State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1996 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,905 South Carolina births in 1996 across 1,128 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.

#84Asia#200 nationally
#87Raekwonoutside the national top 200
#72Raven#184 nationally
#73Darius#182 nationally
#97Loganoutside the national top 200
#98Jadaoutside the national top 200
#100Daquanoutside the national top 200
#60Chandler#157 nationally
#87Deja#182 nationally
#88Diamond#179 nationally
#73Angel#162 nationally
#50Summer#137 nationally

Girls

#1Taylor349US #6
#2Ashley303US #3
#3Jessica280US #2
#4Hannah279US #7
#5Kayla279US #11
#6Brittany276US #14
#7Emily271US #1
#8Alexis269US #8
#9Sarah233US #4
#10Courtney210US #21
#11Jasmine209US #28
#12Amber205US #27
#13Mary197US #44
#14Elizabeth188US #10
#15Anna180US #33
#16Haley175US #30
#17Madison173US #15
#18Savannah169US #43
#19Lauren168US #16
#20Samantha166US #5
#21Megan165US #12
#22Brianna163US #17
#23Morgan163US #25
#24Rachel157US #9
#25Victoria154US #18
#26Rebecca138US #24
#27Caroline125US #78
#28Katherine119US #31
#29Amanda110US #13
#30Kimberly108US #41
#31Destiny100US #56
#32Jordan96US #49
#33Kristen95US #70
#34Olivia95US #34
#35Allison91US #38
#36Chelsea91US #55
#37Kaitlyn90US #40
#38Kelsey90US #36
#39Tiffany90US #52
#40Sydney88US #39
#41Abigail86US #32
#42Breanna84US #74
#43Shelby83US #35
#44Danielle82US #29
#45Alyssa81US #23
#46Brooke81US #45
#47Heather77US #71
#48Jennifer77US #19
#49Katelyn76US #64
#50Summer75US #137
#51Alexandra70US #26
#52Caitlin69US #84
#53Julia67US #48
#54Sara67US #50
#55Christina66US #57
#56Alexandria65US #77
#57Briana65US #72
#58Sierra65US #62
#59Stephanie65US #20
#60Katie64US #81
#61Bailey63US #85
#62Erin60US #51
#63Gabrielle60US #54
#64Catherine59US #95
#65Whitney57US #140
#66Margaret56US #105
#67Erica53US #79
#68Lindsey51US #86
#69Andrea50US #61
#70Emma50US #53
#71Natalie50US #46
#72Raven50US #184
#73Angel49US #162
#74Mackenzie49US #75
#75Autumn48US #104
#76Kathryn48US #87
#77Madeline48US #67
#78Makayla48US #129
#79Miranda47US #76
#80Kaitlin46US #103
#81Nicole46US #22
#82Grace45US #94
#83Angela44US #90
#84Asia42US #200
#85Bethany42US #117
#86Brittney42US #115
#87Deja42US #182
#88Diamond42US #179
#89Jamie42US #96
#90Rebekah42US #146
#91Alexus41US #178
#92Casey41US #121
#93Jenna41US #83
#94Kristin41US #147
#95Amy40US #88
#96Michaela40US #102
#97Logan39
#98Jada38
#99Mariah38US #63
#100Shannon38US #80

Boys

#1Christopher492US #4
#2William485US #18
#3Austin441US #9
#4Joshua434US #5
#5Michael434US #1
#6James431US #17
#7Matthew394US #2
#8Brandon380US #8
#9John345US #15
#10Zachary321US #14
#11Tyler310US #7
#12Andrew305US #10
#13Justin302US #20
#14Jacob296US #3
#15Joseph287US #12
#16Robert287US #23
#17David285US #13
#18Nicholas274US #6
#19Jonathan241US #21
#20Daniel233US #11
#21Thomas194US #28
#22Jordan185US #27
#23Charles180US #43
#24Ryan176US #16
#25Christian168US #24
#26Anthony161US #19
#27Timothy160US #40
#28Dylan154US #33
#29Benjamin153US #29
#30Cody153US #31
#31Hunter145US #47
#32Malik144US #97
#33Caleb143US #48
#34Alexander140US #22
#35Aaron137US #34
#36Richard125US #45
#37Kevin123US #26
#38Samuel121US #30
#39Patrick110US #44
#40Cameron109US #49
#41Kenneth97US #77
#42Jeremy96US #56
#43Steven95US #38
#44Eric94US #35
#45Brian92US #36
#46Logan91US #42
#47Stephen90US #59
#48Kyle89US #25
#49Bradley87US #83
#50Adam85US #39
#51Devin85US #60
#52Dustin85US #79
#53Taylor77US #82
#54Jason76US #41
#55Nathan76US #37
#56Jesse73US #51
#57Marcus71US #87
#58Corey68US #94
#59Dalton67US #99
#60Chandler66US #157
#61Mark65US #55
#62Ethan63US #62
#63Noah62US #50
#64Sean61US #46
#65Antonio59US #80
#66Nathaniel59US #69
#67Travis59US #73
#68Tristan58US #68
#69Xavier58US #141
#70Blake57US #84
#71Dakota57US #58
#72Connor56US #54
#73Darius56US #182
#74Evan56US #65
#75Paul55US #78
#76Jared54US #64
#77Jeffrey53US #72
#78Wesley53US #137
#79Gregory52US #98
#80George50US #118
#81Jackson50US #136
#82Johnathan50US #138
#83Alex49US #53
#84Cory49US #144
#85Garrett49US #85
#86Phillip49US #150
#87Raekwon49
#88Trevor49US #63
#89Bryan47US #66
#90Chase47US #76
#91Donald47US #158
#92Isaiah47US #71
#93Shawn47US #111
#94Luke45US #75
#95Seth44US #103
#96Dillon43US #121
#97Mason43US #104
#98Edward42US #96
#99Henry42US #139
#100Daquan41

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑32Summer#50
↑25Xavier#69
↑18Brooke#46
↑18Katie#60
↑18Grace#82
↑18Malik#32
↑17Olivia#34
↑17Autumn#75

Falling

↓31Miranda#79
↓20Stephanie#59
↓19Daquan#100
↓18Bryan#89
↓15Casey#92
↓15Kristin#94
↓15Michaela#96
↓14Logan#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.