State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1913 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,263 South Carolina births in 1913 across 613 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.

#37Janieoutside the national top 200
#62Mackoutside the national top 200
#63Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#67Elijahoutside the national top 200
#75Johnnyoutside the national top 200
#76Mosesoutside the national top 200
#79Johnieoutside the national top 200
#80Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#81Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#56Isaac#172 nationally
#87Eloiseoutside the national top 200
#87Freddieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary725US #1
#2Annie348US #30
#3Elizabeth250US #8
#4Louise236US #17
#5Ruth218US #5
#6Margaret171US #4
#7Ethel169US #20
#8Rosa164US #101
#9Sarah163US #43
#10Lillie154US #71
#11Ruby153US #23
#12Willie153US #65
#13Helen147US #2
#14Mattie143US #75
#15Marie138US #10
#16Carrie137US #90
#17Bessie125US #47
#18Martha125US #28
#19Edna124US #18
#20Alice120US #11
#21Frances120US #9
#22Hattie119US #96
#23Dorothy118US #3
#24Lucille114US #31
#25Emma113US #38
#26Maggie111US #127
#27Bertha110US #39
#28Anna108US #7
#29Jessie107US #61
#30Thelma106US #26
#31Mamie104US #106
#32Virginia104US #15
#33Evelyn103US #12
#34Lillian103US #16
#35Julia100US #42
#36Minnie99US #63
#37Janie97
#38Viola96US #52
#39Ella95US #70
#40Mildred94US #6
#41Pearl93US #55
#42Beatrice92US #37
#43Gladys92US #19
#44Lula88US #111
#45Eva87US #50
#46Inez82US #98
#47Sadie81US #115
#48Rebecca80US #158
#49Daisy78US #123
#50Edith78US #29
#51Pauline78US #35
#52Ida77US #49
#53Nellie75US #58
#54Grace74US #25
#55Fannie71US #91
#56Clara67US #36
#57Lucile65US #128
#58Geneva64US #120
#59Beulah63US #85
#60Lois63US #59
#61Cora62US #103
#62Florence60US #13
#63Laura60US #62
#64Josephine59US #24
#65Sallie59US #178
#66Alma58US #64
#67Catherine58US #22
#68Sara58US #114
#69Bernice56US #45
#70Irene56US #21
#71Nancy55US #102
#72Gertrude54US #33
#73Rose54US #14
#74Essie53US #175
#75Mae53US #79
#76Estelle52US #112
#77Susie50US #131
#78Myrtle49US #53
#79Lottie47US #143
#80Eunice46US #107
#81Lizzie46
#82Ada43US #104
#83Alberta43US #108
#84Ollie43US #172
#85Dora42US #109
#86Ellen42US #88
#87Eloise41
#88Hazel41US #27
#89Mabel41US #56
#90Addie39US #187
#91Juanita39US #95
#92Blanche38US #76
#93Eliza38
#94Emily38US #99
#95Esther38US #32
#96Eula38US #153
#97Georgia36US #100
#98Lila36
#99Marion36US #51
#100Flossie35

Boys

#1James910US #3
#2John654US #1
#3William530US #2
#4Willie361US #24
#5Robert298US #4
#6George290US #6
#7Henry216US #12
#8Thomas202US #10
#9Joseph173US #5
#10Charles157US #7
#11Frank137US #9
#12David131US #29
#13Richard129US #19
#14Walter116US #11
#15Samuel113US #36
#16Joe106US #37
#17Edward105US #8
#18Arthur103US #17
#19Charlie103US #62
#20Clarence97US #21
#21Harry94US #15
#22Albert89US #16
#23Ernest89US #34
#24Fred89US #27
#25Woodrow88US #44
#26Sam85US #65
#27Leroy83US #63
#28Paul79US #14
#29Eddie69US #102
#30Jack69US #28
#31Roy69US #32
#32Eugene65US #43
#33Harold65US #13
#34Herbert62US #39
#35Marion56US #111
#36Louis54US #20
#37Ben51US #108
#38Johnnie51US #118
#39Raymond50US #18
#40Benjamin47US #70
#41Lee46US #78
#42Luther45US #116
#43Clyde44US #64
#44Lewis44US #72
#45Andrew43US #47
#46Jesse43US #79
#47Marvin43US #77
#48Carl42US #23
#49Earl42US #31
#50Jessie42US #114
#51Lawrence42US #35
#52Allen41US #100
#53Leon39US #81
#54Ralph39US #22
#55Daniel38US #54
#56Isaac38US #172
#57Oscar37US #76
#58Julius36US #106
#59Herman34US #53
#60Otis34US #140
#61Bennie33US #159
#62Mack33
#63Nathaniel33
#64Claude32US #88
#65Archie29US #134
#66Tom29US #135
#67Elijah28
#68Theodore28US #60
#69Cecil27US #74
#70Horace27US #123
#71Melvin27US #61
#72Nathan27US #127
#73Rufus27US #169
#74Abraham26US #142
#75Johnny26
#76Moses26
#77Howard25US #26
#78Earnest24US #144
#79Johnie23
#80Roosevelt23
#81Calvin22US #160
#82Jerry22US #150
#83Jimmie22US #158
#84Leo22US #48
#85Norman22US #57
#86Warren22US #109
#87Freddie21
#88Lonnie21US #191
#89Cleveland20
#90Elbert20US #168
#91Floyd20US #58
#92Jasper20
#93Julian20US #187
#94Wade20
#95Wilson20US #122
#96Blease19
#97Grady19US #190
#98Peter19US #51
#99Alex18US #130
#100Alexander18US #98

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑30Mack#62
↑29Inez#46
↑28Virginia#32
↑27Elijah#67
↑26Marvin#47
↑22Pauline#51
↑21Raymond#39
↑21Earl#49

Falling

↓26Mabel#89
↓23Gertrude#72
↓23Julius#58
↓23Floyd#91
↓19Rufus#73
↓19Lonnie#88
↓18Viola#38
↓17Ida#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.