Name Legacy

Baby names in South Carolina, 2020s

2020–2025 · 230,545 recorded births

Noah was the most common name given in South Carolina across the 2020s, with 1,716 births in the decade. The state recorded 230,545 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to South Carolina in the 2020s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Jos617×
Hampton13713×
Drayton4212×
Elloree14
Tymir63
Kymir63
Zymir84
Ellison143

Top 25 in the 2020s

RankNameBirths
#1Noah1,716
#2William1,640
#3Liam1,580
#4James1,516
#5Charlotte1,339
#6Olivia1,291
#7Elijah1,268
#8Amelia1,222
#9John1,184
#10Oliver1,149
#11Ava1,117
#11Emma1,117
#13Henry1,038
#14Lucas885
#15Harper871
#16Samuel866
#17Jackson864
#18Mason856
#19Asher852
#20Elizabeth844
#21Levi841
#22Carter824
#22Thomas824
#24Sophia815
#25Isabella804

Other decades in South Carolina

All South Carolina names, 2025

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