State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 2001 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,345 South Carolina births in 2001 across 1,311 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.

#66Brysonoutside the national top 200
#70Dariusoutside the national top 200
#77Chandleroutside the national top 200
#86Nyasiaoutside the national top 200
#84Malik#197 nationally
#91Cameronoutside the national top 200
#94Jaylenoutside the national top 200
#66Diamond#167 nationally
#62Ashlyn#157 nationally
#99Landon#194 nationally
#95Rebekah#188 nationally
#97Wesley#184 nationally

Girls

#1Madison366US #2
#2Hannah343US #3
#3Emily302US #1
#4Taylor232US #12
#5Anna228US #19
#6Sarah213US #6
#7Alexis211US #5
#8Elizabeth208US #9
#9Lauren194US #15
#10Brianna189US #18
#11Destiny185US #22
#12Abigail179US #8
#13Savannah177US #42
#14Mary174US #48
#15Kayla169US #17
#16Olivia165US #10
#17Morgan162US #29
#18Caroline156US #62
#19Haley152US #34
#20Ashley147US #4
#21Emma147US #13
#22Jasmine146US #25
#23Samantha141US #7
#24Jessica140US #11
#25Jordan138US #47
#26Kaitlyn130US #31
#27Alyssa124US #14
#28Rachel119US #24
#29Megan117US #20
#30Sydney115US #23
#31Jada112US #75
#32Amber110US #51
#33Grace110US #16
#34Hailey110US #33
#35Victoria108US #21
#36Makayla99US #54
#37Courtney96US #73
#38Katherine93US #35
#39Rebecca93US #46
#40Chloe91US #30
#41Mackenzie89US #40
#42Katelyn81US #52
#43Jennifer76US #26
#44Sierra75US #55
#45Aaliyah72US #96
#46Autumn72US #72
#47Sara72US #58
#48Julia71US #27
#49Trinity71US #67
#50Angel70US #104
#51Gabrielle70US #50
#52Faith69US #53
#53Maria67US #41
#54Allison66US #44
#55Breanna66US #94
#56Margaret65US #118
#57Amanda64US #39
#58Alexandria62US #91
#59Isabella62US #28
#60Bailey61US #69
#61Madeline61US #56
#62Ashlyn59US #157
#63Brooke58US #57
#64Jenna58US #45
#65Kaylee58US #66
#66Diamond57US #167
#67Mckenzie56US #135
#68Shelby56US #68
#69Brittany54US #115
#70Cassidy54US #107
#71Catherine54US #81
#72Erin53US #60
#73Andrea52US #49
#74Lillian51US #111
#75Alexandra50US #38
#76Kathryn50US #97
#77Danielle49US #63
#78Stephanie49US #43
#79Bethany46US #158
#80Katie46US #99
#81Zoe46US #65
#82Cheyenne45US #119
#83Kimberly45US #61
#84Caitlin44US #89
#85Erica44US #129
#86Nyasia44
#87Caitlyn43US #133
#88Gracie43US #170
#89Natalie43US #32
#90Payton43US #164
#91Cameron42
#92Laura42US #86
#93Briana41US #101
#94Mikayla41US #109
#95Rebekah41US #188
#96Riley41US #106
#97Kennedy40US #138
#98Nicole40US #36
#99Summer40US #142
#100Chelsea39US #153

Boys

#1William533US #10
#2Jacob429US #1
#3Joshua401US #4
#4Christopher388US #5
#5James379US #19
#6Michael378US #2
#7Matthew322US #3
#8John303US #14
#9Austin266US #25
#10Joseph257US #8
#11Andrew252US #7
#12Brandon249US #18
#13Justin236US #22
#14Zachary235US #16
#15Nicholas231US #6
#16Robert231US #30
#17Ethan225US #17
#18Tyler225US #13
#19David219US #12
#20Thomas214US #33
#21Cameron210US #35
#22Daniel203US #9
#23Jordan202US #39
#24Noah201US #28
#25Hunter199US #36
#26Jonathan197US #23
#27Caleb189US #37
#28Dylan188US #21
#29Christian186US #24
#30Samuel181US #26
#31Benjamin176US #27
#32Anthony165US #11
#33Alexander146US #20
#34Charles139US #55
#35Ryan134US #15
#36Logan132US #29
#37Nathan128US #31
#38Timothy126US #67
#39Jackson120US #60
#40Kevin120US #32
#41Gabriel116US #38
#42Jalen101US #127
#43Elijah99US #45
#44Jason99US #41
#45Richard98US #73
#46Aaron95US #42
#47Luke95US #50
#48Seth92US #68
#49Eric89US #44
#50Cody88US #64
#51Nathaniel87US #61
#52Mason84US #54
#53Dalton82US #98
#54Isaiah80US #43
#55Garrett78US #80
#56Colby76US #99
#57Connor76US #49
#58Stephen76US #102
#59Adam75US #51
#60Carson74US #95
#61Devin74US #71
#62Brian73US #46
#63Isaac71US #47
#64Chase70US #79
#65Patrick70US #72
#66Bryson69
#67Evan69US #56
#68Kyle69US #40
#69Steven69US #63
#70Darius68
#71Jeremiah67US #90
#72Jose64US #34
#73Parker64US #123
#74Kenneth63US #97
#75Sean63US #57
#76Jeremy62US #89
#77Chandler60
#78Xavier60US #94
#79Ian59US #70
#80Antonio58US #85
#81Travis58US #134
#82Jared56US #65
#83Hayden55US #117
#84Malik55US #197
#85Lucas54US #83
#86Edward52US #113
#87Mark52US #84
#88Alex51US #62
#89Bradley51US #145
#90Preston51US #152
#91Bryan50US #69
#92Dakota50US #93
#93Jesse50US #91
#94Jaylen49
#95Corey48US #168
#96Marcus48US #104
#97Wesley47US #184
#98Shawn46US #151
#99Landon45US #194
#100Tanner45US #101

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑50Aaliyah#45
↑31Maria#53
↑29Margaret#56
↑29Jenna#64
↑28Gabriel#41
↑27Cassidy#70
↑22Isabella#59
↑22Mckenzie#67

Falling

↓37Brittany#69
↓35Briana#93
↓29Kimberly#83
↓28Jared#82
↓27Chandler#77
↓27Malik#84
↓25Caitlin#84
↓25Patrick#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.