Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1981

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (744 babies) and James for boys (764). James ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,051 babies born in South Carolina in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1981

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

Lashanda: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lawanda: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lakesha: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lashonda: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bridgett: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shameka: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Latrice: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Latoya: 178 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Latonya: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lakeisha: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 23 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Jarvis: 29 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Wallace: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Reggie: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Wendell: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Desmond: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Kendrick: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Quincy: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cedric: 49 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Quinton: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	744	–	1
2	Amanda	584	–	3
3	Jessica	533	–	2
4	Crystal	379	–	16
5	Kimberly	321	↑1	13
6	Melissa	286	↓1	5
7	Stephanie	286	↑2	8
8	Tiffany	275	–	14
9	April	261	↓2	25
10	Heather	260	↑5	10
11	Ashley	254	↑2	34
12	Elizabeth	250	↓2	9
13	Angela	246	↑1	15
14	Mary	225	↓3	27
15	Amy	204	↓3	6
16	Sarah	193	↑1	4
17	Latoya	178	↑16	69
18	Brandy	172	↑3	41
19	Rebecca	169	–	12
20	Shannon	159	↑5	32
21	Christina	155	↓5	17
22	Brandi	141	↑26	50
23	Laura	136	↓3	21
24	Courtney	135	↑10	43
25	Kelly	134	↓7	23
26	Michelle	129	↓3	11
27	Andrea	127	↑10	24
28	Lisa	127	↓6	18
29	Erin	124	↓3	19
30	Erica	118	↓6	36
31	Katherine	115	↑5	39
32	Lauren	114	↑8	35
33	Amber	108	↓4	20
34	Tonya	103	↓7	>100
35	Kristen	102	↑10	38
36	Emily	101	↓6	29
37	Jamie	101	↓9	28
38	Leslie	97	new	56
39	Kristin	96	↑4	31
40	Anna	95	new	54
41	Natasha	94	↑1	85
42	Julie	93	↓7	37
43	Sara	89	new	26
44	Nicole	88	↓6	7
45	Rachel	88	↓13	22
46	Pamela	86	↓15	76
47	Tara	77	new	45
48	Candice	76	new	86
49	Dana	75	↓10	70
50	Allison	74	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	James	764	–	7
2	Michael	737	–	1
3	Christopher	701	–	2
4	William	581	↑1	15
5	Jason	558	↓1	4
6	John	529	↑2	8
7	Joshua	501	↑3	6
8	Robert	476	↓2	9
9	David	465	↓2	5
10	Matthew	393	↑4	3
11	Jonathan	363	–	16
12	Charles	361	↑1	31
13	Joseph	348	↓1	11
14	Travis	339	↓5	40
15	Brian	288	↑1	14
16	Justin	284	↑6	12
17	Thomas	271	–	26
18	Brandon	270	↑10	19
19	Daniel	259	–	10
20	Kevin	249	↓2	25
21	Timothy	243	↓6	24
22	Jeremy	231	↑1	22
23	Eric	217	↓3	17
24	Richard	211	↓3	27
25	Ryan	199	↑5	13
26	Anthony	189	↓2	23
27	Steven	186	↓1	28
28	Andrew	176	↑4	18
29	Benjamin	161	↓2	32
30	Kenneth	160	↑1	41
31	Adam	151	↑6	20
32	Stephen	147	↑1	39
33	Nicholas	145	↓4	21
34	Patrick	135	–	38
35	Jeffrey	133	↓10	29
36	Marcus	128	↓1	67
37	Derrick	120	↓1	78
38	Antonio	119	↑5	75
39	Bryan	112	↑2	48
40	Samuel	106	↑9	54
41	Paul	105	↑1	35
42	Edward	102	↑8	51
43	Aaron	99	new	30
44	Phillip	98	↑3	66
45	Larry	97	new	73
46	Donald	94	↑2	56
47	George	94	↓3	61
48	Corey	91	↓8	69
49	Ronald	91	↓4	59
50	Gregory	89	new	46

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