Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2017

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2017 were Ava for girls (292 babies) and William for boys (329). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,757 babies born in South Carolina in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2017

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

Sullivan: 19 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Treasure: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ansley: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ryleigh: 80 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Saylor: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Armani: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Royal: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Braelyn: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kayleigh: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Emory: 19 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 31 babies, 30.7× the national rate
Coleman: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Princeton: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jamir: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kingston: 147 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Canaan: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Braylen: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sincere: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jayceon: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sullivan: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Ava	292	–	3
2	Emma	257	–	1
3	Olivia	224	–	2
4	Charlotte	193	–	7
5	Harper	189	↑3	11
6	Isabella	165	–	4
7	Amelia	160	↑5	8
8	Madison	157	↓3	17
9	Elizabeth	156	↓2	13
10	Skylar	141	↓1	48
11	Abigail	138	↑2	10
12	Sophia	138	↑2	5
13	Evelyn	134	↑8	9
14	Ella	129	↑2	16
15	Lillian	127	↑8	27
16	Aubrey	125	↑8	31
17	Mia	125	↑5	6
18	Addison	121	↓1	34
19	Riley	110	↓8	25
20	Avery	107	↑12	14
21	Caroline	106	↓11	55
22	Paisley	104	↑3	45
23	Emily	101	↓8	12
24	Layla	101	↓6	26
25	Kinsley	95	↑13	59
26	Zoey	95	↓6	28
27	Natalie	93	↑12	35
28	Scarlett	92	–	18
29	Brooklyn	90	–	39
30	Savannah	88	–	38
31	Lily	85	–	33
32	Ryleigh	80	new	>100
33	Mary	79	↑10	>100
34	Hannah	78	↑14	32
35	Bella	77	new	50
36	Aubree	76	new	86
37	Kennedy	76	↓4	58
38	Serenity	75	↓2	78
39	Anna	74	↓12	53
40	Nevaeh	74	↓14	74
41	Autumn	73	↓7	75
42	Aaliyah	72	new	57
43	Grace	72	↓3	21
44	Chloe	71	↓25	22
45	Peyton	70	↑2	89
46	Margaret	69	new	>100
47	Penelope	66	new	24
48	Eleanor	64	new	36
49	Sadie	63	↓14	71
50	Allison	62	↓4	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	William	329	–	3
2	Noah	286	–	2
3	Mason	272	↑1	7
4	James	253	↓1	4
5	Liam	232	↑1	1
6	John	229	↑1	27
7	Elijah	211	↓2	8
8	Jackson	182	↑2	20
9	Aiden	170	↑3	17
10	Benjamin	170	↑5	6
11	Logan	168	↑17	5
12	Bryson	164	↑33	86
13	Grayson	163	↑3	34
14	Michael	161	↓6	12
15	Christopher	155	↑8	39
16	Samuel	153	↑8	21
17	Wyatt	153	↑10	25
18	Carter	152	↓9	24
19	Josiah	149	↑31	51
20	Kingston	147	↑12	>100
21	Ethan	145	↓3	14
22	Charles	144	↓5	48
23	Luke	139	↑2	30
24	Lucas	136	↓3	11
25	Oliver	135	↑4	10
26	Jacob	134	↓15	9
27	Henry	127	↓1	19
28	Joshua	127	↓9	38
29	Thomas	127	↓15	49
30	David	126	↓17	22
31	Daniel	125	↑3	15
32	Robert	125	↑10	65
33	Easton	124	↑2	66
34	Matthew	124	↑7	16
35	Hunter	122	↓2	53
36	Levi	122	↑7	35
37	Christian	121	↑7	52
38	Jaxon	120	↓2	43
39	Alexander	119	↓9	13
40	Caleb	119	↓1	50
41	Landon	118	↓10	57
42	Cameron	114	↓22	60
43	Brayden	113	new	72
44	Owen	113	↑3	28
45	Andrew	112	new	40
46	Gabriel	111	↓24	31
47	Jayden	105	↓9	26
48	Joseph	104	↓11	18
49	Isaiah	101	new	46
50	Jeremiah	99	↓4	63

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