Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2015

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2015 were Ava for girls (281 babies) and William for boys (360). Ava ranked #4 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,884 babies born in South Carolina in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2015

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

Charleston: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ellison: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ansley: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Logan: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Saylor: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Virginia: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dallas: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kensley: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Taliyah: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Emory: 19 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 20 babies, 23.4× the national rate
Coleman: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Jamir: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kingston: 154 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Princeton: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Braylen: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Chandler: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Sullivan: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jaylen: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Davis: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Ava	281	↑1	4
2	Olivia	239	↑1	2
3	Emma	228	↓2	1
4	Madison	207	–	11
5	Elizabeth	204	↑1	13
6	Isabella	193	↓1	5
7	Harper	180	↑3	10
8	Abigail	165	↓1	7
9	Skylar	151	↑8	42
10	Emily	143	↑1	8
11	Charlotte	141	↑5	9
12	Caroline	134	↑3	62
13	Amelia	130	↑6	12
14	Avery	130	↑9	16
15	Sophia	130	↓7	3
16	Aubrey	129	↑2	21
17	Mia	123	↑18	6
18	Evelyn	117	↑21	15
19	Chloe	114	↓7	17
20	Addison	112	–	24
21	Lily	112	new	25
22	Layla	111	↑7	30
23	Anna	108	↑8	44
24	Lillian	108	↓11	26
25	Ella	107	↓11	18
26	Sadie	106	↓4	52
27	Zoey	105	↓18	23
28	Savannah	98	–	38
29	Taylor	92	↑1	77
30	Brooklyn	91	↓3	31
31	Serenity	90	↓10	71
32	Mary	88	↑1	>100
33	Paisley	88	↑4	45
34	Riley	88	↑2	35
35	Grace	86	↑5	19
36	Kennedy	84	↓2	58
37	Kylie	83	↑9	66
38	Natalie	83	↑3	27
39	Peyton	83	↓13	72
40	Aaliyah	79	new	47
41	Nevaeh	79	↓16	70
42	London	78	↓4	>100
43	Hannah	77	↓19	28
44	Sarah	77	new	57
45	Nora	74	new	41
46	Piper	74	new	67
47	Scarlett	74	new	22
48	Autumn	73	↓6	69
49	Madelyn	73	new	59
50	Reagan	73	new	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	William	360	–	5
2	James	299	–	7
3	Mason	285	–	3
4	Noah	274	–	1
5	Elijah	233	↑1	11
6	Liam	225	↑1	2
7	Michael	216	↑1	9
8	Jackson	211	↓3	17
9	John	202	–	26
10	Carter	197	–	24
11	Aiden	195	↑1	13
12	Benjamin	180	↑5	10
13	Jacob	178	↓2	4
14	Ethan	173	↓1	6
15	Logan	171	–	14
16	Jayden	165	↓2	20
17	Grayson	161	↑26	47
18	Joseph	160	–	21
19	Cameron	159	–	56
20	Joshua	159	↑1	33
21	Landon	159	↑2	46
22	Kingston	154	new	>100
23	Christopher	150	↓1	32
24	Wyatt	149	↑5	34
25	Gabriel	148	↑10	22
26	Daniel	147	↓6	12
27	Alexander	144	↑3	8
28	Caleb	142	↓3	37
29	Charles	142	↓3	50
30	David	140	↑1	18
31	Lucas	139	↑13	16
32	Thomas	138	↑2	51
33	Samuel	134	↓17	23
34	Levi	133	↑6	42
35	Christian	131	↑12	43
36	Colton	131	↑6	60
37	Luke	131	↓13	28
38	Oliver	130	new	19
39	Connor	128	↓12	55
40	Jeremiah	120	↑9	54
41	Henry	119	↑7	29
42	Brayden	118	↓9	61
43	Jaxon	116	new	44
44	Josiah	116	new	57
45	Jonathan	115	new	48
46	Bryson	114	–	>100
47	Robert	113	↓6	63
48	Ayden	112	↓9	87
49	Hunter	109	↓21	41
50	Dylan	108	new	27

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