State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1993 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,178 South Carolina births in 1993 across 1,152 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.

#51Shaquille#181 nationally
#81Ebonyoutside the national top 200
#82Tevinoutside the national top 200
#87Bobbyoutside the national top 200
#88Dominiqueoutside the national top 200
#85Preston#197 nationally
#95Shaniceoutside the national top 200
#84Ashleigh#188 nationally
#100Raheemoutside the national top 200
#98Brandy#195 nationally
#46Raven#139 nationally
#70Darius#161 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley521US #2
#2Jessica459US #1
#3Brittany445US #6
#4Taylor369US #7
#5Amber333US #17
#6Jasmine287US #23
#7Kayla278US #16
#8Emily262US #5
#9Sarah257US #3
#10Courtney255US #20
#11Elizabeth234US #9
#12Amanda230US #8
#13Lauren225US #12
#14Chelsea218US #25
#15Megan193US #11
#16Hannah191US #21
#17Samantha188US #4
#18Mary178US #36
#19Victoria176US #19
#20Alexis168US #27
#21Rachel161US #14
#22Rebecca148US #22
#23Morgan144US #34
#24Heather142US #38
#25Tiffany141US #33
#26Haley139US #42
#27Kelsey136US #24
#28Anna135US #47
#29Jennifer134US #15
#30Stephanie133US #10
#31Katherine132US #29
#32Kimberly131US #39
#33Whitney123US #82
#34Caroline108US #105
#35Kristen103US #61
#36Danielle102US #18
#37Allison99US #41
#38Brianna99US #32
#39Savannah93US #96
#40Erica89US #49
#41Jordan88US #58
#42Christina85US #35
#43Erin85US #48
#44Lindsey85US #56
#45Nicole85US #13
#46Raven85US #139
#47Sara84US #40
#48Olivia83US #50
#49Katelyn79US #54
#50Crystal77US #57
#51Kaitlyn77US #46
#52Briana75US #71
#53Laura74US #43
#54Shelby74US #37
#55Andrea70US #44
#56Caitlin70US #64
#57Catherine69US #75
#58Kathryn69US #68
#59Katie69US #63
#60Michelle68US #31
#61April67US #112
#62Kelly65US #51
#63Breanna64US #83
#64Brooke62US #52
#65Alyssa61US #26
#66Melissa61US #30
#67Alexandria60US #69
#68Brittney60US #77
#69Alexandra59US #28
#70Brandi59US #124
#71Madison58US #78
#72Destiny57US #111
#73Shannon56US #53
#74Julia53US #72
#75Margaret51US #102
#76Lindsay50US #88
#77Alicia48US #76
#78Angela48US #73
#79Holly48US #108
#80Casey47US #129
#81Ebony47
#82Miranda47US #89
#83Rebekah46US #148
#84Ashleigh45US #188
#85Leah45US #92
#86Kristin44US #109
#87Bria43US #175
#88Sierra43US #91
#89Amy42US #65
#90Angel42US #178
#91Jamie42US #79
#92Summer41US #180
#93Gabrielle40US #84
#94Kendra40US #128
#95Shanice40
#96Sydney40US #106
#97Ariel39US #121
#98Brandy39US #195
#99Chelsey39US #145
#100Kaitlin38US #99

Boys

#1Christopher628US #2
#2Michael597US #1
#3William573US #18
#4James530US #14
#5Joshua509US #4
#6Brandon496US #6
#7Matthew451US #3
#8Justin386US #20
#9John373US #16
#10Robert362US #17
#11David333US #11
#12Joseph310US #12
#13Tyler300US #5
#14Zachary285US #15
#15Austin283US #26
#16Andrew279US #10
#17Ryan267US #13
#18Nicholas266US #8
#19Jacob265US #9
#20Jonathan257US #22
#21Daniel252US #7
#22Thomas221US #27
#23Cody209US #24
#24Charles205US #44
#25Jordan196US #28
#26Anthony187US #19
#27Timothy175US #38
#28Benjamin164US #32
#29Alexander148US #21
#30Richard148US #40
#31Steven146US #31
#32Aaron140US #30
#33Eric138US #29
#34Kevin138US #25
#35Stephen130US #47
#36Kenneth129US #60
#37Travis129US #50
#38Patrick128US #43
#39Samuel125US #37
#40Brian122US #34
#41Kyle121US #23
#42Adam119US #39
#43Cameron114US #54
#44Jeremy114US #46
#45Corey112US #68
#46Taylor112US #51
#47Dylan111US #33
#48Dustin108US #59
#49Christian105US #35
#50Devin95US #71
#51Shaquille93US #181
#52Hunter92US #97
#53Caleb91US #66
#54Mark88US #49
#55Jeffrey87US #53
#56Marcus84US #74
#57Jesse82US #48
#58Jason79US #45
#59Bradley76US #73
#60Nathan76US #41
#61Sean76US #42
#62Antonio72US #89
#63Jared70US #63
#64Edward68US #78
#65Dillon67US #90
#66Gregory67US #65
#67Phillip64US #117
#68Derrick63US #129
#69George62US #104
#70Darius61US #161
#71Wesley61US #113
#72Paul60US #56
#73Bryan58US #61
#74Ronald58US #122
#75Xavier58US #141
#76Johnathan57US #128
#77Shawn54US #77
#78Trevor54US #64
#79Donald53US #118
#80Seth53US #93
#81Keith52US #109
#82Tevin52
#83Cory51US #94
#84Nathaniel51US #75
#85Preston51US #197
#86Allen50US #168
#87Bobby50
#88Dominique50
#89Blake49US #83
#90Chad49US #114
#91Ethan49US #92
#92Ian49US #70
#93Logan48US #76
#94Garrett47US #79
#95Dakota46US #85
#96Alex44US #52
#97Calvin44US #185
#98Dalton44US #106
#99Evan44US #62
#100Raheem44

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑34Savannah#39
↑28Destiny#72
↑24Madison#71
↑23Katelyn#49
↑22Brianna#38
↑22Briana#52
↑21Breanna#63
↑20Derrick#68

Falling

↓34Amy#89
↓33Tevin#82
↓28Brittney#68
↓25Shanice#95
↓24Kaitlin#100
↓23Melissa#66
↓21Evan#99
↓19Ethan#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.