Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2011

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2011 were Madison for girls (252 babies) and William for boys (411). Madison ranked #8 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,508 babies born in South Carolina in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2011

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

Jamiya: 19 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Ellison: 19 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ellis: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Blakely: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ansley: 30 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Alaya: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Janiya: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Taraji: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Destinee: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Zaria: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 17 babies, 22.6× the national rate
Sincere: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jaylin: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Chandler: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lawson: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Walker: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kymani: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jamari: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Jermaine: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Nasir: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Madison	252	–	8
2	Emma	243	↑1	3
3	Isabella	235	↓1	2
4	Olivia	224	–	4
5	Ava	195	–	5
6	Abigail	178	–	7
7	Sophia	173	–	1
8	Emily	169	–	6
9	Elizabeth	164	–	11
10	Addison	163	–	13
11	Chloe	152	–	10
12	Ella	142	↑4	12
13	Nevaeh	139	↑15	33
14	Anna	119	–	38
15	Caroline	116	↓3	87
16	Lily	114	↑15	15
17	Aubrey	113	↑19	20
18	Taylor	112	↓3	44
19	Natalie	110	↑4	14
20	Lillian	108	↑1	22
21	Layla	105	↑11	35
22	Serenity	102	↑5	66
23	Alyssa	101	↓5	37
24	Savannah	98	↓11	41
25	Mary	97	↑24	>100
26	Trinity	96	↓4	77
27	Hannah	95	↓8	25
28	Sarah	93	↓8	39
29	Kylie	92	new	57
30	Peyton	90	↓1	53
31	Zoey	90	new	28
32	Brooklyn	88	↑11	21
33	Amelia	87	new	30
34	Riley	85	↓9	47
35	Aaliyah	84	↓5	46
36	Khloe	84	↑1	49
37	London	84	↓13	94
38	Kaylee	81	↓12	36
39	Makayla	81	↓6	56
40	Gabriella	79	new	34
41	Alexis	75	↓24	26
42	Charlotte	75	new	27
43	Harper	74	new	54
44	Mia	74	new	9
45	Zoe	71	↓10	31
46	Grace	70	new	16
47	Katherine	70	new	61
48	Brianna	69	↓6	45
49	Evelyn	68	new	24
50	Ashley	66	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	William	411	–	3
2	Mason	270	↑10	2
3	Jayden	264	↑1	4
4	James	258	↓2	17
5	Aiden	256	↑8	9
6	Jacob	251	↓3	1
7	Elijah	247	↑1	13
8	Jackson	246	↑6	23
9	Noah	232	–	5
10	Christopher	231	↓5	20
11	Joshua	220	↓4	14
12	Ethan	211	↓1	7
13	Michael	207	↓7	6
14	John	198	↓4	27
15	Landon	187	↑2	34
16	David	184	–	18
17	Jeremiah	180	↑13	49
18	Caleb	175	↓3	32
19	Cameron	175	↑9	53
20	Brayden	172	↑4	36
21	Gabriel	168	–	24
22	Matthew	168	↑1	12
23	Benjamin	167	↓1	19
24	Christian	160	↑5	30
25	Andrew	155	↓7	16
26	Joseph	154	↓7	22
27	Robert	149	–	62
28	Daniel	147	↑6	10
29	Logan	147	↑3	21
30	Alexander	146	↑3	8
31	Anthony	143	↑4	11
32	Samuel	142	↓12	26
33	Charles	141	↓2	61
34	Liam	136	new	15
35	Bryson	132	↓10	97
36	Lucas	129	↑14	29
37	Carter	124	↑11	41
38	Jordan	123	↓1	46
39	Hunter	120	↑2	55
40	Jonathan	120	↓1	31
41	Dylan	118	↑3	33
42	Tyler	118	↓16	38
43	Connor	116	↓5	54
44	Austin	115	↑1	60
45	Isaiah	115	↓2	43
46	Nicholas	115	new	42
47	Wyatt	115	new	48
48	Bentley	112	new	75
49	Ayden	110	–	70
50	Eli	110	new	58

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