Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2001

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2001 were Madison for girls (366 babies) and William for boys (533). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,345 babies born in South Carolina in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2001

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: 44 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Shanya: 16 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Malaysia: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Deasia: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ansley: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Carson: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Shaniya: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Janiya: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Zaria: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Shania: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Tyrek: 17 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Tyquan: 16 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Jaheim: 42 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jaquan: 35 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Earl: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jamari: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Daquan: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Savion: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Bryson: 69 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shemar: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Madison	366	↑1	2
2	Hannah	343	↓1	3
3	Emily	302	–	1
4	Taylor	232	↑1	12
5	Anna	228	↑6	19
6	Sarah	213	–	6
7	Alexis	211	↓3	5
8	Elizabeth	208	–	9
9	Lauren	194	↑1	15
10	Brianna	189	↑2	18
11	Destiny	185	↓4	22
12	Abigail	179	↑11	8
13	Savannah	177	–	42
14	Mary	174	↑1	48
15	Kayla	169	↓6	17
16	Olivia	165	↑1	10
17	Morgan	162	↑4	29
18	Caroline	156	↓2	62
19	Haley	152	–	34
20	Ashley	147	↓6	4
21	Emma	147	↑8	13
22	Jasmine	146	↓2	25
23	Samantha	141	↑1	7
24	Jessica	140	↓6	11
25	Jordan	138	↑6	47
26	Kaitlyn	130	–	31
27	Alyssa	124	↑1	14
28	Rachel	119	↑7	24
29	Megan	117	↓2	20
30	Sydney	115	↓8	23
31	Jada	112	↑2	75
32	Amber	110	↓2	51
33	Grace	110	↑1	16
34	Hailey	110	↑8	33
35	Victoria	108	↓10	21
36	Makayla	99	↑2	54
37	Courtney	96	↑2	73
38	Katherine	93	↓1	35
39	Rebecca	93	↑1	46
40	Chloe	91	new	30
41	Mackenzie	89	↑3	40
42	Katelyn	81	↓6	52
43	Jennifer	76	↑3	26
44	Sierra	75	new	55
45	Aaliyah	72	new	96
46	Autumn	72	new	72
47	Sara	72	↑2	58
48	Julia	71	↓5	27
49	Trinity	71	↓4	67
50	Angel	70	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	William	533	–	10
2	Jacob	429	↑1	1
3	Joshua	401	↑1	4
4	Christopher	388	↓2	5
5	James	379	–	19
6	Michael	378	–	2
7	Matthew	322	↑1	3
8	John	303	↓1	14
9	Austin	266	↑3	25
10	Joseph	257	↑1	8
11	Andrew	252	↓2	7
12	Brandon	249	↓2	18
13	Justin	236	↑2	22
14	Zachary	235	↑4	16
15	Nicholas	231	↑1	6
16	Robert	231	↑4	30
17	Ethan	225	↑18	17
18	Tyler	225	↓1	13
19	David	219	↓5	12
20	Thomas	214	↑3	33
21	Cameron	210	↓8	35
22	Daniel	203	↓3	9
23	Jordan	202	↑4	39
24	Noah	201	–	28
25	Hunter	199	↓3	36
26	Jonathan	197	↓5	23
27	Caleb	189	↑5	37
28	Dylan	188	↓2	21
29	Christian	186	↓4	24
30	Samuel	181	↓2	26
31	Benjamin	176	↑3	27
32	Anthony	165	↓2	11
33	Alexander	146	–	20
34	Charles	139	↓5	55
35	Ryan	134	↓4	15
36	Logan	132	↑12	29
37	Nathan	128	↑2	31
38	Timothy	126	↓2	67
39	Jackson	120	↓2	60
40	Kevin	120	↑1	32
41	Gabriel	116	new	38
42	Jalen	101	↓4	>100
43	Elijah	99	↑2	45
44	Jason	99	↑2	41
45	Richard	98	new	73
46	Aaron	95	↓4	42
47	Luke	95	new	50
48	Seth	92	new	68
49	Eric	89	↓6	44
50	Cody	88	↓6	64

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