Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1994

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1994 were Ashley for girls (394 babies) and Christopher for boys (563). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,244 babies born in South Carolina in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1994

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

Octavia: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Shaniqua: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Iesha: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kadijah: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Khadijah: 77 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Logan: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Chandler: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tierra: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Christian: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Aaliyah: 55 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Rakeem: 16 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Shyheim: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Tyquan: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Stephon: 29 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Daquan: 45 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Raheem: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Antwan: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Shaquille: 70 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dashawn: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Juwan: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	394	–	2
2	Brittany	378	↑1	7
3	Jessica	374	↓1	1
4	Taylor	338	–	6
5	Kayla	273	↑2	12
6	Hannah	264	↑10	16
7	Emily	262	↑1	3
8	Sarah	244	↑1	5
9	Jasmine	242	↓3	23
10	Amber	235	↓5	21
11	Elizabeth	231	–	9
12	Samantha	219	↑5	4
13	Courtney	211	↓3	22
14	Victoria	211	↑5	19
15	Morgan	201	↑8	25
16	Lauren	200	↓3	14
17	Alexis	199	↑3	18
18	Megan	195	↓3	10
19	Mary	168	↓1	37
20	Anna	163	↑8	41
21	Rachel	149	–	13
22	Amanda	148	↓10	8
23	Brianna	145	↑15	27
24	Haley	143	↑2	36
25	Kelsey	140	↑2	29
26	Tiffany	137	↓1	35
27	Katherine	135	↑4	30
28	Rebecca	132	↓6	24
29	Chelsea	125	↓15	38
30	Jennifer	124	↓1	17
31	Caroline	113	↑3	94
32	Stephanie	111	↓2	15
33	Savannah	110	↑6	82
34	Katelyn	107	↑15	58
35	Kimberly	107	↓3	32
36	Danielle	105	–	20
37	Heather	104	↓13	44
38	Jordan	103	↑3	52
39	Kristen	103	↓4	55
40	Christina	100	↑2	39
41	Briana	93	new	68
42	Allison	87	↓5	34
43	Olivia	85	↑5	50
44	Nicole	84	↑1	11
45	Shelby	84	new	40
46	Whitney	82	↓13	91
47	Erin	81	↓4	45
48	Laura	81	new	46
49	Madison	81	new	51
50	Alyssa	78	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Christopher	563	–	2
2	Michael	508	–	1
3	William	483	–	19
4	Joshua	475	↑1	4
5	James	473	↓1	14
6	Brandon	467	–	6
7	Matthew	413	–	3
8	John	392	↑1	15
9	Austin	378	↑6	17
10	Justin	372	↓2	20
11	Joseph	317	↑1	11
12	Robert	306	↓2	21
13	Tyler	303	–	5
14	Jacob	288	↑5	7
15	Zachary	287	↓1	12
16	Daniel	284	↑5	8
17	Andrew	283	↓1	10
18	David	280	↓7	13
19	Nicholas	254	↓1	9
20	Jonathan	235	–	23
21	Thomas	209	↑1	27
22	Ryan	206	↓5	16
23	Cody	204	–	25
24	Timothy	200	↑3	39
25	Charles	198	↓1	43
26	Anthony	194	–	18
27	Aaron	171	↑5	28
28	Benjamin	161	–	31
29	Jordan	154	↓4	29
30	Alexander	151	↓1	22
31	Richard	149	↓1	41
32	Dylan	144	↑15	32
33	Samuel	141	↑6	33
34	Kevin	129	–	26
35	Stephen	129	–	49
36	Steven	124	↓5	34
37	Kyle	123	↑4	24
38	Dustin	117	↑10	56
39	Eric	113	↓6	30
40	Jesse	112	new	45
41	Patrick	112	↓3	42
42	Adam	110	–	38
43	Travis	109	↓6	53
44	Brian	107	↓4	37
45	Jeremy	106	↓1	47
46	Caleb	102	new	60
47	Cameron	102	↓4	52
48	Devin	102	↑2	61
49	Kenneth	99	↓13	65
50	Hunter	98	new	67

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