Most Popular Baby Names in South Carolina (2025)

The most popular baby names in South Carolina in 2025 were Charlotte for girls and Noah for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in South Carolina than in the country as a whole include Caroline, Emerson, Waylon, Silas, and Walker.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in South Carolina

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Charlotte	249	–
2	Amelia	241	–
3	Olivia	187	–
4	Emma	179	–
5	Sophia	160	↑ 1
6	Evelyn	156	↑ 1
7	Ava	148	↓ 2
8	Eleanor	143	↑ 2
9	Isabella	139	↑ 3
10	Mia	134	↓ 1
11	Elizabeth	131	↓ 3
12	Harper	125	↓ 1
13	Ellie	106	↑ 22
14	Lily	106	↑ 6
15	Lainey	99	↑ 11
16	Lucy	98	↑ 17
17	Madison	96	↑ 26
18	Isla	95	↓ 3
19	Lillian	95	↑ 26
20	Naomi	95	↑ 8
21	Ailany	94	new
22	Nova	91	↓ 9
23	Emily	90	↑ 17
24	Aurora	89	↑ 6
25	Chloe	89	↑ 11
26	Eliana	89	↑ 12
27	Hazel	88	↓ 4
28	Luna	87	↓ 1
29	Sadie	87	↓ 5
30	Sofia	87	↓ 12
31	Aria	86	↑ 10
32	Nora	86	↓ 1
33	Violet	83	↓ 1
34	Paisley	81	↑ 21
35	Avery	80	↑ 15
36	Eloise	80	↑ 11
37	Layla	80	↓ 20
38	Willow	80	↓ 19
39	Abigail	79	↓ 17
40	Ella	79	↓ 15
41	Ivy	79	↓ 20
42	Millie	77	↑ 44
43	Penelope	76	↓ 9
44	Scarlett	73	↓ 28
45	Caroline	72	↓ 3
46	Emerson	71	↑ 46
47	Gianna	71	↑ 2
48	Riley	71	↓ 34
49	Josephine	68	↑ 14
50	Autumn	64	↑ 11
51	Brooklyn	64	↑ 20
52	Madelyn	64	↓ 13
53	Zoe	64	↓ 24
54	Eliza	63	↑ 37
55	Emery	63	↑ 17
56	Mary	63	↓ 8
57	Stella	62	↓ 6
58	Delilah	61	↓ 5
59	Addison	59	↓ 22
60	Eden	59	↑ 7
61	Clara	58	new
62	Margaret	58	↓ 4
63	Brielle	57	new
64	Grace	57	↓ 8
65	Adeline	56	↑ 1
66	Kinsley	55	↓ 12
67	Leilani	55	↑ 10
68	Genesis	54	↓ 9
69	Kennedy	54	↓ 12
70	Madeline	54	↓ 1
71	Magnolia	54	↓ 25
72	Emilia	53	↑ 8
73	Georgia	53	new
74	Alice	52	↑ 8
75	Oaklynn	51	new
76	Collins	50	new
77	Hallie	50	↑ 8
78	Josie	50	↑ 10
79	Anna	49	↑ 8
80	Claire	49	↑ 14
81	Daisy	49	↑ 17
82	Hannah	49	↓ 4
83	Raelynn	49	↓ 39
84	Kehlani	48	↓ 20
85	Summer	48	new
86	Sutton	48	new
87	Emersyn	47	↑ 8
88	Natalie	47	↓ 5
89	Serenity	47	↓ 19
90	Elena	46	↓ 22
91	Lyla	46	↓ 18
92	Mila	46	↓ 27
93	Ruby	46	↓ 19
94	Wrenley	46	new
95	Blair	44	new
96	Katherine	44	new
97	Iris	43	new
98	Lydia	43	↑ 1
99	Maria	43	new
100	Zoey	43	↓ 24

