Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1993

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1993 were Ashley for girls (521 babies) and Christopher for boys (628). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,178 babies born in South Carolina in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1993

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

Shanequa: 16 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Khadijah: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kadijah: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Octavia: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Logan: 36 babies, 4.7× the national rate
India: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Latoya: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ebony: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hunter: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Raven: 85 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 16 babies, 12× the national rate
Raheem: 44 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kendrick: 40 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Daquan: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marquise: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shaquille: 93 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Grayson: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Fredrick: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Desmond: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tyrell: 27 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	521	–	2
2	Jessica	459	↑1	1
3	Brittany	445	↓1	6
4	Taylor	369	↑4	7
5	Amber	333	↓1	17
6	Jasmine	287	↑5	23
7	Kayla	278	↓2	16
8	Emily	262	↑5	5
9	Sarah	257	↓3	3
10	Courtney	255	↓1	20
11	Elizabeth	234	↑1	9
12	Amanda	230	↓2	8
13	Lauren	225	↓6	12
14	Chelsea	218	↑1	25
15	Megan	193	↓1	11
16	Hannah	191	↑3	21
17	Samantha	188	↓1	4
18	Mary	178	↓1	36
19	Victoria	176	↑3	19
20	Alexis	168	↑17	27
21	Rachel	161	↑3	14
22	Rebecca	148	↑6	22
23	Morgan	144	↑9	34
24	Heather	142	↓3	38
25	Tiffany	141	↓7	33
26	Haley	139	↑9	42
27	Kelsey	136	↓1	24
28	Anna	135	↑1	47
29	Jennifer	134	↓9	15
30	Stephanie	133	↓3	10
31	Katherine	132	↓6	29
32	Kimberly	131	↓2	39
33	Whitney	123	↓2	82
34	Caroline	108	–	>100
35	Kristen	103	↑1	61
36	Danielle	102	↓13	18
37	Allison	99	↑11	41
38	Brianna	99	new	32
39	Savannah	93	new	96
40	Erica	89	↓2	49
41	Jordan	88	↑9	58
42	Christina	85	↓9	35
43	Erin	85	↑1	48
44	Lindsey	85	↓2	56
45	Nicole	85	new	13
46	Raven	85	new	>100
47	Sara	84	–	40
48	Olivia	83	↓3	50
49	Katelyn	79	new	54
50	Crystal	77	↓11	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Christopher	628	–	2
2	Michael	597	↑1	1
3	William	573	↑2	18
4	James	530	↓2	14
5	Joshua	509	↓1	4
6	Brandon	496	–	6
7	Matthew	451	–	3
8	Justin	386	–	20
9	John	373	–	16
10	Robert	362	–	17
11	David	333	–	11
12	Joseph	310	↑1	12
13	Tyler	300	↑3	5
14	Zachary	285	–	15
15	Austin	283	↑15	26
16	Andrew	279	↓4	10
17	Ryan	267	–	13
18	Nicholas	266	↑3	8
19	Jacob	265	↑4	9
20	Jonathan	257	↓5	22
21	Daniel	252	↓3	7
22	Thomas	221	↓3	27
23	Cody	209	↑3	24
24	Charles	205	↓4	44
25	Jordan	196	↑8	28
26	Anthony	187	↓2	19
27	Timothy	175	↓5	38
28	Benjamin	164	↑1	32
29	Alexander	148	↑10	21
30	Richard	148	↑5	40
31	Steven	146	↓3	31
32	Aaron	140	↓5	30
33	Eric	138	↑4	29
34	Kevin	138	↓9	25
35	Stephen	130	↑5	47
36	Kenneth	129	↑2	60
37	Travis	129	↓1	50
38	Patrick	128	↓4	43
39	Samuel	125	↑7	37
40	Brian	122	↑1	34
41	Kyle	121	↓9	23
42	Adam	119	↑6	39
43	Cameron	114	↓1	54
44	Jeremy	114	–	46
45	Corey	112	↑2	68
46	Taylor	112	↓3	51
47	Dylan	111	↓16	33
48	Dustin	108	↑2	59
49	Christian	105	↓4	35
50	Devin	95	new	71

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