State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1995 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,308 South Carolina births in 1995 across 1,142 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.

#25Unknownoutside the national top 200
#32Unknownoutside the national top 200
#75Aaliyahoutside the national top 200
#81Daquanoutside the national top 200
#83Loganoutside the national top 200
#86Dejaoutside the national top 200
#87Deandreoutside the national top 200
#91Asiaoutside the national top 200
#68Angel#175 nationally
#64Darius#169 nationally
#98Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#75Chandler#177 nationally

Girls

#1Taylor364US #6
#2Ashley359US #2
#3Jessica341US #1
#4Brittany329US #8
#5Kayla297US #11
#6Emily263US #3
#7Hannah258US #7
#8Sarah239US #5
#9Courtney232US #17
#10Alexis227US #14
#11Amber222US #22
#12Elizabeth216US #10
#13Jasmine213US #25
#14Lauren196US #15
#15Mary188US #40
#16Victoria183US #20
#17Brianna178US #21
#18Samantha177US #4
#19Megan169US #13
#20Rachel168US #12
#21Anna164US #31
#22Morgan164US #23
#23Amanda141US #9
#24Haley136US #32
#25Unknown136
#26Savannah132US #68
#27Rebecca124US #28
#28Caroline116US #92
#29Madison116US #29
#30Kimberly113US #37
#31Tiffany113US #46
#32Jordan112US #50
#33Kelsey110US #33
#34Destiny104US #66
#35Jennifer104US #18
#36Allison101US #34
#37Kristen101US #65
#38Chelsea96US #47
#39Stephanie96US #16
#40Heather94US #54
#41Sydney94US #43
#42Kaitlyn90US #42
#43Katherine88US #30
#44Breanna84US #76
#45Danielle84US #24
#46Shelby83US #38
#47Abigail77US #36
#48Miranda75US #57
#49Katelyn73US #59
#50Laura71US #56
#51Olivia71US #39
#52Sara69US #48
#53Alexandra68US #26
#54Erin67US #49
#55Christina66US #45
#56Briana65US #74
#57Lindsey63US #82
#58Whitney61US #115
#59Alexandria60US #72
#60Alyssa58US #27
#61Sierra58US #60
#62Caitlin57US #81
#63Brandi56US #124
#64Brooke54US #52
#65Crystal54US #80
#66Julia54US #62
#67Kelly53US #64
#68Angel51US #175
#69Erica51US #69
#70Catherine50US #90
#71Kathryn50US #83
#72Nicole50US #19
#73Gabrielle49US #61
#74Margaret49US #104
#75Aaliyah48
#76Brittney47US #99
#77Casey47US #118
#78Katie47US #77
#79Kristin47US #131
#80Ariel45US #151
#81Michaela44US #107
#82Summer44US #153
#83Logan42
#84Melissa42US #35
#85Andrea41US #55
#86Deja41
#87Raven41US #171
#88Alicia40US #89
#89Diamond39US #179
#90Jenna39US #84
#91Asia38
#92Autumn38US #110
#93Cassidy38US #108
#94Michelle38US #41
#95Shannon38US #73
#96April37US #155
#97Amy36US #75
#98Ashton35
#99Brandy35US #195
#100Grace35US #97

Boys

#1William510US #20
#2Christopher494US #3
#3Michael493US #1
#4James450US #17
#5Brandon446US #8
#6Joshua429US #5
#7Austin387US #10
#8Matthew380US #2
#9John354US #13
#10Tyler353US #6
#11Justin352US #18
#12Robert284US #22
#13Nicholas279US #7
#14Zachary277US #14
#15Joseph270US #12
#16Andrew266US #11
#17Jacob256US #4
#18David244US #16
#19Daniel241US #9
#20Jonathan234US #23
#21Thomas222US #27
#22Charles201US #44
#23Ryan200US #15
#24Cody199US #26
#25Timothy187US #40
#26Jordan178US #29
#27Anthony173US #19
#28Dylan161US #34
#29Aaron160US #30
#30Alexander158US #21
#31Hunter158US #53
#32Unknown149
#33Christian140US #28
#34Benjamin134US #31
#35Samuel127US #33
#36Caleb118US #54
#37Cameron117US #49
#38Kevin116US #25
#39Eric115US #32
#40Richard114US #42
#41Kyle112US #24
#42Steven111US #37
#43Dustin108US #62
#44Stephen107US #57
#45Patrick104US #43
#46Adam100US #38
#47Devin95US #58
#48Brian92US #36
#49Kenneth92US #72
#50Malik89US #131
#51Corey83US #74
#52Jeremy83US #48
#53Jesse80US #46
#54Travis78US #66
#55Logan75US #51
#56Jason74US #41
#57Dalton66US #87
#58Marcus65US #81
#59Bradley64US #78
#60Nathan64US #39
#61Connor63US #55
#62Jared63US #63
#63Dakota61US #56
#64Darius61US #169
#65Gregory61US #84
#66Paul61US #71
#67Sean61US #45
#68Wesley60US #129
#69Nathaniel59US #73
#70Taylor58US #69
#71Bryan57US #70
#72Alex54US #47
#73Antonio53US #85
#74Blake53US #77
#75Chandler53US #177
#76Ethan53US #75
#77Evan53US #60
#78Mark53US #52
#79Trevor50US #61
#80Jeffrey48US #64
#81Daquan47
#82Phillip47US #137
#83Derrick46US #159
#84Shawn46US #100
#85Dillon45US #122
#86Edward44US #88
#87Deandre43
#88Devon43US #119
#89Donald43US #155
#90Garrett42US #80
#91Ian42US #67
#92Douglas41US #168
#93Lucas41US #91
#94Xavier41US #148
#95Chase40US #95
#96Elijah40US #93
#97Johnathan40US #143
#98Mitchell40US #79
#99Jaquan38
#100Mason38US #102

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑37Abigail#47
↑27Logan#55
↑26Destiny#34
↑24Crystal#65
↑22Sydney#41
↑20Madison#29
↑20Julia#66
↑20Connor#61

Falling

↓28Nicole#72
↓26Johnathan#97
↓25Michelle#94
↓24Brittney#76
↓20Xavier#94
↓19Taylor#70
↓18Mitchell#98
↓17Kathryn#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.