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Noah	276	–
2	Liam	271	–
3	William	269	–
4	James	250	–
5	Elijah	215	↑ 3
6	John	205	–
7	Oliver	201	↓ 2
8	Henry	199	↓ 1
9	Theodore	178	–
10	Lucas	156	↑ 7
11	Waylon	153	↑ 10
12	Hudson	152	↑ 4
13	Levi	150	↑ 1
14	Samuel	148	↓ 1
15	Asher	145	↓ 3
16	Thomas	145	↓ 6
17	Michael	134	↓ 2
18	Wyatt	128	↑ 9
19	Jack	126	↑ 6
20	Joseph	125	↑ 26
21	Daniel	124	↑ 5
22	Weston	120	↑ 38
23	Carter	118	↓ 5
24	Cooper	118	↑ 24
25	Silas	116	↑ 32
26	Charles	115	↓ 2
27	David	114	↑ 18
28	Josiah	110	↓ 8
29	Jackson	106	↓ 18
30	Benjamin	105	↑ 6
31	Gabriel	105	↑ 9
32	Bennett	104	↑ 26
33	Ezra	104	↓ 11
34	Elias	102	↓ 4
35	Luke	101	↓ 7
36	Mason	101	↓ 17
37	Walker	99	↑ 6
38	Anthony	97	↑ 30
39	Grayson	96	↓ 5
40	Alexander	94	↓ 5
41	Mateo	93	↑ 13
42	Rowan	92	↑ 9
43	Owen	91	↓ 1
44	Sebastian	91	↑ 18
45	Luca	88	↓ 14
46	Robert	88	↑ 4
47	Colton	87	↑ 8
48	Nolan	84	↑ 4
49	Ethan	83	↑ 14
50	Matthew	83	↓ 13
51	Wesley	83	↑ 15
52	Jacob	81	↓ 11
53	Maverick	81	↓ 21
54	Joshua	80	↓ 16
55	Leo	80	↑ 36
56	Nathan	80	↑ 27
57	Thiago	80	↑ 20
58	Amir	77	↓ 25
59	Caleb	77	↓ 15
60	Christopher	75	↓ 37
61	Isaiah	75	↑ 3
62	Roman	75	new
63	Andrew	74	↑ 2
64	Brooks	74	↓ 25
65	Kayden	74	↑ 9
66	Miles	74	↓ 17
67	Sawyer	73	↑ 5
68	Everett	72	↑ 7
69	Isaac	71	↓ 16
70	Jeremiah	70	↑ 3
71	Kingston	70	↓ 24
72	Aiden	67	↑ 6
73	Cameron	67	↑ 9
74	Easton	67	↓ 3
75	Lincoln	67	new
76	Logan	66	↓ 20
77	River	66	↑ 8
78	Jonathan	65	↓ 2
79	Beau	64	↑ 17
80	Eithan	63	new
81	Landon	62	↓ 2
82	Micah	62	↓ 21
83	Bryson	61	new
84	Harrison	61	↑ 6
85	Christian	59	↓ 18
86	Julian	59	↓ 5
87	Legend	59	↓ 28
88	Angel	57	↑ 4
89	Ezekiel	55	new
90	Kyrie	55	↑ 7
91	Parker	55	↓ 7
92	Dylan	54	↓ 63
93	Hunter	54	↑ 1
94	Ian	54	↓ 24
95	Arthur	53	new
96	Jayce	53	new
97	Messiah	53	new
98	Santiago	53	new
99	Atlas	52	new
100	Dawson	52	new

Names more popular in South Carolina

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in South Carolina than across the US.

Girls

Name	South Carolina	US
Caroline	#45	#96
Emerson	#46	#122

Boys

Name	South Carolina	US
Waylon	#11	#56
Silas	#25	#71
Walker	#37	#78
Robert	#46	#92
Colton	#47	#103

Number-one names in South Carolina by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Charlotte (249)	Noah (276)
2024	Charlotte (227)	Noah (312)
2023	Olivia (212)	Noah (289)
2022	Charlotte (242)	Noah (268)
2021	Olivia (238)	William (287)
2020	Ava (256)	William (283)
2019	Olivia (270)	William (312)
2018	Ava (261)	William (328)
2017	Ava (292)	William (329)
2016	Ava (266)	William (357)
2015	Ava (281)	William (360)
2014	Emma (295)	William (364)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in South Carolina

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in South Carolina

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in South Carolina by year

Other states