2025 · 39,488 recorded births
Noah was the most common name given in South Carolina in 2025, with 284 births. The state recorded 39,488 births across 1,706 distinct names that year.
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Names given far more often here than nationally. The multiplier is how much more common the name is in South Carolina than in the country as a whole.
| Name | Births | vs national |
|---|---|---|
| Hampton | 26 | 18.6× |
| Ellison | 28 | 10.1× |
| Zymir | 26 | 8.7× |
| Jakai | 26 | 3.8× |
| Sullivan | 57 | 3.6× |
| Wynter | 30 | 3.3× |
| Kashton | 35 | 3.2× |
| Chosen | 25 | 3.1× |
| Rank | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Noah | 284 |
| #2 | Liam | 271 |
| #3 | William | 269 |
| #4 | James | 250 |
| #5 | Charlotte | 249 |
| #6 | Amelia | 241 |
| #7 | Elijah | 215 |
| #8 | John | 205 |
| #9 | Oliver | 201 |
| #10 | Henry | 199 |
| #11 | Olivia | 187 |
| #12 | Emma | 179 |
| #13 | Theodore | 178 |
| #14 | Sophia | 160 |
| #15 | Evelyn | 156 |
| #15 | Lucas | 156 |
| #17 | Waylon | 153 |
| #18 | Hudson | 152 |
| #19 | Levi | 150 |
| #20 | Ava | 148 |
| #20 | Samuel | 148 |
| #22 | Asher | 145 |
| #22 | Thomas | 145 |
| #24 | Eleanor | 143 |
| #25 | Carter | 139 |
| #25 | Isabella | 139 |
| #27 | Mia | 134 |
| #27 | Michael | 134 |
| #29 | Elizabeth | 131 |
| #30 | Wyatt | 128 |
| #31 | Jack | 126 |
| #32 | Harper | 125 |
| #32 | Joseph | 125 |
| #34 | Daniel | 124 |
| #35 | Weston | 120 |
| #36 | Cooper | 118 |
| #37 | Silas | 116 |
| #38 | Charles | 115 |
| #38 | Rowan | 115 |
| #40 | Bennett | 114 |
| #40 | David | 114 |
| #42 | Josiah | 110 |
| #43 | Avery | 106 |
| #43 | Ellie | 106 |
| #43 | Jackson | 106 |
| #43 | Lily | 106 |
| #47 | Benjamin | 105 |
| #47 | Gabriel | 105 |
| #47 | Walker | 105 |
| #50 | Ezra | 104 |
Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org