Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2000

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2000 were Hannah for girls (387 babies) and William for boys (552). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,805 babies born in South Carolina in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2000

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

Tyasia: 17 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Nyasia: 26 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Deasia: 23 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Grayson: 15 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Malaysia: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Shaniya: 16 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ansley: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Carson: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Christian: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
India: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Tyquan: 22 babies, 15× the national rate
Tyrek: 21 babies, 11× the national rate
Daquan: 29 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Tyrese: 56 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Nigel: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jaquan: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dashawn: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bryson: 63 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shamar: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Desmond: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	387	–	2
2	Madison	343	↑4	3
3	Emily	310	↓1	1
4	Alexis	261	↓1	6
5	Taylor	243	↓1	10
6	Sarah	221	↓1	5
7	Destiny	215	↑1	24
8	Elizabeth	207	↓1	9
9	Kayla	196	–	13
10	Lauren	190	↑2	11
11	Anna	181	↑2	22
12	Brianna	180	↓1	15
13	Savannah	179	↑4	37
14	Ashley	177	↓4	4
15	Mary	167	↑1	46
16	Caroline	162	↑12	65
17	Olivia	162	↑12	16
18	Jessica	156	↓3	8
19	Haley	154	↑7	28
20	Jasmine	154	–	27
21	Morgan	146	–	25
22	Sydney	143	↑12	23
23	Abigail	142	↓4	14
24	Samantha	137	–	7
25	Victoria	133	↓7	20
26	Kaitlyn	131	↑5	30
27	Megan	131	↓4	18
28	Alyssa	128	↓3	12
29	Emma	117	↑4	17
30	Amber	114	↓8	47
31	Jordan	112	↑1	50
32	Brittany	110	↓18	60
33	Jada	106	↑6	84
34	Grace	105	↑2	19
35	Rachel	103	↓8	21
36	Katelyn	101	↑4	54
37	Katherine	101	↓2	33
38	Makayla	99	↑4	67
39	Courtney	95	↓9	59
40	Rebecca	87	↓3	39
41	Breanna	85	–	80
42	Hailey	81	↑8	35
43	Julia	78	–	29
44	Mackenzie	78	–	43
45	Trinity	75	new	74
46	Jennifer	73	new	26
47	Bailey	72	↓2	68
48	Erin	71	↓1	61
49	Sara	71	↓1	57
50	Diamond	70	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	William	552	–	11
2	Christopher	441	↑4	5
3	Jacob	428	–	1
4	Joshua	400	↓2	4
5	James	399	–	18
6	Michael	381	↓2	2
7	John	346	↑3	14
8	Matthew	345	–	3
9	Andrew	308	↑6	7
10	Brandon	278	↑1	12
11	Joseph	269	↑3	8
12	Austin	266	↓5	23
13	Cameron	266	↑3	31
14	David	266	↑6	16
15	Justin	259	↓2	19
16	Nicholas	255	↓7	6
17	Tyler	249	↓5	10
18	Zachary	244	↑1	15
19	Daniel	230	↑6	9
20	Robert	230	↓3	29
21	Jonathan	223	–	21
22	Hunter	216	↓4	35
23	Thomas	213	↓1	33
24	Noah	207	–	27
25	Christian	198	↑1	22
26	Dylan	180	↑4	24
27	Jordan	178	↓4	36
28	Samuel	176	↑4	28
29	Charles	171	↓2	51
30	Anthony	168	↓2	17
31	Ryan	161	↑3	13
32	Caleb	160	↓3	38
33	Alexander	156	–	20
34	Benjamin	156	↓3	26
35	Ethan	153	↑1	25
36	Timothy	133	↓1	58
37	Jackson	124	↑3	72
38	Jalen	118	new	>100
39	Nathan	112	↓2	30
40	Patrick	110	new	68
41	Kevin	106	↓2	32
42	Aaron	104	↓4	41
43	Eric	101	↑2	42
44	Cody	100	↓2	60
45	Elijah	96	new	52
46	Jason	95	↑2	39
47	Devin	93	new	69
48	Logan	92	new	40
49	Isaiah	91	new	47
50	Chandler	86	new	>100

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