State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1997 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,283 South Carolina births in 1997 across 1,172 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.

#59Darius#177 nationally
#86Loganoutside the national top 200
#69Alexus#183 nationally
#71Diamond#181 nationally
#96Ashlynoutside the national top 200
#99Daquanoutside the national top 200
#98Brandi#199 nationally
#89Chandler#184 nationally
#83Aaliyah#176 nationally
#78Jada#165 nationally
#87Raven#170 nationally
#99Cierra#180 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah321US #5
#2Taylor300US #7
#3Sarah269US #4
#4Alexis265US #8
#5Ashley255US #3
#6Emily252US #1
#7Jessica247US #2
#8Madison237US #10
#9Brittany229US #20
#10Kayla209US #12
#11Elizabeth204US #9
#12Jasmine186US #24
#13Courtney184US #28
#14Amber182US #29
#15Victoria176US #19
#16Savannah175US #47
#17Lauren171US #14
#18Mary171US #46
#19Anna163US #33
#20Brianna160US #17
#21Samantha159US #6
#22Megan154US #11
#23Destiny152US #42
#24Morgan148US #22
#25Haley146US #31
#26Jordan141US #40
#27Rachel139US #13
#28Caroline137US #75
#29Rebecca132US #25
#30Katherine108US #32
#31Alyssa106US #15
#32Sydney105US #35
#33Amanda102US #16
#34Abigail99US #26
#35Olivia96US #27
#36Kaitlyn95US #41
#37Kelsey84US #57
#38Jennifer82US #18
#39Breanna81US #74
#40Kimberly80US #49
#41Katelyn79US #63
#42Allison78US #39
#43Tiffany78US #61
#44Chelsea77US #73
#45Shelby74US #43
#46Brooke73US #45
#47Alexandra72US #30
#48Heather71US #90
#49Danielle69US #34
#50Erin69US #52
#51Sara68US #50
#52Makayla67US #102
#53Summer67US #131
#54Kristen66US #82
#55Bailey63US #65
#56Gabrielle63US #51
#57Sierra63US #56
#58Catherine62US #96
#59Briana61US #72
#60Emma60US #36
#61Katie59US #87
#62Michaela59US #100
#63Stephanie58US #23
#64Grace57US #69
#65Margaret57US #110
#66Nicole57US #21
#67Julia56US #37
#68Caitlin55US #88
#69Alexus54US #183
#70Angel54US #144
#71Diamond53US #181
#72Cassidy52US #105
#73Laura51US #66
#74Alexandria50US #78
#75Mikayla50US #112
#76Autumn49US #91
#77Christina48US #62
#78Jada47US #165
#79Alicia46US #89
#80Amy46US #92
#81Brittney46US #130
#82Kaitlin46US #119
#83Aaliyah45US #176
#84Erica45US #84
#85Kathryn45US #86
#86Logan45
#87Raven45US #170
#88Cheyenne44US #68
#89Madeline44US #59
#90Sabrina44US #53
#91Whitney44US #158
#92Hailey43US #80
#93Andrea42US #58
#94Jenna42US #76
#95Lindsey42US #95
#96Ashlyn40
#97Holly40US #152
#98Brandi39US #199
#99Cierra39US #180
#100Michelle39US #55

Boys

#1William521US #19
#2Christopher503US #4
#3Joshua459US #5
#4Michael433US #1
#5Austin416US #9
#6James402US #17
#7Jacob389US #2
#8Brandon382US #8
#9Matthew348US #3
#10John326US #15
#11Tyler323US #10
#12Andrew318US #7
#13Zachary299US #13
#14Nicholas284US #6
#15Robert282US #23
#16Justin281US #20
#17David264US #14
#18Jonathan252US #21
#19Joseph248US #12
#20Daniel214US #11
#21Jordan211US #26
#22Thomas208US #31
#23Ryan196US #16
#24Samuel178US #27
#25Christian174US #25
#26Benjamin171US #29
#27Charles166US #49
#28Dylan164US #30
#29Hunter161US #44
#30Caleb152US #47
#31Alexander150US #22
#32Anthony150US #18
#33Cody140US #36
#34Timothy139US #43
#35Malik133US #111
#36Aaron127US #33
#37Cameron119US #45
#38Kevin115US #28
#39Richard107US #51
#40Eric105US #35
#41Noah103US #38
#42Steven102US #40
#43Adam101US #39
#44Kyle98US #24
#45Jason92US #41
#46Ethan90US #46
#47Devin88US #59
#48Kenneth87US #83
#49Patrick86US #50
#50Logan83US #42
#51Brian81US #37
#52Travis79US #81
#53Stephen78US #68
#54Dakota75US #66
#55Dustin75US #88
#56Jared71US #56
#57Jeremy69US #64
#58Antonio68US #75
#59Darius68US #177
#60Nathan68US #34
#61Alex67US #55
#62Jesse66US #63
#63Mark65US #58
#64Corey64US #110
#65Bradley63US #94
#66Marcus62US #93
#67Dalton61US #90
#68Connor60US #52
#69Jeffrey60US #84
#70Elijah58US #74
#71Nathaniel58US #65
#72Trevor57US #62
#73Xavier57US #141
#74Blake56US #80
#75Evan54US #61
#76Gabriel54US #57
#77Dillon53US #132
#78Edward53US #100
#79Isaiah53US #60
#80Sean53US #48
#81Wesley52US #144
#82Taylor51US #87
#83Bryan50US #69
#84Jackson49US #124
#85Chase48US #77
#86Devon48US #119
#87Mason48US #89
#88Tristan48US #92
#89Chandler47US #184
#90Luke47US #78
#91Seth46US #97
#92Shawn46US #109
#93Gregory45US #103
#94Paul45US #79
#95Isaac44US #73
#96Phillip44US #165
#97Jeremiah42US #128
#98Johnathan42US #142
#99Daquan41
#100Garrett41US #85

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑34Michaela#62
↑26Makayla#52
↑22Alexus#69
↑22Noah#41
↑22Alex#61
↑20Jada#78
↑20Jared#56
↑20Edward#78

Falling

↓29Taylor#82
↓29Chandler#89
↓27Lindsey#95
↓26Whitney#91
↓24Andrea#93
↓22Christina#77
↓21Kristen#54
↓20Tristan#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.