Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1992

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1992 were Ashley for girls (606 babies) and Christopher for boys (658). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,455 babies born in South Carolina in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1992

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: 34 babies, 24.6× the national rate
Keosha: 15 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Shanequa: 19 babies, 8× the national rate
Octavia: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Latoya: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ashton: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kierra: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
India: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Patrice: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shaniqua: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 44 babies, 25.1× the national rate
Tyquan: 17 babies, 12× the national rate
Marion: 16 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Daquan: 29 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Rakeem: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Raheem: 32 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Antwan: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jaquan: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Grayson: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tevin: 115 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	606	–	1
2	Brittany	577	–	4
3	Jessica	539	–	2
4	Amber	312	↑1	19
5	Kayla	311	↓1	13
6	Sarah	299	↑3	5
7	Lauren	279	↑3	12
8	Taylor	271	↑15	17
9	Courtney	268	↓1	21
10	Amanda	264	↓3	3
11	Jasmine	261	↓5	28
12	Elizabeth	258	↓1	9
13	Emily	238	↑1	7
14	Megan	237	↓2	10
15	Chelsea	236	↑5	15
16	Samantha	213	↓3	6
17	Mary	209	↑1	36
18	Tiffany	200	↓1	32
19	Hannah	189	↑8	26
20	Jennifer	183	↓1	11
21	Heather	181	↓6	31
22	Victoria	170	↓1	22
23	Danielle	157	↑7	18
24	Rachel	157	↑2	16
25	Katherine	156	↑3	27
26	Kelsey	155	↑7	23
27	Stephanie	148	↓11	8
28	Rebecca	146	↓4	20
29	Anna	142	↓4	49
30	Kimberly	136	↓8	35
31	Whitney	129	↓2	85
32	Morgan	115	↓1	41
33	Christina	111	↑2	33
34	Caroline	105	↑9	>100
35	Haley	105	↑5	56
36	Kristen	104	↑3	53
37	Alexis	103	↑8	40
38	Erica	102	↓4	44
39	Crystal	98	↓7	50
40	Brittney	97	↓3	68
41	Katie	93	new	54
42	Lindsey	92	↑8	57
43	Melissa	92	↓7	24
44	Erin	91	↑5	46
45	Olivia	89	↑3	58
46	Laura	88	↓8	38
47	Sara	86	↓1	37
48	Allison	85	↓1	48
49	Michelle	83	new	25
50	Jordan	82	↓8	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Christopher	658	–	2
2	James	630	↑2	9
3	Michael	611	↓1	1
4	Joshua	592	↓1	4
5	William	588	–	20
6	Brandon	542	↑1	6
7	Matthew	407	↓1	3
8	Justin	402	–	18
9	John	396	–	14
10	Robert	373	–	17
11	David	368	–	10
12	Andrew	335	–	5
13	Joseph	333	↑2	11
14	Zachary	311	↑9	16
15	Jonathan	293	↓2	21
16	Tyler	286	↑5	8
17	Ryan	262	↑3	13
18	Daniel	252	↓4	7
19	Thomas	248	↓2	27
20	Charles	244	↓4	43
21	Nicholas	238	↑4	12
22	Timothy	222	–	34
23	Jacob	220	↓4	15
24	Anthony	213	↓6	19
25	Kevin	201	↑3	25
26	Cody	195	↑3	24
27	Aaron	179	↑8	30
28	Steven	179	↓4	29
29	Benjamin	175	↑1	33
30	Austin	169	↑11	38
31	Dylan	166	new	28
32	Kyle	164	↑5	22
33	Jordan	161	↓6	32
34	Patrick	161	↓1	39
35	Richard	160	↓9	41
36	Travis	156	↓5	48
37	Eric	155	↓3	26
38	Kenneth	154	↓2	59
39	Alexander	148	↓1	23
40	Stephen	142	↓1	45
41	Brian	139	↑2	31
42	Cameron	129	↑3	53
43	Taylor	129	↑5	52
44	Jeremy	124	↓12	47
45	Christian	122	↑1	35
46	Samuel	120	↓2	40
47	Corey	118	↓5	65
48	Adam	115	↑2	36
49	Tevin	115	new	>100
50	Dustin	111	↓10	58

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