Popular baby names in South Carolina, 2025
The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2025 were Charlotte for girls (249 babies) and Noah for boys (276). Charlotte ranked #2 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,488 babies born in South Carolina in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in South Carolina in 2025
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
- Ellison: 23 babies, 8.9× the national rate
- Kahlani: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
- Marleigh: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
- Lakelyn: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
- Promise: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Kayleigh: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
- Lillie: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Journi: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Wynter: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Miller: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Boys
- Hampton: 26 babies, 16.9× the national rate
- Zymir: 26 babies, 8.4× the national rate
- Tylan: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
- Truce: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Jakai: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
- Jakari: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
- Chosen: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Kylan: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Jamison: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Sullivan: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Carolina, 2025
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2024 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte | 249 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Amelia | 241 | – | 4 |
| 3 | Olivia | 187 | – | 1 |
| 4 | Emma | 179 | – | 3 |
| 5 | Sophia | 160 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 6 | Evelyn | 156 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 7 | Ava | 148 | ↓2 | 11 |
| 8 | Eleanor | 143 | ↑2 | 12 |
| 9 | Isabella | 139 | ↑3 | 7 |
| 10 | Mia | 134 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 131 | ↓3 | 17 |
| 12 | Harper | 125 | ↓1 | 16 |
| 13 | Ellie | 106 | ↑22 | 24 |
| 14 | Lily | 106 | ↑6 | 18 |
| 15 | Lainey | 99 | ↑11 | 30 |
| 16 | Lucy | 98 | ↑17 | 25 |
| 17 | Madison | 96 | ↑26 | 40 |
| 18 | Isla | 95 | ↓3 | 28 |
| 19 | Lillian | 95 | ↑26 | 57 |
| 20 | Naomi | 95 | ↑8 | 47 |
| 21 | Ailany | 94 | new | 14 |
| 22 | Nova | 91 | ↓9 | 46 |
| 23 | Emily | 90 | ↑17 | 34 |
| 24 | Aurora | 89 | ↑6 | 15 |
| 25 | Chloe | 89 | ↑11 | 23 |
| 26 | Eliana | 89 | ↑12 | 10 |
| 27 | Hazel | 88 | ↓4 | 21 |
| 28 | Luna | 87 | ↓1 | 27 |
| 29 | Sadie | 87 | ↓5 | 50 |
| 30 | Sofia | 87 | ↓12 | 9 |
| 31 | Aria | 86 | ↑10 | 26 |
| 32 | Nora | 86 | ↓1 | 20 |
| 33 | Violet | 83 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 34 | Paisley | 81 | new | 67 |
| 35 | Avery | 80 | ↑15 | 37 |
| 36 | Eloise | 80 | ↑11 | 49 |
| 37 | Layla | 80 | ↓20 | 36 |
| 38 | Willow | 80 | ↓19 | 44 |
| 39 | Abigail | 79 | ↓17 | 41 |
| 40 | Ella | 79 | ↓15 | 29 |
| 41 | Ivy | 79 | ↓20 | 39 |
| 42 | Millie | 77 | new | 73 |
| 43 | Penelope | 76 | ↓9 | 22 |
| 44 | Scarlett | 73 | ↓28 | 32 |
| 45 | Caroline | 72 | ↓3 | 96 |
| 46 | Emerson | 71 | new | >100 |
| 47 | Gianna | 71 | ↑2 | 33 |
| 48 | Riley | 71 | ↓34 | 48 |
| 49 | Josephine | 68 | new | 53 |
| 50 | Autumn | 64 | new | 88 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2024 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 276 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Liam | 271 | – | 1 |
| 3 | William | 269 | – | 9 |
| 4 | James | 250 | – | 6 |
| 5 | Elijah | 215 | ↑3 | 7 |
| 6 | John | 205 | – | 23 |
| 7 | Oliver | 201 | ↓2 | 3 |
| 8 | Henry | 199 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 9 | Theodore | 178 | – | 4 |
| 10 | Lucas | 156 | ↑7 | 10 |
| 11 | Waylon | 153 | ↑10 | 56 |
| 12 | Hudson | 152 | ↑4 | 17 |
| 13 | Levi | 150 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 14 | Samuel | 148 | ↓1 | 18 |
| 15 | Asher | 145 | ↓3 | 28 |
| 16 | Thomas | 145 | ↓6 | 34 |
| 17 | Michael | 134 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 18 | Wyatt | 128 | ↑9 | 38 |
| 19 | Jack | 126 | ↑6 | 15 |
| 20 | Joseph | 125 | ↑26 | 29 |
| 21 | Daniel | 124 | ↑5 | 22 |
| 22 | Weston | 120 | new | 55 |
| 23 | Carter | 118 | ↓5 | 45 |
| 24 | Cooper | 118 | ↑24 | 27 |
| 25 | Silas | 116 | new | 71 |
| 26 | Charles | 115 | ↓2 | 48 |
| 27 | David | 114 | ↑18 | 35 |
| 28 | Josiah | 110 | ↓8 | 54 |
| 29 | Jackson | 106 | ↓18 | 36 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 105 | ↑6 | 11 |
| 31 | Gabriel | 105 | ↑9 | 37 |
| 32 | Bennett | 104 | new | 40 |
| 33 | Ezra | 104 | ↓11 | 20 |
| 34 | Elias | 102 | ↓4 | 13 |
| 35 | Luke | 101 | ↓7 | 33 |
| 36 | Mason | 101 | ↓17 | 39 |
| 37 | Walker | 99 | ↑6 | 78 |
| 38 | Anthony | 97 | new | 46 |
| 39 | Grayson | 96 | ↓5 | 51 |
| 40 | Alexander | 94 | ↓5 | 30 |
| 41 | Mateo | 93 | new | 8 |
| 42 | Rowan | 92 | new | 59 |
| 43 | Owen | 91 | ↓1 | 31 |
| 44 | Sebastian | 91 | new | 16 |
| 45 | Luca | 88 | ↓14 | 14 |
| 46 | Robert | 88 | ↑4 | 92 |
| 47 | Colton | 87 | new | >100 |
| 48 | Nolan | 84 | new | 65 |
| 49 | Ethan | 83 | new | 24 |
| 50 | Matthew | 83 | ↓13 | 32 |