Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1988

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1988 were Jessica for girls (792 babies) and Christopher for boys (827). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,214 babies born in South Carolina in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1988

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

Lakeshia: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Chiquita: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Shanika: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lashonda: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Whitley: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Latonya: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lakeisha: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Patrice: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Christen: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Octavia: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Antwan: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Quinton: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Herbert: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kendrick: 40 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Quintin: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Demarcus: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Quentin: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Leroy: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	792	↑1	1
2	Ashley	779	↓1	2
3	Brittany	604	↑1	6
4	Amanda	443	↓1	3
5	Tiffany	339	↑2	13
6	Kayla	328	↑4	20
7	Jennifer	326	↓2	5
8	Heather	318	↓2	14
9	Amber	316	↓1	15
10	Lauren	276	↑2	11
11	Sarah	276	↓2	4
12	Courtney	275	↑2	24
13	Elizabeth	240	↓2	10
14	Whitney	225	↑4	39
15	Stephanie	213	–	7
16	Kimberly	210	↓3	25
17	Megan	202	–	12
18	Mary	189	↑2	34
19	Samantha	186	–	8
20	Crystal	174	↓4	28
21	Rebecca	153	↑1	26
22	Danielle	142	↑5	17
23	Brittney	140	↑15	52
24	Emily	140	–	18
25	Katherine	135	–	27
26	Melissa	134	↓5	16
27	Rachel	133	↓4	19
28	Laura	130	↑2	23
29	Christina	129	–	22
30	Erica	126	↓2	31
31	Victoria	123	↑14	42
32	Anna	120	↑3	54
33	Kristen	120	↑10	36
34	April	112	↓2	65
35	Nicole	111	↓1	9
36	Shannon	111	↓5	56
37	Chelsea	106	↑13	33
38	Jasmine	106	new	53
39	Erin	102	↓6	37
40	Kristin	99	new	58
41	Amy	95	↓15	29
42	Kelly	91	↓5	32
43	Michelle	89	↓4	21
44	Sara	89	↓8	30
45	Angela	88	↓4	38
46	Katie	88	new	40
47	Allison	86	↑2	46
48	Andrea	85	new	35
49	Lisa	77	new	43
50	Latoya	76	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Christopher	827	–	2
2	Joshua	698	↑2	4
3	Michael	671	↓1	1
4	Justin	652	↑2	7
5	James	605	↓2	9
6	William	600	↓1	16
7	Brandon	499	–	17
8	Matthew	489	–	3
9	John	475	–	11
10	Robert	436	↑1	10
11	David	427	↓1	6
12	Andrew	349	–	5
13	Joseph	347	↑2	12
14	Jonathan	341	↓1	15
15	Daniel	321	↓1	8
16	Thomas	274	–	23
17	Anthony	264	↑5	18
18	Ryan	250	↑5	13
19	Charles	247	↑1	37
20	Richard	237	↑4	32
21	Timothy	237	↓4	25
22	Kevin	204	↓3	20
23	Nicholas	198	↑8	14
24	Brian	191	↑6	22
25	Travis	191	–	41
26	Eric	188	–	19
27	Benjamin	182	↑1	30
28	Stephen	177	↑1	40
29	Jason	176	↓11	27
30	Jeremy	169	↓9	35
31	Adam	168	↑3	26
32	Steven	165	↓5	24
33	Patrick	160	↑3	42
34	Zachary	154	↑4	29
35	Kenneth	150	↓2	51
36	Dustin	144	↓1	48
37	Jacob	141	↑4	28
38	Kyle	136	↓6	21
39	Antonio	131	↓2	72
40	Marcus	131	↑2	66
41	Aaron	120	↑2	31
42	Samuel	118	↑7	45
43	Bradley	117	new	57
44	Bryan	117	↑2	54
45	Mark	117	↓1	39
46	Jeffrey	114	↓7	36
47	Corey	112	–	56
48	Tyler	106	new	33
49	Gregory	105	↓9	50
50	Phillip	101	↓2	71

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