Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1974

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (727 babies) and James for boys (927). James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,365 babies born in South Carolina in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1974

Names given at least 15 times in South Carolina that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Latosha: 24 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Tarsha: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Tawanda: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lakesha: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wanda: 57 babies, 4× the national rate
Latoya: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Kesha: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shonda: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ashley: 69 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Latonya: 55 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 30 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Cleveland: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Kelvin: 59 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ashley: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Scottie: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kendrick: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bennie: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tyrone: 97 babies, 4× the national rate
Telly: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jamey: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	727	–	1
2	Angela	436	–	5
3	Kimberly	408	–	6
4	Melissa	348	–	7
5	Amy	315	↑2	2
6	Stephanie	300	↓1	9
7	Tonya	287	↓1	37
8	Tammy	257	↑3	24
9	Mary	245	–	13
10	Heather	234	↑4	4
11	Michelle	231	↓3	3
12	Lisa	226	↓2	8
13	April	213	–	28
14	Crystal	192	↑2	49
15	Elizabeth	192	↓3	12
16	Shannon	192	↑2	18
17	Rebecca	159	↓2	10
18	Tina	154	↑12	25
19	Susan	150	↑2	27
20	Wendy	147	↑4	32
21	Amanda	145	↑5	34
22	Pamela	144	↑3	54
23	Julie	137	↑4	14
24	Karen	136	↓2	26
25	Tracy	134	↓8	23
26	Cynthia	132	↓7	33
27	Teresa	131	↓4	52
28	Sharon	128	↓8	70
29	Tiffany	122	↑7	41
30	Kelly	121	↓2	15
31	Patricia	114	↑10	29
32	Leslie	109	new	65
33	Tara	108	↓4	39
34	Dana	106	↑14	55
35	Donna	105	↓3	67
36	Monica	103	↑3	43
37	Christina	102	–	16
38	Laura	102	↓7	21
39	Lori	101	new	30
40	Rhonda	96	↓2	86
41	Christy	93	↓1	57
42	Robin	90	↓8	63
43	Stacey	89	↓10	48
44	Andrea	87	↑3	35
45	Melanie	87	–	51
46	Tanya	86	↑4	46
47	Nicole	83	new	11
48	Sonya	83	↓6	>100
49	Tamara	82	new	64
50	Sherry	81	↓6	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	James	927	–	5
2	Michael	879	–	1
3	Christopher	789	–	3
4	William	639	↑1	10
5	John	610	↓1	6
6	Jason	565	↑4	2
7	David	548	–	4
8	Robert	531	↓2	7
9	Kevin	421	↓1	14
10	Brian	384	↓1	8
11	Charles	372	–	23
12	Anthony	279	↑1	21
13	Thomas	262	↑2	20
14	Eric	258	↓2	13
15	Joseph	256	↓1	12
16	Richard	254	↑1	17
17	Timothy	251	↓1	22
18	Kenneth	209	–	34
19	Matthew	200	↑4	9
20	Steven	194	↑2	19
21	Jeffrey	193	–	15
22	Mark	187	↓2	16
23	Daniel	166	↓4	11
24	Jonathan	158	–	33
25	Ronald	155	↑3	42
26	Larry	146	↑1	55
27	Stephen	140	↓2	35
28	Gregory	137	↓2	31
29	Donald	136	↑3	41
30	Paul	135	↑1	27
31	Bryan	129	↑11	45
32	Shawn	123	↑2	30
33	Travis	120	↑6	54
34	Benjamin	118	new	46
35	Rodney	117	↑6	72
36	George	111	↓6	49
37	Scott	110	↓4	18
38	Andrew	107	new	28
39	Chad	106	↑1	26
40	Derrick	106	↑6	87
41	Patrick	104	↓6	38
42	Samuel	102	↑7	60
43	Edward	100	↓7	40
44	Johnny	98	↑1	83
45	Tyrone	97	↑2	>100
46	Terry	95	↓3	69
47	Willie	95	↓18	>100
48	Jamie	90	new	68
49	Jerry	87	↓12	61
50	Keith	87	↓12	44

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