State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1999 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,529 South Carolina births in 1999 across 1,253 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.

#44Darius#199 nationally
#51Tyreseoutside the national top 200
#75Loganoutside the national top 200
#70Ashlyn#191 nationally
#84Brysonoutside the national top 200
#88Alexusoutside the national top 200
#89Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#93Jaquanoutside the national top 200
#58Malik#165 nationally
#83Shania#190 nationally
#95Deandreoutside the national top 200
#57Diamond#150 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah358US #2
#2Emily304US #1
#3Alexis293US #3
#4Taylor281US #8
#5Sarah250US #4
#6Madison244US #7
#7Elizabeth236US #10
#8Destiny206US #28
#9Kayla203US #13
#10Ashley197US #6
#11Brianna196US #14
#12Lauren192US #12
#13Anna182US #29
#14Brittany173US #35
#15Jessica170US #9
#16Mary162US #45
#17Savannah160US #42
#18Victoria155US #16
#19Abigail150US #18
#20Jasmine150US #26
#21Morgan148US #24
#22Amber143US #41
#23Megan142US #15
#24Samantha141US #5
#25Alyssa137US #11
#26Haley137US #31
#27Rachel135US #19
#28Caroline130US #71
#29Olivia125US #20
#30Courtney122US #44
#31Kaitlyn108US #33
#32Jordan107US #48
#33Emma105US #17
#34Sydney101US #23
#35Katherine98US #36
#36Grace97US #27
#37Rebecca97US #38
#38Amanda95US #22
#39Jada94US #111
#40Katelyn90US #55
#41Breanna89US #74
#42Makayla88US #66
#43Julia86US #30
#44Mackenzie84US #52
#45Bailey73US #65
#46Allison72US #40
#47Erin70US #58
#48Sara70US #50
#49Danielle69US #43
#50Hailey69US #54
#51Autumn66US #77
#52Brooke66US #47
#53Gabrielle66US #46
#54Kiara66US #78
#55Kimberly66US #51
#56Chloe65US #63
#57Diamond65US #150
#58Jennifer65US #21
#59Sierra65US #49
#60Alexandra63US #32
#61Faith63US #76
#62Shelby62US #62
#63Christina61US #75
#64Leah60US #103
#65Angel59US #121
#66Kaylee59US #69
#67Kelsey58US #72
#68Kristen58US #114
#69Catherine57US #98
#70Ashlyn56US #191
#71Natalie56US #34
#72Stephanie56US #37
#73Caitlin54US #93
#74Kathryn54US #91
#75Logan53
#76Caitlyn50US #124
#77Jenna50US #61
#78Summer50US #136
#79Margaret49US #110
#80Mckenzie49US #141
#81Mikayla49US #85
#82Miranda49US #94
#83Shania49US #190
#84Alexandria48US #83
#85Katie47US #92
#86Lindsey46US #96
#87Michaela46US #125
#88Alexus45
#89Ashton45
#90Briana45US #82
#91Cassidy45US #99
#92Madeline45US #70
#93Tiffany45US #80
#94Skylar44US #131
#95Bethany43US #140
#96Cameron42US #176
#97Michelle42US #56
#98Camryn41US #158
#99Heather41US #112
#100Marissa41US #73

Boys

#1William507US #14
#2Joshua435US #4
#3Jacob431US #1
#4Michael424US #2
#5James419US #19
#6Christopher402US #6
#7Austin374US #13
#8Matthew358US #3
#9Nicholas319US #5
#10John304US #15
#11Brandon299US #11
#12Tyler299US #10
#13Justin273US #20
#14Joseph264US #8
#15Andrew256US #7
#16Cameron256US #33
#17Robert252US #26
#18Hunter242US #36
#19Zachary237US #17
#20David234US #16
#21Jonathan232US #22
#22Thomas222US #31
#23Jordan220US #30
#24Noah203US #24
#25Daniel193US #9
#26Christian192US #25
#27Charles183US #50
#28Anthony170US #18
#29Caleb170US #41
#30Dylan169US #23
#31Benjamin163US #29
#32Samuel161US #27
#33Alexander151US #21
#34Ryan151US #12
#35Timothy137US #49
#36Ethan123US #37
#37Nathan122US #32
#38Aaron120US #38
#39Kevin116US #34
#40Jackson113US #83
#41Steven107US #47
#42Cody102US #45
#43Adam92US #44
#44Darius91US #199
#45Eric91US #39
#46Richard91US #61
#47Kenneth88US #89
#48Jason87US #40
#49Kyle87US #28
#50Dalton85US #86
#51Tyrese85
#52Logan84US #42
#53Patrick83US #63
#54Stephen83US #85
#55Seth81US #65
#56Elijah79US #60
#57Isaiah78US #51
#58Malik75US #165
#59Jeremy72US #81
#60Chandler70US #151
#61Brian69US #43
#62Chase69US #76
#63Devin68US #68
#64Nathaniel65US #62
#65Sean65US #56
#66Luke64US #67
#67Connor60US #48
#68Trevor60US #66
#69Jared58US #54
#70Dakota57US #77
#71Alex56US #58
#72Evan56US #57
#73Preston56US #162
#74Travis56US #102
#75Antonio54US #80
#76Corey53US #135
#77Gabriel53US #53
#78Jesse53US #82
#79Marcus53US #98
#80Mark53US #69
#81Ian52US #72
#82Tanner52US #87
#83Edward51US #103
#84Bryson50
#85Dawson50US #136
#86Blake49US #84
#87Bradley48US #104
#88Mason48US #71
#89Bryce47US #93
#90Clayton47US #157
#91Dustin47US #133
#92Garrett47US #78
#93Jaquan47
#94Taylor47US #120
#95Deandre46
#96Jalen46US #172
#97Jeffrey46US #100
#98Jeremiah46US #108
#99Johnathan46US #146
#100Parker46US #124

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑35Mackenzie#44
↑33Leah#64
↑33Seth#55
↑24Logan#75
↑22Julia#43
↑21Faith#61
↑20Kaylee#66
↑20Caitlyn#76

Falling

↓46Tiffany#93
↓42Briana#90
↓37Taylor#94
↓32Cassidy#91
↓30Heather#99
↓29Michaela#87
↓27Kelsey#67
↓25Madeline#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.