Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2003

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2003 were Madison for girls (341 babies) and William for boys (471). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,526 babies born in South Carolina in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2003

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: 34 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Kinsley: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Malaysia: 17 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Ansley: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Carson: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Shakira: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Christian: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Zaria: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Janiya: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ashton: 29 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Tyquan: 16 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Marion: 17 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Jaquez: 15 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Jaquan: 35 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Jaheim: 40 babies, 7× the national rate
Daquan: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bryson: 79 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jamari: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jabari: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Deandre: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Madison	341	–	3
2	Emily	310	↑1	1
3	Hannah	297	↓1	4
4	Olivia	214	↑7	5
5	Emma	213	↑5	2
6	Abigail	210	↓1	6
7	Taylor	210	↑2	19
8	Sarah	206	↓2	11
9	Alexis	199	↓2	7
10	Anna	199	↓2	21
11	Elizabeth	199	↓7	9
12	Caroline	147	↑6	68
13	Haley	147	↑17	34
14	Kayla	146	↑9	16
15	Brianna	145	↑1	17
16	Lauren	145	↓1	15
17	Mary	142	↓4	59
18	Ashley	141	↑2	8
19	Destiny	139	↓5	37
20	Morgan	135	↓1	29
21	Jasmine	124	↓9	27
22	Alyssa	121	↓5	14
23	Savannah	121	↓2	41
24	Jada	116	↑4	79
25	Kaitlyn	115	↓3	32
26	Victoria	110	↓1	22
27	Trinity	109	↑22	56
28	Chloe	106	↑4	24
29	Sydney	106	↓5	25
30	Grace	105	↑3	13
31	Hailey	103	↑6	26
32	Jordan	101	↓5	48
33	Isabella	100	↑7	12
34	Makayla	98	–	51
35	Samantha	96	↓4	10
36	Katherine	93	↑2	35
37	Megan	88	↓1	30
38	Jessica	85	↓9	18
39	Amber	84	–	74
40	Natalie	77	↑5	23
41	Mckenzie	76	new	>100
42	Ashlyn	75	new	>100
43	Katelyn	75	↓2	58
44	Julia	74	new	33
45	Kylie	74	new	52
46	Jennifer	73	new	31
47	Rachel	72	↓12	28
48	Aaliyah	71	↓6	90
49	Angel	71	new	>100
50	Kaylee	71	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	William	471	–	11
2	Jacob	401	–	1
3	James	374	↑1	18
4	Joshua	360	↓1	3
5	Christopher	327	–	9
6	Michael	325	–	2
7	John	319	↑1	17
8	Matthew	289	↓1	4
9	Ethan	269	–	7
10	Joseph	239	↑3	6
11	Robert	238	↑4	35
12	Cameron	227	↑9	40
13	Andrew	225	↓3	5
14	Caleb	224	↑3	34
15	Tyler	218	↓1	15
16	David	216	↑7	14
17	Dylan	212	↑19	19
18	Nicholas	205	↓7	12
19	Zachary	201	↑3	20
20	Brandon	198	–	21
21	Christian	193	↑6	25
22	Thomas	193	↑2	36
23	Jackson	191	↑10	52
24	Jonathan	189	↑1	22
25	Daniel	185	↓6	8
26	Austin	184	↓14	33
27	Anthony	180	↑7	10
28	Jordan	178	↓10	38
29	Justin	171	↓13	27
30	Noah	170	–	31
31	Hunter	166	↓3	41
32	Charles	162	–	57
33	Samuel	159	↓7	23
34	Elijah	156	↑7	37
35	Ryan	156	–	13
36	Benjamin	151	↑1	24
37	Logan	148	↓6	28
38	Gabriel	145	–	29
39	Alexander	143	↓10	16
40	Landon	131	new	97
41	Nathan	113	↑2	26
42	Jason	109	↓2	42
43	Isaiah	107	↑3	49
44	Aaron	104	–	50
45	Kevin	104	↓3	32
46	Connor	96	new	43
47	Evan	96	new	44
48	Luke	95	↓3	46
49	Timothy	94	↓10	76
50	Jeremiah	93	new	90

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