Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2022

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2022 were Charlotte for girls (242 babies) and Noah for boys (268). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,261 babies born in South Carolina in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2022

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: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ellison: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Khalani: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Malani: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nalani: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Sariyah: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Treasure: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sevyn: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Malaya: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Paris: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 20 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Knowledge: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dakari: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Sevyn: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kaiser: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Braylen: 34 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jakari: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cullen: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Judson: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kyree: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Charlotte	242	↑2	3
2	Olivia	226	↓1	1
3	Amelia	195	↑2	4
4	Ava	185	↓2	7
5	Emma	172	↓1	2
6	Harper	147	–	11
7	Elizabeth	139	↑2	15
8	Isabella	136	–	6
9	Evelyn	124	↓2	9
10	Sophia	120	–	5
11	Mia	116	–	8
12	Nova	116	↑3	32
13	Eleanor	108	↑1	16
14	Chloe	94	↑16	19
15	Scarlett	93	↑4	14
16	Layla	92	↑19	29
17	Lily	90	↑5	30
18	Madison	90	↓5	34
19	Luna	89	↑8	10
20	Hazel	86	↑20	27
21	Violet	86	new	20
22	Willow	86	↑10	37
23	Abigail	85	↓6	24
24	Paisley	84	↓8	53
25	Gianna	83	↓4	22
26	Nora	83	↑2	28
27	Riley	83	↓7	39
28	Aurora	82	new	31
29	Ellie	80	↑5	33
30	Isla	80	↑18	36
31	Ivy	80	↑8	42
32	Lillian	80	↑10	50
33	Kinsley	79	↓7	61
34	Naomi	79	↑2	46
35	Avery	77	↓2	26
36	Madelyn	74	new	60
37	Emily	73	↓14	17
38	Anna	72	new	83
39	Caroline	72	↓8	77
40	Ella	72	↓28	25
41	Raelynn	72	↓4	99
42	Sofia	72	new	13
43	Natalie	71	new	55
44	Penelope	70	new	21
45	Aria	69	new	23
46	Addison	68	↓17	54
47	Mary	68	new	>100
48	Zoey	67	↓24	45
49	Kennedy	66	↓4	74
50	Sadie	66	↓4	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Noah	268	↑3	2
2	Liam	265	↑1	1
3	William	259	↓2	6
4	James	250	↓2	4
5	John	197	↑3	26
6	Elijah	196	↓1	5
7	Oliver	189	↓1	3
8	Henry	183	↑3	7
9	Charles	152	↑15	50
10	Asher	150	–	20
11	Jackson	150	↑2	23
12	Lucas	148	↑2	8
13	Samuel	142	↓6	19
14	Levi	140	↑5	12
15	Joseph	137	↑15	30
16	Benjamin	136	↑1	9
17	Mason	136	↓8	24
18	Wyatt	135	↑3	38
19	Thomas	130	↑1	45
20	David	125	↑14	31
21	Grayson	123	↑2	37
22	Michael	123	↓7	16
23	Hudson	121	↑3	27
24	Aiden	118	↓2	29
25	Daniel	117	↓7	14
26	Kingston	111	↓14	>100
27	Theodore	106	↑13	10
28	Waylon	106	↓1	66
29	Carter	103	↓13	47
30	Christopher	101	↑11	55
31	Gabriel	100	↑12	36
32	Jacob	100	↑7	32
33	Maverick	100	↑17	40
34	Logan	98	↓1	33
35	Silas	98	new	87
36	Cooper	97	↑13	53
37	Luke	97	↓5	34
38	Matthew	96	new	39
39	Colton	93	new	91
40	Lincoln	93	new	54
41	Walker	92	new	78
42	Nolan	91	↑3	65
43	Owen	91	↓5	18
44	Easton	90	↓15	80
45	Josiah	90	↓20	51
46	Jaxon	89	↓10	67
47	Ezra	88	↓12	25
48	Joshua	88	new	60
49	Andrew	86	new	61
50	Alexander	83	↓22	17

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