Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2002

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2002 were Madison for girls (367 babies) and William for boys (533). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,590 babies born in South Carolina in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2002

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: 18 babies, 19× the national rate
Grayson: 17 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Ansley: 34 babies, 10× the national rate
Essence: 23 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Shaniya: 25 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Nyasia: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Carson: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jakayla: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Zaria: 25 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ashanti: 128 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Tyquan: 19 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Jahiem: 21 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Tyshawn: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Jaheim: 60 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Daquan: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jaquan: 30 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Savion: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jamari: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Omarion: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chandler: 73 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	367	–	2
2	Hannah	300	–	3
3	Emily	291	–	1
4	Elizabeth	238	↑4	11
5	Abigail	222	↑7	7
6	Sarah	204	–	8
7	Alexis	197	–	5
8	Anna	194	↓3	20
9	Taylor	180	↓5	18
10	Emma	173	↑11	4
11	Olivia	167	↑5	10
12	Jasmine	160	↑10	26
13	Mary	159	↑1	49
14	Destiny	153	↓3	34
15	Lauren	151	↓6	13
16	Brianna	148	↓6	17
17	Alyssa	146	↑10	12
18	Caroline	145	–	67
19	Morgan	145	↓2	29
20	Ashley	141	–	6
21	Savannah	136	↓8	39
22	Kaitlyn	130	↑4	32
23	Kayla	130	↓8	19
24	Sydney	130	↑6	23
25	Victoria	130	↑10	21
26	Ashanti	128	new	>100
27	Jordan	128	↓2	45
28	Jada	127	↑3	78
29	Jessica	127	↓5	16
30	Haley	119	↓11	35
31	Samantha	116	↓8	9
32	Chloe	114	↑8	25
33	Grace	114	–	15
34	Makayla	103	↑2	50
35	Rachel	103	↓7	24
36	Megan	100	↓7	22
37	Hailey	96	↓3	31
38	Katherine	95	–	36
39	Amber	91	↓7	65
40	Isabella	91	new	14
41	Katelyn	88	↑1	53
42	Aaliyah	87	↑3	64
43	Mackenzie	87	↓2	42
44	Rebecca	81	↓5	54
45	Natalie	77	new	30
46	Faith	72	new	48
47	Breanna	71	new	>100
48	Sara	70	↓1	59
49	Trinity	70	–	70
50	Courtney	67	↓13	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	William	533	–	11
2	Jacob	388	–	1
3	Joshua	386	–	3
4	James	375	↑1	18
5	Christopher	358	↓1	8
6	Michael	324	–	2
7	Matthew	307	–	4
8	John	288	–	17
9	Ethan	258	↑8	5
10	Andrew	251	↑1	6
11	Nicholas	239	↑4	9
12	Austin	234	↓3	26
13	Joseph	230	↓3	7
14	Tyler	228	↑4	14
15	Robert	224	↑1	34
16	Justin	221	↓3	22
17	Caleb	213	↑10	35
18	Jordan	211	↑5	37
19	Daniel	206	↑3	10
20	Brandon	204	↓8	20
21	Cameron	201	–	39
22	Zachary	198	↓8	19
23	David	192	↓4	13
24	Thomas	188	↓4	36
25	Jonathan	186	↑1	21
26	Samuel	177	↑4	25
27	Christian	174	↑2	24
28	Hunter	166	↓3	38
29	Alexander	165	↑4	15
30	Noah	165	↓6	31
31	Logan	160	↑5	29
32	Charles	152	↑2	58
33	Jackson	152	↑6	50
34	Anthony	144	↓2	12
35	Ryan	144	–	16
36	Dylan	139	↓8	23
37	Benjamin	134	↓6	27
38	Gabriel	125	↑3	32
39	Timothy	124	↓1	70
40	Jason	119	↑4	42
41	Elijah	115	↑2	41
42	Kevin	111	↓2	33
43	Nathan	110	↓6	28
44	Aaron	103	↑2	43
45	Luke	95	↑2	46
46	Isaiah	91	new	45
47	Cody	86	↑3	71
48	Brian	83	new	51
49	Richard	83	↓4	77
50	Devin	80	new	74

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