Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1984

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1984 were Ashley for girls (777 babies) and Christopher for boys (902). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,221 babies born in South Carolina in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1984

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: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Latonya: 43 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Shameka: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lashonda: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lakeisha: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lakesha: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
India: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tameka: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marquita: 63 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Latoya: 219 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 20 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Antwan: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jarvis: 34 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Akeem: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Donnie: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Quentin: 36 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Quinton: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Quincy: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Cedric: 45 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	777	–	3
2	Jessica	633	↑1	2
3	Jennifer	617	↓1	1
4	Amanda	439	–	4
5	Crystal	326	–	12
6	Elizabeth	308	↑4	10
7	Heather	301	↑2	9
8	Kimberly	277	–	22
9	Tiffany	270	↓3	14
10	Stephanie	240	↓3	6
11	Sarah	225	↑2	5
12	Latoya	219	↑16	60
13	Mary	202	↑1	33
14	Melissa	201	↓3	8
15	Lauren	188	–	21
16	April	183	↓4	42
17	Amy	176	↓1	13
18	Amber	168	↑2	18
19	Danielle	160	new	16
20	Christina	151	↓1	20
21	Rebecca	151	↓3	23
22	Megan	148	↑3	11
23	Laura	144	↑6	19
24	Shannon	142	↑12	37
25	Rachel	136	↑10	15
26	Angela	132	↓9	26
27	Kelly	131	↓1	27
28	Erin	128	↓6	25
29	Michelle	128	↑2	17
30	Courtney	127	↑3	46
31	Alicia	126	↑7	40
32	Erica	126	↓8	34
33	Nicole	123	↓12	7
34	Anna	122	↑8	57
35	Katherine	121	↓8	30
36	Brandy	119	↓13	64
37	Emily	110	↓5	24
38	Brandi	108	↓1	61
39	Kristen	105	–	38
40	Andrea	98	↑3	28
41	Lindsay	96	↑3	36
42	Lindsey	94	↓1	35
43	Brittany	93	new	41
44	Jamie	90	↓10	31
45	Allison	85	new	51
46	Victoria	85	↓1	59
47	Samantha	84	–	39
48	Krystal	78	new	74
49	Kayla	76	↓19	100
50	Kristin	76	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	902	–	2
2	Michael	712	↑1	1
3	James	681	↓1	7
4	Joshua	575	↑3	4
5	William	547	↓1	16
6	Matthew	497	–	3
7	Robert	481	↑1	9
8	John	475	↓3	8
9	Brandon	459	↑2	15
10	David	434	–	5
11	Jason	397	↓2	11
12	Jonathan	363	–	19
13	Justin	341	–	13
14	Daniel	337	↑2	6
15	Joseph	331	↓1	10
16	Charles	280	↑2	33
17	Thomas	270	↑2	25
18	Travis	252	↓1	42
19	Anthony	243	↑8	21
20	Richard	232	↑2	27
21	Brian	230	↓6	17
22	Kevin	223	↓1	24
23	Timothy	223	↓3	26
24	Andrew	219	↓1	14
25	Eric	201	↓1	22
26	Adam	185	↓1	18
27	Stephen	173	↑6	35
28	Steven	173	–	23
29	Marcus	170	–	57
30	Ryan	167	–	12
31	Kenneth	161	↑1	46
32	Jeremy	159	↓6	31
33	Benjamin	151	↓2	30
34	Nicholas	151	↑1	20
35	Patrick	141	↓1	36
36	Jeffrey	135	–	28
37	Mark	120	↑2	32
38	Bryan	114	↓1	48
39	Gregory	111	↑4	44
40	Antonio	100	↑2	77
41	Dustin	100	↑4	41
42	Bradley	94	↑7	53
43	Samuel	93	↑3	55
44	Aaron	92	–	29
45	Paul	90	↓7	40
46	Donald	89	new	63
47	Zachary	89	new	45
48	Derrick	87	↓7	79
49	Larry	83	↓2	91
50	Corey	78	new	69

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