Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1995

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1995 were Taylor for girls (364 babies) and William for boys (510). Taylor ranked #6 nationally for girls. William ranked #20 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,310 babies born in South Carolina in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1995

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: 136 babies, 65.5× the national rate
Octavia: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Khadijah: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Essence: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Yasmine: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Logan: 42 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Aaliyah: 48 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Paris: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ashton: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Ann: 28 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 149 babies, 57.4× the national rate
Daquan: 47 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Dequan: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jaquan: 38 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Raekwon: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rashawn: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Raheem: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Shaquille: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bryson: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dashawn: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Taylor	364	↑3	6
2	Ashley	359	↓1	2
3	Jessica	342	–	1
4	Brittany	329	↓2	8
5	Kayla	297	–	11
6	Emily	263	↑1	3
7	Hannah	258	↓1	7
8	Sarah	239	–	5
9	Courtney	232	↑4	17
10	Alexis	227	↑7	14
11	Amber	222	↓1	22
12	Elizabeth	216	↓1	10
13	Jasmine	213	↓4	25
14	Lauren	196	↑2	15
15	Mary	188	↑4	40
16	Victoria	183	↓2	20
17	Brianna	178	↑6	21
18	Samantha	177	↓6	4
19	Megan	169	↓1	13
20	Rachel	168	↑1	12
21	Anna	164	↓1	31
22	Morgan	164	↓7	23
23	Amanda	141	↓1	9
24	Haley	136	–	32
25	Unknown	136	new	>100
26	Savannah	132	↑7	68
27	Rebecca	124	↑1	28
28	Caroline	116	↑3	92
29	Madison	116	↑20	29
30	Kimberly	113	↑5	37
31	Tiffany	113	↓5	46
32	Jordan	112	↑6	50
33	Kelsey	110	↓8	33
34	Destiny	104	new	66
35	Jennifer	104	↓5	18
36	Allison	101	↑6	34
37	Kristen	101	↑2	65
38	Chelsea	96	↓9	47
39	Stephanie	96	↓7	16
40	Heather	94	↓3	54
41	Sydney	94	new	43
42	Kaitlyn	90	new	42
43	Katherine	88	↓16	30
44	Breanna	84	new	76
45	Danielle	84	↓9	24
46	Shelby	83	↓1	38
47	Abigail	77	new	36
48	Miranda	75	new	57
49	Katelyn	73	↓15	59
50	Laura	71	↓2	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	William	510	↑2	20
2	Christopher	495	↓1	3
3	Michael	493	↓1	1
4	James	450	↑1	17
5	Brandon	446	↑1	8
6	Joshua	429	↓2	5
7	Austin	387	↑2	10
8	Matthew	380	↓1	2
9	John	354	↓1	13
10	Tyler	353	↑3	6
11	Justin	352	↓1	18
12	Robert	284	–	22
13	Nicholas	279	↑6	7
14	Zachary	277	↑1	14
15	Joseph	270	↓4	12
16	Andrew	266	↑1	11
17	Jacob	256	↓3	4
18	David	244	–	16
19	Daniel	241	↓3	9
20	Jonathan	234	–	23
21	Thomas	222	–	27
22	Charles	201	↑3	44
23	Ryan	200	↓1	15
24	Cody	199	↓1	26
25	Timothy	187	↓1	40
26	Jordan	178	↑3	29
27	Anthony	173	↓1	19
28	Dylan	161	↑4	34
29	Aaron	160	↓2	30
30	Alexander	158	–	21
31	Hunter	158	↑19	53
32	Unknown	149	new	>100
33	Christian	140	new	28
34	Benjamin	134	↓6	31
35	Samuel	127	↓2	33
36	Caleb	118	↑10	54
37	Cameron	117	↑10	49
38	Kevin	116	↓4	25
39	Eric	115	–	32
40	Richard	114	↓9	42
41	Kyle	112	↓4	24
42	Steven	111	↓6	37
43	Dustin	108	↓5	62
44	Stephen	107	↓9	57
45	Patrick	104	↓4	43
46	Adam	100	↓4	38
47	Devin	95	↑1	58
48	Brian	92	↓4	36
49	Kenneth	92	–	72
50	Malik	89	new	>100

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