State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1998 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,318 South Carolina births in 1998 across 1,232 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.

#77Asiaoutside the national top 200
#53Chandler#173 nationally
#48Darius#162 nationally
#89Ashlynoutside the national top 200
#91Aaliyahoutside the national top 200
#93Jalenoutside the national top 200
#95Brysonoutside the national top 200
#99Loganoutside the national top 200
#100Kierraoutside the national top 200
#64Diamond#164 nationally
#85Alexus#184 nationally
#52Malik#138 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah363US #2
#2Taylor340US #7
#3Alexis299US #6
#4Emily297US #1
#5Ashley265US #5
#6Sarah257US #4
#7Madison244US #9
#8Kayla231US #12
#9Elizabeth216US #10
#10Jessica211US #8
#11Brittany204US #25
#12Destiny192US #34
#13Lauren191US #14
#14Mary175US #44
#15Anna172US #31
#16Amber171US #37
#17Brianna171US #17
#18Savannah170US #45
#19Victoria166US #16
#20Megan165US #13
#21Jasmine152US #26
#22Morgan152US #23
#23Abigail149US #18
#24Courtney148US #39
#25Samantha147US #3
#26Haley141US #36
#27Caroline136US #75
#28Jordan129US #42
#29Katherine126US #33
#30Rachel123US #15
#31Kaitlyn117US #35
#32Olivia113US #21
#33Alyssa110US #11
#34Rebecca109US #30
#35Katelyn106US #58
#36Makayla101US #71
#37Sydney95US #28
#38Amanda94US #19
#39Emma94US #22
#40Kelsey90US #56
#41Breanna89US #76
#42Allison87US #38
#43Jada80US #119
#44Bailey76US #60
#45Kimberly74US #54
#46Sierra74US #51
#47Tiffany74US #67
#48Briana72US #79
#49Danielle70US #41
#50Sara68US #48
#51Brooke67US #46
#52Grace66US #53
#53Erin65US #57
#54Shelby65US #49
#55Angel64US #138
#56Gabrielle62US #47
#57Christina61US #69
#58Michaela61US #103
#59Cassidy60US #113
#60Caitlin59US #78
#61Hailey58US #70
#62Autumn57US #77
#63Jennifer57US #20
#64Diamond56US #164
#65Julia56US #32
#66Nicole56US #24
#67Madeline55US #50
#68Summer55US #131
#69Heather54US #99
#70Erica53US #92
#71Kristen52US #102
#72Natalie52US #40
#73Stephanie52US #29
#74Katie51US #88
#75Alexandria50US #81
#76Alexandra49US #27
#77Asia49
#78Chelsea49US #94
#79Mackenzie49US #64
#80Kathryn48US #89
#81Catherine47US #101
#82Faith47US #107
#83Margaret47US #114
#84Mikayla47US #82
#85Alexus46US #184
#86Kaylee45US #86
#87Laura45US #74
#88Lindsey45US #97
#89Ashlyn44
#90Jenna44US #65
#91Aaliyah41
#92Maya41US #123
#93Cheyenne40US #72
#94Miranda40US #80
#95Mckenzie39US #142
#96Caitlyn38US #115
#97Leah38US #106
#98Ariel37US #147
#99Logan37
#100Kierra36

Boys

#1William529US #14
#2Michael459US #1
#3Christopher449US #5
#4Joshua438US #4
#5Jacob421US #2
#6James419US #18
#7Austin398US #10
#8Matthew375US #3
#9Brandon363US #7
#10John351US #15
#11Nicholas290US #6
#12Justin289US #20
#13Andrew284US #9
#14Tyler283US #8
#15Robert280US #23
#16Zachary272US #16
#17Joseph258US #11
#18Hunter239US #36
#19Jonathan230US #21
#20David229US #13
#21Jordan227US #27
#22Daniel215US #12
#23Thomas192US #31
#24Cameron189US #35
#25Charles181US #48
#26Dylan173US #25
#27Noah165US #29
#28Christian164US #26
#29Anthony152US #19
#30Alexander151US #22
#31Ryan150US #17
#32Caleb149US #42
#33Samuel144US #28
#34Timothy139US #49
#35Benjamin137US #30
#36Ethan127US #38
#37Kyle125US #24
#38Cody115US #43
#39Aaron110US #37
#40Kevin108US #32
#41Richard104US #56
#42Eric103US #39
#43Jason97US #40
#44Logan96US #44
#45Kenneth95US #87
#46Nathan95US #34
#47Patrick93US #57
#48Darius88US #162
#49Steven83US #46
#50Adam82US #45
#51Devin82US #62
#52Malik82US #138
#53Chandler81US #173
#54Brian78US #41
#55Dalton75US #88
#56Stephen73US #78
#57Taylor72US #104
#58Jackson70US #100
#59Jared70US #51
#60Isaiah66US #59
#61Corey64US #115
#62Elijah62US #66
#63Trevor61US #58
#64Tristan61US #92
#65Alex60US #55
#66Bradley60US #101
#67Ian59US #73
#68Xavier59US #131
#69Chase58US #67
#70Antonio57US #79
#71Travis57US #98
#72Connor56US #47
#73Jeremy56US #68
#74Jesse55US #70
#75Dustin54US #108
#76George54US #125
#77Johnathan54US #143
#78Marcus53US #96
#79Nathaniel53US #60
#80Mark52US #64
#81Evan51US #63
#82Garrett51US #80
#83Gabriel50US #54
#84Luke49US #75
#85Spencer49US #84
#86Lucas48US #93
#87Mason48US #83
#88Seth48US #86
#89Shawn48US #113
#90Dakota47US #72
#91Dillon47US #134
#92Gregory47US #109
#93Jalen47
#94Jeffrey46US #91
#95Bryson43
#96Jeremiah43US #114
#97Phillip43US #178
#98Bryan42US #74
#99Gavin42US #116
#100Isaac42US #65

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑36Chandler#53
↑35Jada#43
↑31Hailey#61
↑26Jackson#58
↑25Taylor#57
↑24Tristan#64
↑22Madeline#67
↑21Emma#39

Falling

↓36Dakota#90
↓34Chelsea#78
↓29Alexandra#76
↓25Jennifer#63
↓25Jeffrey#94
↓23Catherine#81
↓21Heather#69
↓20Dustin#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.