Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1976

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (671 babies) and James for boys (826). James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,823 babies born in South Carolina in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1976

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

Kenyatta: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Latonia: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wanda: 52 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lawanda: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Latonya: 57 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Latoya: 100 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Frances: 44 babies, 4× the national rate
Tonya: 224 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Janie: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Katina: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 23 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 67 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Horace: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Rico: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kendrick: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Luther: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Quincy: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Avery: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Otis: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Antwan: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	671	–	1
2	Amy	397	↑1	2
3	Kimberly	374	↑1	7
4	Angela	364	↓2	5
5	Melissa	346	–	3
6	Heather	270	↑4	4
7	Amanda	263	–	10
8	Stephanie	260	↓2	11
9	Mary	240	–	22
10	Crystal	237	↑2	36
11	Tonya	224	↓3	58
12	Shannon	222	↑2	17
13	Elizabeth	198	↑4	16
14	Christina	173	↑7	14
15	Lisa	171	↓2	9
16	April	169	↓5	30
17	Tiffany	157	↑7	32
18	Jamie	150	new	18
19	Rebecca	149	↑7	12
20	Michelle	146	↓4	6
21	Kelly	140	↓3	19
22	Julie	134	–	21
23	Jessica	130	new	8
24	Wendy	126	↓4	39
25	Laura	124	↑2	20
26	Tammy	119	↓11	41
27	Sharon	110	↑7	81
28	Tracy	109	↓9	37
29	Susan	106	↑2	40
30	Karen	101	–	31
31	Nicole	101	new	13
32	Cynthia	100	↓7	44
33	Latoya	100	new	>100
34	Ashley	98	new	>100
35	Brandy	97	new	55
36	Pamela	95	↓8	84
37	Andrea	93	↑5	25
38	Samantha	92	new	85
39	Tina	92	↓7	48
40	Christy	91	↓11	60
41	Patricia	91	↓2	43
42	Teresa	90	↓9	66
43	Stacy	88	new	38
44	Allison	87	↑4	67
45	Felicia	83	↓22	>100
46	Misty	82	↓3	46
47	Sarah	82	new	15
48	Tara	82	↓13	42
49	Dana	80	–	64
50	Donna	78	↓14	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	James	826	↑1	5
2	Michael	790	↓1	1
3	Christopher	693	–	3
4	Jason	619	↑2	2
5	William	573	–	11
6	John	563	↓2	6
7	Robert	538	–	7
8	David	487	–	4
9	Charles	345	↑1	26
10	Kevin	336	↓1	15
11	Brian	306	–	8
12	Joseph	270	–	12
13	Timothy	262	↑1	21
14	Anthony	259	↑1	22
15	Richard	250	↑1	19
16	Thomas	242	↓3	23
17	Jonathan	219	↑1	31
18	Daniel	207	↑1	10
19	Matthew	195	↑2	9
20	Eric	193	↓3	13
21	Steven	191	↓1	20
22	Jeffrey	179	↑1	17
23	Jeremy	173	↑18	14
24	Joshua	171	–	18
25	Travis	156	↑7	46
26	Mark	150	↑1	25
27	Benjamin	148	↑8	32
28	Stephen	148	–	37
29	Kenneth	146	↓7	38
30	Derrick	126	↑6	91
31	Antonio	124	↑2	71
32	Donald	121	↓1	47
33	Gregory	113	↓8	35
34	Paul	113	↑3	28
35	George	112	↓1	53
36	Jamie	111	↑7	62
37	Chad	108	↓7	29
38	Edward	108	↑4	45
39	Andrew	104	new	27
40	Rodney	102	↓11	88
41	Ronald	101	↓15	49
42	Larry	100	↑5	60
43	Terry	98	new	75
44	Bryan	96	↑2	43
45	Marcus	96	↓1	74
46	Shawn	96	↓8	34
47	Patrick	93	↑2	41
48	Willie	93	new	>100
49	Ryan	92	↓10	16
50	Samuel	91	new	59

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