Falling

↓29Candice#98
↓26Nicole#66
↓26Alicia#75
↓23Katie#77
↓21Kristin#68
↓21Cassandra#92
↓20Casey#72
↓20Sean#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.