Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2014

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2014 were Emma for girls (295 babies) and William for boys (364). William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,718 babies born in South Carolina in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2014

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

Ellison: 25 babies, 8× the national rate
Ansley: 36 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Marleigh: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Emory: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Alayah: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Janiyah: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Taliyah: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kailyn: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Wren: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Londyn: 79 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 16 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Miller: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Langston: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jamir: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Sincere: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Channing: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Princeton: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kameron: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Davis: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kingston: 102 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Emma	295	–	1
2	Ava	290	↑2	5
3	Olivia	228	↓1	2
4	Madison	210	↓1	9
5	Isabella	191	↑1	4
6	Elizabeth	179	↑3	13
7	Abigail	160	↑1	8
8	Sophia	156	↓3	3
9	Zoey	149	↑14	22
10	Harper	145	↑2	11
11	Emily	138	↓4	7
12	Chloe	136	↓1	18
13	Lillian	132	↑9	25
14	Ella	127	↑3	17
15	Caroline	124	↑4	59
16	Charlotte	119	↓6	10
17	Skylar	119	↑26	48
18	Aubrey	117	↓5	21
19	Amelia	114	↓1	15
20	Addison	113	↓6	24
21	Serenity	109	↓6	58
22	Sadie	108	↑10	46
23	Avery	105	↓7	14
24	Hannah	104	↑4	28
25	Nevaeh	104	↑10	63
26	Peyton	104	↑3	56
27	Brooklyn	103	↑6	26
28	Savannah	102	↓8	38
29	Layla	101	↓4	29
30	Taylor	98	↓6	77
31	Anna	96	↓4	34
32	Khloe	92	↑10	88
33	Mary	92	↓3	>100
34	Kennedy	91	↑12	54
35	Mia	91	↓9	6
36	Riley	87	↓2	47
37	Paisley	86	↓1	53
38	London	82	↓17	93
39	Evelyn	81	↑11	16
40	Grace	81	new	20
41	Natalie	80	↓10	23
42	Autumn	79	new	71
43	Londyn	79	↑6	>100
44	Morgan	79	new	>100
45	Kaylee	76	↓7	52
46	Kylie	76	new	73
47	Aria	75	new	31
48	Kinsley	73	new	>100
49	Mckenzie	72	new	>100
50	Trinity	72	↓11	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	William	364	–	5
2	James	285	↑1	9
3	Mason	257	↓1	3
4	Noah	254	–	1
5	Jackson	240	↑5	18
6	Elijah	225	↓1	11
7	Liam	215	↑6	2
8	Michael	203	↓2	7
9	John	200	↑3	26
10	Carter	194	↑11	27
11	Jacob	191	↓4	4
12	Aiden	190	↑3	14
13	Ethan	183	↑1	6
14	Jayden	177	↓5	15
15	Logan	176	↑1	13
16	Samuel	173	↑10	23
17	Benjamin	172	↑2	12
18	Joseph	159	–	20
19	Cameron	157	↑4	53
20	Daniel	156	–	10
21	Joshua	155	↓13	25
22	Christopher	152	↓11	30
23	Landon	152	↑2	43
24	Luke	150	↑19	28
25	Caleb	146	↓8	35
26	Charles	144	↓2	51
27	Connor	141	↑10	52
28	Hunter	141	↑8	40
29	Wyatt	140	↑17	39
30	Alexander	139	↑5	8
31	David	139	↓3	17
32	Kayden	137	↑16	90
33	Brayden	133	↓4	62
34	Thomas	133	↓3	54
35	Gabriel	132	↓5	24
36	Jordan	129	↑5	55
37	Matthew	129	↓3	16
38	Andrew	128	–	22
39	Ayden	126	↓12	74
40	Levi	125	new	45
41	Robert	125	↓9	60
42	Colton	124	↓2	65
43	Grayson	121	new	63
44	Lucas	120	↓2	19
45	Isaiah	119	new	48
46	Bryson	118	↓7	>100
47	Christian	115	↓25	42
48	Henry	115	↑2	33
49	Jeremiah	114	↓16	56
50	Bentley	109	↓6	89

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