Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2008

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2008 were Madison for girls (302 babies) and William for boys (457). Madison ranked #6 nationally for girls. William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,202 babies born in South Carolina in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2008

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: 30 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Tamya: 16 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Ellison: 16 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Kinsley: 37 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jamiyah: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ansley: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Logan: 45 babies, 6× the national rate
Kamya: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Zaria: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jaylen: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Zyon: 16 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Tyshawn: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jaquan: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Savion: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Walker: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jamir: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Tyrell: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sullivan: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Omari: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Javion: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Madison	302	–	6
2	Emma	277	–	1
3	Emily	257	–	3
4	Abigail	218	–	8
5	Olivia	209	↑1	4
6	Isabella	208	↑4	2
7	Elizabeth	192	↑1	9
8	Ava	191	↓3	5
9	Anna	173	↑3	26
10	Addison	166	↓1	12
11	Hannah	161	↓4	17
12	Sarah	154	↑1	20
13	Taylor	149	↑2	22
14	Chloe	143	–	10
15	Alyssa	142	↓4	16
16	Sophia	142	↑2	7
17	Destiny	138	↑12	47
18	Caroline	134	↑4	94
19	Trinity	134	↑12	70
20	Savannah	130	↑4	33
21	Alexis	127	↓4	15
22	Makayla	121	↑1	37
23	Lillian	112	↑9	29
24	Ashley	111	↑2	18
25	Morgan	111	↑5	46
26	Samantha	111	↑9	11
27	Ella	110	↓8	19
28	Brianna	106	↓12	23
29	Natalie	105	↓1	13
30	Lily	104	↑11	24
31	Hailey	101	↓4	25
32	Nevaeh	101	↓12	34
33	Mary	98	–	96
34	Peyton	96	new	60
35	Jada	94	↓10	>100
36	Kaylee	93	↑7	31
37	Aaliyah	92	↑12	76
38	Lauren	92	↑7	30
39	Riley	91	↑1	39
40	Victoria	89	↓3	27
41	Jasmine	88	↓20	43
42	Gabrielle	85	↓4	79
43	Kylie	85	new	51
44	Katherine	84	↑3	45
45	Layla	84	new	55
46	Jordan	83	↑4	>100
47	Allison	80	new	32
48	Mackenzie	79	new	65
49	Kaitlyn	77	↓15	53
50	Zoe	76	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	William	457	–	8
2	Joshua	319	↑3	4
3	Christopher	314	–	9
4	Jayden	312	↑4	11
5	James	300	↓3	17
6	Jacob	299	–	1
7	Michael	293	↓3	2
8	Ethan	287	↓1	3
9	John	287	–	20
10	Noah	242	–	15
11	Jackson	237	↑1	32
12	Elijah	222	↑12	22
13	Matthew	213	–	10
14	Christian	203	↑2	23
15	Landon	202	↑7	45
16	Caleb	201	↓1	34
17	David	201	–	14
18	Andrew	195	↓7	12
19	Daniel	194	↓5	5
20	Jordan	191	↓1	48
21	Joseph	187	↑4	13
22	Jonathan	186	↓4	26
23	Robert	184	↑4	49
24	Nicholas	181	↓1	29
25	Tyler	180	↓4	28
26	Cameron	178	↓6	53
27	Anthony	177	↑2	7
28	Charles	175	↑7	63
29	Aiden	173	↑9	16
30	Gabriel	171	↑3	24
31	Logan	167	↑3	19
32	Samuel	162	↓6	27
33	Thomas	162	↓5	52
34	Benjamin	161	↓2	25
35	Brandon	153	↓5	33
36	Nathan	146	↑4	21
37	Dylan	144	↑12	31
38	Gavin	144	↑3	30
39	Alexander	142	↓8	6
40	Zachary	140	↑4	47
41	Brayden	137	new	51
42	Mason	137	↑1	35
43	Justin	135	↓4	44
44	Hunter	129	↑4	54
45	Austin	126	↓9	55
46	Lucas	124	new	46
47	Isaiah	122	↓5	42
48	Jaden	118	new	88
49	Jeremiah	118	↓3	68
50	Luke	115	new	43

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