Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2024

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2024 were Charlotte for girls (227 babies) and Noah for boys (312). Charlotte ranked #4 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,181 babies born in South Carolina in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2024

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: 18 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Ellison: 25 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Jalani: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Nyomi: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Marleigh: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Promise: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Icelynn: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ellis: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Royalty: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jaliyah: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Hampton: 26 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Tymir: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Zymir: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jakari: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kaiser: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jahmir: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Chosen: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Princeton: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Davis: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Memphis: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Charlotte	227	↑1	4
2	Amelia	205	↑1	3
3	Olivia	197	↓2	1
4	Emma	175	–	2
5	Ava	144	–	9
6	Sophia	142	↑1	6
7	Evelyn	139	↑3	8
8	Elizabeth	138	↓2	17
9	Mia	131	↑2	5
10	Eleanor	130	↑8	14
11	Harper	119	↓3	12
12	Isabella	115	–	7
13	Nova	113	↓4	39
14	Riley	99	↑3	42
15	Isla	96	↓1	35
16	Scarlett	95	↑5	27
17	Layla	94	↑11	37
18	Sofia	93	↑22	10
19	Willow	92	–	41
20	Lily	91	↓7	24
21	Ivy	90	↑22	36
22	Abigail	89	↑7	32
23	Hazel	88	↓1	19
24	Sadie	88	↑12	57
25	Ella	87	↓1	30
26	Lainey	86	↑8	38
27	Luna	86	↓7	13
28	Naomi	85	↓12	44
29	Zoe	85	↑13	29
30	Aurora	84	new	16
31	Nora	84	↑4	22
32	Violet	83	new	15
33	Lucy	82	↑5	34
34	Penelope	80	↑13	28
35	Ellie	78	↓20	21
36	Chloe	77	↓9	20
37	Addison	76	↓12	68
38	Eliana	75	new	18
39	Madelyn	74	↑2	65
40	Emily	73	↓7	25
41	Aria	72	↓18	26
42	Caroline	72	↓10	92
43	Madison	72	↓4	45
44	Raelynn	72	↑5	>100
45	Lillian	71	↓8	54
46	Magnolia	71	new	>100
47	Eloise	70	new	64
48	Mary	68	↓4	>100
49	Gianna	67	↓18	23
50	Avery	66	↓24	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Noah	312	–	2
2	Liam	295	↑1	1
3	William	277	↓1	10
4	James	263	–	5
5	Oliver	217	↑2	3
6	John	204	↓1	21
7	Henry	188	↑1	6
8	Elijah	186	↓2	8
9	Theodore	169	↑15	4
10	Thomas	150	↑5	39
11	Jackson	147	–	35
12	Asher	141	↑9	20
13	Samuel	141	↑1	17
14	Levi	137	↓2	12
15	Michael	136	↑1	18
16	Hudson	133	↓7	22
17	Lucas	133	↓7	9
18	Carter	126	↑13	46
19	Mason	126	↓2	42
20	Josiah	124	↑19	53
21	Waylon	122	↓2	65
22	Ezra	117	↑13	13
23	Christopher	115	↑11	61
24	Charles	113	↑1	51
25	Jack	110	↑1	15
26	Daniel	108	↓13	16
27	Wyatt	108	–	38
28	Luke	100	↓8	34
29	Dylan	99	new	28
30	Elias	99	new	25
31	Luca	99	new	23
32	Maverick	99	↓3	36
33	Amir	98	↑9	95
34	Grayson	98	↓11	48
35	Alexander	97	↑3	27
36	Benjamin	97	↓14	11
37	Matthew	95	↑7	33
38	Joshua	94	new	57
39	Brooks	93	new	67
40	Gabriel	92	↓7	43
41	Jacob	92	↑8	40
42	Owen	92	↓14	26
43	Walker	92	↓2	82
44	Caleb	91	new	49
45	David	90	↑3	31
46	Joseph	90	↓28	32
47	Kingston	90	↓15	>100
48	Cooper	89	↓1	50
49	Miles	88	↓4	37
50	Robert	87	–	90

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