Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2020

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2020 were Ava for girls (256 babies) and William for boys (283). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,309 babies born in South Carolina in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2020

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: 15 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Ellison: 26 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Taliyah: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Harmoni: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Miracle: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mckinley: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lauryn: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Raelyn: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marleigh: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kali: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 21 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Judson: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Dakari: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Sincere: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sullivan: 45 babies, 5× the national rate
Jayceon: 43 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Miller: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Juelz: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wells: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Braylen: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Ava	256	↑1	3
2	Olivia	231	↓1	1
3	Charlotte	200	–	5
4	Emma	196	↑1	2
5	Amelia	181	↓1	6
6	Harper	162	↑1	10
7	Isabella	161	↓1	7
8	Elizabeth	148	–	16
9	Sophia	134	–	4
10	Evelyn	118	↑1	9
11	Abigail	117	↓1	12
12	Layla	116	↑13	24
13	Mia	106	↑2	8
14	Nova	106	↑13	38
15	Scarlett	106	↑5	21
16	Riley	102	↑2	33
17	Madison	101	↓4	23
18	Kinsley	98	↑3	59
19	Caroline	96	↓5	71
20	Avery	95	↑11	19
21	Ella	94	↓9	15
22	Skylar	92	↓3	64
23	Addison	87	↑16	47
24	Eleanor	87	↓2	22
25	Paisley	87	↑3	49
26	Lillian	86	↓10	46
27	Luna	86	new	14
28	Brooklyn	83	↑5	54
29	Ivy	82	new	57
30	Emily	80	↓13	18
31	Chloe	79	↓2	25
32	Aubrey	77	↓8	56
33	Hazel	76	new	31
34	Lily	75	↑11	35
35	Naomi	74	↑14	52
36	Serenity	73	↓6	69
37	Gianna	72	new	13
38	Nevaeh	72	–	83
39	Zoey	72	↓16	32
40	Aria	71	↓8	27
41	Penelope	71	new	26
42	Isla	70	new	44
43	Mary	70	↓8	>100
44	Natalie	69	–	51
45	Mila	67	↓19	20
46	Sadie	67	new	78
47	Everleigh	66	new	94
48	Stella	64	new	42
49	Willow	64	↓12	48
50	Nora	63	↓2	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	William	283	–	5
2	Noah	277	–	2
3	James	250	↑1	6
4	Liam	247	↓1	1
5	Elijah	228	–	4
6	Mason	197	↑3	11
7	John	186	↓1	27
8	Jackson	174	↓1	17
9	Oliver	166	↑10	3
10	Lucas	150	↑7	8
11	Wyatt	144	↑3	29
12	Levi	143	↑8	18
13	Benjamin	142	↑3	7
14	Carter	140	↓6	33
15	Thomas	138	↑6	45
16	Joseph	131	↑21	26
17	Samuel	130	↓2	25
18	Asher	129	↑18	32
19	Michael	125	↓9	12
20	Logan	122	↓7	16
21	Aiden	121	↑2	24
22	David	121	↑3	28
23	Josiah	121	↑8	49
24	Grayson	120	↓12	35
25	Henry	120	↓14	9
26	Luke	118	↑8	31
27	Kingston	113	↓9	>100
28	Colton	109	↓1	66
29	Daniel	109	↑3	14
30	Hudson	108	↑9	43
31	Alexander	105	↓7	10
32	Charles	104	↓10	46
33	Easton	98	new	73
34	Jaxon	96	↑10	48
35	Christopher	94	↓5	47
36	Kayden	94	new	99
37	Jacob	93	↓11	15
38	Landon	93	↓5	69
39	Ethan	92	↓11	13
40	Gabriel	92	↓11	38
41	Bryson	91	↑4	>100
42	Matthew	91	–	30
43	Joshua	90	↑3	53
44	Nolan	89	new	61
45	Theodore	89	new	23
46	Jaxson	88	new	85
47	Karter	88	–	>100
48	Owen	88	↓10	22
49	Robert	88	↓6	80
50	Amir	87	new	>100

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