Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2012

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2012 were Emma for girls (259 babies) and William for boys (402). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,335 babies born in South Carolina in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2012

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

Jamiyah: 18 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Ellison: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ansley: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Logan: 43 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Taliyah: 24 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kayden: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kensley: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Zion: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Malaysia: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mariyah: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Coleman: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Semaj: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Messiah: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
Sincere: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Camren: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Braylen: 47 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Walker: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jamari: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jamarion: 16 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	259	↑1	2
2	Madison	249	↓1	9
3	Olivia	233	↑1	4
4	Ava	221	↑1	5
5	Isabella	221	↓2	3
6	Sophia	198	↑1	1
7	Elizabeth	179	↑2	10
8	Abigail	173	↓2	7
9	Emily	165	↓1	6
10	Addison	149	–	14
11	Chloe	144	–	11
12	Aubrey	137	↑5	15
13	Ella	132	↓1	12
14	Anna	123	–	34
15	Harper	121	↑28	24
16	Layla	119	↑5	31
17	Nevaeh	118	↓4	39
18	Zoey	112	↑13	20
19	Caroline	110	↓4	80
20	Taylor	106	↓2	46
21	Serenity	105	↑1	58
22	Hannah	104	↑5	22
23	Savannah	104	↑1	43
24	Lily	100	↓8	16
25	Avery	99	new	13
26	Lillian	99	↓6	25
27	Natalie	97	↓8	17
28	Trinity	97	↓2	91
29	Aaliyah	95	↑6	36
30	Khloe	93	↑6	55
31	Amelia	91	↑2	23
32	Kaylee	90	↑6	35
33	Brooklyn	89	↓1	29
34	Peyton	89	↓4	53
35	Riley	86	↓1	47
36	Makayla	83	↑3	70
37	Charlotte	82	↑5	19
38	Skylar	81	new	87
39	Allison	79	new	38
40	Mary	79	↓15	>100
41	London	78	↓4	94
42	Autumn	77	new	68
43	Claire	77	new	45
44	Sarah	75	↓16	42
45	Evelyn	72	↑4	27
46	Grace	72	–	21
47	Alyssa	69	↓24	44
48	Lauren	69	new	72
49	Kylie	68	↓20	59
50	Kennedy	67	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	William	402	–	5
2	Mason	317	–	2
3	James	279	↑1	14
4	Elijah	271	↑3	13
5	Jayden	242	↓2	8
6	Jacob	228	–	1
7	Joshua	224	↑4	17
8	Noah	223	↑1	4
9	Aiden	220	↓4	10
10	Jackson	219	↓2	21
11	Ethan	216	↑1	3
12	Michael	212	↑1	7
13	Christopher	211	↓3	23
14	John	202	–	28
15	Joseph	189	↑11	19
16	Gabriel	182	↑5	24
17	Daniel	173	↑11	11
18	Caleb	170	–	32
19	Landon	168	↓4	35
20	Cameron	167	↓1	54
21	Christian	166	↑3	33
22	Liam	166	↑12	6
23	Ayden	165	↑26	68
24	Logan	165	↑5	22
25	David	155	↓9	20
26	Brayden	149	↓6	39
27	Bryson	149	↑8	94
28	Robert	143	↓1	60
29	Benjamin	142	↓6	16
30	Carter	141	↑7	36
31	Jordan	139	↑7	48
32	Matthew	139	↓10	12
33	Samuel	139	↓1	25
34	Alexander	138	↓4	9
35	Jeremiah	133	↓18	52
36	Lucas	129	–	27
37	Tyler	128	↑5	50
38	Andrew	125	↓13	18
39	Charles	125	↓6	62
40	Wyatt	123	↑7	41
41	Luke	122	new	37
42	Thomas	122	new	63
43	Hunter	119	↓4	45
44	Connor	114	↓1	59
45	Gavin	113	new	40
46	Anthony	111	↓15	15
47	Colton	110	new	65
48	Bentley	108	–	75
49	Jonathan	108	↓9	34
50	Henry	107	new	44

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