State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 2007 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,910 South Carolina births in 2007 across 1,588 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.

#45Bryson#179 nationally
#64Jaylen#193 nationally
#70Hayden#195 nationally
#58Margaret#173 nationally
#98Graysonoutside the national top 200
#89Makenzie#180 nationally
#71Malachi#155 nationally
#53Jayla#131 nationally
#82Mckenzie#160 nationally
#22Caroline#99 nationally
#96Skylar#171 nationally
#74Laila#148 nationally

Girls

#1Madison325US #5
#2Emma281US #3
#3Emily256US #1
#4Abigail216US #8
#5Ava216US #4
#6Olivia214US #7
#7Hannah201US #9
#8Elizabeth198US #10
#9Addison183US #11
#10Isabella171US #2
#11Alyssa159US #14
#12Anna157US #25
#13Sarah152US #18
#14Chloe148US #16
#15Taylor143US #24
#16Brianna137US #22
#17Alexis136US #19
#18Sophia136US #6
#19Ella135US #21
#20Nevaeh126US #31
#21Jasmine125US #32
#22Caroline122US #99
#23Makayla122US #47
#24Savannah121US #30
#25Jada113US #95
#26Ashley112US #13
#27Hailey112US #23
#28Natalie112US #17
#29Destiny110US #41
#30Morgan107US #43
#31Trinity106US #72
#32Lillian105US #33
#33Mary103US #93
#34Kaitlyn99US #44
#35Samantha87US #12
#36Sydney85US #37
#37Victoria85US #29
#38Gabrielle83US #68
#39Grace82US #20
#40Riley82US #52
#41Lily81US #27
#42Haley78US #76
#43Kaylee78US #35
#44Kayla77US #26
#45Lauren74US #28
#46Mia74US #15
#47Katherine71US #39
#48Kimberly70US #54
#49Aaliyah67US #83
#50Jordan66US #100
#51Layla66US #85
#52Autumn64US #90
#53Jayla64US #131
#54Sara64US #80
#55Katelyn63US #75
#56Allison62US #46
#57Avery62US #48
#58Margaret62US #173
#59Maria61US #53
#60Kennedy60US #110
#61Zoe60US #56
#62Amelia59US #77
#63Faith58US #74
#64Julia58US #34
#65Kylie58US #63
#66Arianna57US #70
#67Jessica57US #42
#68Brooklyn56US #57
#69Gracie56US #96
#70Hayden56US #195
#71Rachel56US #59
#72Aubrey55US #69
#73Jennifer55US #64
#74Laila55US #148
#75Mackenzie55US #65
#76Alana53US #143
#77Bailey53US #84
#78Madeline51US #61
#79Ariana50US #73
#80Brooke50US #45
#81Mariah50US #92
#82Mckenzie50US #160
#83Catherine49US #142
#84Claire49US #66
#85Payton48US #153
#86Reagan48US #156
#87Rebecca48US #105
#88Ashlyn47US #155
#89Makenzie47US #180
#90Angel46US #152
#91Breanna46US #138
#92Gabriella46US #38
#93Sophie46US #82
#94Evelyn45US #55
#95Serenity45US #126
#96Skylar45US #171
#97Jordyn44US #139
#98Megan44US #78
#99Summer44US #159
#100Charlotte43US #101

Boys

#1William406US #8
#2James372US #15
#3Christopher334US #6
#4Michael327US #2
#5Joshua319US #4
#6Jacob309US #1
#7Ethan280US #3
#8Jayden277US #18
#9John266US #19
#10Noah255US #14
#11Andrew231US #10
#12Jackson221US #33
#13Matthew220US #9
#14Daniel214US #5
#15Caleb213US #36
#16Christian213US #22
#17David210US #12
#18Jonathan208US #23
#19Jordan203US #44
#20Cameron201US #50
#21Tyler198US #21
#22Landon194US #49
#23Nicholas190US #20
#24Elijah185US #30
#25Joseph177US #13
#26Robert174US #47
#27Samuel174US #25
#28Thomas169US #52
#29Anthony166US #7
#30Brandon164US #31
#31Alexander161US #11
#32Benjamin160US #26
#33Gabriel160US #28
#34Logan156US #17
#35Charles153US #62
#36Austin148US #48
#37Kevin140US #39
#38Aiden137US #27
#39Justin130US #45
#40Nathan130US #24
#41Gavin127US #32
#42Isaiah127US #43
#43Mason126US #37
#44Zachary125US #42
#45Bryson124US #179
#46Jeremiah123US #67
#47Hayden121US #71
#48Hunter120US #57
#49Dylan118US #29
#50Ryan117US #16
#51Evan115US #40
#52Jaden114US #74
#53Brayden109US #64
#54Xavier105US #68
#55Lucas102US #53
#56Connor101US #55
#57Jose101US #35
#58Timothy101US #99
#59Luke97US #46
#60Aaron90US #51
#61Eric87US #83
#62Jason86US #59
#63Carson85US #91
#64Jaylen81US #193
#65Chase80US #79
#66Nathaniel79US #82
#67Richard79US #101
#68Sean79US #76
#69Carter78US #80
#70Wyatt78US #69
#71Malachi76US #155
#72Tristan76US #87
#73Kaden74US #98
#74Owen74US #56
#75Adam72US #65
#76Seth72US #115
#77Ian71US #75
#78Kaleb70US #113
#79Peyton69US #125
#80Preston69US #114
#81Brian68US #81
#82Bryce68US #111
#83Bryan67US #78
#84Steven67US #97
#85Angel66US #34
#86Isaac66US #41
#87Ayden64US #102
#88Kenneth64US #135
#89Jack63US #38
#90Aidan61US #54
#91Alex60US #72
#92Caden60US #92
#93Antonio58US #95
#94Cooper58US #96
#95Henry58US #90
#96Carlos57US #70
#97Blake56US #88
#98Grayson56
#99Josiah56US #105
#100Juan56US #63

On the move since 2006

Rising

↑49Kimberly#48
↑40Margaret#58
↑31Jayden#8
↑24Nevaeh#20
↑23Arianna#66
↑23Wyatt#70
↑22Sophia#18
↑19Eric#61

Falling

↓35Breanna#91
↓35Aidan#90
↓31Ashlyn#88
↓31Antonio#93
↓29Jessica#67
↓28Mackenzie#75
↓25Jack#89
↓22Brooke#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2006 rankings.