Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1979

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (619 babies) and James for boys (856). James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,305 babies born in South Carolina in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1979

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

Renata: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lawanda: 29 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Tomeka: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lakeshia: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Sharonda: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Latonya: 55 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Wanda: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lakesha: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Adrian: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Latoya: 82 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 31 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Antwan: 37 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Reggie: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Quincy: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Otis: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Kendrick: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kelvin: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jermaine: 65 babies, 4× the national rate
Fredrick: 32 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	619	–	1
2	Amanda	509	↑3	3
3	Melissa	391	–	2
4	Crystal	381	↓2	18
5	Kimberly	336	↑1	12
6	Angela	289	↓2	8
7	April	277	–	23
8	Elizabeth	264	↑6	11
9	Jessica	262	↑3	4
10	Amy	251	↓2	5
11	Mary	243	–	24
12	Heather	224	↓2	7
13	Tiffany	206	↑6	28
14	Stephanie	199	↓5	15
15	Christina	188	–	14
16	Kelly	178	↓3	16
17	Lisa	157	↑5	13
18	Rebecca	146	↑5	17
19	Michelle	145	↓2	10
20	Brandy	142	↑1	39
21	Ashley	140	↓1	67
22	Shannon	140	↓6	25
23	Sarah	135	↑1	6
24	Laura	120	↑1	20
25	Erica	113	↑7	32
26	Jamie	112	–	19
27	Nicole	110	↑22	9
28	Tonya	107	↓10	86
29	Julie	104	–	29
30	Amber	101	new	22
31	Tara	100	new	38
32	Andrea	95	↓4	26
33	Dana	95	↑1	54
34	Brandi	92	new	61
35	Katherine	90	↑12	36
36	Christy	86	↑3	72
37	Tina	84	↓10	58
38	Anna	83	↑7	59
39	Karen	83	↓9	46
40	Susan	83	↓5	51
41	Wendy	83	new	64
42	Allison	82	new	70
43	Erin	82	↓10	21
44	Latoya	82	↓8	>100
45	Rachel	82	↓14	27
46	Melanie	81	new	53
47	Pamela	81	↓6	90
48	Cynthia	80	new	55
49	Leslie	77	↓6	65
50	Alicia	75	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	James	856	–	5
2	Christopher	763	↑1	2
3	Michael	714	↓1	1
4	Jason	623	–	3
5	William	595	–	13
6	John	577	↑1	7
7	Robert	495	↓1	8
8	David	485	–	4
9	Travis	435	↑14	36
10	Joshua	351	↑4	9
11	Charles	320	–	28
12	Joseph	316	↓3	11
13	Matthew	297	↑4	6
14	Brian	282	↓1	10
15	Timothy	282	↓3	18
16	Jonathan	280	–	31
17	Kevin	280	↓7	19
18	Thomas	250	↓3	26
19	Richard	241	↑1	25
20	Daniel	238	↓2	12
21	Jeremy	226	↑1	16
22	Anthony	217	↓3	21
23	Eric	185	↓2	17
24	Nicholas	185	new	15
25	Steven	173	–	27
26	Kenneth	169	↓2	41
27	Benjamin	164	↓1	33
28	Derrick	159	↑1	80
29	Andrew	147	↓1	20
30	Stephen	142	↓3	40
31	Bryan	129	↑16	46
32	Brandon	128	↑14	35
33	Justin	127	↑11	22
34	Ryan	127	↑8	14
35	Antonio	125	↓1	79
36	Jeffrey	122	↓4	24
37	Mark	121	↓7	30
38	Adam	118	↑1	23
39	Corey	110	↑4	63
40	George	110	↓2	57
41	Larry	110	↓4	69
42	Chad	108	↑3	38
43	Ronald	108	↑5	54
44	Patrick	107	↓13	39
45	Phillip	100	new	68
46	Samuel	100	↓6	55
47	Bradley	95	new	47
48	Gregory	94	↓7	42
49	Scott	94	new	29
50	Paul	90	↓17	34

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