Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1990

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1990 were Brittany for girls (885 babies) and Christopher for boys (842). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,308 babies born in South Carolina in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1990

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

Unknown: 30 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Porsha: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Latifah: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Octavia: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kanisha: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kierra: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Latoya: 52 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shaniqua: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ashlyn: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kristian: 15 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 31 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Marion: 20 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Laquan: 16 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Hakeem: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Antwan: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Grayson: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Akeem: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rashad: 42 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Quentin: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Quintin: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Brittany	885	–	3
2	Ashley	714	–	2
3	Jessica	714	–	1
4	Amanda	384	–	4
5	Kayla	378	↑1	14
6	Courtney	317	↑5	17
7	Amber	311	↓2	15
8	Lauren	307	↑2	10
9	Sarah	281	↓2	6
10	Elizabeth	266	↑3	9
11	Megan	264	↑3	11
12	Tiffany	263	↓4	23
13	Samantha	253	↑2	5
14	Heather	252	↓5	19
15	Jasmine	249	↑7	28
16	Jennifer	240	↓4	8
17	Stephanie	231	–	7
18	Emily	215	↑3	12
19	Hannah	192	↑10	30
20	Mary	188	–	35
21	Rebecca	185	↑7	21
22	Kimberly	179	↓3	31
23	Brittney	161	↓5	44
24	Rachel	160	–	16
25	Chelsea	157	↓2	24
26	Kristen	153	↓1	42
27	Katherine	151	↑6	26
28	Whitney	151	↓12	60
29	Danielle	148	↑7	18
30	Anna	146	↓4	45
31	Victoria	138	↑1	33
32	Melissa	137	↑3	20
33	Crystal	134	↓3	39
34	Christina	118	↓7	25
35	Morgan	113	↑14	58
36	Erica	110	↓5	36
37	Laura	108	↓3	29
38	Taylor	106	new	46
39	Michelle	99	↑4	22
40	Nicole	98	↓2	13
41	Allison	97	↑5	48
42	Amy	93	↓1	38
43	Jordan	93	new	59
44	Caroline	89	↑3	>100
45	Erin	89	↓3	43
46	April	88	↓9	73
47	Kristin	87	↓8	65
48	Kelsey	86	new	32
49	Alicia	84	↑1	54
50	Shannon	82	↓6	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Christopher	842	–	2
2	Michael	721	↑1	1
3	James	718	↑1	8
4	Joshua	698	↓2	4
5	William	616	↑1	16
6	Justin	565	↓1	9
7	Matthew	549	–	3
8	Brandon	484	–	19
9	Robert	476	–	13
10	John	463	↑1	12
11	David	401	↓1	6
12	Jonathan	377	↑2	17
13	Joseph	358	↑2	10
14	Andrew	344	↓2	7
15	Daniel	304	↓2	5
16	Charles	297	↑1	38
17	Thomas	293	↓1	26
18	Zachary	268	↑7	22
19	Anthony	248	↑2	15
20	Timothy	236	↓1	30
21	Ryan	233	↓3	11
22	Steven	227	↓2	25
23	Nicholas	217	–	14
24	Richard	208	↓2	35
25	Jeremy	204	↓1	40
26	Kevin	198	–	23
27	Eric	196	↑6	24
28	Benjamin	194	–	33
29	Tyler	194	↑7	21
30	Jacob	190	↑5	20
31	Stephen	188	↓1	39
32	Travis	188	↓5	42
33	Patrick	169	↑5	36
34	Dustin	159	↑3	50
35	Kenneth	155	↓3	52
36	Jordan	152	new	29
37	Adam	151	↓6	32
38	Brian	150	↓9	27
39	Kyle	146	–	18
40	Corey	133	↑9	56
41	Samuel	132	↑5	45
42	Gregory	129	new	51
43	Cody	125	new	31
44	Mark	122	↓3	47
45	Marcus	118	↓5	72
46	Alexander	117	↑1	28
47	Antonio	117	↑1	77
48	Aaron	116	↓14	34
49	Phillip	113	↓7	81
50	Jason	112	↓6	46

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