Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1989

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1989 were Brittany for girls (1,016 babies) and Christopher for boys (846). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,381 babies born in South Carolina in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1989

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

Sharonda: 16 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Unknown: 24 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Shameka: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tameka: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lashonda: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Whitley: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Audrianna: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Logan: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Octavia: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tierra: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Marion: 19 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Antwan: 33 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Unknown: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kwame: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kendrick: 52 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Akeem: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jarvis: 39 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Quintin: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Quentin: 42 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Deon: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Brittany	1,016	↑2	3
2	Ashley	731	–	2
3	Jessica	692	↓2	1
4	Amanda	460	–	4
5	Amber	343	↑4	14
6	Kayla	336	–	20
7	Sarah	313	↑4	5
8	Tiffany	310	↓3	16
9	Heather	302	↓1	15
10	Lauren	292	–	9
11	Courtney	289	↑1	21
12	Jennifer	288	↓5	7
13	Elizabeth	285	–	10
14	Megan	260	↑3	11
15	Samantha	252	↑4	6
16	Whitney	209	↓2	57
17	Stephanie	197	↓2	8
18	Brittney	196	↑5	41
19	Kimberly	196	↓3	28
20	Mary	196	↓2	38
21	Emily	183	↑3	13
22	Jasmine	183	↑16	30
23	Chelsea	178	↑14	27
24	Rachel	160	↑3	18
25	Kristen	157	↑8	36
26	Anna	154	↑6	51
27	Christina	149	↑2	23
28	Rebecca	147	↓7	24
29	Hannah	145	new	42
30	Crystal	140	↓10	32
31	Erica	137	↓1	34
32	Victoria	134	↓1	44
33	Katherine	129	↓8	26
34	Laura	127	↓6	25
35	Melissa	126	↓9	19
36	Danielle	119	↓14	17
37	April	118	↓3	66
38	Nicole	112	↓3	12
39	Kristin	100	↑1	60
40	Kelly	94	↑2	37
41	Amy	91	–	35
42	Erin	91	↓3	40
43	Michelle	90	–	22
44	Shannon	90	↓8	61
45	Angela	89	–	47
46	Allison	87	↑1	46
47	Caroline	85	new	>100
48	Andrea	84	–	39
49	Morgan	82	new	69
50	Alicia	81	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Christopher	846	–	2
2	Joshua	759	–	4
3	Michael	713	–	1
4	James	693	↑1	9
5	Justin	663	↓1	8
6	William	611	–	15
7	Matthew	505	↑1	3
8	Brandon	498	↓1	18
9	Robert	459	↑1	10
10	David	423	↑1	5
11	John	423	↓2	12
12	Andrew	378	–	7
13	Daniel	356	↑2	6
14	Jonathan	349	–	17
15	Joseph	346	↓2	11
16	Thomas	300	–	23
17	Charles	270	↑2	36
18	Ryan	266	–	13
19	Timothy	262	↑2	28
20	Steven	250	↑12	22
21	Anthony	248	↓4	16
22	Richard	226	↓2	33
23	Nicholas	223	–	14
24	Jeremy	215	↑6	34
25	Zachary	204	↑9	25
26	Kevin	203	↓4	19
27	Travis	196	↓2	41
28	Benjamin	193	↓1	29
29	Brian	185	↓5	24
30	Stephen	180	↓2	40
31	Adam	174	–	27
32	Kenneth	174	↑3	53
33	Eric	158	↓7	21
34	Aaron	150	↑7	31
35	Jacob	143	↑2	26
36	Tyler	132	↑12	30
37	Dustin	130	↓1	48
38	Patrick	130	↓5	38
39	Kyle	124	↓1	20
40	Marcus	123	–	67
41	Mark	122	↑4	42
42	Phillip	121	↑8	75
43	Bradley	119	–	58
44	Jason	119	↓15	35
45	Jeffrey	119	↑1	37
46	Samuel	119	↓4	47
47	Alexander	117	new	32
48	Antonio	116	↓9	76
49	Corey	115	↓2	55
50	Austin	103	new	59

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