Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1980

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (677 babies) and James for boys (770). James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,390 babies born in South Carolina in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1980

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: 67 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Shameka: 34 babies, 7× the national rate
Tomeka: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lashanda: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Demetria: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ashleigh: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Shamika: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tosha: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Sommer: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Latonya: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Avery: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Willis: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Antwan: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kendrick: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cedric: 56 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Reggie: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Donnie: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kelvin: 35 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Carlton: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	677	–	1
2	Amanda	585	–	2
3	Jessica	398	↑6	3
4	Crystal	367	–	18
5	Melissa	333	↓2	4
6	Kimberly	316	↓1	11
7	April	309	–	26
8	Tiffany	294	↑5	14
9	Stephanie	276	↑5	13
10	Elizabeth	265	↓2	9
11	Mary	235	–	25
12	Amy	231	↓2	8
13	Ashley	229	↑8	40
14	Angela	227	↓8	12
15	Heather	227	↓3	6
16	Christina	188	↓1	15
17	Sarah	176	↑6	5
18	Kelly	151	↓2	19
19	Rebecca	150	↓1	17
20	Laura	149	↑4	21
21	Brandy	143	↓1	42
22	Lisa	142	↓5	16
23	Michelle	140	↓4	10
24	Erica	130	↑1	34
25	Shannon	126	↓3	29
26	Erin	123	↑17	20
27	Tonya	119	↑1	97
28	Jamie	114	↓2	24
29	Amber	113	↑1	22
30	Emily	106	new	31
31	Pamela	105	↑16	86
32	Rachel	103	↑13	23
33	Latoya	101	↑11	>100
34	Courtney	99	new	48
35	Julie	96	↓6	32
36	Katherine	96	↓1	35
37	Andrea	95	↓5	28
38	Nicole	94	↓11	7
39	Dana	93	↓6	68
40	Lauren	90	new	38
41	Karen	84	↓2	54
42	Natasha	84	new	89
43	Kristin	82	new	37
44	Tracy	81	new	56
45	Kristen	79	new	39
46	Latasha	77	new	>100
47	Alicia	76	↑3	47
48	Brandi	75	↓14	63
49	Tina	74	↓12	72
50	Christy	73	↓14	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	James	770	–	5
2	Michael	746	↑1	1
3	Christopher	719	↓1	2
4	Jason	632	–	3
5	William	595	–	14
6	Robert	505	↑1	9
7	David	480	↑1	4
8	John	480	↓2	8
9	Travis	450	–	37
10	Joshua	430	–	7
11	Jonathan	357	↑5	21
12	Joseph	351	–	10
13	Charles	341	↓2	29
14	Matthew	312	↓1	6
15	Timothy	284	–	20
16	Brian	276	↓2	12
17	Thomas	264	↑1	25
18	Kevin	263	↓1	23
19	Daniel	251	↑1	11
20	Eric	242	↑3	16
21	Richard	222	↓2	26
22	Justin	208	↑11	13
23	Jeremy	195	↓2	18
24	Anthony	182	↓2	24
25	Jeffrey	181	↑11	27
26	Steven	177	↓1	28
27	Benjamin	169	–	32
28	Brandon	165	↑4	31
29	Nicholas	165	↓5	17
30	Ryan	161	↑4	15
31	Kenneth	158	↓5	41
32	Andrew	146	↓3	19
33	Stephen	143	↓3	40
34	Patrick	137	↑10	38
35	Marcus	130	new	71
36	Derrick	121	↓8	74
37	Adam	120	↑1	22
38	Chad	115	↑4	39
39	Mark	114	↓2	30
40	Corey	111	↓1	68
41	Bryan	110	↓10	49
42	Paul	110	↑8	35
43	Antonio	105	↓8	77
44	George	105	↓4	60
45	Ronald	105	↓2	58
46	Jamie	101	new	>100
47	Phillip	101	↓2	65
48	Donald	99	new	53
49	Samuel	98	↓3	54
50	Edward	92	new	52

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