State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1911 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,880 South Carolina births in 1911 across 483 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.

#52Janieoutside the national top 200
#67Jakeoutside the national top 200
#68Johnnyoutside the national top 200
#37Roosevelt#168 nationally
#79Wadeoutside the national top 200
#48Mack#167 nationally
#83Bookeroutside the national top 200
#84Christopheroutside the national top 200
#43Sallie#159 nationally
#87Elijahoutside the national top 200
#64Lizzie#170 nationally
#86Ed#190 nationally

Girls

#1Mary508US #1
#2Annie342US #24
#3Elizabeth181US #7
#4Louise163US #19
#5Ethel158US #15
#6Ruth140US #5
#7Sarah124US #42
#8Carrie119US #78
#9Mattie117US #65
#10Lillie116US #60
#11Rosa109US #92
#12Anna108US #6
#13Bessie101US #40
#14Hattie101US #86
#15Viola101US #47
#16Margaret100US #3
#17Willie99US #61
#18Lillian98US #13
#19Marie97US #9
#20Ruby96US #22
#21Minnie93US #52
#22Lucille89US #32
#23Mamie89US #89
#24Bertha88US #36
#25Edna88US #17
#26Emma88US #35
#27Maggie85US #111
#28Alice83US #11
#29Daisy82US #108
#30Eva82US #46
#31Helen81US #2
#32Ella79US #63
#33Julia79US #44
#34Martha78US #28
#35Frances75US #10
#36Thelma73US #27
#37Gertrude67US #30
#38Jessie67US #66
#39Pearl65US #48
#40Evelyn62US #16
#41Inez61US #99
#42Gladys60US #18
#43Sallie58US #159
#44Sadie57US #113
#45Laura56US #57
#46Mildred56US #8
#47Dorothy55US #4
#48Beatrice54US #37
#49Irene54US #21
#50Rebecca54US #148
#51Florence53US #12
#52Janie53
#53Lula53US #94
#54Essie52US #156
#55Geneva52US #122
#56Grace52US #23
#57Ida52US #45
#58Myrtle52US #50
#59Estelle51US #106
#60Alma50US #62
#61Lois48US #68
#62Fannie47US #88
#63Josephine47US #29
#64Lizzie46US #170
#65Nellie46US #54
#66Rose46US #14
#67Clara44US #33
#68Virginia44US #26
#69Lottie43US #135
#70Susie43US #112
#71Addie42US #161
#72Pauline42US #38
#73Agnes41US #39
#74Cora41US #91
#75Nancy40US #110
#76Beulah38US #79
#77Hazel38US #25
#78Lucile38US #128
#79Edith37US #31
#80Catherine35US #20
#81Dora35US #104
#82Eunice35US #109
#83Ollie34US #157
#84Mabel32US #43
#85Georgia31US #96
#86Katie31US #139
#87Mae31US #71
#88Ada30US #97
#89Bernice30US #51
#90Blanche30US #75
#91Ellen30US #84
#92Elsie30US #41
#93Juanita28US #107
#94Lena28US #70
#95Maude28US #145
#96Charlotte27US #95
#97Christine27US #124
#98Eloise27
#99Mable27US #127
#100Sara27US #123

Boys

#1James576US #3
#2John398US #1
#3William343US #2
#4Willie274US #14
#5Robert200US #5
#6George179US #4
#7Henry169US #11
#8Thomas118US #10
#9Joseph99US #6
#10Frank88US #8
#11David78US #27
#12Joe77US #29
#13Charles75US #7
#14Arthur69US #18
#15Samuel68US #30
#16Walter68US #12
#17Fred67US #22
#18Sam67US #47
#19Edward63US #9
#20Charlie61US #45
#21Albert60US #15
#22Clarence59US #23
#23Ernest58US #32
#24Paul58US #17
#25Leroy54US #59
#26Eugene41US #43
#27Jack41US #25
#28Johnnie41US #90
#29Richard41US #20
#30Lee40US #67
#31Eddie39US #78
#32Benjamin37US #64
#33Ben36US #86
#34Harry36US #13
#35Luther36US #100
#36Roy36US #31
#37Roosevelt35US #168
#38Lewis34US #66
#39Herbert33US #41
#40Louis31US #21
#41Harold30US #16
#42Andrew29US #42
#43Isaac29US #143
#44Jessie27US #79
#45Theodore27US #56
#46Marion26US #110
#47Jesse25US #72
#48Mack25US #167
#49Carl24US #26
#50Clyde23US #61
#51Julius23US #104
#52Rufus23US #148
#53Howard22US #28
#54Claude21US #87
#55Bennie20US #151
#56Earl20US #34
#57Herman20US #49
#58Ralph20US #24
#59Will20US #149
#60Alfred19US #39
#61Nathan19US #109
#62Oscar19US #68
#63Jacob18US #116
#64Lawrence18US #37
#65Leon18US #77
#66Earnest17US #125
#67Jake17
#68Johnny16
#69Otis16US #122
#70Raymond16US #19
#71Allen15US #98
#72Dan15US #164
#73Jerry15US #140
#74Johnie15US #172
#75Nathaniel15US #161
#76Daniel14US #53
#77Melvin14US #73
#78Sylvester14US #154
#79Wade14
#80Adam13US #170
#81Alex13US #129
#82Archie13US #127
#83Booker13
#84Christopher13
#85Clifford13US #62
#86Ed13US #190
#87Elijah13
#88Floyd13US #57
#89Francis13US #33
#90Grady13US #180
#91Horace13US #123
#92Lonnie13US #158
#93Matthew13US #153
#94Oliver13US #115
#95Peter13US #50
#96Clifton12US #163
#97Curtis12US #118
#98Harvey12US #91
#99Jim12US #134
#100Lester12US #65

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑38Edna#25
↑30Theodore#45
↑28Carl#49
↑28Nathan#61
↑27Myrtle#58
↑27Harold#41
↑26Sallie#43
↑26Will#59

Falling

↓37Harvey#98
↓32Ida#57
↓28Cora#74
↓28Nathaniel#75
↓27Daniel#76
↓26Booker#83
↓24Clara#67
↓20Fannie#62

Every state

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