Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2006

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2006 were Madison for girls (391 babies) and William for boys (442). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,607 babies born in South Carolina in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2006

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: 37 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Kinsley: 32 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Deasia: 20 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Zaniya: 16 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Carson: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Ansley: 29 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ashton: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Zaria: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Shaniya: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Logan: 37 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Tyquan: 18 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Omarion: 27 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jaquan: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Sincere: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Savion: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Coleman: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jabari: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dashawn: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Kamari: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jamari: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Madison	391	↑1	3
2	Emma	284	↑1	2
3	Emily	273	↓2	1
4	Hannah	228	–	8
5	Olivia	210	↑1	7
6	Abigail	196	↓1	6
7	Elizabeth	181	–	11
8	Anna	180	–	22
9	Isabella	170	↑10	4
10	Taylor	163	–	23
11	Sarah	162	↓2	15
12	Ava	159	↑21	5
13	Savannah	155	↓2	30
14	Alexis	146	↓2	14
15	Destiny	142	↑2	36
16	Ella	133	↑13	21
17	Brianna	132	↓3	20
18	Caroline	131	–	89
19	Jasmine	130	↑4	29
20	Ashley	128	↓7	12
21	Chloe	126	↓6	18
22	Mary	123	↓6	80
23	Morgan	122	↑4	35
24	Trinity	122	–	64
25	Samantha	119	↑3	10
26	Addison	112	new	28
27	Hailey	110	↑10	25
28	Alyssa	108	↓7	19
29	Lauren	107	↓4	24
30	Sydney	106	↑2	34
31	Grace	105	↓9	16
32	Makayla	105	↓12	45
33	Natalie	103	↑2	17
34	Kaitlyn	101	–	41
35	Jada	100	↓9	92
36	Kayla	99	↓5	26
37	Gabrielle	96	new	63
38	Jessica	93	↑3	32
39	Lillian	93	new	38
40	Sophia	92	↑8	9
41	Jayla	90	new	99
42	Riley	90	↑5	56
43	Haley	89	↓13	75
44	Nevaeh	89	↓2	43
45	Victoria	83	↓9	27
46	Kaylee	81	↓7	42
47	Mackenzie	80	↓1	53
48	Jordan	76	↓5	97
49	Julia	75	–	31
50	Sara	75	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	William	442	–	10
2	Christopher	364	↑5	8
3	James	346	–	16
4	Jacob	334	↓2	1
5	Joshua	331	↓1	3
6	John	282	↓1	19
7	Michael	273	↓1	2
8	Ethan	271	–	4
9	Noah	249	↑9	15
10	Matthew	247	↓1	5
11	Jackson	241	↑5	35
12	Andrew	236	↓2	7
13	Tyler	231	↓2	18
14	David	226	–	13
15	Joseph	226	↓2	11
16	Caleb	208	↑5	34
17	Samuel	203	↑17	25
18	Daniel	202	↓6	6
19	Christian	200	↑1	21
20	Landon	197	↑16	50
21	Jonathan	193	↑6	22
22	Cameron	190	↑3	52
23	Elijah	186	↓1	29
24	Logan	184	↑9	20
25	Jordan	179	↓1	46
26	Alexander	176	↑3	12
27	Robert	176	↓10	47
28	Mason	174	↑11	40
29	Nicholas	173	↓10	17
30	Brandon	172	↓4	27
31	Hunter	170	↓1	54
32	Thomas	168	↓17	51
33	Austin	165	↓1	41
34	Benjamin	164	↑3	24
35	Anthony	161	↓4	9
36	Charles	154	↓8	60
37	Zachary	154	↓14	33
38	Isaiah	149	↑11	39
39	Jayden	149	↑6	49
40	Dylan	142	–	26
41	Gabriel	138	↓3	28
42	Aiden	134	new	32
43	Justin	128	↓8	45
44	Ryan	126	↓3	14
45	Kevin	124	↓1	37
46	Jeremiah	120	↑1	71
47	Gavin	117	new	38
48	Bryson	116	↓2	>100
49	Nathan	116	↓6	23
50	Hayden	110	↓2	73

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