Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1996

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1996 were Taylor for girls (349 babies) and Christopher for boys (492). Taylor ranked #6 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,907 babies born in South Carolina in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1996

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

Moesha: 37 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Ansley: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Khadijah: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Zaria: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Christian: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Essence: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Dorothy: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kierra: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chandler: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lyric: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Raquan: 24 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Tyquan: 20 babies, 11× the national rate
Raekwon: 49 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Shamar: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Daquan: 41 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Antwan: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Shaquille: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Bernard: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Hakeem: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Jaquan: 31 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Taylor	349	–	6
2	Ashley	303	–	3
3	Jessica	280	–	2
4	Hannah	279	↑3	7
5	Kayla	279	–	11
6	Brittany	276	↓2	14
7	Emily	271	↓1	1
8	Alexis	269	↑2	8
9	Sarah	233	↓1	4
10	Courtney	210	↓1	21
11	Jasmine	209	↑2	28
12	Amber	205	↓1	27
13	Mary	197	↑2	44
14	Elizabeth	188	↓2	10
15	Anna	180	↑6	33
16	Haley	175	↑8	30
17	Madison	173	↑12	15
18	Savannah	169	↑8	43
19	Lauren	168	↓5	16
20	Samantha	166	↓2	5
21	Megan	165	↓2	12
22	Brianna	163	↓5	17
23	Morgan	163	↓1	25
24	Rachel	157	↓4	9
25	Victoria	154	↓9	18
26	Rebecca	138	↑1	24
27	Caroline	125	↑1	78
28	Katherine	119	↑15	31
29	Amanda	110	↓6	13
30	Kimberly	108	–	41
31	Destiny	100	↑3	56
32	Jordan	96	–	49
33	Kristen	95	↑4	70
34	Olivia	95	new	34
35	Allison	91	↑1	38
36	Chelsea	91	↑2	55
37	Kaitlyn	90	↑5	40
38	Kelsey	90	↓5	36
39	Tiffany	90	↓8	52
40	Sydney	88	↑1	39
41	Abigail	86	↑6	32
42	Breanna	84	↑2	74
43	Shelby	83	↑3	35
44	Danielle	82	↑1	29
45	Alyssa	81	new	23
46	Brooke	81	new	45
47	Heather	77	↓7	71
48	Jennifer	77	↓13	19
49	Katelyn	76	–	64
50	Summer	75	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Christopher	492	↑1	4
2	William	485	↓1	18
3	Austin	441	↑4	9
4	Joshua	434	↑2	5
5	Michael	434	↓2	1
6	James	432	↓2	17
7	Matthew	394	↑1	2
8	Brandon	380	↓3	8
9	John	345	–	15
10	Zachary	321	↑4	14
11	Tyler	310	↓1	7
12	Andrew	305	↑4	10
13	Justin	302	↓2	20
14	Jacob	296	↑3	3
15	Joseph	287	–	12
16	Robert	287	↓4	23
17	David	285	↑1	13
18	Nicholas	274	↓5	6
19	Jonathan	241	↑1	21
20	Daniel	233	↓1	11
21	Thomas	194	–	28
22	Jordan	185	↑4	27
23	Charles	180	↓1	43
24	Ryan	176	↓1	16
25	Christian	168	↑8	24
26	Anthony	161	↑1	19
27	Timothy	160	↓2	40
28	Cody	154	↓4	31
29	Dylan	154	↓1	33
30	Benjamin	153	↑4	29
31	Hunter	145	–	47
32	Malik	144	↑18	97
33	Caleb	143	↑3	48
34	Alexander	140	↓4	22
35	Aaron	137	↓6	34
36	Richard	125	↑4	45
37	Kevin	123	↑1	26
38	Samuel	121	↓3	30
39	Patrick	110	↑6	44
40	Cameron	109	↓3	49
41	Kenneth	97	↑8	77
42	Jeremy	96	new	56
43	Steven	95	↓1	38
44	Eric	94	↓5	35
45	Brian	92	↑3	36
46	Logan	91	new	42
47	Stephen	90	↓3	59
48	Kyle	89	↓7	25
49	Bradley	87	new	83
50	Adam	85	↓4	39

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