Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2005

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2005 were Emily for girls (328 babies) and William for boys (434). William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,647 babies born in South Carolina in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2005

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

Shanya: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Nyasia: 23 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Kinsley: 21 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Malaysia: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ansley: 27 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Zaria: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jakayla: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Shania: 36 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Taliyah: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jaliyah: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 15 babies, 27.7× the national rate
Daquan: 22 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Tyquan: 15 babies, 11× the national rate
Tyshawn: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Nigel: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Savion: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sincere: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Coleman: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bryson: 111 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jamarion: 36 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emily	328	↑1	1
2	Madison	309	↓1	3
3	Emma	276	–	2
4	Hannah	233	–	7
5	Abigail	229	–	4
6	Olivia	198	–	5
7	Elizabeth	193	↑1	11
8	Anna	191	↑1	22
9	Sarah	188	↓2	15
10	Taylor	171	↑1	24
11	Savannah	168	↑7	35
12	Alexis	148	↓2	13
13	Ashley	143	↑2	10
14	Brianna	143	↓2	20
15	Chloe	143	↑10	19
16	Mary	142	↑5	72
17	Destiny	135	↓3	32
18	Caroline	133	↓5	83
19	Isabella	133	↑3	6
20	Makayla	123	↓1	44
21	Alyssa	121	↓4	16
22	Grace	117	↑7	14
23	Jasmine	117	↓3	29
24	Trinity	117	↑3	48
25	Lauren	116	↓9	21
26	Jada	112	↑2	76
27	Morgan	110	↑3	33
28	Samantha	109	↓2	8
29	Ella	103	↑5	23
30	Haley	101	↑7	53
31	Kayla	101	↓7	25
32	Sydney	99	↓1	30
33	Ava	98	↑12	9
34	Kaitlyn	98	↓11	34
35	Natalie	96	new	18
36	Victoria	95	↓1	28
37	Hailey	94	↓5	26
38	Katherine	91	↑2	36
39	Kaylee	89	↑10	40
40	Rachel	85	↑1	38
41	Jessica	82	↓3	27
42	Nevaeh	82	new	69
43	Jordan	80	↓7	86
44	Katelyn	80	↓11	59
45	Kylie	79	↑5	57
46	Mackenzie	79	↓3	51
47	Riley	77	new	54
48	Sophia	77	↓1	12
49	Julia	75	↓5	31
50	Allison	74	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	William	434	–	11
2	Jacob	356	–	1
3	James	331	–	17
4	Joshua	331	–	3
5	John	310	↑2	18
6	Michael	302	–	2
7	Christopher	295	↓2	10
8	Ethan	291	–	5
9	Matthew	287	–	4
10	Andrew	261	↑1	6
11	Tyler	241	↑1	16
12	Daniel	219	↑9	7
13	Joseph	217	–	9
14	David	214	↓4	12
15	Thomas	214	↑2	40
16	Jackson	198	↑10	44
17	Robert	194	↓2	37
18	Noah	189	↑20	23
19	Nicholas	186	↓5	15
20	Christian	185	↑3	22
21	Caleb	181	↓5	35
22	Elijah	181	↑7	31
23	Zachary	179	↓5	29
24	Jordan	175	↑4	46
25	Cameron	173	↓5	52
26	Brandon	171	↓4	27
27	Jonathan	170	↓8	19
28	Charles	168	↓3	56
29	Alexander	167	↑8	13
30	Hunter	155	–	53
31	Anthony	154	↑4	8
32	Austin	154	↓8	38
33	Logan	153	↑3	26
34	Samuel	149	↓7	21
35	Justin	147	↑5	36
36	Landon	145	↑3	61
37	Benjamin	144	↓5	25
38	Gabriel	144	↑3	28
39	Mason	143	new	42
40	Dylan	133	↓7	24
41	Ryan	128	↓10	14
42	Connor	125	–	48
43	Nathan	125	↓9	20
44	Kevin	122	–	33
45	Jayden	121	new	54
46	Bryson	111	new	>100
47	Jeremiah	111	↓1	78
48	Hayden	107	new	76
49	Isaiah	104	↓6	45
50	Jason	101	↓2	51

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