Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1983

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1983 were Ashley for girls (719 babies) and Christopher for boys (871). Ashley ranked #4 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,506 babies born in South Carolina in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1983

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

Dwan: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Octavia: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Demetria: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kala: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Shameka: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Deidra: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tameka: 35 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Latonya: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lashonda: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Felicia: 71 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 17 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Akeem: 21 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Quentin: 50 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Antwan: 25 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Quinton: 43 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kendrick: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Kelvin: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Herman: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Terence: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Fredrick: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Ashley	719	↑3	4
2	Jennifer	679	↓1	1
3	Jessica	619	↓1	2
4	Amanda	475	↓1	3
5	Crystal	343	–	11
6	Tiffany	308	–	14
7	Stephanie	298	↑1	8
8	Kimberly	284	↓1	15
9	Heather	278	↑5	9
10	Elizabeth	228	↑1	10
11	Melissa	220	↓2	6
12	April	215	↓2	39
13	Sarah	212	–	5
14	Mary	203	↓2	32
15	Lauren	202	↑3	24
16	Amy	196	–	12
17	Angela	181	↓2	22
18	Rebecca	167	↓1	19
19	Christina	165	–	16
20	Amber	151	↑2	17
21	Nicole	146	↑15	7
22	Erin	141	↑8	18
23	Brandy	138	↑1	57
24	Erica	130	↓4	33
25	Megan	127	new	21
26	Kelly	126	↓5	26
27	Katherine	125	↑14	34
28	Latoya	125	↓2	90
29	Laura	123	↓2	23
30	Kayla	112	new	81
31	Michelle	112	↓3	13
32	Emily	111	↓9	25
33	Courtney	110	↓8	44
34	Jamie	109	↓2	28
35	Rachel	109	↓1	20
36	Shannon	108	↓7	38
37	Brandi	106	↑8	56
38	Alicia	102	↑5	41
39	Kristen	102	↓4	37
40	Marquita	101	new	>100
41	Lindsey	100	↑9	35
42	Anna	98	↓9	55
43	Andrea	91	↓3	30
44	Lindsay	86	↓2	36
45	Victoria	85	new	58
46	Leslie	82	↓9	67
47	Samantha	81	↓9	40
48	Lisa	79	↓17	27
49	Natasha	79	new	71
50	Latasha	76	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	871	–	2
2	James	771	↑1	6
3	Michael	752	↓1	1
4	William	600	–	16
5	John	511	–	9
6	Matthew	490	↑4	3
7	Joshua	486	–	5
8	Robert	475	–	10
9	Jason	467	↓3	7
10	David	463	↓1	4
11	Brandon	381	↑6	17
12	Jonathan	361	↓1	19
13	Justin	336	↑2	12
14	Joseph	334	–	11
15	Brian	295	↑6	14
16	Daniel	292	↓3	8
17	Travis	279	↓1	41
18	Charles	263	↓6	33
19	Thomas	245	↓1	24
20	Timothy	222	↓1	26
21	Kevin	218	↑1	25
22	Richard	216	↓2	27
23	Andrew	207	↑4	15
24	Eric	198	↑5	20
25	Adam	195	↑8	18
26	Jeremy	189	↓1	30
27	Anthony	186	↓3	22
28	Steven	180	↓2	23
29	Marcus	166	↑1	58
30	Ryan	160	↓7	13
31	Benjamin	156	↑1	32
32	Kenneth	151	↓4	45
33	Stephen	143	↓2	35
34	Patrick	136	↑2	37
35	Nicholas	132	↓1	21
36	Jeffrey	127	↓1	28
37	Bryan	118	↑1	47
38	Paul	116	↑4	39
39	Mark	115	↑2	31
40	Ronald	109	↑4	64
41	Derrick	102	↑4	78
42	Antonio	100	↓5	76
43	Gregory	100	↓3	42
44	Aaron	93	↑5	29
45	Dustin	92	new	43
46	Samuel	90	↑1	54
47	Larry	84	new	85
48	George	83	↓9	65
49	Bradley	80	↑1	52
50	Nathan	80	new	40

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