State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1910 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,982 South Carolina births in 1910 across 477 distinct names.

Distinctively South Carolina

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say South Carolina more than they say America.

#37Janie#182 nationally
#65Moses#197 nationally
#57Booker#177 nationally
#82Jannieoutside the national top 200
#84Elizaoutside the national top 200
#84Prestonoutside the national top 200
#52Abraham#162 nationally
#41Mack#150 nationally
#95Alonzooutside the national top 200
#96Christopheroutside the national top 200
#82Jake#184 nationally
#53Rebecca#154 nationally

Girls

#1Mary602US #1
#2Annie305US #19
#3Louise173US #20
#4Rosa145US #83
#5Elizabeth144US #7
#6Ruth144US #5
#7Ethel143US #13
#8Bessie135US #37
#9Carrie131US #70
#10Sarah128US #40
#11Mattie123US #60
#12Marie119US #9
#13Hattie116US #73
#14Maggie114US #95
#15Lillie111US #54
#16Bertha107US #33
#17Margaret101US #3
#18Willie101US #56
#19Anna97US #6
#20Mamie94US #86
#21Minnie93US #50
#22Alice92US #10
#23Ella89US #62
#24Frances88US #11
#25Ida88US #47
#26Julia88US #49
#27Lucille86US #31
#28Jessie85US #63
#29Emma84US #34
#30Eva84US #45
#31Helen83US #2
#32Martha81US #28
#33Viola81US #48
#34Lillian79US #14
#35Pearl78US #39
#36Gladys76US #15
#37Janie76US #182
#38Daisy72US #101
#39Geneva72US #117
#40Ruby71US #27
#41Alma70US #61
#42Fannie67US #78
#43Clara64US #32
#44Evelyn63US #17
#45Laura60US #53
#46Cora58US #85
#47Gertrude58US #26
#48Irene58US #21
#49Essie57US #134
#50Lula56US #93
#51Mildred55US #8
#52Grace54US #23
#53Rebecca54US #154
#54Sadie52US #100
#55Thelma52US #25
#56Dorothy51US #4
#57Lizzie51US #155
#58Nellie51US #51
#59Pauline51US #42
#60Inez50US #97
#61Susie50US #102
#62Beatrice49US #36
#63Edna49US #18
#64Estelle49US #112
#65Rose49US #16
#66Lucile48US #118
#67Florence47US #12
#68Lois47US #76
#69Sallie47US #144
#70Virginia46US #29
#71Josephine45US #30
#72Lottie42US #127
#73Ellen41US #88
#74Ada39US #94
#75Edith39US #35
#76Mabel38US #46
#77Agnes37US #41
#78Katie36US #122
#79Mae36US #65
#80Alberta35US #104
#81Nancy35US #105
#82Jannie34
#83Beulah33US #82
#84Eliza33
#85Myrtle33US #43
#86Christine32US #123
#87Eunice32US #113
#88Georgia32US #91
#89Henrietta32US #153
#90Sara32US #128
#91Catherine31US #22
#92Dora31US #103
#93Esther31US #38
#94Addie30US #157
#95Blanche30US #74
#96Eula30US #135
#97Maude30US #141
#98Nettie30US #129
#99Victoria29US #142
#100Eloise27

Boys

#1James556US #2
#2John390US #1
#3William281US #3
#4Willie256US #11
#5George191US #5
#6Robert187US #4
#7Henry177US #10
#8Thomas110US #12
#9Frank91US #8
#10Joseph91US #6
#11Charlie88US #34
#12Edward84US #9
#13Charles78US #7
#14Walter77US #13
#15Joe75US #25
#16David67US #30
#17Fred66US #22
#18Sam61US #40
#19Samuel56US #32
#20Jack54US #23
#21Leroy53US #50
#22Clarence52US #20
#23Richard52US #21
#24Albert50US #14
#25Ernest50US #31
#26Eugene50US #39
#27Arthur47US #17
#28Johnnie47US #74
#29Harry46US #16
#30Paul45US #15
#31Louis43US #24
#32Lee42US #49
#33Benjamin39US #70
#34Ben34US #79
#35Eddie33US #59
#36Herbert33US #41
#37Julius33US #95
#38Andrew32US #42
#39Lewis32US #65
#40Marion32US #108
#41Mack31US #150
#42Luther30US #87
#43Roy30US #29
#44Isaac27US #130
#45Tom27US #82
#46Jessie26US #72
#47Nathaniel26US #139
#48Roosevelt26US #144
#49Daniel24US #53
#50Jesse24US #60
#51Allen23US #92
#52Abraham22US #162
#53Earnest22US #128
#54Herman22US #52
#55Raymond22US #19
#56Earl21US #33
#57Booker20US #177
#58Otis20US #109
#59Rufus20US #145
#60Claude19US #78
#61Harvey19US #89
#62Howard19US #27
#63Johnie19US #157
#64Lawrence19US #35
#65Moses19US #197
#66Clyde18US #57
#67Ed18US #140
#68Harold18US #18
#69Oscar18US #73
#70Edgar16US #80
#71Jacob16US #117
#72Leon16US #81
#73Lonnie16US #148
#74Ralph16US #28
#75Theodore16US #54
#76Bennie15US #146
#77Carl15US #26
#78Floyd15US #55
#79Jimmie15US #125
#80Curtis14US #114
#81Ira14US #138
#82Jake14US #184
#83Lester14US #64
#84Preston14
#85Will14US #113
#86Archie13US #119
#87Jim12US #100
#88Melvin12US #75
#89Nathan12US #135
#90Oliver12US #103
#91Peter12US #56
#92Philip12US #83
#93Adam11US #182
#94Alexander11US #101
#95Alonzo11
#96Christopher11
#97Clifford11US #66
#98Jerry11US #131
#99Mike11US #143
#100Wallace11US #132

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.