State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1994 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,239 South Carolina births in 1994 across 1,135 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.

#60Shaquilleoutside the national top 200
#62Tevinoutside the national top 200
#65Aaliyahoutside the national top 200
#51Khadijah#184 nationally
#86Willieoutside the national top 200
#87Daquanoutside the national top 200
#94Loganoutside the national top 200
#97Tamaraoutside the national top 200
#97Devanteoutside the national top 200
#98Alexusoutside the national top 200
#100Dominiqueoutside the national top 200
#55Darius#155 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley394US #2
#2Brittany378US #7
#3Jessica374US #1
#4Taylor338US #6
#5Kayla274US #12
#6Hannah264US #16
#7Emily262US #3
#8Sarah244US #5
#9Jasmine242US #23
#10Amber235US #21
#11Elizabeth231US #9
#12Samantha219US #4
#13Courtney211US #22
#14Victoria211US #19
#15Morgan201US #25
#16Lauren200US #14
#17Alexis199US #18
#18Megan195US #10
#19Mary168US #37
#20Anna163US #41
#21Rachel149US #13
#22Amanda148US #8
#23Brianna145US #27
#24Haley143US #36
#25Kelsey140US #29
#26Tiffany137US #35
#27Katherine135US #30
#28Rebecca132US #24
#29Chelsea125US #38
#30Jennifer124US #17
#31Caroline113US #94
#32Stephanie111US #15
#33Savannah110US #82
#34Katelyn107US #58
#35Kimberly107US #32
#36Danielle105US #20
#37Heather104US #44
#38Jordan103US #52
#39Kristen103US #55
#40Christina100US #39
#41Briana93US #68
#42Allison87US #34
#43Olivia85US #50
#44Nicole84US #11
#45Shelby84US #40
#46Whitney82US #91
#47Erin81US #45
#48Laura81US #46
#49Madison81US #51
#50Alyssa78US #26
#51Khadijah77US #184
#52Brittney73US #89
#53Kaitlyn72US #48
#54Kathryn70US #79
#55Catherine68US #84
#56Alexandria67US #73
#57Erica66US #57
#58Brooke64US #54
#59Breanna63US #85
#60Destiny63US #86
#61Sara61US #43
#62Lindsey60US #69
#63Sydney58US #76
#64Miranda57US #61
#65Aaliyah55
#66Katie54US #70
#67Caitlin52US #78
#68Kristin52US #114
#69Michelle52US #33
#70Sierra52US #71
#71Alexandra51US #28
#72Jamie51US #87
#73Kelly51US #62
#74Melissa51US #31
#75Casey50US #118
#76Margaret50US #106
#77Raven50US #156
#78Jenna49US #80
#79Rebekah49US #152
#80Brandi48US #122
#81Kaitlin48US #93
#82Amy47US #77
#83Shannon46US #60
#84Abigail45US #42
#85Alicia45US #83
#86Julia45US #72
#87Summer45US #141
#88Andrea44US #49
#89Crystal44US #64
#90Gabrielle44US #67
#91Michaela42US #109
#92Diamond41US #170
#93Bethany40US #116
#94Logan40
#95Angela39US #81
#96Emma39US #74
#97Tamara39
#98Alexus37
#99Marissa37US #53
#100Meagan37US #169

Boys

#1Christopher563US #2
#2Michael508US #1
#3William483US #19
#4Joshua475US #4
#5James473US #14
#6Brandon467US #6
#7Matthew413US #3
#8John392US #15
#9Austin378US #17
#10Justin372US #20
#11Joseph317US #11
#12Robert306US #21
#13Tyler303US #5
#14Jacob288US #7
#15Zachary287US #12
#16Daniel284US #8
#17Andrew283US #10
#18David280US #13
#19Nicholas254US #9
#20Jonathan235US #23
#21Thomas209US #27
#22Ryan206US #16
#23Cody204US #25
#24Timothy200US #39
#25Charles198US #43
#26Anthony194US #18
#27Aaron171US #28
#28Benjamin161US #31
#29Jordan154US #29
#30Alexander151US #22
#31Richard149US #41
#32Dylan144US #32
#33Samuel141US #33
#34Kevin129US #26
#35Stephen129US #49
#36Steven124US #34
#37Kyle123US #24
#38Dustin117US #56
#39Eric113US #30
#40Jesse112US #45
#41Patrick112US #42
#42Adam110US #38
#43Travis109US #53
#44Brian107US #37
#45Jeremy106US #47
#46Caleb102US #60
#47Cameron102US #52
#48Devin102US #61
#49Kenneth99US #65
#50Hunter98US #67
#51Taylor98US #54
#52Christian90US #35
#53Corey88US #73
#54Bradley81US #83
#55Darius80US #155
#56Marcus78US #75
#57Jason77US #46
#58Nathan76US #40
#59Gregory70US #76
#60Shaquille70
#61Mark68US #48
#62Tevin65
#63Jared63US #63
#64Nathaniel62US #78
#65Sean62US #44
#66Jeffrey60US #55
#67Wesley60US #118
#68Antonio59US #88
#69Dakota59US #69
#70Dalton59US #85
#71Johnathan59US #134
#72Ronald58US #137
#73Edward56US #84
#74Xavier56US #139
#75Bryan54US #66
#76Trevor54US #58
#77Evan53US #62
#78Paul53US #64
#79Ethan52US #89
#80Mitchell52US #71
#81Connor49US #59
#82Logan49US #70
#83Derrick48US #136
#84Ian48US #74
#85Shawn46US #86
#86Willie46
#87Daquan45
#88Seth45US #90
#89Alex44US #50
#90Dillon44US #101
#91Blake43US #81
#92Spencer43US #98
#93Clayton42US #149
#94Cory42US #102
#95Gabriel42US #68
#96Phillip42US #131
#97Devante41
#98Donald41US #132
#99Jalen41US #183
#100Dominique40

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑33Sydney#63
↑28Dalton#70
↑26Dakota#69
↑22Madison#49
↑22Evan#77
↑20Tevin#62
↑20Nathaniel#64
↑19Jamie#72

Falling

↓39Crystal#89
↓33Andrea#88
↓31Raven#77
↓29Phillip#96
↓25Dillon#90
↓19Donald#98
↓18Lindsey#62
↓17Erica#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.