Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1978

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (634 babies) and James for boys (847). James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,515 babies born in South Carolina in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1978

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

Octavia: 19 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Tawanna: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Tawanda: 20 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Latonya: 60 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Demetria: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Shameka: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tomeka: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kizzy: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wanda: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lawanda: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 30 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Rico: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kelvin: 53 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Scottie: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Reggie: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Antwan: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Donnie: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Quincy: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kendrick: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	634	–	1
2	Crystal	368	↑4	18
3	Melissa	348	↑2	2
4	Angela	336	↓2	7
5	Amanda	318	↑2	6
6	Kimberly	287	↓3	13
7	April	253	↑6	27
8	Amy	248	↓4	4
9	Stephanie	244	–	16
10	Heather	238	↓2	5
11	Mary	228	–	24
12	Jessica	222	↑4	3
13	Kelly	207	↓1	12
14	Elizabeth	204	↓4	14
15	Christina	189	↑5	15
16	Shannon	178	↓2	22
17	Michelle	152	↑4	9
18	Tonya	149	↓1	77
19	Tiffany	146	–	32
20	Ashley	140	↑3	87
21	Brandy	137	↑16	37
22	Lisa	136	↓7	11
23	Rebecca	135	↓5	17
24	Sarah	122	↑5	8
25	Laura	121	↓3	19
26	Jamie	107	↓2	20
27	Tina	107	new	45
28	Andrea	106	↑8	23
29	Julie	100	↓1	26
30	Karen	97	↓4	39
31	Rachel	94	↑15	25
32	Erica	92	↑7	34
33	Erin	89	new	21
34	Dana	87	new	71
35	Susan	86	↓4	49
36	Latoya	85	↓3	>100
37	Stacey	84	↑10	53
38	Tracy	84	new	47
39	Christy	83	↓4	59
40	Stacy	83	new	44
41	Pamela	82	↑9	>100
42	Samantha	82	new	74
43	Leslie	81	↓1	63
44	Tabitha	80	new	>100
45	Anna	79	new	65
46	Sabrina	79	↓16	91
47	Katherine	78	new	38
48	Tammy	78	↓16	67
49	Nicole	77	↓4	10
50	Felicia	76	↓16	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	James	847	–	5
2	Michael	783	–	1
3	Christopher	755	–	3
4	Jason	672	–	2
5	William	556	–	13
6	Robert	537	–	8
7	John	535	↑1	7
8	David	498	↓1	4
9	Joseph	371	↑3	10
10	Kevin	347	↓1	15
11	Charles	327	↓1	27
12	Timothy	315	↑1	17
13	Brian	286	↓2	9
14	Joshua	263	↑7	12
15	Thomas	261	↓1	23
16	Jonathan	260	↑2	31
17	Matthew	258	↑2	6
18	Daniel	241	↓3	11
19	Anthony	219	↓3	20
20	Richard	214	↓3	21
21	Eric	194	↓1	16
22	Jeremy	185	↑2	18
23	Travis	185	↑5	46
24	Kenneth	173	↓1	41
25	Steven	164	↓3	24
26	Benjamin	147	–	34
27	Stephen	145	–	37
28	Andrew	141	↑3	22
29	Derrick	141	–	76
30	Mark	125	↑3	26
31	Patrick	125	↑16	42
32	Jeffrey	124	↓7	19
33	Paul	124	↑8	33
34	Antonio	121	↑2	79
35	Marcus	118	↑13	70
36	Shawn	117	↑14	39
37	Larry	115	–	64
38	George	114	new	58
39	Adam	113	new	29
40	Samuel	106	↑9	57
41	Gregory	103	↓9	38
42	Ryan	103	↓3	14
43	Corey	101	↓13	61
44	Justin	101	new	28
45	Chad	100	↓10	35
46	Brandon	99	new	40
47	Bryan	98	↓9	43
48	Ronald	97	↓14	55
49	Jamie	94	↓6	95
50	Donald	93	↓10	48

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