Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1987

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1987 were Ashley for girls (906 babies) and Christopher for boys (805). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,605 babies born in South Carolina in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1987

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: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Octavia: 31 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lakisha: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lashonda: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
India: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tameka: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Adrian: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cierra: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lakeisha: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Leigh: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 26 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Quentin: 44 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jermaine: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kendrick: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cedric: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Kendall: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Donnie: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Terrance: 51 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chadwick: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Antwan: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	906	–	2
2	Jessica	836	–	1
3	Amanda	474	–	3
4	Brittany	469	↑1	7
5	Jennifer	371	↓1	4
6	Heather	330	–	9
7	Tiffany	293	–	18
8	Amber	287	↑4	15
9	Sarah	286	↓1	5
10	Kayla	270	↑23	27
11	Elizabeth	267	↓2	10
12	Lauren	224	↓2	16
13	Kimberly	222	↓2	23
14	Courtney	211	↑2	33
15	Stephanie	204	–	6
16	Crystal	201	↓3	26
17	Megan	196	↓3	12
18	Whitney	192	↓1	32
19	Samantha	179	↑4	11
20	Mary	178	↓1	37
21	Melissa	145	↓3	13
22	Rebecca	141	↑8	25
23	Rachel	139	↓2	17
24	Emily	137	↑7	19
25	Katherine	133	↓5	28
26	Amy	132	↑3	24
27	Danielle	132	↓1	14
28	Erica	132	↓3	31
29	Christina	128	↓5	20
30	Laura	128	↓2	22
31	Shannon	116	↓9	45
32	April	115	↓5	58
33	Erin	112	↑6	34
34	Nicole	109	–	8
35	Anna	105	–	52
36	Sara	103	↑11	29
37	Kelly	101	↓5	30
38	Brittney	97	↑10	61
39	Michelle	97	↑1	21
40	Kendra	96	new	77
41	Angela	94	↓3	35
42	Jamie	94	↑2	39
43	Kristen	93	↓7	42
44	Alicia	90	↓1	46
45	Victoria	90	new	50
46	Lindsey	89	–	41
47	Kathryn	86	↓5	51
48	Margaret	85	new	90
49	Allison	84	↓8	44
50	Chelsea	81	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	805	–	2
2	Michael	694	–	1
3	James	693	–	8
4	Joshua	597	↑2	4
5	William	578	↓1	15
6	Justin	539	↑5	9
7	Brandon	509	↓2	14
8	Matthew	500	↓1	3
9	John	476	↓1	11
10	David	452	↓1	5
11	Robert	444	↓1	10
12	Andrew	336	↑2	6
13	Jonathan	325	↓1	18
14	Daniel	321	↓1	7
15	Joseph	315	–	12
16	Thomas	280	↑2	24
17	Timothy	268	↑2	26
18	Jason	250	↓1	23
19	Kevin	246	↑1	19
20	Charles	242	↓4	35
21	Jeremy	225	↑2	29
22	Anthony	221	↑2	17
23	Ryan	213	↓1	13
24	Richard	208	↑1	30
25	Travis	207	↑2	42
26	Eric	190	↑2	21
27	Steven	188	↑2	25
28	Benjamin	173	↓2	28
29	Stephen	171	↑1	38
30	Brian	156	↓9	20
31	Nicholas	155	↑3	16
32	Kyle	152	↑6	22
33	Kenneth	148	↓1	53
34	Adam	143	↓3	27
35	Dustin	138	↓2	44
36	Patrick	138	↓1	41
37	Antonio	135	↑2	72
38	Zachary	135	↓1	33
39	Jeffrey	131	↑3	32
40	Gregory	127	↑7	47
41	Jacob	118	↑3	31
42	Marcus	116	↓6	67
43	Aaron	115	new	34
44	Mark	113	↓4	36
45	Paul	109	↑3	46
46	Bryan	106	↓5	51
47	Corey	104	↓4	57
48	Phillip	102	↓2	68
49	Samuel	90	↓4	50
50	Jordan	89	new	52

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