Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1975

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (597 babies) and Michael for boys (883). Social Security records list 36,389 babies born in South Carolina in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1975

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

Lashanda: 21 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Tomeka: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Felicia: 134 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Wanda: 54 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lashawn: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Latonya: 61 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Windy: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lawanda: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Latoya: 52 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Krystal: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 29 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Telly: 25 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kelvin: 56 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rico: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Julius: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sheldon: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kendrick: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wallace: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Quincy: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Terrance: 63 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	597	–	1
2	Angela	416	–	5
3	Amy	394	↑2	2
4	Kimberly	361	↓1	7
5	Melissa	339	↓1	4
6	Stephanie	268	–	9
7	Amanda	260	↑14	14
8	Tonya	237	↓1	45
9	Mary	233	–	19
10	Heather	210	–	3
11	April	203	↑2	25
12	Crystal	198	↑2	43
13	Lisa	181	↓1	8
14	Shannon	178	↑2	21
15	Tammy	178	↓7	31
16	Michelle	176	↓5	6
17	Elizabeth	174	↓2	15
18	Kelly	140	↑12	16
19	Tracy	139	↑6	24
20	Wendy	139	–	33
21	Christina	138	↑16	12
22	Julie	137	↑1	18
23	Felicia	134	new	>100
24	Tiffany	131	↑5	37
25	Cynthia	130	↑1	40
26	Rebecca	129	↓9	11
27	Laura	115	↑11	20
28	Pamela	115	↓6	70
29	Christy	114	↑12	53
30	Karen	114	↓6	27
31	Susan	114	↓12	32
32	Tina	113	↓14	35
33	Teresa	109	↓6	61
34	Sharon	107	↓6	75
35	Tara	99	↓2	41
36	Donna	95	↓1	85
37	Leslie	93	↓5	71
38	Sherry	91	↑12	95
39	Patricia	89	↓8	36
40	Rhonda	86	–	93
41	Robin	85	↑1	65
42	Andrea	84	↑2	28
43	Misty	84	new	47
44	Stacey	83	↓1	44
45	Lori	81	↓6	39
46	Melanie	79	↓1	52
47	Tamara	79	↑2	77
48	Allison	78	new	89
49	Dana	78	↓15	62
50	Tanya	77	↓4	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	883	↑1	1
2	James	823	↓1	4
3	Christopher	717	–	3
4	John	608	↑1	7
5	William	586	↓1	10
6	Jason	551	–	2
7	Robert	512	↑1	6
8	David	448	↓1	5
9	Kevin	342	–	15
10	Charles	338	↑1	25
11	Brian	311	↓1	8
12	Joseph	288	↑3	12
13	Thomas	273	–	20
14	Timothy	261	↑3	22
15	Anthony	254	↓3	21
16	Richard	237	–	16
17	Eric	223	↓3	13
18	Jonathan	193	↑6	30
19	Daniel	189	↑4	11
20	Steven	189	–	18
21	Matthew	181	↓2	9
22	Kenneth	177	↓4	35
23	Jeffrey	159	↓2	14
24	Joshua	141	new	26
25	Gregory	138	↑3	33
26	Ronald	138	↓1	46
27	Mark	137	↓5	19
28	Stephen	127	↓1	34
29	Rodney	126	↑6	76
30	Chad	125	↑9	27
31	Donald	125	↓2	42
32	Travis	122	↑1	51
33	Antonio	121	new	77
34	George	121	↑2	53
35	Benjamin	112	↓1	36
36	Derrick	110	↑4	90
37	Paul	109	↓7	29
38	Shawn	108	↓6	31
39	Ryan	106	new	23
40	Scott	106	↓3	17
41	Jeremy	105	new	24
42	Edward	99	↑1	41
43	Jamie	99	↑5	62
44	Marcus	98	new	68
45	Bobby	97	new	93
46	Bryan	97	↓15	47
47	Larry	97	↓21	56
48	Jerry	96	↑1	65
49	Patrick	94	↓8	39
50	Tony	94	new	80

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