Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1986

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1986 were Ashley for girls (837 babies) and Christopher for boys (880). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,792 babies born in South Carolina in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1986

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

Demetria: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Shanika: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Shameka: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Santana: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tameka: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Chiquita: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ashely: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shante: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
India: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Latoya: 109 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 21 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Antwan: 25 babies, 6× the national rate
Quentin: 39 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jarvis: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rashad: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Akeem: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cedric: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kendrick: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ashley: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Carlton: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	837	–	2
2	Jessica	795	–	1
3	Amanda	483	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	427	↓1	4
5	Brittany	403	–	8
6	Heather	328	↑1	9
7	Tiffany	294	↑3	17
8	Sarah	267	↑4	5
9	Elizabeth	263	–	10
10	Lauren	251	↑4	14
11	Kimberly	244	↓5	18
12	Amber	243	↑4	13
13	Crystal	214	↓5	25
14	Megan	213	↑3	11
15	Stephanie	202	↓4	6
16	Courtney	182	↑12	35
17	Whitney	181	↑32	32
18	Melissa	163	↓3	12
19	Mary	162	↓6	37
20	Katherine	159	↑9	28
21	Rachel	153	↓3	15
22	Shannon	150	↑12	44
23	Samantha	145	↑13	21
24	Christina	142	–	19
25	Erica	138	↑1	31
26	Danielle	135	↓5	16
27	April	134	↓7	53
28	Laura	134	↓3	20
29	Amy	132	↓10	22
30	Rebecca	131	↓8	26
31	Emily	129	–	24
32	Kelly	124	↑3	29
33	Kayla	119	new	64
34	Nicole	118	↓11	7
35	Anna	116	↓2	51
36	Kristen	113	↑9	41
37	Latoya	109	↓10	>100
38	Angela	106	↓6	33
39	Erin	101	↓9	30
40	Michelle	100	↓2	23
41	Allison	97	–	42
42	Kathryn	93	↑8	48
43	Alicia	92	new	45
44	Jamie	87	↓5	34
45	Brandy	86	↑1	84
46	Lindsey	86	↓9	39
47	Sara	86	↓7	27
48	Brittney	85	new	65
49	Kristin	80	new	50
50	Andrea	78	↓7	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	880	–	2
2	Michael	742	–	1
3	James	674	–	7
4	William	560	↑2	15
5	Brandon	558	–	13
6	Joshua	553	↓2	4
7	Matthew	522	–	3
8	John	465	–	10
9	David	443	↑1	5
10	Robert	432	↓1	9
11	Justin	409	↑2	14
12	Jonathan	407	↓1	16
13	Daniel	323	↑1	6
14	Andrew	309	↑4	8
15	Joseph	297	↓3	12
16	Charles	271	↑1	34
17	Jason	267	↓2	18
18	Thomas	247	↓2	26
19	Timothy	222	–	27
20	Kevin	220	↑4	21
21	Brian	219	↓1	20
22	Ryan	212	↑4	11
23	Jeremy	210	↑4	28
24	Anthony	208	↓1	19
25	Richard	204	↓3	29
26	Benjamin	190	↑6	30
27	Travis	185	↓6	49
28	Eric	181	↓3	22
29	Steven	175	↓1	25
30	Stephen	166	↑1	36
31	Adam	164	↓2	24
32	Kenneth	157	↑1	50
33	Dustin	137	↑3	42
34	Nicholas	135	↑3	17
35	Patrick	130	↓5	39
36	Marcus	129	↓2	63
37	Zachary	127	↑3	38
38	Kyle	124	↑5	23
39	Antonio	120	–	73
40	Mark	119	↓2	35
41	Bryan	111	↓6	47
42	Jeffrey	111	–	32
43	Corey	109	↑5	62
44	Jacob	106	↑6	31
45	Samuel	102	↑1	52
46	Phillip	97	↑3	70
47	Gregory	96	↓6	46
48	Paul	94	↓3	45
49	Sean	93	new	37
50	Bradley	92	↓3	54

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