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Top first names in South Carolina

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in South Carolina since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in South Carolina account for 1,932,706 total births.

# Name Total in South Carolina Trend
1 James 129,883
2 Mary 84,451
3 William 84,398
4 John 81,283
5 Robert 66,196
6 Michael 46,260
7 David 45,874
8 Charles 45,567
9 Willie 42,600
10 Thomas 37,389
11 Joseph 32,514
12 Christopher 31,066
13 Elizabeth 29,689
14 George 26,665
15 Richard 26,578
16 Betty 25,050
17 Margaret 22,550
18 Sarah 22,426
19 Dorothy 21,828
20 Annie 21,799
21 Barbara 21,318
22 Linda 20,946
23 Henry 20,888
24 Patricia 20,007
25 Joshua 18,164
26 Daniel 18,115
27 Kenneth 17,868
28 Samuel 17,620
29 Matthew 17,279
30 Edward 16,968
31 Timothy 16,030
32 Anthony 15,897
33 Jennifer 15,475
34 Larry 15,318
35 Frances 15,292
36 Andrew 14,877
37 Martha 14,821
38 Ashley 14,047
39 Shirley 13,909
40 Helen 13,848
41 Benjamin 13,722
42 Donald 13,705
43 Paul 13,572
44 Brenda 13,405
45 Carolyn 13,258
46 Rebecca 13,035
47 Ruth 13,022
48 Emma 13,002
49 Jessica 12,900
50 Jonathan 12,756
51 Sandra 12,677
52 Bobby 12,622
53 Angela 12,415
54 Joe 12,393
55 Jerry 12,243
56 Ronald 12,191
57 Nancy 12,180
58 Brandon 12,108
59 Kimberly 12,087
60 Jacob 12,025
61 Anna 11,882
62 Walter 11,817
63 Johnny 11,762
64 Emily 11,652
65 Kevin 11,649
66 Virginia 11,593
67 Frank 11,478
68 Cynthia 11,473
69 Susan 11,467
70 Jason 11,405
71 Louise 11,142
72 Steven 10,982
73 Amanda 10,803
74 Evelyn 10,759
75 Justin 10,742
76 Harold 10,628
77 Ruby 10,592
78 Leroy 10,559
79 Catherine 10,380
80 Mark 10,376
81 Deborah 10,195
82 Brian 10,157
83 Jessie 10,078
84 Lisa 10,027
85 Rosa 9,963
86 Laura 9,812
87 Donna 9,664
88 Stephen 9,661
89 Doris 9,639
90 Billy 9,604
91 Lillie 9,527
92 Jack 9,482
93 Mildred 9,478
94 Alice 9,307
95 Melissa 9,301
96 Julia 9,278
97 Jimmy 9,122
98 Carrie 9,113
99 Sharon 9,044
100 Terry 9,042