Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1982

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (764 babies) and Christopher for boys (855). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,909 babies born in South Carolina in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1982

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: 28 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Lashanda: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Latonya: 44 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tameka: 38 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Shamika: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lakesha: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ashleigh: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shameka: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lakeisha: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kenya: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 25 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Antwan: 29 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Desmond: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Luther: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Cornelius: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cedric: 58 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Donnie: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jody: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Herbert: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jarvis: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	764	–	1
2	Jessica	595	↑1	2
3	Amanda	489	↓1	3
4	Ashley	405	↑7	17
5	Crystal	391	↓1	9
6	Tiffany	288	↑2	13
7	Kimberly	281	↓2	14
8	Stephanie	267	↓1	7
9	Melissa	253	↓3	5
10	April	251	↓1	32
11	Elizabeth	237	↑1	8
12	Mary	225	↑2	30
13	Sarah	224	↑3	4
14	Heather	223	↓4	12
15	Angela	202	↓2	16
16	Amy	195	↓1	10
17	Rebecca	193	↑2	15
18	Lauren	161	↑14	26
19	Christina	147	↑2	19
20	Erica	140	↑10	35
21	Kelly	134	↑4	25
22	Amber	133	↑11	18
23	Emily	133	↑13	24
24	Brandy	132	↓6	50
25	Courtney	132	↓1	43
26	Latoya	130	↓9	91
27	Laura	130	↓4	22
28	Michelle	130	↓2	11
29	Shannon	127	↓9	38
30	Erin	121	↓1	20
31	Lisa	121	↓3	23
32	Jamie	109	↑5	29
33	Anna	103	↑7	56
34	Rachel	103	↑11	21
35	Kristen	102	–	33
36	Nicole	102	↑8	6
37	Leslie	96	↑1	60
38	Samantha	96	new	44
39	Allison	94	↑11	58
40	Andrea	94	↓13	27
41	Katherine	92	↓10	36
42	Lindsay	92	new	39
43	Alicia	91	new	53
44	Sara	87	↓1	28
45	Brandi	86	↓23	55
46	Kristin	80	↓7	37
47	Pamela	80	↓1	82
48	Krystal	79	new	83
49	Latasha	76	new	>100
50	Lindsey	74	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	855	↑2	2
2	Michael	751	–	1
3	James	736	↓2	6
4	William	552	–	15
5	John	522	↑1	8
6	Jason	513	↓1	4
7	Joshua	498	–	7
8	Robert	496	–	9
9	David	447	–	5
10	Matthew	423	–	3
11	Jonathan	392	–	16
12	Charles	337	–	31
13	Daniel	318	↑6	10
14	Joseph	311	↓1	11
15	Justin	305	↑1	12
16	Travis	291	↓2	39
17	Brandon	274	↑1	18
18	Thomas	262	↓1	23
19	Timothy	248	↑2	24
20	Richard	242	↑4	27
21	Brian	241	↓6	14
22	Kevin	209	↓2	25
23	Ryan	203	↑2	13
24	Anthony	202	↑2	21
25	Jeremy	200	↓3	28
26	Steven	192	↑1	26
27	Andrew	180	↑1	17
28	Kenneth	168	↑2	45
29	Eric	166	↓6	20
30	Marcus	156	↑6	63
31	Stephen	148	↑1	38
32	Benjamin	141	↓3	33
33	Adam	137	↓2	19
34	Nicholas	133	↓1	22
35	Jeffrey	130	–	29
36	Patrick	129	↓2	37
37	Antonio	118	↑1	76
38	Bryan	111	↑1	49
39	George	110	↑8	62
40	Gregory	108	↑10	40
41	Mark	107	new	32
42	Paul	104	↓1	35
43	Donald	98	↑3	58
44	Ronald	97	↑5	60
45	Derrick	94	↓8	78
46	Edward	91	↓4	53
47	Samuel	88	↓7	56
48	Corey	87	–	74
49	Aaron	86	↓6	30
50	Bradley	84	new	51

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