Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2009

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2009 were Emma for girls (283 babies) and William for boys (419). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,258 babies born in South Carolina in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2009

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

Kensley: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ansley: 37 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Nyasia: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ashton: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jamya: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Taraji: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ashanti: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Essence: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Azaria: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jakayla: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Tyshawn: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Jayvion: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jaquan: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Coleman: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jamari: 39 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jamarion: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bryson: 130 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sincere: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Reginald: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Nasir: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Emma	283	↑1	2
2	Madison	267	↓1	7
3	Isabella	245	↑3	1
4	Olivia	231	↑1	3
5	Abigail	203	↓1	8
6	Ava	192	↑2	5
7	Elizabeth	187	–	11
8	Emily	166	↓5	6
9	Addison	164	↑1	12
10	Chloe	162	↑4	9
11	Anna	155	↓2	28
12	Ella	151	↑15	15
13	Hannah	144	↓2	23
14	Sarah	143	↓2	21
15	Alexis	139	↑6	13
16	Taylor	137	↓3	22
17	Caroline	131	↑1	87
18	Alyssa	121	↓3	19
19	Sophia	121	↓3	4
20	Lily	119	↑10	18
21	Brianna	116	↑7	24
22	Kaylee	114	↑14	26
23	Peyton	112	↑11	42
24	Nevaeh	111	↑8	34
25	Savannah	109	↓5	39
26	Riley	108	↑13	38
27	Lillian	101	↓4	27
28	Makayla	98	↓6	44
29	Samantha	97	↓3	14
30	Jasmine	96	↑11	51
31	Mary	95	↑2	>100
32	Trinity	94	↓13	74
33	Aubrey	92	new	41
34	Hailey	89	↓3	25
35	Destiny	88	↓18	56
36	Natalie	88	↓7	16
37	Aaliyah	84	–	63
38	Autumn	83	new	81
39	Grace	83	new	17
40	Lauren	82	↓2	46
41	Layla	82	↑4	45
42	Serenity	80	new	93
43	Bailey	78	new	85
44	Jada	78	↓9	>100
45	Kylie	78	↓2	62
46	Leah	77	new	29
47	Amelia	75	new	55
48	Ashley	74	↓24	20
49	Payton	71	new	84
50	Morgan	70	↓25	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	William	419	–	5
2	Jayden	292	↑2	8
3	Christopher	291	–	10
4	James	286	↑1	18
5	Jacob	284	↑1	1
6	Joshua	284	↓4	6
7	Michael	253	–	3
8	Jackson	250	↑3	27
9	Noah	241	↑1	9
10	Ethan	230	↓2	2
11	Caleb	228	↑5	31
12	John	224	↓3	26
13	Landon	223	↑2	36
14	Matthew	219	↓1	13
15	Elijah	212	↓3	21
16	Aiden	201	↑13	12
17	Jordan	201	↑3	45
18	David	198	↓1	14
19	Christian	192	↓5	23
20	Tyler	187	↑5	28
21	Joseph	184	–	15
22	Logan	173	↑9	17
23	Daniel	169	↓4	7
24	Cameron	167	↑2	58
25	Andrew	157	↓7	16
26	Alexander	155	↑13	4
27	Benjamin	155	↑7	19
28	Gabriel	153	↑2	22
29	Jeremiah	153	↑20	65
30	Brayden	152	↑11	48
31	Robert	151	↓8	55
32	Samuel	148	–	24
33	Jonathan	145	↓11	29
34	Charles	143	↓6	64
35	Anthony	142	↓8	11
36	Brandon	140	↓1	38
37	Mason	139	↑5	34
38	Thomas	133	↓5	57
39	Nathan	132	↓3	25
40	Bryson	130	new	>100
41	Dylan	128	↓4	30
42	Nicholas	128	↓18	32
43	Justin	120	–	46
44	Zachary	118	↓4	53
45	Gavin	116	↓7	33
46	Isaiah	115	↑1	41
47	Hunter	114	↓3	56
48	Ryan	114	new	20
49	Connor	111	new	52
50	Evan	110	new	35

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