Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2018

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2018 were Ava for girls (261 babies) and William for boys (328). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,576 babies born in South Carolina in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2018

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: 28 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Ellison: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Saylor: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jurnee: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kamiyah: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Harmoni: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Palmer: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jayda: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lauryn: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Kali: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 24 babies, 24.8× the national rate
Banks: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Jakari: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ahmir: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Braylen: 36 babies, 5× the national rate
Cayson: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Deandre: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jasiah: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chandler: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Sincere: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Ava	261	–	3
2	Emma	232	–	1
3	Olivia	232	–	2
4	Charlotte	212	–	6
5	Harper	171	–	9
6	Amelia	168	↑1	8
7	Sophia	154	↑5	5
8	Isabella	151	↓2	4
9	Skylar	145	↑1	49
10	Elizabeth	131	↓1	13
11	Madison	130	↓3	22
12	Ella	128	↑2	15
13	Abigail	126	↓2	11
14	Caroline	118	↑7	56
15	Mia	113	↑2	7
16	Scarlett	113	↑12	20
17	Emily	110	↑6	12
18	Layla	108	↑6	27
19	Riley	107	–	28
20	Zoey	107	↑6	29
21	Savannah	106	↑9	45
22	Aubrey	104	↓6	37
23	Chloe	104	↑21	25
24	Serenity	102	↑14	75
25	Evelyn	99	↓12	10
26	Nova	99	new	55
27	Kinsley	97	↓2	63
28	Lillian	95	↓13	34
29	Avery	93	↓9	16
30	Aria	88	new	19
31	Willow	83	new	60
32	Kennedy	81	↑5	59
33	Mila	81	new	14
34	Addison	80	↓16	35
35	Bella	80	–	48
36	Brooklyn	78	↓7	47
37	Nora	78	new	30
38	Paisley	78	↓16	52
39	Lily	77	↓8	31
40	Autumn	74	↑1	77
41	Eleanor	74	↑7	32
42	Anna	70	↓3	54
43	Natalie	69	↓16	39
44	Aubree	68	↓8	>100
45	Grace	67	↓2	24
46	Hazel	67	new	42
47	Madelyn	67	new	72
48	Sadie	67	↑1	87
49	Mary	65	↓16	>100
50	Hannah	62	↓16	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	William	328	–	3
2	James	268	↑2	4
3	Noah	263	↓1	2
4	Elijah	257	↑3	7
5	Liam	253	–	1
6	Mason	231	↓3	9
7	John	199	↓1	26
8	Jackson	191	–	17
9	Grayson	160	↑4	32
10	Carter	158	↑8	24
11	Oliver	157	↑14	5
12	Logan	151	↓1	10
13	Lucas	149	↑11	8
14	Thomas	146	↑15	49
15	Jacob	145	↑11	13
16	Charles	142	↑6	53
17	Kingston	141	↑3	>100
18	Samuel	141	↓2	21
19	Alexander	139	↑20	11
20	Michael	139	↓6	14
21	Henry	138	↑6	16
22	Aiden	136	↓13	19
23	Jaxon	136	↑15	39
24	Wyatt	133	↓7	27
25	Joseph	132	↑23	23
26	Christopher	131	↓11	42
27	Benjamin	130	↓17	6
28	Bryson	128	↓16	92
29	Josiah	124	↓10	52
30	Daniel	123	↑1	15
31	Jeremiah	122	↑19	64
32	Cameron	121	↑10	69
33	Ethan	120	↓12	12
34	David	118	↓4	22
35	Luke	117	↓12	30
36	Caleb	113	↑4	45
37	Gabriel	113	↑9	35
38	Jack	113	new	28
39	Asher	111	new	47
40	Connor	110	new	58
41	Easton	108	↓8	66
42	Levi	107	↓6	33
43	Colton	106	new	68
44	Joshua	106	↓16	40
45	Eli	104	new	57
46	Christian	102	↓9	54
47	Landon	100	↓6	61
48	Brayden	99	↓5	84
49	Kayden	99	new	97
50	Isaiah	96	↓1	51

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