Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1997

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1997 were Hannah for girls (321 babies) and William for boys (521). Hannah ranked #5 nationally for girls. William ranked #19 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,284 babies born in South Carolina in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1997

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

Tierra: 33 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Chasity: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Zaria: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Christian: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chandler: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Logan: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Essence: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kenya: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Harley: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Kierra: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Raquan: 16 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Tyrek: 15 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Tyquan: 24 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Raekwon: 31 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Hakeem: 20 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Daquan: 41 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jaquan: 38 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dashawn: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Grayson: 38 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Carlton: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Hannah	321	↑3	5
2	Taylor	300	↓1	7
3	Sarah	269	↑6	4
4	Alexis	265	↑4	8
5	Ashley	255	↓3	3
6	Emily	252	↑1	1
7	Jessica	247	↓4	2
8	Madison	237	↑9	10
9	Brittany	229	↓3	20
10	Kayla	209	↓5	12
11	Elizabeth	204	↑3	9
12	Jasmine	186	↓1	24
13	Courtney	184	↓3	28
14	Amber	182	↓2	29
15	Victoria	176	↑10	19
16	Savannah	175	↑2	47
17	Lauren	171	↑2	14
18	Mary	171	↓5	46
19	Anna	163	↓4	33
20	Brianna	160	↑2	17
21	Samantha	159	↓1	6
22	Megan	154	↓1	11
23	Destiny	152	↑8	42
24	Morgan	148	↓1	22
25	Haley	146	↓9	31
26	Jordan	141	↑6	40
27	Rachel	139	↓3	13
28	Caroline	137	↓1	75
29	Rebecca	132	↓3	25
30	Katherine	108	↓2	32
31	Alyssa	106	↑14	15
32	Sydney	105	↑8	35
33	Amanda	102	↓4	16
34	Abigail	99	↑7	26
35	Olivia	96	↓1	27
36	Kaitlyn	95	↑1	41
37	Kelsey	84	↑1	57
38	Jennifer	82	↑10	18
39	Breanna	81	↑3	74
40	Kimberly	80	↓10	49
41	Katelyn	79	↑8	63
42	Allison	78	↓7	39
43	Tiffany	78	↓4	61
44	Chelsea	77	↓8	73
45	Shelby	74	↓2	43
46	Brooke	73	–	45
47	Alexandra	72	new	30
48	Heather	71	↓1	90
49	Danielle	69	↓5	34
50	Erin	69	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	William	521	↑1	19
2	Christopher	503	↓1	4
3	Joshua	459	↑1	5
4	Michael	433	↑1	1
5	Austin	416	↓2	9
6	James	402	–	17
7	Jacob	389	↑7	2
8	Brandon	382	–	8
9	Matthew	348	↓2	3
10	John	326	↓1	15
11	Tyler	323	–	10
12	Andrew	318	–	7
13	Zachary	299	↓3	13
14	Nicholas	284	↑4	6
15	Robert	282	↑1	23
16	Justin	281	↓3	20
17	David	264	–	14
18	Jonathan	252	↑1	21
19	Joseph	248	↓4	12
20	Daniel	214	–	11
21	Jordan	211	↑1	26
22	Thomas	208	↓1	31
23	Ryan	196	↑1	16
24	Samuel	178	↑14	27
25	Christian	174	–	25
26	Benjamin	171	↑4	29
27	Charles	166	↓4	49
28	Dylan	164	↑1	30
29	Hunter	161	↑2	44
30	Caleb	152	↑3	47
31	Alexander	150	↑3	22
32	Anthony	150	↓6	18
33	Cody	140	↓5	36
34	Timothy	139	↓7	43
35	Malik	133	↓3	>100
36	Aaron	127	↓1	33
37	Cameron	119	↑3	45
38	Kevin	115	↓1	28
39	Richard	107	↓3	51
40	Eric	105	↑4	35
41	Noah	103	new	38
42	Steven	102	↑1	40
43	Adam	101	↑7	39
44	Kyle	98	↑4	24
45	Jason	92	new	41
46	Ethan	90	new	46
47	Devin	88	new	59
48	Kenneth	87	↓7	83
49	Patrick	86	↓10	50
50	Logan	83	↓4	42

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