State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1912 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,371 South Carolina births in 1912 across 588 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.

#47Janieoutside the national top 200
#71Mosesoutside the national top 200
#74Bookeroutside the national top 200
#75Edoutside the national top 200
#54Rufus#175 nationally
#81Eloiseoutside the national top 200
#82Colieoutside the national top 200
#83Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#85Isiahoutside the national top 200
#51Isaac#162 nationally
#69Lonnie#179 nationally
#76Johnie#186 nationally

Girls

#1Mary711US #1
#2Annie328US #27
#3Elizabeth227US #8
#4Ruth216US #5
#5Louise205US #17
#6Ethel166US #18
#7Carrie155US #82
#8Lillie150US #67
#9Sarah146US #41
#10Margaret141US #4
#11Willie139US #61
#12Marie138US #10
#13Bessie137US #43
#14Rosa137US #94
#15Ruby136US #23
#16Lucille133US #32
#17Martha130US #29
#18Mattie127US #70
#19Bertha124US #36
#20Viola113US #52
#21Hattie112US #90
#22Mamie112US #95
#23Edna111US #16
#24Minnie111US #60
#25Emma110US #35
#26Helen107US #2
#27Maggie107US #115
#28Frances106US #9
#29Julia106US #44
#30Alice103US #11
#31Thelma100US #26
#32Gladys98US #19
#33Dorothy97US #3
#34Jessie95US #65
#35Ida94US #45
#36Lillian94US #14
#37Rebecca93US #144
#38Anna90US #7
#39Ella89US #69
#40Pearl88US #54
#41Eva87US #49
#42Evelyn83US #13
#43Daisy80US #112
#44Mildred80US #6
#45Beatrice79US #37
#46Clara78US #34
#47Janie78
#48Fannie75US #87
#49Gertrude75US #30
#50Florence72US #12
#51Laura71US #57
#52Sadie71US #114
#53Alma69US #62
#54Geneva68US #116
#55Grace67US #24
#56Irene67US #22
#57Edith66US #31
#58Lula65US #107
#59Sallie65US #164
#60Virginia65US #20
#61Nellie64US #59
#62Lucile59US #129
#63Mabel59US #46
#64Sara59US #121
#65Beulah58US #80
#66Josephine57US #28
#67Bernice55US #51
#68Alberta54US #106
#69Cora53US #98
#70Ellen53US #86
#71Lois53US #63
#72Myrtle52US #50
#73Pauline52US #38
#74Rose52US #15
#75Inez50US #100
#76Essie49US #155
#77Lizzie49US #180
#78Catherine46US #21
#79Eunice45US #109
#80Lottie44US #142
#81Eloise43
#82Katherine43US #53
#83Susie43US #120
#84Georgia42US #101
#85Agnes41US #40
#86Hazel41US #25
#87Ada40US #96
#88Addie40US #171
#89Nancy39US #108
#90Blanche37US #75
#91Estelle37US #111
#92Esther36US #33
#93Mae36US #74
#94Jennie35US #81
#95Katie34US #149
#96Victoria34US #150
#97Christine33US #123
#98Eula33US #147
#99Lucy33US #78
#100Leola32US #190

Boys

#1James814US #3
#2John596US #1
#3William438US #2
#4Willie327US #22
#5Robert296US #4
#6George251US #6
#7Henry213US #12
#8Thomas176US #10
#9Joseph157US #5
#10Frank127US #9
#11Charles124US #7
#12Joe119US #36
#13David116US #29
#14Walter110US #11
#15Fred98US #26
#16Samuel97US #30
#17Edward93US #8
#18Charlie85US #57
#19Sam83US #63
#20Richard80US #19
#21Arthur78US #15
#22Woodrow76US #46
#23Clarence74US #21
#24Leroy72US #66
#25Harry71US #16
#26Ernest70US #32
#27Paul70US #14
#28Roy64US #31
#29Harold58US #13
#30Albert57US #17
#31Jack57US #28
#32Eugene53US #41
#33Eddie49US #104
#34Jessie48US #109
#35Julius48US #100
#36Andrew47US #44
#37Jesse47US #74
#38Lewis45US #68
#39Benjamin43US #67
#40Johnnie43US #106
#41Louis40US #20
#42Luther40US #114
#43Ben39US #102
#44Herbert38US #39
#45Marion38US #112
#46Carl37US #24
#47Oscar36US #73
#48Clyde35US #65
#49Daniel35US #53
#50Lee35US #78
#51Isaac34US #162
#52Lawrence34US #38
#53Allen33US #103
#54Rufus33US #175
#55Herman32US #50
#56Theodore32US #52
#57Leon31US #79
#58Ralph31US #23
#59Claude30US #89
#60Raymond30US #18
#61Archie29US #130
#62Bennie29US #154
#63Tom29US #124
#64Howard28US #25
#65Melvin28US #71
#66Nathaniel28US #164
#67Otis27US #126
#68Floyd26US #59
#69Lonnie26US #179
#70Earl25US #34
#71Moses25
#72Horace24US #119
#73Marvin24US #83
#74Booker23
#75Ed23
#76Johnie23US #186
#77Abraham22US #125
#78Curtis22US #121
#79Earnest22US #132
#80Leonard22US #45
#81Alvin21US #86
#82Colie21
#83Roosevelt21
#84Harvey20US #91
#85Isiah20
#86Jim20US #149
#87Norman20US #61
#88Adam19US #188
#89Alfred19US #40
#90Edgar19US #85
#91Jacob19US #110
#92Mack19US #195
#93Furman18
#94Elijah17
#95Alonzo16
#96Buster16
#97Clifton16US #148
#98Frederick16US #51
#99Peter16US #48
#100Wilbur16US #92

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑36Sara#64
↑27Daniel#49
↑23Lonnie#69
↑22Ida#35
↑22Edith#57
↑22Bernice#67
↑21Clara#46
↑21Mabel#63

Falling

↓46Roosevelt#83
↓44Mack#92
↓34Inez#75
↓32Estelle#91
↓29Alfred#89
↓28Jacob#91
↓26Anna#38
↓22Essie#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.