Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2023

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2023 were Olivia for girls (212 babies) and Noah for boys (289). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,328 babies born in South Carolina in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2023

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: 21 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Miller: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Khalani: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Imani: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ellis: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kalani: 38 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Journi: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Emory: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Raelyn: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kensley: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 21 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Knowledge: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Tylan: 20 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Jakari: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Khaza: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kaiser: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chosen: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Loyal: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Braylen: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jayceon: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Olivia	212	↑1	1
2	Charlotte	205	↓1	3
3	Amelia	204	–	4
4	Emma	183	↑1	2
5	Ava	164	↓1	8
6	Elizabeth	155	↑1	15
7	Sophia	143	↑3	5
8	Harper	142	↓2	11
9	Nova	131	↑3	35
10	Evelyn	126	↓1	9
11	Mia	122	–	6
12	Isabella	115	↓4	7
13	Lily	105	↑4	20
14	Isla	103	↑16	33
15	Ellie	101	↑14	27
16	Naomi	97	↑18	44
17	Riley	97	↑10	43
18	Eleanor	93	↓5	14
19	Willow	91	↑3	41
20	Luna	88	↓1	10
21	Scarlett	87	↓6	17
22	Hazel	86	↓2	18
23	Aria	82	↑22	25
24	Ella	82	↑16	32
25	Addison	80	↑21	62
26	Avery	80	↑9	29
27	Chloe	80	↓13	26
28	Layla	80	↓12	30
29	Abigail	79	↓6	31
30	Paisley	79	↓6	56
31	Gianna	78	↓6	21
32	Caroline	75	↑7	83
33	Emily	75	↑4	19
34	Lainey	75	new	54
35	Nora	75	↓9	24
36	Sadie	74	↑14	59
37	Lillian	73	↓5	55
38	Lucy	73	new	40
39	Madison	72	↓21	37
40	Sofia	72	↑2	12
41	Madelyn	71	↓5	58
42	Zoe	71	new	36
43	Ivy	69	↓12	38
44	Mary	69	↑3	>100
45	Serenity	68	new	>100
46	Camila	66	new	13
47	Penelope	66	↓3	23
48	Stella	66	new	46
49	Raelynn	65	↓8	>100
50	Autumn	64	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Noah	289	–	2
2	William	265	↑1	10
3	Liam	255	↓1	1
4	James	251	–	4
5	John	222	–	26
6	Elijah	220	–	5
7	Oliver	202	–	3
8	Henry	182	–	8
9	Hudson	153	↑14	21
10	Lucas	150	↑2	9
11	Jackson	138	–	28
12	Levi	135	↑2	12
13	Daniel	134	↑12	17
14	Samuel	134	↓1	19
15	Thomas	134	↑4	41
16	Michael	133	↑6	16
17	Mason	128	–	30
18	Joseph	127	↓3	29
19	Waylon	123	↑9	63
20	Luke	121	↑17	31
21	Asher	120	↓11	23
22	Benjamin	120	↓6	11
23	Grayson	120	↓2	44
24	Theodore	120	↑3	7
25	Charles	119	↓16	54
26	Jack	112	new	14
27	Wyatt	110	↓9	47
28	Owen	109	↑15	20
29	Maverick	108	↑4	37
30	Colton	106	↑9	94
31	Carter	104	↓2	48
32	Kingston	104	↓6	>100
33	Gabriel	101	↓2	38
34	Christopher	100	↓4	55
35	Ezra	97	↑12	15
36	Mateo	95	new	6
37	Ethan	94	new	24
38	Alexander	91	↑12	22
39	Josiah	91	↑6	53
40	Logan	91	↓6	39
41	Walker	91	–	85
42	Amir	90	new	99
43	Easton	88	↑1	98
44	Matthew	88	↓6	32
45	Miles	88	new	43
46	Cameron	87	new	58
47	Cooper	86	↓11	52
48	David	85	↓28	27
49	Jacob	84	↓17	35
50	Robert	84	new	88

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