Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2021

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2021 were Olivia for girls (238 babies) and William for boys (287). William ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,978 babies born in South Carolina in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2021

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: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Ellison: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Madisyn: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Khalani: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ellis: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brynleigh: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lillie: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Virginia: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Armani: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Charleigh: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 23 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Dakari: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sullivan: 49 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jakari: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Chandler: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kashton: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jamir: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Banks: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Kingston: 152 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kameron: 42 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	238	↑1	1
2	Ava	220	↓1	5
3	Charlotte	216	–	3
4	Emma	212	–	2
5	Amelia	196	–	4
6	Harper	166	–	10
7	Evelyn	139	↑3	9
8	Isabella	138	↓1	7
9	Elizabeth	133	↓1	14
10	Sophia	116	↓1	6
11	Mia	115	↑2	8
12	Ella	108	↑9	16
13	Madison	108	↑4	29
14	Eleanor	104	↑10	15
15	Nova	100	↓1	32
16	Paisley	99	↑9	52
17	Abigail	98	↓6	17
18	Brooklyn	94	↑10	63
19	Scarlett	94	↓4	20
20	Riley	93	↓4	37
21	Gianna	92	↑16	13
22	Lily	92	↑12	31
23	Emily	87	↑7	21
24	Zoey	86	↑15	38
25	Skylar	85	↓3	74
26	Kinsley	84	↓8	57
27	Luna	84	–	11
28	Nora	84	↑22	27
29	Addison	83	↓6	45
30	Chloe	82	↑1	25
31	Caroline	81	↓12	80
32	Willow	81	↑17	39
33	Avery	77	↓13	19
34	Ellie	77	new	30
35	Layla	77	↓23	24
36	Naomi	76	↓1	54
37	Raelynn	76	new	>100
38	Savannah	76	new	67
39	Ivy	75	↓10	49
40	Hazel	74	↓7	28
41	Serenity	74	↓5	84
42	Lillian	73	↓16	51
43	Nevaeh	73	↓5	86
44	Aubrey	72	↓12	64
45	Kennedy	71	new	70
46	Sadie	69	–	78
47	Grace	68	new	33
48	Isla	67	↓6	34
49	Stella	67	↓1	41
50	Mila	66	↓5	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	William	287	–	6
2	James	252	↑1	5
3	Liam	247	↑1	1
4	Noah	243	↓2	2
5	Elijah	223	–	4
6	Oliver	174	↑3	3
7	Samuel	171	↑10	23
8	John	170	↓1	27
9	Mason	168	↓3	18
10	Asher	167	↑8	25
11	Henry	166	↑14	9
12	Kingston	152	↑15	>100
13	Jackson	149	↓5	14
14	Lucas	148	↓4	8
15	Michael	136	↑4	17
16	Carter	134	↓2	39
17	Benjamin	132	↓4	7
18	Daniel	131	↑11	16
19	Levi	131	↓7	12
20	Thomas	127	↓5	46
21	Wyatt	127	↓10	29
22	Aiden	124	↓1	26
23	Grayson	120	↑1	35
24	Charles	118	↑8	50
25	Josiah	118	↓2	49
26	Hudson	117	↑4	34
27	Waylon	117	new	69
28	Alexander	115	↑3	13
29	Easton	114	↑4	72
30	Joseph	112	↓14	28
31	Jack	110	new	11
32	Luke	108	↓6	32
33	Logan	101	↓13	21
34	David	100	↓12	30
35	Ezra	100	new	37
36	Jaxon	100	↓2	54
37	Caleb	99	new	51
38	Owen	99	↑10	22
39	Jacob	97	↓2	24
40	Theodore	97	↑5	10
41	Christopher	96	↓6	52
42	Greyson	95	new	84
43	Gabriel	94	↓3	38
44	Isaiah	93	new	56
45	Nolan	93	↓1	60
46	Robert	91	↑3	79
47	Micah	90	new	>100
48	Legend	89	new	>100
49	Cooper	88	new	68
50	Maverick	88	new	47

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