Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1985

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1985 were Ashley for girls (860 babies) and Christopher for boys (909). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,193 babies born in South Carolina in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1985

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

Shanta: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Santana: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Octavia: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Shameka: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Princess: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
India: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cierra: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Chiquita: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Latonya: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tameka: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Antwon: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Kendrick: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jarvis: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Antwan: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Quintin: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Quincy: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Cedric: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Quinton: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Terence: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Quentin: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	860	–	2
2	Jessica	679	–	1
3	Jennifer	514	–	3
4	Amanda	463	–	4
5	Brittany	327	↑38	17
6	Kimberly	314	↑2	19
7	Heather	295	–	8
8	Crystal	292	↓3	21
9	Elizabeth	278	↓3	9
10	Tiffany	248	↓1	23
11	Stephanie	243	↓1	6
12	Sarah	218	↓1	5
13	Mary	214	–	35
14	Lauren	197	↑1	15
15	Melissa	190	↓1	11
16	Amber	189	↑2	16
17	Megan	189	↑5	10
18	Rachel	153	↑7	13
19	Amy	149	↓2	20
20	April	146	↓4	47
21	Danielle	146	↓2	18
22	Rebecca	145	↓1	25
23	Nicole	142	↑10	7
24	Christina	141	↓4	12
25	Laura	140	↓2	14
26	Erica	138	↑6	34
27	Latoya	137	↓15	81
28	Courtney	136	↑2	43
29	Katherine	130	↑6	32
30	Erin	126	↓2	26
31	Emily	123	↑6	24
32	Angela	117	↓6	31
33	Anna	117	↑1	54
34	Shannon	115	↓10	41
35	Kelly	110	↓8	28
36	Samantha	110	↑11	29
37	Lindsey	106	↑5	37
38	Michelle	102	↓9	22
39	Jamie	101	↑5	27
40	Sara	98	new	30
41	Allison	97	↑4	46
42	Brandi	97	↓4	69
43	Andrea	96	↓3	33
44	Krystal	93	↑4	53
45	Kristen	92	↓6	38
46	Brandy	91	↓10	70
47	Lindsay	91	↓6	40
48	Victoria	84	↓2	59
49	Whitney	84	new	73
50	Kathryn	79	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	909	–	2
2	Michael	748	–	1
3	James	682	–	7
4	Joshua	606	–	4
5	Brandon	593	↑4	13
6	William	542	↓1	16
7	Matthew	498	↓1	3
8	John	493	–	9
9	Robert	450	↓2	8
10	David	438	–	6
11	Jonathan	386	↑1	17
12	Joseph	367	↑3	10
13	Justin	364	–	15
14	Daniel	351	–	5
15	Jason	292	↓4	14
16	Thomas	286	↑1	25
17	Charles	263	↓1	34
18	Andrew	262	↑6	11
19	Timothy	247	↑4	26
20	Brian	234	↑1	18
21	Travis	234	↓3	46
22	Richard	228	↓2	28
23	Anthony	227	↓4	20
24	Kevin	221	↓2	23
25	Eric	205	–	21
26	Ryan	197	↑4	12
27	Jeremy	188	↑5	30
28	Steven	175	–	24
29	Adam	173	↓3	22
30	Patrick	153	↑5	37
31	Stephen	152	↓4	36
32	Benjamin	147	↑1	31
33	Kenneth	146	↓2	47
34	Marcus	145	↓5	61
35	Bryan	139	↑3	48
36	Dustin	139	↑5	41
37	Nicholas	139	↓3	19
38	Mark	132	↓1	32
39	Antonio	119	↑1	73
40	Zachary	119	↑7	39
41	Gregory	113	↓2	45
42	Jeffrey	110	↓6	29
43	Kyle	110	new	27
44	Aaron	106	–	33
45	Paul	100	–	42
46	Samuel	100	↓3	54
47	Bradley	97	↓5	53
48	Corey	91	↑2	63
49	Phillip	91	new	69
50	Jacob	86	new	35

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