Popular baby names in South Carolina, 1999

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 1999 were Hannah for girls (358 babies) and William for boys (507). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,529 babies born in South Carolina in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 1999

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

Nyasia: 20 babies, 9× the national rate
Deasia: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Ansley: 20 babies, 8× the national rate
Shaniya: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jakayla: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Ashanti: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Carson: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Logan: 53 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ashton: 45 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tierra: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Tyquan: 21 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Tyrek: 26 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Daquan: 35 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Raekwon: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Tyreek: 16 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Jaquan: 47 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Shamar: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darius: 91 babies, 5× the national rate
Deandre: 46 babies, 5× the national rate
Tyrese: 85 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Hannah	358	–	2
2	Emily	304	↑2	1
3	Alexis	293	–	3
4	Taylor	281	↓2	8
5	Sarah	250	↑1	4
6	Madison	244	↑1	7
7	Elizabeth	236	↑2	10
8	Destiny	206	↑4	28
9	Kayla	203	↓1	13
10	Ashley	197	↓5	6
11	Brianna	196	↑6	14
12	Lauren	192	↑1	12
13	Anna	182	↑2	29
14	Brittany	173	↓3	35
15	Jessica	170	↓5	9
16	Mary	162	↓2	45
17	Savannah	160	↑1	42
18	Victoria	155	↑1	16
19	Abigail	150	↑4	18
20	Jasmine	150	↑1	26
21	Morgan	148	↑1	24
22	Amber	143	↓6	41
23	Megan	142	↓3	15
24	Samantha	141	↑1	5
25	Alyssa	137	↑8	11
26	Haley	137	–	31
27	Rachel	135	↑3	19
28	Caroline	130	↓1	71
29	Olivia	125	↑3	20
30	Courtney	122	↓6	44
31	Kaitlyn	108	–	33
32	Jordan	107	↓4	48
33	Emma	105	↑6	17
34	Sydney	101	↑3	23
35	Katherine	98	↓6	36
36	Grace	97	new	27
37	Rebecca	97	↓3	38
38	Amanda	95	–	22
39	Jada	94	↑4	>100
40	Katelyn	90	↓5	55
41	Breanna	89	–	74
42	Makayla	88	↓6	66
43	Julia	86	new	30
44	Mackenzie	84	new	52
45	Bailey	73	↓1	65
46	Allison	72	↓4	40
47	Erin	70	new	58
48	Sara	70	↑2	50
49	Danielle	69	–	43
50	Hailey	69	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	William	507	–	14
2	Joshua	435	↑2	4
3	Jacob	431	↑2	1
4	Michael	424	↓2	2
5	James	419	↑1	19
6	Christopher	402	↓3	6
7	Austin	374	–	13
8	Matthew	358	–	3
9	Nicholas	319	↑2	5
10	John	304	–	15
11	Brandon	299	↓2	11
12	Tyler	299	↑2	10
13	Justin	273	↓1	20
14	Joseph	264	↑3	8
15	Andrew	256	↓2	7
16	Cameron	256	↑8	33
17	Robert	252	↓2	26
18	Hunter	242	–	36
19	Zachary	237	↓3	17
20	David	234	–	16
21	Jonathan	232	↓2	22
22	Thomas	222	↑1	31
23	Jordan	220	↓2	30
24	Noah	203	↑3	24
25	Daniel	193	↓3	9
26	Christian	192	↑2	25
27	Charles	183	↓2	50
28	Anthony	170	↑1	18
29	Caleb	170	↑3	41
30	Dylan	169	↓4	23
31	Benjamin	163	↑4	29
32	Samuel	161	↑1	27
33	Alexander	151	↓3	21
34	Ryan	151	↓3	12
35	Timothy	137	↓1	49
36	Ethan	123	–	37
37	Nathan	122	↑9	32
38	Aaron	120	↑1	38
39	Kevin	116	↑1	34
40	Jackson	113	new	83
41	Steven	107	↑8	47
42	Cody	102	↓4	45
43	Adam	92	↑7	44
44	Darius	91	↑4	>100
45	Eric	91	↓3	39
46	Richard	91	↓5	61
47	Kenneth	88	↓2	89
48	Jason	87	↓5	40
49	Kyle	87	↓12	28
50	Dalton	85	new	86

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