Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1998

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1998 were Hannah for girls (363 babies) and William for boys (529). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,319 babies born in South Carolina in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1998

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

Deasia: 20 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Ansley: 25 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Carson: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Christian: 29 babies, 5.8× the national rate
India: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kierra: 36 babies, 5× the national rate
Charity: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Zaria: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Logan: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tatyana: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Tyquan: 23 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Tyreek: 21 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Daquan: 37 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Hakeem: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Tyriq: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Tyrek: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jaquan: 33 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Harold: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Bernard: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tyrese: 16 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Hannah	363	–	2
2	Taylor	340	–	7
3	Alexis	299	↑1	6
4	Emily	297	↑2	1
5	Ashley	265	–	5
6	Sarah	257	↓3	4
7	Madison	244	↑1	9
8	Kayla	231	↑2	12
9	Elizabeth	216	↑2	10
10	Jessica	211	↓3	8
11	Brittany	204	↓2	25
12	Destiny	192	↑11	34
13	Lauren	191	↑4	14
14	Mary	175	↑4	44
15	Anna	172	↑4	31
16	Amber	171	↓2	37
17	Brianna	171	↑3	17
18	Savannah	170	↓2	45
19	Victoria	166	↓4	16
20	Megan	165	↑2	13
21	Jasmine	152	↓9	26
22	Morgan	152	↑2	23
23	Abigail	149	↑11	18
24	Courtney	148	↓11	39
25	Samantha	148	↓4	3
26	Haley	141	↓1	36
27	Caroline	136	↑1	75
28	Jordan	129	↓2	42
29	Katherine	126	↑1	33
30	Rachel	123	↓3	15
31	Kaitlyn	117	↑5	35
32	Olivia	113	↑3	21
33	Alyssa	110	↓2	11
34	Rebecca	109	↓5	30
35	Katelyn	106	↑6	58
36	Makayla	101	new	71
37	Sydney	95	↓5	28
38	Amanda	94	↓5	19
39	Emma	94	new	22
40	Kelsey	90	↓3	56
41	Breanna	89	↓2	76
42	Allison	87	–	38
43	Jada	80	new	>100
44	Bailey	76	new	60
45	Kimberly	74	↓5	54
46	Sierra	74	new	51
47	Tiffany	74	↓4	67
48	Briana	72	new	79
49	Danielle	70	–	41
50	Sara	68	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	William	529	–	14
2	Michael	459	↑2	1
3	Christopher	449	↓1	5
4	Joshua	438	↓1	4
5	Jacob	421	↑2	2
6	James	419	–	18
7	Austin	398	↓2	10
8	Matthew	375	↑1	3
9	Brandon	363	↓1	7
10	John	351	–	15
11	Nicholas	290	↑3	6
12	Justin	289	↑4	20
13	Andrew	284	↓1	9
14	Tyler	283	↓3	8
15	Robert	280	–	23
16	Zachary	272	↓3	16
17	Joseph	258	↑2	11
18	Hunter	239	↑11	36
19	Jonathan	230	↓1	21
20	David	229	↓3	13
21	Jordan	227	–	27
22	Daniel	215	↓2	12
23	Thomas	192	↓1	31
24	Cameron	189	↑13	35
25	Charles	181	↑2	48
26	Dylan	173	↑2	25
27	Noah	165	↑14	29
28	Christian	164	↓3	26
29	Anthony	152	↑3	19
30	Alexander	151	↑1	22
31	Ryan	150	↓8	17
32	Caleb	149	↓2	42
33	Samuel	144	↓9	28
34	Timothy	139	–	49
35	Benjamin	137	↓9	30
36	Ethan	127	↑10	38
37	Kyle	125	↑7	24
38	Cody	115	↓5	43
39	Aaron	110	↓3	37
40	Kevin	108	↓2	32
41	Richard	104	↓2	56
42	Eric	103	↓2	39
43	Jason	97	↑2	40
44	Logan	96	↑6	44
45	Kenneth	95	↑3	87
46	Nathan	95	new	34
47	Patrick	93	↑2	57
48	Darius	88	new	>100
49	Steven	83	↓7	46
50	Adam	82	↓7	45

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