Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1977

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (653 babies) and James for boys (823). James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,222 babies born in South Carolina in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1977

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

Lawanda: 51 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Tosha: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Latonya: 57 babies, 5× the national rate
Shameka: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ashley: 125 babies, 4× the national rate
Felicia: 102 babies, 4× the national rate
Latoya: 104 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Latisha: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tameka: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tonya: 170 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 29 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Kendrick: 35 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Wallace: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rico: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jarvis: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kelvin: 46 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dexter: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Reginald: 74 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Quincy: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Clifton: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	653	–	1
2	Angela	353	↑2	6
3	Kimberly	342	–	8
4	Amy	336	↓2	3
5	Melissa	328	–	2
6	Crystal	280	↑4	25
7	Amanda	275	–	9
8	Heather	268	↓2	5
9	Stephanie	266	↓1	14
10	Elizabeth	247	↑3	13
11	Mary	237	↓2	21
12	Kelly	213	↑9	10
13	April	211	↑3	29
14	Shannon	191	↓2	19
15	Lisa	177	–	12
16	Jessica	174	↑7	4
17	Tonya	170	↓6	64
18	Rebecca	154	↑1	17
19	Tiffany	147	↓2	34
20	Christina	145	↓6	16
21	Michelle	145	↓1	7
22	Laura	128	↑3	20
23	Ashley	125	↑11	>100
24	Jamie	124	↓6	18
25	Cynthia	119	↑7	48
26	Karen	119	↑4	32
27	Wendy	118	↓3	49
28	Julie	116	↓6	22
29	Sarah	109	↑18	11
30	Sabrina	108	new	63
31	Susan	106	↓2	45
32	Tammy	106	↓6	55
33	Latoya	104	–	>100
34	Felicia	102	↑11	>100
35	Christy	99	↑5	59
36	Andrea	97	↑1	24
37	Brandy	97	↓2	51
38	Tara	93	↑10	35
39	Erica	91	new	38
40	Monica	91	new	39
41	Allison	90	↑3	66
42	Leslie	90	new	65
43	Sharon	88	↓16	95
44	Misty	85	↑2	40
45	Nicole	85	↓14	15
46	Rachel	84	new	26
47	Stacey	82	new	56
48	Margaret	81	new	>100
49	Melanie	80	new	53
50	Pamela	79	↓14	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	James	823	–	5
2	Michael	751	–	1
3	Christopher	718	–	3
4	Jason	652	–	2
5	William	551	–	12
6	Robert	530	↑1	6
7	David	510	↑1	4
8	John	508	↓2	7
9	Kevin	369	↑1	13
10	Charles	351	↓1	26
11	Brian	334	–	8
12	Joseph	311	–	10
13	Timothy	276	–	18
14	Thomas	243	↑2	22
15	Daniel	242	↑3	11
16	Anthony	234	↓2	21
17	Richard	233	↓2	20
18	Jonathan	227	↓1	28
19	Matthew	227	–	9
20	Eric	223	–	17
21	Joshua	218	↑3	14
22	Steven	197	↓1	23
23	Kenneth	190	↑6	39
24	Jeremy	185	↓1	15
25	Jeffrey	176	↓3	19
26	Benjamin	157	↑1	29
27	Stephen	157	↑1	38
28	Travis	153	↓3	44
29	Derrick	150	↑1	80
30	Corey	142	new	52
31	Andrew	140	↑8	24
32	Gregory	133	↑1	35
33	Mark	132	↓7	25
34	Ronald	127	↑7	53
35	Chad	122	↑2	34
36	Antonio	120	↓5	77
37	Larry	118	↑5	62
38	Bryan	111	↑6	42
39	Ryan	110	↑10	16
40	Donald	109	↓8	46
41	Paul	107	↓7	31
42	Edward	106	↓4	47
43	Jamie	104	↓7	82
44	Rodney	104	↓4	97
45	Scott	104	new	27
46	Jerry	101	new	75
47	Patrick	100	–	40
48	Marcus	98	↓3	72
49	Samuel	98	↑1	60
50	Shawn	95	↓4	37

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