State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 2000 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,806 South Carolina births in 2000 across 1,273 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.

#72Brysonoutside the national top 200
#50Chandler#174 nationally
#79Tyreseoutside the national top 200
#57Malik#176 nationally
#50Diamond#162 nationally
#92Dariusoutside the national top 200
#95Aaliyahoutside the national top 200
#99Loganoutside the national top 200
#79Ashlyn#178 nationally
#99Phillip#198 nationally
#78Johnathan#157 nationally
#100Rebekah#173 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah387US #2
#2Madison343US #3
#3Emily310US #1
#4Alexis261US #6
#5Taylor243US #10
#6Sarah221US #5
#7Destiny215US #24
#8Elizabeth207US #9
#9Kayla196US #13
#10Lauren190US #11
#11Anna181US #22
#12Brianna180US #15
#13Savannah179US #37
#14Ashley177US #4
#15Mary167US #46
#16Caroline162US #65
#17Olivia162US #16
#18Jessica156US #8
#19Haley154US #28
#20Jasmine154US #27
#21Morgan146US #25
#22Sydney143US #23
#23Abigail142US #14
#24Samantha137US #7
#25Victoria133US #20
#26Kaitlyn131US #30
#27Megan131US #18
#28Alyssa128US #12
#29Emma117US #17
#30Amber114US #47
#31Jordan112US #50
#32Brittany110US #60
#33Jada106US #84
#34Grace105US #19
#35Rachel103US #21
#36Katelyn101US #54
#37Katherine101US #33
#38Makayla99US #67
#39Courtney95US #59
#40Rebecca87US #39
#41Breanna85US #80
#42Hailey81US #35
#43Julia78US #29
#44Mackenzie78US #43
#45Trinity75US #74
#46Jennifer73US #26
#47Bailey72US #68
#48Erin71US #61
#49Sara71US #57
#50Diamond70US #162
#51Faith68US #66
#52Chloe66US #38
#53Kelsey66US #88
#54Kimberly65US #58
#55Gabrielle64US #49
#56Madeline62US #56
#57Angel61US #119
#58Briana61US #83
#59Caitlin61US #76
#60Autumn60US #77
#61Shelby60US #70
#62Sierra60US #53
#63Brooke59US #51
#64Allison58US #44
#65Amanda58US #32
#66Heather58US #125
#67Stephanie57US #40
#68Alexandra56US #36
#69Kathryn56US #89
#70Kristen56US #142
#71Catherine55US #81
#72Danielle55US #48
#73Katie53US #95
#74Alexandria52US #91
#75Zoe52US #82
#76Kaylee51US #72
#77Natalie51US #34
#78Skylar51US #135
#79Ashlyn50US #178
#80Christina50US #73
#81Isabella50US #45
#82Cheyenne49US #99
#83Erica49US #102
#84Maria49US #41
#85Margaret48US #110
#86Kiara47US #130
#87Summer46US #145
#88Nicole45US #31
#89Mckenzie44US #133
#90Laura42US #85
#91Leah42US #97
#92Mariah41US #75
#93Jenna40US #63
#94Sophia40US #42
#95Aaliyah39
#96Caitlyn39US #118
#97Cassidy38US #107
#98Lindsey38US #103
#99Logan38
#100Rebekah38US #173

Boys

#1William552US #11
#2Christopher441US #5
#3Jacob428US #1
#4Joshua400US #4
#5James399US #18
#6Michael381US #2
#7John346US #14
#8Matthew345US #3
#9Andrew308US #7
#10Brandon278US #12
#11Joseph269US #8
#12Austin266US #23
#13Cameron266US #31
#14David266US #16
#15Justin259US #19
#16Nicholas255US #6
#17Tyler249US #10
#18Zachary244US #15
#19Daniel230US #9
#20Robert230US #29
#21Jonathan223US #21
#22Hunter216US #35
#23Thomas213US #33
#24Noah207US #27
#25Christian198US #22
#26Dylan180US #24
#27Jordan178US #36
#28Samuel176US #28
#29Charles171US #51
#30Anthony168US #17
#31Ryan161US #13
#32Caleb160US #38
#33Alexander156US #20
#34Benjamin156US #26
#35Ethan153US #25
#36Timothy133US #58
#37Jackson124US #72
#38Jalen118US #106
#39Nathan112US #30
#40Patrick110US #68
#41Kevin106US #32
#42Aaron104US #41
#43Eric101US #42
#44Cody100US #60
#45Elijah96US #52
#46Jason95US #39
#47Devin93US #69
#48Logan92US #40
#49Isaiah91US #47
#50Chandler86US #174
#51Richard86US #65
#52Garrett85US #74
#53Adam84US #45
#54Jared81US #56
#55Kyle79US #37
#56Steven79US #54
#57Malik78US #176
#58Brian77US #43
#59Connor77US #50
#60Dalton77US #91
#61Evan77US #55
#62Chase76US #77
#63Kenneth76US #94
#64Mason76US #64
#65Stephen75US #95
#66Luke74US #59
#67Nathaniel74US #61
#68Seth74US #63
#69Gabriel64US #44
#70Jeremy64US #84
#71Travis64US #115
#72Bryson63
#73Marcus61US #99
#74Sean59US #57
#75Trevor59US #75
#76Antonio57US #82
#77Carson57US #119
#78Johnathan57US #157
#79Tyrese56
#80Alex55US #62
#81Jeremiah55US #102
#82Xavier55US #103
#83Isaac54US #53
#84Jack54US #46
#85Kaleb52US #141
#86Mark52US #79
#87Bradley51US #131
#88Dakota51US #88
#89Gavin51US #85
#90Jose50US #34
#91Tristan50US #105
#92Darius49
#93Jesse49US #90
#94Preston49US #142
#95Corey48US #149
#96Ian48US #73
#97Gregory47US #138
#98Dillon46US #169
#99Phillip46US #198
#100Tanner46US #93

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑58Jalen#38
↑40Garrett#52
↑36Madeline#56
↑33Heather#66
↑32Briana#58
↑24Mason#64
↑21Johnathan#78
↑17Jeremiah#81

Falling

↓48Darius#92
↓32Kiara#86
↓28Tyrese#79
↓27Amanda#65
↓27Leah#91
↓24Logan#99
↓23Danielle#72
↓21Preston#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.