Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2019

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2019 were Olivia for girls (270 babies) and William for boys (312). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,323 babies born in South Carolina in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2019

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: 29 babies, 10× the national rate
Kyleigh: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ellison: 22 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Amoura: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Paris: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Royalty: 39 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wynter: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mallory: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Emory: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ellis: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 22 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Sullivan: 45 babies, 5× the national rate
Braylen: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Langston: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Princeton: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Kyree: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kingston: 141 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jayceon: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kannon: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Corey: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Olivia	270	↑2	1
2	Ava	250	↓1	3
3	Charlotte	220	↑1	6
4	Amelia	215	↑2	7
5	Emma	211	↓3	2
6	Isabella	174	↑2	5
7	Harper	166	↓2	9
8	Elizabeth	139	↑2	14
9	Sophia	132	↓2	4
10	Abigail	129	↑3	11
11	Evelyn	124	↑14	10
12	Ella	122	–	13
13	Madison	118	↓2	26
14	Caroline	115	–	61
15	Mia	114	–	8
16	Lillian	109	↑12	37
17	Emily	107	–	12
18	Riley	101	↑1	30
19	Skylar	101	↓10	56
20	Scarlett	99	↓4	21
21	Kinsley	97	↑6	74
22	Eleanor	93	↑19	27
23	Zoey	88	↓3	31
24	Aubrey	87	↓2	46
25	Layla	87	↓7	23
26	Mila	85	↑7	19
27	Nova	85	↓1	51
28	Paisley	85	↑10	53
29	Chloe	81	↓6	24
30	Serenity	80	↓6	77
31	Avery	79	↓2	18
32	Aria	78	↓2	20
33	Brooklyn	78	↑3	52
34	Kennedy	77	↓2	68
35	Mary	77	↑14	>100
36	Raelynn	76	new	>100
37	Willow	74	↓6	45
38	Nevaeh	72	new	89
39	Addison	71	↓5	47
40	Anna	70	↑2	63
41	Ellie	70	new	35
42	Bella	69	↓7	50
43	Grace	68	↑2	28
44	Natalie	68	↓1	41
45	Lily	66	↓6	34
46	Piper	66	new	84
47	Savannah	66	↓26	54
48	Nora	65	↓11	29
49	Naomi	64	new	59
50	Ryleigh	64	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	William	312	–	4
2	Noah	271	↑1	2
3	Liam	248	↑2	1
4	James	240	↓2	6
5	Elijah	238	↓1	5
6	John	198	↑1	28
7	Jackson	194	↑1	17
8	Carter	178	↑2	30
9	Mason	178	↓3	9
10	Michael	165	↑10	14
11	Henry	160	↑10	13
12	Grayson	159	↓3	33
13	Logan	156	↓1	16
14	Wyatt	154	↑10	29
15	Samuel	144	↑3	22
16	Benjamin	143	↑11	7
17	Lucas	143	↓4	8
18	Kingston	141	↓1	>100
19	Oliver	141	↓8	3
20	Levi	139	↑22	25
21	Thomas	134	↓7	47
22	Charles	131	↓6	52
23	Aiden	127	↓1	20
24	Alexander	125	↓5	10
25	David	120	↑9	27
26	Jacob	120	↓11	12
27	Colton	119	↑16	59
28	Ethan	119	↑5	11
29	Gabriel	119	↑8	37
30	Christopher	117	↓4	44
31	Josiah	117	↓2	45
32	Daniel	113	↓2	15
33	Landon	113	↑14	63
34	Luke	113	↑1	32
35	Caleb	112	↑1	51
36	Asher	111	↑3	43
37	Joseph	111	↓12	24
38	Owen	110	new	21
39	Hudson	109	new	50
40	Jack	109	↓2	19
41	Jayden	105	new	35
42	Matthew	105	new	23
43	Robert	104	new	76
44	Jaxon	100	↓21	42
45	Bryson	99	↓17	>100
46	Joshua	97	↓2	48
47	Karter	96	new	>100
48	Christian	95	↓2	57
49	Greyson	95	new	79
50	Cameron	94	↓18	67

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