The most common names of people born in South Carolina

Social Security has recorded about 4.9 million births in South Carolina since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 3.3 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 43. The most common names among them are Mary for women and James for men.

These are the names of people born in South Carolina, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to South Carolina from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in South Carolina

Most common names of living women born in South Carolina
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	36,000	66
2	Elizabeth	18,000	47
3	Linda	15,000	71
4	Jennifer	15,000	46
5	Patricia	14,000	69
6	Ashley	13,000	36
7	Barbara	13,000	72
8	Sarah	13,000	47
9	Jessica	13,000	37
10	Kimberly	11,000	47
11	Angela	11,000	53
12	Betty	11,000	76
13	Brenda	10,000	69
14	Emily	9,900	31
15	Amanda	9,800	43
16	Sandra	9,700	67
17	Cynthia	9,500	62
18	Margaret	9,500	61
19	Lisa	9,000	57
20	Susan	8,900	64
21	Rebecca	8,800	52
22	Melissa	8,700	49
23	Emma	8,300	29
24	Carolyn	8,300	69
25	Deborah	8,300	67
26	Shirley	8,200	74
27	Donna	8,000	64
28	Anna	7,800	37
29	Stephanie	7,800	45
30	Sharon	7,700	62

Men and boys born in South Carolina

Most common names of living men born in South Carolina
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	James	62,000	56
2	William	46,000	49
3	John	41,000	53
4	Michael	39,000	47
5	Robert	36,000	55
6	David	31,000	52
7	Christopher	28,000	39
8	Charles	25,000	54
9	Thomas	21,000	50
10	Joseph	20,000	46
11	Joshua	17,000	32
12	Richard	16,000	56
13	Matthew	16,000	34
14	Daniel	14,000	39
15	Anthony	14,000	44
16	Timothy	13,000	47
17	Kenneth	13,000	55
18	Andrew	12,000	35
19	Jonathan	12,000	36
20	Brandon	12,000	33
21	Willie	11,000	70
22	Kevin	11,000	43
23	Jason	11,000	41
24	Jacob	11,000	26
25	Samuel	11,000	41
26	Justin	10,000	33
27	George	10,000	60
28	Benjamin	9,900	36
29	Larry	9,800	64
30	Steven	9,300	48

Average ages here are for people with the name born in South Carolina, not the national average.

Names more common in South Carolina than nationally

Among living people born in South Carolina, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Deloris is 7.7× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in South Carolina than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Deloris	7.7×	1,500	73
2	Minnie	5.7×	1,300	78
3	Willie	5.6×	13,000	70
4	Lillie	5.4×	2,600	69
5	Hattie	5.2×	1,500	71
6	Mattie	4.8×	1,700	70
7	Annie	4.4×	5,700	72
8	Leroy	4.3×	3,600	69
9	Marion	4.2×	3,100	65
10	Johnnie	4.1×	2,800	71
11	Ethel	4.0×	1,700	78
12	Donnie	3.9×	2,000	63
13	Janie	3.8×	1,900	71
14	Freddie	3.5×	1,800	68
15	Thelma	3.4×	1,600	78

The newest South Carolina babies

The most popular names for babies born in South Carolina in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in South Carolina
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	249	30
2	Amelia	241	16
3	Olivia	187	18
4	Emma	179	20
5	Sophia	160	16
6	Evelyn	156	34
7	Ava	148	14
8	Eleanor	143	30
9	Isabella	139	15
10	Mia	134	15

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in South Carolina
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Noah	276	16
2	Liam	271	11
3	William	269	51
4	James	250	54
5	Elijah	215	16
6	John	205	55
7	Oliver	201	13
8	Henry	199	34
9	Theodore	178	29
10	Lucas	156	18

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in South Carolina with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this