Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1991

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1991 were Ashley for girls (675 babies) and Christopher for boys (739). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,527 babies born in South Carolina in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1991

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

Kayce: 16 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Unknown: 27 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Shanequa: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Shaquana: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Shakira: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Tyesha: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Porsha: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Tiera: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Shaniqua: 49 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Octavia: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 37 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Rakeem: 17 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Hakeem: 25 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Raheem: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Grayson: 20 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Rashad: 47 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Akeem: 32 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Antwan: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jefferson: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Quintin: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	675	↑1	1
2	Brittany	620	↓1	3
3	Jessica	591	–	2
4	Kayla	392	↑1	12
5	Amber	358	↑2	16
6	Jasmine	306	↑9	24
7	Amanda	297	↓3	4
8	Courtney	297	↓2	19
9	Sarah	296	–	6
10	Lauren	292	↓2	13
11	Elizabeth	288	↓1	9
12	Megan	237	↓1	11
13	Samantha	228	–	5
14	Emily	219	↑4	10
15	Heather	217	↓1	23
16	Stephanie	217	↑1	7
17	Tiffany	211	↓5	27
18	Mary	207	↑2	38
19	Jennifer	201	↓3	8
20	Chelsea	191	↑5	18
21	Victoria	190	↑10	28
22	Kimberly	186	–	34
23	Taylor	171	↑15	32
24	Rebecca	169	↓3	21
25	Anna	155	↑5	46
26	Rachel	155	↓2	14
27	Hannah	152	↓8	29
28	Katherine	150	↓1	25
29	Whitney	145	↓1	68
30	Danielle	140	↓1	17
31	Morgan	120	↑4	49
32	Crystal	113	↑1	41
33	Kelsey	112	↑15	26
34	Erica	109	↑2	40
35	Christina	107	↓1	31
36	Melissa	103	↓4	20
37	Brittney	101	↓14	58
38	Laura	99	↓1	35
39	Kristen	97	↓13	48
40	Haley	93	new	79
41	Shelby	93	new	33
42	Jordan	91	↑1	62
43	Caroline	90	↑1	>100
44	April	88	↑2	88
45	Alexis	86	new	47
46	Sara	86	new	37
47	Allison	82	↓6	50
48	Olivia	82	new	61
49	Erin	80	↓4	44
50	Lindsey	79	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Christopher	739	–	2
2	Michael	678	–	1
3	Joshua	640	↑1	4
4	James	638	↓1	7
5	William	609	–	19
6	Matthew	512	↑1	3
7	Brandon	498	↑1	15
8	Justin	487	↓2	14
9	John	433	↑1	10
10	Robert	429	↓1	13
11	David	366	–	8
12	Andrew	322	↑2	5
13	Jonathan	310	↓1	20
14	Daniel	299	↑1	6
15	Joseph	298	↓2	9
16	Charles	276	–	38
17	Thomas	263	–	28
18	Anthony	251	↑1	18
19	Jacob	245	↑11	17
20	Ryan	238	↑1	11
21	Tyler	238	↑8	16
22	Timothy	228	↓2	32
23	Zachary	220	↓5	22
24	Steven	213	↓2	27
25	Nicholas	205	↓2	12
26	Richard	202	↓2	34
27	Jordan	199	↑9	29
28	Kevin	196	↓2	23
29	Cody	190	↑14	24
30	Benjamin	187	↓2	33
31	Travis	186	↑1	44
32	Jeremy	171	↓7	43
33	Patrick	167	–	35
34	Eric	162	↓7	25
35	Aaron	150	↑13	31
36	Kenneth	149	↓1	54
37	Kyle	146	↑2	21
38	Alexander	143	↑8	26
39	Stephen	143	↓8	41
40	Dustin	141	↓6	56
41	Austin	135	new	50
42	Corey	129	↓2	58
43	Brian	124	↓5	30
44	Samuel	114	↓3	39
45	Cameron	109	new	62
46	Christian	108	new	48
47	Jeffrey	107	new	45
48	Taylor	104	new	52
49	Gregory	101	↓7	55
50	Adam	98	↓13	36

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