Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1998

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Hannah	363
2	Taylor	340
3	Alexis	299
4	Emily	297
5	Ashley	265
6	Sarah	257
7	Madison	244
8	Kayla	231
9	Elizabeth	216
10	Jessica	211
11	Brittany	204
12	Destiny	192
13	Lauren	191
14	Mary	175
15	Anna	172
16	Amber	171
16	Brianna	171
18	Savannah	170
19	Victoria	166
20	Megan	165
21	Jasmine	152
21	Morgan	152
23	Abigail	149
24	Courtney	148
24	Samantha	148
26	Haley	141
27	Caroline	136
28	Jordan	129
29	Katherine	126
30	Rachel	123
31	Kaitlyn	117
32	Olivia	113
33	Alyssa	110
34	Rebecca	109
35	Katelyn	106
36	Makayla	101
37	Sydney	95
38	Amanda	94
38	Emma	94
40	Kelsey	90
41	Breanna	89
42	Allison	87
43	Jada	80
44	Bailey	76
45	Kimberly	74
45	Sierra	74
45	Tiffany	74
48	Briana	72
49	Danielle	70
50	Sara	68

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	529
2	Michael	459
3	Christopher	449
4	Joshua	438
5	Jacob	421
6	James	419
7	Austin	398
8	Matthew	375
9	Brandon	363
10	John	351
11	Nicholas	290
12	Justin	289
13	Andrew	284
14	Tyler	283
15	Robert	280
16	Zachary	272
17	Joseph	258
18	Hunter	239
19	Jonathan	230
20	David	229
21	Jordan	227
22	Daniel	215
23	Thomas	192
24	Cameron	189
25	Charles	181
26	Dylan	173
27	Noah	165
28	Christian	164
29	Anthony	152
30	Alexander	151
31	Ryan	150
32	Caleb	149
33	Samuel	144
34	Timothy	139
35	Benjamin	137
36	Ethan	127
37	Kyle	125
38	Cody	115
39	Aaron	110
40	Kevin	108
41	Richard	104
42	Eric	103
43	Jason	97
44	Logan	96
45	Kenneth	95
45	Nathan	95
47	Patrick	93
48	Darius	88
49	Steven	83
50	Adam	82