Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2010

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2010 were Madison for girls (290 babies) and William for boys (398). Madison ranked #8 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,729 babies born in South Carolina in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2010

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

Shaniya: 37 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Blakely: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Malaysia: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jamiyah: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ansley: 30 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kensley: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Samiyah: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Amari: 38 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jamya: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Logan: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Tyshawn: 19 babies, 9× the national rate
Jamarion: 35 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jamari: 46 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Coleman: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brantley: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Sullivan: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sincere: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bryson: 160 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Chandler: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nasir: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Madison	290	↑1	8
2	Isabella	270	↑1	1
3	Emma	220	↓2	3
4	Olivia	213	–	4
5	Ava	198	↑1	5
6	Abigail	195	↓1	7
7	Sophia	185	↑12	2
8	Emily	166	–	6
9	Elizabeth	165	↓2	12
10	Addison	161	↓1	11
11	Chloe	160	↓1	9
12	Caroline	128	↑5	88
13	Savannah	128	↑12	44
14	Anna	126	↓3	27
15	Taylor	123	↑1	37
16	Ella	122	↓4	13
17	Alexis	115	↓2	16
18	Alyssa	111	–	21
19	Hannah	111	↓6	20
20	Sarah	108	↓6	26
21	Lillian	107	↑6	22
22	Trinity	106	↑10	72
23	Natalie	101	↑13	14
24	London	100	new	>100
25	Riley	100	↑1	40
26	Kaylee	99	↓4	35
27	Serenity	99	↑15	83
28	Nevaeh	98	↓4	25
29	Peyton	97	↓6	51
30	Aaliyah	96	↑7	56
31	Lily	95	↓11	17
32	Layla	94	↑9	36
33	Makayla	88	↓5	43
34	Lauren	87	↑6	58
35	Zoe	84	new	31
36	Aubrey	83	↓3	45
37	Khloe	82	new	42
38	Jasmine	81	↓8	62
39	Allison	77	new	38
40	Hailey	77	↓6	19
41	Destiny	76	↓6	71
42	Brianna	75	↓21	30
43	Brooklyn	75	new	34
44	Mariah	74	new	97
45	Morgan	74	↑5	63
46	Mackenzie	73	new	68
47	Autumn	72	↓9	81
48	Faith	72	new	74
49	Mary	72	↓18	>100
50	Mckenzie	71	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	William	398	–	5
2	James	301	↑2	19
3	Jacob	279	↑2	1
4	Jayden	265	↓2	4
5	Christopher	254	↓2	13
6	Michael	253	↑1	3
7	Joshua	242	↓1	11
8	Elijah	236	↑7	18
9	Noah	230	–	7
10	John	227	↑2	26
11	Ethan	218	↓1	2
12	Mason	217	↑25	12
13	Aiden	215	↑3	9
14	Jackson	212	↓6	25
15	Caleb	191	↓4	32
16	David	186	↑2	15
17	Landon	183	↓4	33
18	Andrew	172	↑7	14
19	Joseph	171	↑2	20
20	Samuel	168	↑12	24
21	Gabriel	166	↑7	21
22	Benjamin	165	↑5	22
23	Matthew	164	↓9	16
24	Brayden	162	↑6	40
25	Bryson	160	↑15	>100
26	Tyler	157	↓6	34
27	Robert	156	↑4	54
28	Cameron	155	↓4	60
29	Christian	150	↓10	29
30	Jeremiah	150	↓1	51
31	Charles	148	↑3	63
32	Logan	148	↓10	17
33	Alexander	147	↓7	6
34	Daniel	143	↓11	8
35	Anthony	141	–	10
36	Thomas	136	↑2	62
37	Jordan	133	↓20	46
38	Connor	132	↑11	49
39	Jonathan	130	↓6	28
40	Gavin	123	↑5	38
41	Hunter	121	↑6	58
42	Evan	117	↑8	36
43	Isaiah	117	↑3	43
44	Dylan	113	↓3	31
45	Austin	112	new	64
46	Nathan	111	↓7	27
47	Brandon	110	↓11	44
48	Carter	109	new	48
49	Ayden	107	new	78
50	Lucas	107	new	35

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