Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2013

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2013 were Emma for girls (277 babies) and William for boys (342). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,729 babies born in South Carolina in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2013

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

Ansley: 30 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ellison: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Campbell: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Emory: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Janiya: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kayden: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Miracle: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jaliyah: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Blakely: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Janiyah: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 16 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Jamarion: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Coleman: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Semaj: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tristian: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Sincere: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chandler: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jamari: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Princeton: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Braylen: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2013

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Emma	277	–	2
2	Olivia	223	↑1	3
3	Madison	219	↓1	9
4	Ava	212	–	5
5	Sophia	204	↑1	1
6	Isabella	177	↓1	4
7	Emily	168	↑2	7
8	Abigail	157	–	8
9	Elizabeth	144	↓2	10
10	Charlotte	130	↑27	11
11	Chloe	130	–	14
12	Harper	130	↑3	16
13	Aubrey	129	↓1	18
14	Addison	126	↓4	19
15	Serenity	125	↑6	52
16	Avery	124	↑9	12
17	Ella	121	↓4	15
18	Amelia	119	↑13	17
19	Caroline	119	–	63
20	Savannah	119	↑3	36
21	London	118	↑20	85
22	Lillian	112	↑4	26
23	Zoey	110	↓5	24
24	Taylor	107	↓4	59
25	Layla	106	↓9	30
26	Mia	104	new	6
27	Anna	102	↓13	35
28	Hannah	100	↓6	23
29	Peyton	98	↑5	51
30	Mary	95	↑10	>100
31	Natalie	94	↓4	21
32	Sadie	92	new	49
33	Brooklyn	90	–	28
34	Riley	90	↑1	45
35	Nevaeh	89	↓18	46
36	Paisley	89	new	80
37	Aaliyah	86	↓8	37
38	Kaylee	86	↓6	40
39	Trinity	84	↓11	>100
40	Lily	83	↓16	27
41	Allison	82	↓2	34
42	Khloe	79	↓12	78
43	Skylar	79	↓5	73
44	Aubree	78	new	53
45	Zoe	75	new	31
46	Kennedy	74	↑4	65
47	Victoria	74	new	25
48	Sarah	72	↓4	48
49	Londyn	71	new	>100
50	Evelyn	70	↓5	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	William	342	–	5
2	Mason	306	–	4
3	James	278	–	13
4	Noah	265	↑4	1
5	Elijah	238	↓1	11
6	Michael	224	↑6	7
7	Jacob	223	↓1	2
8	Joshua	214	↓1	21
9	Jayden	206	↓4	9
10	Jackson	205	–	16
11	Christopher	195	↑2	26
12	John	195	↑2	27
13	Liam	193	↑9	3
14	Ethan	192	↓3	6
15	Aiden	191	↓6	12
16	Logan	174	↑8	18
17	Caleb	163	↑1	32
18	Joseph	163	↓3	20
19	Benjamin	158	↑10	14
20	Daniel	157	↓3	10
21	Carter	154	↑9	33
22	Christian	154	↓1	35
23	Cameron	153	↓3	59
24	Charles	153	↑15	57
25	Landon	152	↓6	39
26	Samuel	151	↑7	25
27	Ayden	149	↓4	71
28	David	149	↓3	17
29	Brayden	148	↓3	48
30	Gabriel	145	↓14	24
31	Thomas	141	↑11	61
32	Robert	138	↓4	62
33	Jeremiah	132	↑2	58
34	Matthew	132	↓2	15
35	Alexander	131	↓1	8
36	Hunter	130	↑7	36
37	Connor	127	↑7	56
38	Andrew	126	–	22
39	Bryson	126	↓12	>100
40	Colton	126	↑7	65
41	Jordan	126	↓10	53
42	Lucas	125	↓6	23
43	Luke	123	↓2	34
44	Bentley	118	↑4	81
45	Jonathan	118	↑4	41
46	Wyatt	115	↓6	42
47	Anthony	111	↓1	19
48	Kayden	110	new	93
49	Jaxon	109	new	45
50	Henry	107	–	37

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